The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-12-14
LELAND'S NEW SCHEME
Rather Than See Sterne Made
U. ). Marshal
He Will Put Mai. Tom Ander-
son in the Place.
This Would be a Defeat for Baker
Who is Undsr Personal Obliga-
tons to Sterne.

The friends of Major Tom Anderson
in Washington are importuning him
by letters and kilograms to appear be-
fore the president and make a fight for
the appointment as United States mar
shall
You can secure this appointment if
you will come and ask for it, are the
words which appear in a letter to
Major Anderson received today from a
prominent man in Washington, one who
The letter continues: THE presA. ent
knows of the work you did in Kansas;
he also knows that Mr.. Sterne was
originally a Reed man, and that Meth
er he nor Lit Crum, Leland's candidate
for the place, did anything for McKin-
ley except climb into the band wagon
and ride after everybody discovered
what was going on
After further discussion of the mer-
it's of the contest now being waged in
Washington, the letter to Major An
dersOn says:
If the presidents present incIina-
tions are followed, neither Sterne or
Crum will get the place. The fight has
been too bitter 1t is constantly grow
ing worse, q fact which is substantial
ed by the arrival of the Kansas dele
cation in Washington. The new judicial
district scheme is a subterfuge. Their
mission is to down Baker, although the
latter is making a vigorous fight
Then follows the urgent request that
Major Anderson go to Washington and
make a fight for the place.
A dispatch from Washington today
announces that Leland has abandoned
Crum and taken up Major Anderson.
This story is not supported by the con-
ditions which have surrounded the re-
latiOns of these men. Leland will pro-
badly not go to Anderson unless it is
discovered that Baker will do like
wise, and thereby settle the contrO-
versy. Leland wants to win out with
ont a q
Iatter'S faVOritism for Anderson is
shown by a letter received from the
senator some weeks ago by a Topeka
man.
In that letter Senator Baker said:
when Leland was recommended for
pension agent, insisted upon Major
Anderson being named, and the presi-
dent replied: Major Anderson can be
provided for in some other manner
This, coupled with the urgent letters
asking Major Anderson to go to Wash
ingtOn, stating also the kind feeling the
president entertains toward him. indi-
Gates that unexpected complications
and results may come before the con-
test is settled.
Major Anderson was asked today if
he had been asked to take any action
in the matter. He replied:
Yes, l have been urged to go to
Washington and make a fight for the
place, but I won't do it. have been
in Kansas 20 odd years. and I have
never vet groveled in the. est and dirt
begging any man for an ONCE. 1 am
too old to do that now"
What would you do if the place
were rendered you?'' was asked.
Well said the major, looking over
his glasses, I wouldn't run from it,
You would like the position, them"
yes, am free to say I would enjoy
the honor of the appointment, but I viii
take no part in the present contest. I
will do nothing towards securing it. If
they want to give it to me, all right.
If not all right"
Major Anderson admitted that chad
received the letter mentioned in the
foregoing. but declined to permit the
publication of the name of it's author.