The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-02-08
WILL BE PUNISHED.
Silver Democratic POstmasterS
to Be DepOsed at Once.
Gold Democrats to Be Given
the Places.
Or if Acceptable One Cannot be Found
Republicans to be Put In.

There seems to be a deeply laid plan
among the Republican politicians and
representatives of the gold bug Demo-
cratic administration to cut off the Of
fetal heads of a number of Kansas
postmasterS and other federal free sill
yer office holders. The scheme is now
working very satisfactorily.
Eugene Hagan, the authorized Kan
sas representative and boss of the Ma
tional administration, is in Washington
manipulating that end, while the Re
publican politicians in this state are
keeping the wires hot laying plans and
sending reports of progress or defeat,
as the case may be, to the headquarters
of Mr.. Leland, who seems to be in very
hot pursuit of free silver office holders
under the federal government, aided by
Mr.. Hagan and his eastern friends of
influence.
The plan is to fill all the postofices
with gold Democrats to serve out the
remainder of the terms, or in the event
that there are no suitable gold Demo-
Gratis to be put in, then to appoint Re
publicanS at once, and thus punish sill
yer Democrats for offensive partisan
ship who did not contribute to the
gold Democratic campaign fund
1t is current rumOr that Mr.. Ragan
and his allies propose to GUST Eugene
Wolf, the assistant postmaster in To-
peka, for being a free silver Democrat
ignorance of the affair, but it seems to
be true beyond any question, that Mr.
Wolf occupies a dangerous position, and
will be disposed of, if possible.
One of the ShrewdeSt politicians in
Kansas told the following story with
reference to the latest move by the Re
publicanS and gold Democrats.
In answer to a summons from John
R. Mulvane one day last week, w. H.
Nelson, editor of the Smith County
Pioneer, a Republican paper, came to
Ia RI T mi
who asked Mr.. Nelson to suggest the
name of a single gold standard Demo-
crat to take the place of Jack Stewart,
the present postmaster at Smith Center
who is free silver Democrat and ca
pable official.
Nelson said there was but one Dem
ocrat in the county who advocated the
sound money, single standard theory,
and that he would not be satisfactory
to- the people there. Then MIR. Mulvane
asked Nelson why he CNe1son) would
not take the place. That suited Nelson
exactly, and he agreed to it,
It seems that in Smith Center, as in
the larger postoffices, the practice has
been to permit poStmaSterS to hold the
office four years. Mr.. Stewart did not
succeed his predecessor until his term
expired, and it has been the general
understanding that Mr.. Stewart would
hold the Office until the four years al
lotted to him had passed.
1T is said,'' continued the politician,
that Mr.. Mulvane assured Mr.. Mel
son that Senator Baker would accede to
the request of himself and friends and
get the desired appointment if Stewart
were ousted, and that arrangements
could be made which would secure the
confirmation of the Republican at once
by Mr.. Hagan in Washington"
The politicians are resting secure in
the opinion that Mr.. Nelson's name will
be sent to the United States senate
within a few days and that Mr.. Ha-
CAMS dicta ton will assure the con-
firmation of his Republican ally.
D. B. Dyer has an Endorsement of the
Smith Center people to succeed Mr..
Stewart when his time expires, but it
now appears that Mr.. Dyer and his
friends will be turned down.