The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-11-11
BELOW DOG PELTER
SPENCER SAYS LBWBLLING CAN'T
BE ELECTED TO SUCH OFFICE

Police Comm Iss Ioner George Spencer Bas
Been Up to Topeka Where He Says He
Got Right With Leedy and Secured the
Governors Promise to Let the wichita
Board AIoDe-Says Leweliing Could
Not Be Elected to the Office OF Dog
PeIter aud That Cone VIII Be Fired
From the State Committee
Geo. Spencer has been to Topeka. He
saw cloud since the election that was
larger than a mans hand and George
went to Topeka TO get right with Gov
e-nor Leedy. He says ne got right all
right, and he emitted the following in
terview while in the capital city, which
proves the animus with which re and
the kurnel snubbed Lewelling, Cone,
Sankey, Campbell and others when
Bryan was here. The account Of Spen-
GERS trip 10 see the governor, along with
his interview, is given in the following
dispatch from Topeka:
THE yumor going rhe rounds that
Governor Leedy was about ready 70
abolish all OF the police boards in the
state. together with the recent shaking
up Of the Leavenworth board and the
utterances OF Ex-Governor Lewelling,
brought George Spencer, member OF
the Wichita board, 10 the state house
bright and early this morning. The fact
IS he struck town about O'Clock, and
went direct to the state house and
perched himself down on the stone steps
and shivered and waited until Governor
Leeiy put in an appearance. The two
held long consultation, and when
Spencer emerged it would not take a
mind reader TO discover that he was
feeling better. He wore broad smile,
but would not talk about the conference.
Neither would the governor.
Spencer, however, opened up on 9TH
e. matters. Rufe Cone will soon be
fred off the Populist state committee
said he. His days are numbered. Peti-
tions are bling signed by all the Populists
Of Sedgwick county demanding that the
state committee remove MIN. Cone is
rot a Populi.t. He voted the straight
Republican ticket this fall and made no
bones about it. Do you think the state
committee wants a Republican on it?
Well. I guess not Just watch Rufe
Drop
What about Cones movement to
nave the present police board at Wichita
removed?' was asked.
mas no influence with the governor or
anybody else, with the possible excep-
ton Of Leweiling'
How about Dewelling?
We'll, don't like to say much about
the dead. The fact is he couldn't be
elected dog pelter in Sedgwick county
again
Spencer t0Ei friend before he left
the city this afternoon thar Leedy had
promised not to disturb the Wichita
board.
Lewellins couldn't he elected to the
office OF dog pelter. That's Police Com
missioner George Spencers opinion Of
the first Populist governor Of Kansas. |
Lewelling Is an ex-governor and rail- |
road commissioner OF the state now. and |
the people Of Sedgwick county have a
good deal of admiration for him If he
was running for an office in the gift Of
Seigwick county against King George, |
Lewellirg would get three votes to
spencer's one right along and on that |
sort OF proposition IL Lewelling |
couldn't he elected TO the Office of dog I,
pelter, it would be rather difficult to fig
ure out the size of place Spencer could 4
attain to.
And he says that RUfe Gene will be I
fired from the state central committee /
Mr.. Cone answers for himself and his re- |
ply is as stated heretofore very much |
in the nature OF giving Mr.. Spencer and /
]. Fost Arnold the horse laugh.
II will be committeeman" ne said
yesterday, till the next state conven-
1ion in spite OF J. Fost Arnolds petition
and in spite Of all the talk ana petitions
Of the kurnel. And then I'll be re-elect-
Cd 10 the place if take notion 10 run.
and III be the committeeman as bet
ter Populist than any of these fellows
that are blowing around about me-
Spencer says ne has secured Governor
Leedy's promise not to modest the Wich-
TIA board, but the board viii be molested
Just the same. No man or set Of men
who Will treat the Old Populist work
ELS OF the county as Jocelyn and Spencer
have done Lewelling. Cone, Campbell.
Ayres and George Young will not be let
alone. A man that viii occupy posi-
ton by the hard work of such men as
Ex-Governor Lewelling and then say
that he could not be elected 10 the office
Of dog pelte- viii not be let alone.