The Advocate and news., 1897-12-01
THE new LAW MAKERS.
New Faces Which Would Be Seen at Special
Session of Legislature.

If a special session Of the Legislature
should be called there would be many
new faces in evidence In the Senate
Senator Harris seat would be filled by
j. c. Stone, well-to-do farmer and
stockman of Leavenworth county, He
Is a Populist Senator Wallack's seat
would be occupied by r. T. Andrews, of
Effingham, who was a candidate In the
Republican convention last year against
Wallack. It will be remembered that
Senator Wallack died last summer
In the House Ed. Weilep's (Dem.) seat
would probably be vacant as he has just
accepted position In the Office OF the
sergeant-at-arms of the United States
Senate. Clark Davis (Pop), Of Wilson
county has gone to the Klondike and
will not be likely to be back in time
for special session Ike Lambert
(Rep) has been appointed United States
District Attorney and Charley Harris
(Rep.) has been elected to succeed him.
F. T. Patton (Pop.), Of Barber county,
has resigned and gone to Oregon. w. G..
Millar (Rep) has been elected over W.
A. Creighton (Pop.) to his seat. 1t Is
questionable whether A. N. Reed (Rep.)
who has just been elected Treasurer Of
Kiowa county could legally sit, but in
view of the fact that his term as Treas
urer does not begin until next October
and as nothing would be gained by either
party by objecting to him, 1t is probable
that no attention would be given to the
matter. John Hickman (Rep.), of Cove
county, will not be a member in case
of a special session and his seat Is va
cant as yet. Cove county voters elected
James M. Sutcliffe (Rep.B to succeed
him, but as no special election prOclama-
ton was issued he will not receive a
certificate. s. M. Jackson (Rep.), Of Co
manche, has been appointed postmaster
at Coldwater and his acceptance of that
Office vacates his seat. No successor has
yet been chosen. Lester Perry (Rep.),
of Wallace county, resigned just in time
to give the Governor an opportunity to
issue special election proclamation,
hut Governor Leedy did not then accept
it although he has done so since 1t
looked like a scheme to take the Popu-
lists unawares and leave them INSULT
cient time to get candidate on the
ticket, so that seat is also vacant. G. II.
Lobdell (Rep.), OF Lane county, resigned
and went to Kansas City, where he
bought and is publishing the Tribune.
f. A. Filson (Rep.) won in the election
in that district over F. s. Tingley (Pop.).
G. A. Maxwell (Pop.), of Grant county,
who was confined in a Buffalo IN. "
hospital during the entire time Of the
last session, has since died. At the re-
cent election Frank Byers (Rep.) was
elected over Cooper, the Populist nom
inee.
These changes do not affect the Senate
politically as party membership is the
same. In the House the Populists lose
four members and the Republicans lose
FIVE with doubt in the Reed case not
taken into consideration or included.
The Republicans gain two members by
the election of Millar and Byers In place
OF Patton and Maxwell. Two P0pUlist
seats are vacant, while the vacant seats
OH the Republican side are three In num-
ber. It is probable that II Governor
Leedy calls special session that he
will also call special election In each
OF the districts where vacancies exist
and give the people an opportunity to