The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-12-30
WILL NOT TALK
Governor-EIect SANKEY'S Mes
sage Will Express His Views.
ON NEW RAILROAD LAW
S. 0. Spencer Has His Finger
in Coal Oil Pie.

Barring possible anen7 70nts in the SEN
ate, the Populist bill civ-s.ng the court Of
visitation and a solicitor general. becom-
ing a law, as it probably will. places the
railroad situation into the hands Of Gov
ernor Stanley, solely. He and not the ex-
ecutive council, as was the case in the
railroad commission. appoints the members
of the court and the solicitor general.
On this account his utterances on the
railroad rate question become at once of
great notability This utterance will be
made in his forthcoming message. and will
! be. on account of the new law, probably
/ the most marked thing in the whole docu-
ment.
/ The new governors views in the matter
are not known. Those who profess 10
/ know, however. say that he will deal with
the question firmly, pointing out TO the
railroads that there are Determinations
which should be remedied and at the same
time insisting that the remedy should
come through amicable methods, and not
/ By attacks, forced or the one side and re-
scented on the othe..
/ However, 50 far as the new governor is
! concerned, he is not known to have .iven
/ anyone a single inkling of what grounds
, he vii. take.
! The death of the old railroad commission
removes one Of the biggest fgts in the
state and one of the things which has
complicated all other appointments, q :
| oording to the version of the politicians.
! The railroad commission would have been
! appointed by the executive council. The
new law places all three places on the
railroad court in the hands of the SOW
ernor. 1t also gives him the appointment
of the solicitor general.
SPENCER FOR OIL INSPECTOR.
The new figure in the appointment arena
/ is S. o. Spencer OF Fort Scott, who wants
! to be coal oil inspector and is understood
! to stand a golden chance of getting It.
! His boom brings up the situation in Bour-
/ bon county, which is as follows S. o.
] Spencer was the first Bourbon county man
/ to apply and he asked the governor to
make him oil inspector Mr.. Spencer is
/ bridge inspector of the Memphis road and
/ has the endorsement of railroad men from
| Omaha to the Gulf of Mexico, besides be-
1 ing backed by labor organizations as well
as local influences. It is claimed that Mr..
| Spencer's appointment would be consid-
/ cred as the recognition of the railroad ele-
ment and would not interfere with the
chances of other Bourbon county candi-
dates.
| Hon. Wiley Bolinger of Berlin, Bourbon
county, is also a candidate for oil inspec-
! tor and is backed by some Of the strongest
men in the state Mr.. Bolinger is one
| of the oldest eRpublicans in the county
and his large acquaintance with the pol
| iticians over the state makes him strong
man.
G. H. Requa of Fort Scott. got into the
race early and secured a blanket mort
/ gage on the situation by securing recon-
mendations for the place on one of the
state boards. His application. however. is
for a place on the state board of pardons
which the governor-elect and two ltgisla-
lures are attempting TO abolish. Mr. Re-
qua was chairman of the Bourbon county
delegation to the state convention and
made a hard fight for Funston but took
an active part in the campaign for Stan
! ley's election. His recommendation covers
a wide range and he is carefully nursing
his boom.
J. K. Brown has secured endorsements
for grain inspector, but has not yet fled
his application.
For minor places under the state in
stitutions there are quite number OF can
didates from Bourbon county. Among the
number Is Guy Benham, who wants to be
deputy oil inspector and who has filed
his applica ton with Governor Stanley.
Among the colored men John Simpson.
William Holland. Pete Thomson and
/ George Williamson are asking for tanitor-
/ ships.
Miss Perdue wants to be superintendent
of the Beloit school for girls and has a
strong endorsement.
". o. Downey Of Garland. would Ike 70
be a guard at the penitentiary and seems
TO be well qualified for the place and viii
have strong backing.
CONSULT OK THE MESSAGE.
The message IS now getting the gov
ernor-elect's whole attention. It would be
/ Impossible TO write fl AZ his Office and he
remains at home nearly ali the time. only
coming down 20 his office for a short time
once a day.
Yesterday State Auditor Cole and secre-
tary Of the Board Of Agriculture Coburn
reached the city and were in consultation
with Mr.. Stanley. advising with him as
TO certain sections of the message
The applications have all been recorded
and the letters are now being placed away
in a file as fast as they are classified. IN
SANKEY'S private Office the heaps OF epis-
tbs OF chairs. tables and window siIls are
disappearing They VIII be taken 70 To-
PEEK. January s the DAY fixed upon FOR
The departure from Wichita.
TOPEKA Is PREPARING.
Meanwhile the TopeEans are preparing
for the inaugural reception when takes
place January p a Topeka article says:
Reports from the committees on decora-
ton. printing and music Indicated that
the expense q the reception and Inaugural
exercises viii be approximately 80. The
decorations VII consist Ok pains. Mar
saaiTs band VIII furnish music Tor the IN
auzuraI exercises. and ar orchestra %
twelve pieces vii play during the recep-
ton u The evening.
I, was decided after considerable slsf-1s-
SION % bod the reception II Representa-
tive hall The object of tae COMMITTEES ia
20 select SUCH locations and make sueh So
engagements :hat fhe fruueuse cr5zds can
Be managed IN che best possible rnarner.
L vas decided 20 c7nfne ere tscorztss-s
20 Rspresentative halL The rece.vlnz par-
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room. fac.ng s5uth- TIE crowds ElH en-
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