The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1898-10-28
A FAMILY AFFAIR.
Popuiist Statesmen Regard Public Omce -
snap for Reiatives-Thsy Give Fat
Places to Them.

Notwithstanding declaration in the
Abilene platform against nepotism,
the populist state officials go right
along working on the theory that pub
lie office is family snap. There are
several thousand populist workers
scattered about over the state who
whooped it up increasingly for the
ticket during the campaign and who
felt that they were entitled to a share
of the pastry, but they have been I'M
tremendously elbowed out Of the way
while the relatives of the state officials
have been given places at the public
table. Gov. Leedy found places for
three of his relatives; ncice in his
office, nephew on the police force OF
Kansas City, Kan, another nephew on
the police department at Leavenworth;
the two latter lost their jobs though,
when the pop state ton forced
Leedy to abolish the metropolitan POI
lice.
Chief Justice Doster, the high priest
ofpopulism, worked all the able bodied
male relatives he had about into office.
He got Taylor Riddle, his brother-in.
law, in as member of the live stock
sanitary commission. He made his
nephew, Humbert Riddle, who is
son of Taylor Riddle, stenographer
| His old law partner, Henry McClain,
a son-in-law, assistant supreme court
reporter, and wound up by getting his
son, Chase Doster, appointed major
in the Kansas volunteers.
Ind 80 hn MI
did not fare so well. He only succeed
ed in getting his son in as clerk for
the supreme court reporter.
John Martin, clerk of the supreme
court, appointed his daughter, Carrie
Martin, copy clerk in his Office.
State Superintendent Stryker gave
his wife $1,000 job when he first
went in, but the pops raised such q
row about it that Althea Briggs re.
signed and the place was given to q
nephew, Delbert Stryker.
Lieut. Gov. Harvey, now major in
the army, appointed his bride as his
chief clerk
Capt Morris, state auditor, had his
son in his office for several months at
good salary.
Senator Greedy Jumper, chairman OF
the state board of charities, had his
sister-in-law as his clerk during the
legislature and now has his father-in-
law, patent medicine vender, in the
medical department of the Osawato-
mic asylum. Jumper is the individual
who introduced bill at the last ses.
sion of the legislature prohibiting
nepotism.
Pat Oolan, treasurer of the state
board of charities, has son on the
pay roll of the Topeka insane asylum.
S. c. Wheeler secretary of the state
board of charities, got his sister fat
job at the Topeka insane asylum, but
she was fired for some reason a short
time ago
w. L. Brown, formerly chairman OF
the state board of charities, but now q
major in the volunteers, had landed
two relatives in positions at the state
institutions. but both were discharged
for incompetency.
Frank Shane, another member of the
board, succeeded in getting one rela-
tive on the pay roll.
Warden Lands, of the penitentiary,
has brother and one other relative
on the pay roll of the penitentiary.
Dr. Hinton, superintendent of the
Osawatomie asylum, has given his
son soft snap at that institution.
Railroad Commissioner Lewelling
had his niece, Viola Bishop, as his
clerk during the legislature, and then
landed her in position at the peni-
Tertiary.
Col. Hank Lindsey, of the Kansas
volunteers, got Leedv to appoint his
brother as quartermaster of the regi-
ment.
Three populist district judges made
the court family affair by appointing
relatives as court stenographers. w.
A. Randolph, of Emporia, has his wife
as his official stenographer, besides his
brother is member of the state board
of pardons.
Judge c. w. Shinn named his daugh-
ter as stenographer and Judge Mckay
named his brother.
Judge b. F. Milton, judge of the APP
pellate court, appointed his wife as
his court stenographer
Just to show that nepotism is con-
tageous among the populists, the rec
ord of the populsts in the legislature
is given. Senators Forney, King and
Householder named their daughters
as their clerks. Senators Hart and
Helm had no daughters so they named
their sons as clerks. Representatives
Cassin, Gray, johnson, Hioner and
Patten got their daughters in as clerks
of committees. Representatives True
blood and Ingalls, had their sons on
the paw roll as committee clerks.
1t is evident from this record hrst,.
that campaign pledges do not weigh
heavily on the populist official, and
second, the average populist official
takes the modified Scriptural view that
the man who doesn't get jobs for his
own relatives is worse than al infdel.
When Bismarck Played Consin.
The following is story on Bismarck
for which an aged Swedish lady is the
authority. Nearly 60 years ago, when
a girl, she went to Berlin, where she
! than Ctudu-