The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-11-25

another r0I;tical power than the one ir
power Probably the best place Of this
kind is on the state board OF railroad
comm s~ioners. A number o. candida tes
have already been suggested for the
place and Governor elect STANLEY is being
besieged with letters of Endorsement for
| them The successful candidate, more
probably, will be one that quits pouring
letters into Stanley and goes after the in
| dorsement Of the straight Democratic or
! ganization.
Secretary of State-elect George A. Clark
has named Miss Belle HoIlingshead OF
Garrett as charter clerk and stenographer
in his office. Mr.. Clark Will endeavor 10
get the legislature to increase his office
force. On account of a political fight. two
years ago, the legislature cut off three
| clerkships in the secretary of states office
| Secretary Bush did as much as any other
| Pop in the state TO defeat Lewelling for
a denomination for governor at the Abb
| lene convention. Lewelling was after
! ward elected senator from Sedgwick cOun-
~ and was made chairman of the ways
and means committee of the senate. This
| gave him an opportunity TO retaliate on
| Bush and ne did so. Bush had already
| named his complete Office force, but Lee
yelling refused to appropriate salaries for
! three Of the clerks and Bush was COM
| PEELED to let them go. He afterwards re-
| employed one and for the past two years
has kept him on the pay roll as an assist
| ant state house fireman or janitOr. The
! reduction was not made in the interests
Of economy, and MIR. Clark believes that
the coming session Of the Legislature will
| give HIN the usual number Of clerks.
! Secretary Brown Of the Republican state
committee. today addressed a letter to
each Of the Republican state and congress
| sional officers-elect, calling their attention
to that provision of the election law
which requires them to file a statement
Of their election expenses with the coun-
! " clerk Of the county in which they live
within thirty days after the election.
There is no doubt but what all Of the
! officers-elect are conversant with that
provision OF the law said Mr. Brown.
| but for fear that some of them might
possibly overlook the matter l have issued
| the warning. The law provides that if
! such a statement is not filed the officer
elect shall be deprived Of taking his office
! The state committee does not want any
/ trouble Of that kind to arise
| The question of insurance commissioner
IS attracting considerable attention. The
Emporia Gazette says:
The esteemed Wichita Eagle-the best
| daily newspaper printed on Kansas soil
says that Stanley should appoint a man
| for insurance commissioner who will take
| it for granted that the insurance COM
|
| thirty days. This saying of the Eagle has
some truth in it, but it contains the seeds
OF an important error. Stanley should
appoint a man insurance commissioner
who will make it a point to earn his sal
airy and keep his eyes off the grant stand.
| The trouble with Webb McNall is not
that he doesn't earn his salary; it is that
he keeps playing to the grand stand and
too often forgets the equities and goes in
for what Will look fine in print
There is absolutely no doubt but that
there are rascals in the insurance bust
ness; just about as many as there are in
any other business, and they need Jack
ing up" But it is probable that the bust
ness Of the insurance commissioner is
like that of the dry goods merchant or of
the banker or of the printer, and it may
be expedited not by standing around and
cussing and damning everything in sight
in eight different languag es. but rather by
going upon the assumption that ones fel-
low man is honest and is trying to do
the square thing until he has proved the
contrary Mr. McNal has talked too
much % reporters; he has run to the pub
lie with every smart alec letter that he
has written; and the purpose of the let
ter was not 10 adjust the differences be-
tween the companies and their patrons.
but TO get a bouquet for Webb McNaU
He has proved himself inordinately vain.
and in so much as he has been vain he
has been useless. II he had spent more
Of his time trying TO convince the COM
anies that it pays to be generous. and less
time 10 convince the voters that Webb
McNaH Is a little tin god. the people
would have more substantial results Of his
regime.
McNal had a good many first rate
ideas. hut he forgot all about them in
trying 10 keep his name in the papers
No one thinks for minute that he was
bought of on his fight against the
GARRISON rate book He simply got To
thinking what smart man he was and
forgot all about his war on Clarkson.
But the man whom Stanley appoints
must have no strings To him. lie must
not Ice tied up as the friend Of the insur-
auce companies. He must owe his appoint
ment 10 the fact that he Is a capable.
conscientious gentleman. who keeps Il
ever in mind that De is drawing a salary
from the state OF Kansas. not from IN
ance COMMISSIONS. for instance. happens
10 think that the Garrison rate Is a bad
thing. he must have the governor of kan
sss behind him 10 make a fight on that
institution which Will drive it out or Kan
sas. He needn't do IL in the newspapers.
bur he must accomplish results.
THAT Il the thing the people are look
ing for and that j. the thing they have
a right 10 expect. Governor-elect Stanley
does not owe his election 20 the insurance
companies. nor 20 the people who demand
a deuacocue for insurance commissioner.
he owes his election 20 The decent. re-
specab-e business men % Kansas. Il Is
these men that he must satisfy. with
man Of their kind
The New Engand dinner TO be served
today M IN North Main street VIII con-
sis - chicken pie. pork and beans. pota-
tees. salad and pumpkin and mince pies
that are warranted - be- lust as your
mother used TO make them.
= very successful operation Vas per
formed yesterday morning AZ The Wichita
hospital by Dr. Purdue. The patient was
Mrs. 4. Is. look o. Wellington Las;
nlsht she vas doing very nice,y and ress-
ina, comfortably
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