The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-01-13
TOLER IS APPOINTED
Commissioner Furnish Re-
moved by Leedy,
NO CHANGE IN POLICY
Several of the Present Police
Force to be Removed.

Yesterday morning Mr.. Charley Davis
conveyed an official letter to ]. NJ. Fur
nish, which had been received at police
headquarters Mr.. Furnish was at the
court house. Upon opening it he found
that Governor John w. Leedy had re-
moved him from the board. AT that time
he did not know who had been appointed
to fill the vacancy. Rumors stated i'm
mediately that it was ex-Probate Judge
Stratton. Later it became known that it
was Colonel II. g. Toler.
There was probably less interest taken
in the change by the general public than
on any similar occasion. It was not sur
prise to any one. The powers that be
have tried in every way to get at Rufe
Cone and get his scalp, but he has been
too willy and shrewd for the combined
opposition. The removal of Furnish is a
slap at MIR. Cone over the head Of Mr..
Furnish. What the outcome viii be from
a political point is q sweeping Republic
can victory in this county as well as the
state Leedy has got onto his own shad-
ow and he can't get off.
The letter which was received by Mr..
Furnish is as follows:
state of Kansas.
Executive Department,
Governors Office.
Topeka, Jan. II, 1898.
"Hon. Joseph Furnish, Wichita, Kan.
Dear sir-By virtue of the authority
vested in me by section l. chapter ISL,
of the session laws of 1889, have this day
removed you from the Office of police
commissioner for the city OF Wichita,
Kansas. Very truly yours,
-. w. LEEDY, Governor"
When Mr.. Furnish was seen and asked
what he had to say regarding his being
removed, he said: II have nothing for the
press now, as I am beheaded, and dead
men do not talk
Judge Stratton, who was said to be a
candidate, was seen.
What do you think about the change
in the police board?' he was asked.
He said 81 don't think" and with that
remark he passed on down the street.
Judge A. f. Helm, candidate for Jerry
simpsons shoes, said: IF 1 undertook
10 answer what 1 think about the change
I wouldn't get through by morning"
Rufe Cone said 81 haven't anything to
say. But it means that the Republicans
will carry Sedgwick county by 1,5OO."
The joint-keepers were seen, and they
didn't take enough interest in the change
TO ask who had been appointed. Colonel
Jocelyn said that Colonel Toer did not
belong to any of the factions and that he
ought 10 suit
Colonel ToIer was seen last night at his
home, 224 North Topeka avenue, about
o'clock. He had just returned from To-
peka on the evening train. He was in
bed, having returned home with a severe
attack of cholera morbus. Colonel Toler
said that Governor Leedy had appointed
him as one of the commissioners and
that his commission was on the mantle
He was feeling too i'll to talk very much.
Continuing, he said that he thought the
policy of the board would be as it had
been in the past. The first meeting Of
the new board would be held as soon as
he was able to come down town.
On good authority it is learned that
from three to six of the present members
of the force will lose their positions as
soon as Colonel Toler takes the helm. He
may he only a commissioner, but he will
run the board his way or it won't run.