The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-01-05
BIC JOB is DONE
SANKEY'S Message Has Gone
to the Printer
MORE THAN 5000 WORDS
Senator LeweIIing Gets a Big
Compliment
MORE THAN 5000 WORDS

Governor-elect Stanley was sitting in his
Office yesterday discussing what had beer
dome by the Leedy snapshot session II
the Two weeks past. and among Other
things, he made the announcement that
he considered that there was one man in
the PopuIist party who had demonstrate
that he was, above al others, the gr=a--
est man in the party. and that was sen
atOr Lewelling OF Sedgwic6 county. The
governor-elect added that be was showing
strength Of character and force a. a lead
@r in a way that was 81 II .s.ug every 0l.Iy
except his intimate friends
There was coHsider:Lo.e speculation g.
ing the Icu*ds yeste' day slnce It waz
learned that the goverr5- : message vas
finished. It Is said to contain close 10
5000 words, and while II could not be
learned what the body Of the message
VIII treat on OF a most important nature.
it IS, of course, 'GkeL for granted ne t
there viii be sJne-hing said concerning
the ab0lishing Il tie board Of pardJAs
and some change suggested in The d5.re
away with the executive clerkship and
Jle substitution o n additional G.
rapher. Whether this matter Is mentioned
IN the message or not. it IS pretty well
known that II VIII be a part Of the newly
elected governors policy.
It IS believed that there wiz be no ref
srence made in the message toward any
reorganization Of the rational guard and
that the message viii not make any suE-
gesticns as 70 the placing of the Goa cI
inspector on a salary or pertaining 20 the
law that viii govern the Collection If The
fees OF the Office. The message may net
treat on the subject OF public institutions
separately. or If anything Is rec0mm md cd
at all concerning the Arkansas river i IS
thought that 1t VIII not advocate an ap-
preparation 10 make the Big Arkansas
navigable. One prediction can be safely
relied upon that Stanley viii not urge or
even mention The subject in his r-esssge
OF the building OF Leedy's north and south
railroad from Omaha TO the gulf
It IS pretty thoroughly believed that
some reference will be made to the legs
lature asking for prison reforms boxing
toward the reformation of prisoners
rather than the punishment Of convicts
10 take them out of striped clothing, Civ
ing the prisoners fun credit for merit5ri-
Gus conduct and the cancellation Of the
obnoxious title of reform school" and
further advocating some kind of legisIa-
tiou for a kindergarten for children GRIM
inals In all II is expected that the mess
age viii be one Of considerable Importance
to all the vital interests Of the -nstl-u-
tions OF the state.
Governor Stanley Is taking a few DAYS
rest since the completion Of MS message,
which has been a task owing to the many
peculiar incidents which arose and pre-
scented themselves after he tad begun tie
preparation of same. Among other re-
dents besides the extra Session affair poll
ticians would persist in coming 70 me city
on political missions, ana when informed
that the governor was at home writing
his message. they would call him up on
the telephone and say: can come over
and talk with you2 This is Smith, from
Oshkosh, and I have come 200 miles to see
you. Ny business Is Of the most vital
importance Toto you-I mean Us both, or
rather, to you and me-
The governor said yesterday: 1T IS all
over. I am ready for the fray AMI crowd
I shah 90 TO Topeka Saturday and may Re
accompanied by my private secretary, Mr..
Allen. Mrs. Stanley. my son and daug1-
Ter and Mr.. and Mrs II Us, Mrs. 1taniey's
father and mother. WI follow me the
next day. I have but one more tang 10
do and that IS 10 register before 1 leave
And off the governor went TO register at
the city building. Returning in a few min
utes, he remarked to an Eagle reporter
that he felt just the same as ever, plain
". z. Stanley Of Wichita, but there was
lust a little evidence that could be de-
tec,ed from the expansion OF The COVER
ro-,s shirt front that he did not Intent %
let his attorney general and other state
officers head the state ticket Two years
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