Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-01-01
CHRISMAN IN THE LEAD
CREDITED WITH PLAYING ONE COL
LEAGUE AGAINST THE OTHER.
The Latest Combination Is for Gentry
for Poor Farm Superintendent
and PorterfieId for COun-
ty Accountant.

If the talk among the Democrats of the
city is correct, Judge Lee Chrisnlan is
playing football with the two men who
will be his associates in the county court
for the next two years, and by playing
one of them against the other viii keep
them in a scramble. While they make
wry faces over the situation. he will man
age to keep many of his friends in places
of profit in the county. Ii the reports
current yesterday are true, he will get
about everything he wants and the others
will get 4 few small offices for which he
cares but little.
ChriSman's friends are credited with hav-
ing played smooth politics on Judge Lut-
trell when he went into the combination
with Judge Hunter on county appoint
ments. They went among LuttreIl's
friends in the country and called attention
to the anomaly of a combination between
the country Democrats and the police
commissioners in the city, between whom
there has apparently of late been a mark
ed hostility. These friends raised an aw-
full row with Judge Luttrell and he, hav-
ing political aspirations for the future, had
to recede and go in with Judge Chrisman
to keep himself in proper shape with his
constituents.
Having discovered the one weak point
of Judge Luttrell. it was at once planned
~ 'NNAAS oNAANi SiS ooNS- O'A'-S
man wanted Mr.. Gentry kept in charge
of the county farm and never for a min
ute departed from his intention to hold
him there if possible. After getting Judge
Luttrell well in line over the minor pat
ronage of the county, Judge Chrisman is
now credited with having made ~ deal
with Judge Hunter by which he will be
able TO keep Gentry in charge OF the
county farm, after all. Hunter is under
deep obligations to the friends of Z. r.
P0rfprftplG who is anyl0nS 70 he cOtlnIN
accountant, and he saw that with the com
bination of Chrisman and Luttreil he
city. That was a discouraging outlook
for an ambitious man and he knew that
a county, judge VINO was in Office two
results to the party would be retired.
Chrisman knew the weak point of Hunter
and is credited with having made an
would vote for Gentry for the county
farm, Chrisman would vote for Porter
field for county accountant, and thus bal
with Luttrell for Will Hayde for license
inspector and thus have both Of them I'M
der Obligations to him and he be under
The combinations that have been made
ard upset, and those that are contem-
plated for the next few days. will serve TO
make the first meeting. of the county court
a very interesting affair. No matter if the
session goes off with apparent harmony,
the appointments that will be made will
shio" tiol lHV - anu
rings. and rings inside OF the other rings.
1t is the boast of Judge Chrisman's adj
herents that he will get the best of both
his associates in the distribution of pie.
One thing is apparent to all the party
workers, and that is that the city will be
able to get little of material benefit IN
appointments, because Mr.. Hunter has not
pursued an open and bold course. 1t
would have been possible for him TO have
divided the slate with Judge Chrisman so
that the city would have been fairly Well
treated, but that chance appears to have
gone by. The entire time and attention
of the three members of the county court
since election nave been given exclusively
to arranging for appointments of friends
and political workers, while there has not
been a conference relative to the many inn
portant matters that are of great financial
interest to the county and the taxpayers.
Possibly when the hungry have been feed.
and the fayorites have their hands well
inside the public crib. there will be some
attention paid to the interests of the peo-
pie who pay taxes. Possibly.