The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-01-09
POLITICAL BREYITIES.

| was a legislative visitor TODAY
Senator Tapp of Wichita will introduce
/ aminers for telegraph operators
James A. Ffke, receiver Of the Colby
land office under President Cleveland. is
enjoying sights of the Republican majority
| this week.
The Burton managers around the. Cope
land hotel are sure there viii De new
/ deal all around. ITO the victors," etc, Is
| their motto.
There has been an exodus of the candi-
dates for legislative positions today, on
account of there not being enough offices
to go around
Ed f. Korns, a former well known
| Sixth district politician and editor Of the
/ Phillipsburg Herald, now of NeWkirk
/ O T., is visiting Topeka friends
A defeated candidate for one Of the leg
! he didn't care 50 much for the office as
| he did for the perquisites there were in 1t.
Chas. Sessions, correspondent Of the
| Kansas City Journal, is the private Sec
retary of Lieutenant Governor Richter
The job pays s. per day and requires no
Tom kirkpatrick Of Adankato. one Of
the leading politicians and lawyers of
Jewell county, is attending court and for
pastirne taking in the opening of the
legislature
Senator Hanna is quoted in a Washing
Burton had been chosen senator from
Kansas Hanna was never on cordial
terms with Baker.
Webb McNan and A w. Smith met in
the Sopeiand Motel today; n the inidsS iteS
Smith to join his party, and he could get
most any old office he wanted.
n. F. Shaw of Plainville, who is in To-
peka today, says he isn't an aspirant for
any political Office. but is here attending
the stOckmen's convention, of which he IS
one of the largest raisers in Rocks county.
Ex-State Treasurer Otis L. Atherton of
Russell who is an ardent admirer of Bur-
ton and was for him for senator first, last
and all the time, is slated for the receiver
ship Of the Wa-Keeney land office by his
friends.
II 81 White. senator from the Jewell
Mitchell county district has requested to
be put on the state temperance commit
tee for the avOWed purpose of making war
hibitory law.
didate for the United States senate from
Kansas in 1903. The name Of c. s. Gleed
by the politicians but Mr. Gleed has not
said that he would make the race
Douglas county Jared wen in the choice
of officers in the Republican caucus They
got chaplain of the house, assistant ser
page assistant document clerk of the
senate. assistant postmaster, and at least
two clerks with probably few more
Dave Hanna has returned to Topeka
from Hill City, having been called out
there to sell a few Graham county farms.
He says he isn't after an office unless it
be minister to Nicodemus, there being a
town and township in that county by that
name, and mostly settled by colored peo-
Senator Mcmillan Of ottawa has three
bills which he will introduce; A bill on
franchises and a bill on railroads. He viii
probably introduce bill looking to the
esta blishment of a state salt plant Sem
ator Mcmillan favors a joint senatorial
caucus of the fusion forces.
Senator Porter says he has but one bill
which he Is anxious to have passed and
that Is a bill to provide for the holding of
Cherokee district in both Galena and
Pittsburg- The idea Of the bill is to have
tried there and those originating in Ca
lena tried in that place.
A prominent Sixth district politician
is sure that the election of Burton Uni
ted States senator means a good many
changes in postoffices and land offices in
that district This same politician who
was & great follower of Burton, has
been slated for position in the Colby
land Office
Senator Wulfekuhler of Leavenworth is
one of the youngest men ever elected to
IS . years old He was born in St Louis
and is graduate of the law department
of Kansas university. He IS also a grad
uate of Columbia college He is Iu-
theran. He is engaged with his father
in the wholesale grocery and banking
Miss Nellie Armentrout Of Kansas
City, Kan, has accepted the position Of
secretary to the speaker of the hOus =
She is candidate for state librarian
and takes this method Of getting ac-
quainted with the influential politicians
She has been deputy city clerk in Kan
sas City for many years.
seThe next United States senator from
Kansas, who will succeed Senator w. A.
Harris, win be old soldier, and he will
be nominated in a Republican caucus as
most prominent politicians in the state to
a friend in the Copeland hotel today. And
the gentleman making the remark was
an old AndersOnVilse prisoner.
". ". Caldwell. of Concordia is
Topeka visitor today He says he isn't
after an office, but only here to helm
swell the crowd and congratulate Bur
ton. Mr.. Caldwell was a Fifth district
delegate in the last national Republican
convention. The day is probab bly, not faf
distant wnen the Republicans of tina t
district and Kansas will honor Mr.Cald-
wei. with Office
J. K. Cubbison has been mentioned as
a possible candidate for the United States
bisons speech at the Republican caucus
Monday night several members approach
proper man to make the race in 1903 Mr..
Cubbison was asked if he had senatorial
thought about the matter. FIe admitted,
however that If it was offered him he
would not refuse. His friends say that he
will come out for the office.
Ira T. Hodson. of MankatO, is in To-
peka for few days. He says he ism
after Office, but on business before the
case of George II. Zimmerman. of Jew
ell county, whom he got discharged
from bankruptcy. He also filed cases
in bankruptcy against William F. East
wood and J. F. Hale. of that county, the
latter being the ex-register of deeds of
Jewell county
Senator Hayes 3. White of Mankato
wants to make the state county and
township elections biennial In this state
and will introduce concurrent resolu-
ton doing away with the YEARLY elections
He said that the election bill was the only
one he was particularly interested in. Ac-
cording to Mr. Whites figures it cost the
state between 100000 and s125 900 more un-
der the present election la " than it would
If the elections were held after the method
proposed by him. He wants the bill to
take effect in 1904 1t will take that long
to get the different elections regulated SO
that they viii all be held bienniaiIy