The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-12-30
He DROPS CRUM.
Rumored However That Burton
May Again Take Him Up.
Secret Got Out Through Presi-
dent Roosevelt Himself.

Now that Christmas is over interest
in the United States marshalship is re-
viving. At the time that President
Roosevelt appointed Colonel Metcalf as
pension agent it was rumored that l..
S. Crum, whom Senator Burton had
recommended for the marshalship,
would be turned down, and in support
of this Washington dispatch quotes
President Roosevelt himself as saying
that Crum would have been turned
down if Burton had not dropped him.
Notwithstanding this Crum stock is
looking up a little While other people
have been celebrating the Christmas
festivities, Crum has been hustling.
Within the past few days he has been
sending all sorts of endorsements to
Washington. He is an old soldier and
has been getting all the old soldier en-
dorsements possible, and it is now re-
ported that Senator Burton is once
more getting behind Crum's candidacy.
One thing in CrumS favor is the fact
that Pete Foley. of Parsons, is against
him, although Foley himself gives it
out that he will have sufficient influence
with H. c. Payne, the incoming post
master at Parsons instead of being
ignominiously turned down as Post
master General Smith recommended.
and as President Roosevelt announced
that he would do with Foley.
Apropo5 of the appointment of Payne
to the cabinet, it might be noted that
Mr.. Payne is a good friend of Cyrus
Leland. He is, in fact, one of two men
whom Mr.. Leland especially recon-
mended to President Mckinley for
places upon Mr.. McKinley's first cleo
tion in 1896 Leland and Payne served
on the Republican national committee
together, and when Mr.. Mckinley asked
Mr.. Leland what he wanted for himself
he replied that he wanted nothing, but
he would like to see Payne and q. ess
Dawes given good places. Early in 1897
Leland also got a resolution through
the Republican caucus OF the Kansas
legislature endorsing Payne for a cab
met position
For this reason Mr. Foley, the protege
of Senator Burton, may not stand any
better with the incoming postmaster
general than he does with the outgoing,
and the fight which is proposed ON
Fourth Assistant Postmaster General
BriStOw may not have as much weight
as it otherwise would.
The report that Burton had dropped
Crum some time ago came from
chance remark dropped by President
Roosevelt at the time Representative eS
Calderhead and Long called on him in
the interest of Leland and D. w. Null
vane happened in at the same time. at
least this is the statement made Ill
dispatch from Washington According
to this dispatch the president sald 20
Mr.. Mulvane when the latter entered
the room:
II have given these gentlemen more
time to work upon LelandS case, but
have told them that I don't want to
name him over Burton's protest have
turned Burton down on the Foley and
Tracy appointments and would have
done so on the Crum appointment had
the senator not dropped it, I don't like
to do anything more to hurniliate him.
When the president spoke about Bur-
ton dropping Crum the members Of the
delegation, with surprise, looked at Null
vane. He was somewhat nonplussed.
1T must be a mistake about Burton
dropping Crum, Mr.. President" said me-
.sOh, guess not" replied Roosevelt.
1.-The attorney general gave me the in
formation
Attorney General Knox must first pass
on the marshalship before it reaches
the president.