The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-07-23
FIGHT M'KEEvER.
Local Politicians open War on
His appointment.
Trying to Prevent His Being
Assistant U. s. Attorney.
MORE FINDLAY TALK.
He is the Thorn in Senator
BurtOn's Flesh.
To Be Finally Disposed Of on
Thursday.
MORE FINDLAY TALK.

Thursday the first hot weather pO-
litical love feast may be expected If
Senator J. Ralph Burton and State
Treasurer Frank Grimes are here to
call the meeting to order and look over
the noses.
The after election troubles of SEN
ator are coming to that point where
Burton has to do something. George
F'indlay is still asserting without equiv
ocation that he will succeed Mike Sut-
ton as internal revenue collector and
Jim Simpson is equally as sanguine as
to his prospects of receiving the job
and Burton is on his side now. Those
who stand close to the powers that be
say that Simpson has a mortgage on
the collectorship and will receive it.
Simpson is not worrying. It is under
stood that Findlay will be taken care
of but F'indlay is beginning to feel that
he is being battered from pillar to post
Burton thought he could straighten
things out by landing Findlay as a
jailer in the Indian Territory but Find
lay refused to take it and now re-
fuses anything and everything but the
collectorship.
It is understood that during Burton's
fight for the senatorship that Jim Simp-
son was sent for and that Simpson,
Burton and Grimes met in the sanctum
Simpson was offered the cOllectOrShlp
for his support and he accepted the
offer. Soon after Burton was elected
Mike Sutton was talking with him ana
said: well. I am ready to turn the
Office over to George with as good feel
ing as when took it" Burton seemed
a. little frustrated and said, Mike, don
say a word about that so as TO get IL
started" Findlay is looked upon as a
loyal Republican with no pull for the
Office except Dave Mulvane's good viii
So, when the conference" is called that
will be one of the matters" to be set
tied Those who are thought to be the
members of the conference are as fol-
lows: NJ. A. Low, State treasurer T
l. S. Crum, T. NJ. Simpson of McPher-a
son, A W. Smith Of Marysvllle and
Congressman ". A. Reeder of the Sixth
congressional district
Simpson seems. to have the adVan-
tage of position as he is next the pole
while Findlay is not counted IN on the
pow WOW. There is a rumor that Null
vane viii demand the appointment OF
Find1ay but it is not given serious
thought and as F'indlay Will be col
lector or nothing the chances are he
will be nothing. Findlay was at one
time offered Cyrus Leland's place as
pension agent if it could be gotten but
he did not think the powers could land
it and he said he would not have 1t
anyway.
The men who helped to bring Burton
to the zenith of his desires, senator
from Kansas, are still demanding that
they be looked after. So far not man
who voted for Burton in either branch
of the legislature has secured place
The nearest to it is E D. MckeeVer,
who has eben announced for assistant
u. s. district attorney but he mas not
received the place and z. hot fight is be-
ing made on him in Shawnee county.
Dave Mulvane is the man who is looked
to to secure the place for MckeeVer
and now Mulvanes local nenchmen in
Shawnee county are in open revolt
against their leader making sucn q
choice During the recent county cam
paign Hal Williams, a cousin OF NC
Keever was a candidate for sher1n
against Bert Lucas. All OF MuiVanes
ward politicians were solid for Lucas.
Mex Keever. of course, was for his cousin
Nick (eever heard that Al Linde1l, bond
clerk in superintendent Nelson's Office,
was for Lucas. McKeever went to Lin
dell and Jumped" him about it and
said he was supporting Lucas who he
said was travelling for a liquor house.
Then Nelson took just a small hand in
the game and wanted Linden to go
about in the highways and byways and
discover if Lucas were travelling for a
brewing house Linden went straight
to the Lucas supporters and c0Tnmenc-
ed his investigation He found that
Lucas was travelling for a packing
house The Lucas supporters at once
became enra ged at NcKeever and now
say that if Mulvane persists in having
Burton appoint McKeever that they
will desert the national committeeman
and fight him to the bitter end in
Shawnee county They say they mean
it and Dave AIulvane in Shawnee coun-
ty without his army of local henchmen
would be shorn of his strength. United
States District Attorney Tracy wishes
to keep the present assistant, Harry
Bone, in office as long as he can to
profit by his experience and it is un-
derstood that he would not object to
Bone being retained for four years but
it would not meet with favor from Bur
ton under any consideration for he is
not a particular admirer of Bone.
Sena tor Burton, and his brother, =.
T. Burton, left Abilene Monday for the
Indian Territory and it is expected that
Burton viii try and find something
down there for Findlay but as Dennis
Flynn and his clique managed to side
track NJ. A. Lows scheme to land H.
D. Crosby in one of the land offices it
seems that they may thwart any move
to find a good salaried position for
Findlay.