The Topeka state journal., 1901-10-19
adequately endow the states most pro-
gressive agency"


The tradition that Kansas does not
make governors out of it's lieutenant
governors is being freely peddled about
these days. Ex-Lieutenant Governor
James Troutman, who has hopes that
gubernatoria1 lightning may strike him,
is telling this story: Dick BrookinS,
Familiarity known as Judge" a we'll
known colored character, was scurrying
around getting some endorsements for
place he wanted to land Coming upon
the lieutenant governor he told him
what he was doing and hauled hand
full of endorsements out of his pocket.
Troutman ran his eye over them and
said: We'll, Judge, what do you want
me to do. write you an Endorsement ~
Brookins jammed the papers back in
his pocket, Strengthened up in digni-
fed manner and replied: "Huhi Mol
don't want any endorsement I'm you,
Lieutenant govenah don mount to
shucks, nohow. 1 jes' wanted to show
'em to yo'.''
There is a pair of fighting postmast-
ers in the Sixth district, who have made
last two months. Jack Downing, at
Hays City, and J. A. Patterson, at Sell
den, are the chaps. Downing put man
out some time ago who insisted on
smoking in the postoffice, and Patter-
son elected a young man for treason
able utterance in saying he was glad
President Mckinley was shot Down
ing's man was about his own miniature
size and fellow comrade in the Grand
Army. Patterson is 20 years DID, but
he bounced the youngster so suddenly
that he took his breath away and all
the fight out of him.
Physiognomists have discovered in
the prison officers face an addition
to the long list of s'convict face
bicycle face" etc A Fifth district
NJ tn -o1 9
an officer at the big institution at Lam
sing would make ferocious looking
craftsman if he put on a half-mask.
DR.. Ralph Light, of Chanute, will be
the successor to DR.. Minney, who re-
signed his position as assistant physi
clan at the Topeka insane hospital this
week The board of charities will hold
the election October 22.
D. w. Blaine is an Hon." in the
Pratt newspapers. He has been down
in Texas spreading the gospel of anti
retail implement dealers associations
The subject of his speech was 'The
necessity of antitrust legislation for
the protection of retail merchants GUS
TONER'S"
Henry J. Allen is booked to deliver
the eulogy at the E1ks' memorial in
Concordia on Sunday, December 1.
SOnCOFuId LOOK d SQlno 10 Alien
speaking when he was out there with
Opie Reed in the last campaign.
After the first of October John Dud
ley, ex-custodian of the state house,
disappeared until one day this week,
when he came around again with his
gold watch and chain, fancy vest, a
dapper little derby and smile like
.'Flipper" in the Runaway Girl" Dud-
ley took in the Pan-American exposi-
ton, Toronto, and other Canadian
points, and is now keeping a watchful
eye out for that promised job in the
revenue office.
Middle-of -the-road Populists are not
taking kindly to the message sent
ahead by Carl Vrooman advising them
to join hands and circle to the left with
the Democrats. An Ellis county hard
shell says it is almost enough to make
an old-fashioned Populist trek out to
the back forty and commence throwing
rocks at his own cattle