The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-05-04
Has His Eye on the Place but Is
Saying Nothing.
MAY BE SWITCHED OFF
Talk About His Congressional
Aspirations Is Revived.
Speculation About Federal PO-
sitTons Continues Una bated.
Interesting Bits of Information
About Politicians.

state Senator H. B. Miller, of Usage
City. has mild boom for governor. 1t
percolated out little bit when the leg
islature was in session last winter and
it has not fallen back any during the
more staid business period that has fol-
lowed. When the pending federal ap-
pointments are out of the way and the
Fourth district gets shaped up for the
state campaign a year hence there VIII
be more thought about it. Senator Mil
Ter is a likely man to step into the shoes
Of Congressman J. M. Miller. of Council
Grove. Political seers say the trick
can be turned right handily for all the
strength Of the present incumbent. But
the hxers hint that it might be arranged
70 haul or the Usage City mans batter
les in the fight of Miller against Miller.
If the preliminary slSirmishes should 80
against Representative Charles Harris,
of Emporia, who is nursing an ambition
TO be secretary OF state, the Fourth dis
trfct might make a strong bid for the
top Of column, under the eagle, on the
state ticket.
Assistant Attorney General B. II. Ira
cy has lately swung of on a tangent
to reach out for the United States dis
trict attorneyship and get it away from
I. T. Lambert. Tracy keeps one eye on
congress all along, however, as he looks
up to congressional hOnors as a fitting
goal to round out a young mans pOliti-
cal career. When this is settled between
the two. the loser could be induced to go
to congress from the Fourth district.
The Lyon county delegation leading in
the rush when everybody made a jump
for the Burton band wagon gave the
district a call on the senator for the
place Of district attorney that S. ]. Os-
borne and others have to discount in
some way. One Of the first bits of fog
that hangs over the Fourth district po-
Htical situation Will be dispeled when
the federal appointments are announced
and it is known who is left to go after
the places on the state and district tick
cts
State Fish Commissioner George Wy
lie has had to stand a good deal Of chaff
about the dryness of Meade county Per
haps gossip has made Meade dryer than
II really IS, but when all is said it still
remains true that there are not as many
fish in the county as the state house
fishing party say they caught in the
Spring river. So the fellows dubbed
over with the humOr of the situation
and its contract with the eternal fitness
of things when the place of fish COM
missioner was allotted to a. county
where fish thrive as well as a. banana
tree in the KIOndile They couldn't get
over talking about the unwatered condi-
tion of Meade and they used to say it
was so dry that fish had to go overland
to get to water. That was ten years
ago and they even take a fling at it
once in awhile now. A. Gibson, land
clerk in the state auditors Office gave
the chair a new turn the other day when
Wylie was in the city. Say, George
remarked Gibson. why should Meade
county have the fish commissioner?
knew that Meade county and water are
strangers. let alone there being such a
thing as fish. Why. it's SO dry out there
that the WhippOOrwills have to carry
Ill
nests and you know it." And now they
are calling Wylie'tN hippoOrwfll George
with energy enough to make it stick for
life.
Commander w W. Martin and A.
w. Smith, who is to be department
commander of the c. A r. for the next
year, after riding into politics again
all winter on the tail of the Burton kite,
backing out successfully, and, of
course, successfully, from the worlds
fair and pension commissioner races
when it became evident that he
couldn't get either. have some reputa-
ton as manners of towns The pair were
discussing it in the G. A. r. headquart-
ers yesterday Smith gave the name
-14rONeland" to his home township
when it was organized in Mcpherson
county. largely because there were no
trees there 1t was at the time of the
timber culture law he explained and
q great many trees were planted by the
timber culturist settlers. We have
plenty of groves now The people took
to the name well enough that when the
railroad put a station there it was
named .Groveland,' and the town grew
Up with it." Commander Martin had
hand in giving "Grenola" its combina-
ton name. When the railroad was
built he said 1T came through be-
tween. the towns of Greenfield and Kan
ola Neither wanted to give up its
name, so a man from the other town
and got together and hyphenated the
, two and the result was the very pretty
name of sGrenola' for the town that has
now grown together, also"
~some little complaints are very
small" remarked a member of the rail-
road commission. but they are sin
cerely large, no doubt. to the fellows
that send them in. We have a COM
plant here from man who had a COW
killed on the track We have several
of them, but they are not properly in
our jurisdiction They should go
through the equity courts This man is
offered twenty dollars by the railroad
company, but he says she was par
ficularly valuable COW, and he thinks
he ought to have thirty. Here is an
other from man way down in Okla
h0ma- He moved down from Kansas
and had a barrel of dishes smashed in
transit. He thinks we ought to get
after the railroad company and make
sem settle for his wrecked crockery
The board referred them to the claim
department of the roads. and that's as
much as it can do"
r. J. Richardson, who represented Pot
taWatomie county in the house of repre-
sentatfyes last winter. has another office
new Richardson was chairman of the
committee on prohibition and did effective
work in standing the unwilling members
on their heads by having the Hurrel
search and seizure and the county attOr
psy- inquisition bill advanced and passed
Richardson was noticed tC be G. L.
when he was here and now he IS an n. p
lie was commissioned notary public by
G0vs Stanley yesterday. Richardson pro-