The Topeka state journal., 1901-04-20

advocate for state government. They
are gcing to select the symbol for their
party ticket by the referendum method
next The state central committee viii
take all the suggestions that the breth-
ren desire to submit, select a represent
ative half-dozen and then have 4 cod
pon vote to determine which shall be
the official emblem.
If ~Foghorn' Funston of revere6
memory had not already correred the
bauble of. renown and since .relapsed t.
private life and semi-obscurity, Judge
Ellis of the supreme court might make
some pretensfons to Ioud-voiced farue-
As 1t IS he may not come in under the
highest rating, but near it. There IS a
story told of him, however, which,
though it happened some years ago, IS
worth repeating. The court house at
OberIin is half a mile from town. 1t
the town became alarmed at a racket
that enanated from the temple Of JUS
tice and was waited over to the town
Several citizens got the idea that there
hand and a riot call was sent around
The citizens armed themselves with
axes, ropes, buckets and every fool
weapon or emergency implement that
was handy and proceeded to invesu
gate On the way to the court house
the elamor did not abate, but grew in
volume as they drew near. Some OF
the weakened dropped out. The
bolder spirits continued on and came
up to the entrance. A bail1m met the
motley crowd at the door, locking 1t be-
hind him because of the hostile appear
ance of the approaching army. The
crowd wanted in and resented the op-
position of the bailiff- Some wanted to
take him out and hang him. There
a riot here and we demand entrance
yelled the leader. The bailin protested
there was no riot. but the men heard
the rumble and roar continuing within
the court room and insisted that there
was The bailif still demurred that
there was no call for this den1onstra-
ton, that there was nothing unusual
going or. What's the matter then :!
asked az excited citizen of the storm
ing party, what's all this noise about"
THAI The bailff was interrupted
by another outburst from within that
fell upon the sudden stiffness like tue
roar of a belching volcano. .sOh! that's
only Ebe Ellis taking Judgment by de-
fault.g
Simpsons claim upon Burton for the
place that had been early copcedsd t.
George Findlay is on an undiscoVerable
basis. Had Simpson been a Burton man
like some of the others since the butter
fell out of the well, it would be posslDlr
to understand his present hold. The
terms OF his fealty to the Abilene man,
as gossip tells it. are different from the
price that is put uDon it now It is said
that his candidacy is an afterthcught
pure as crystal. His agreen ent with
Senator Burton is said to have been that
the senator should use his best offices
to secure the advancement of his son,
who is an employe of the postal depart
ment at 81, 200 year. The place. which
Joe Bristow aided in giving him. is a
nominal one and the young man Is
studying law on the side. Simpson got
the promise of advancement for his son
and kept on talking and wound up the
senator into promise for himself for
the co1lectorship, in some way or other.
There seems no other way of under
standing why, with Simpsons early
mention and strength for place m the
railroad commission, he should switch
off and go after Findlay's promised
place, unless he feared the antagonism
of the AIbaugh-Lelandites bcca1se Of
his boSs-buster proclivities in the days
gone by and the desire that every n an
has of getting a better job if he can.
The action has brought things up to the
position of an open break instead of
pacifyiEg things. When Burton turns
down Findlay he turns down George
Clark, secretary of state. one of his
earliest and staunchest adherents, and
forces him into another crcwd.