The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-06-29
Senator Burton Talking of Buy
ing House in Washington.
Inspected Place Belonging to
Sen. Proctor, Of Vermont.
SIMPSONS ACCIDENT.
Lost a Finger in His Mcpherson
Harvest Field.
An Interesting Fight For Hia-
Watha PostOfFice.

1uGIG IS a STORY going aIOuuu dlA1OASSb
the political gossipers that Senator Bur
ton is going to buy a house in Washing
ton and how he goes about it. The
junior senator from Kansas, it is told,
confded his intention of purchasing a
| Washington residence to a colleague
in the senate. He said he wanted to buy
a property. The colleague, said to be
Senator Proctor, of Vermont, said he
had a house he wanted to sell. Burton
and Proctor went out to look at the
property. 1t was a good ways from the
capitol
what's the price?" asked the KAN
san.
'Only s55,0oO." replied the vermonter:
rs that ALL exclaimed Burton as if
half a hundred thousand were mere
bagatelle. It's dirt cheap But this IS
too far out, senator. 1 think I'll buy
land and build further in the city,
The following notice. taken from the
Financial Review of New York, shows
that George E. Cole is appreciated
abroad as well as at home: OF course
the field of speculation when one talks
politics, is vast and not always enlignt-
ening, yet there seems to be some 1oun-
dalton for the rumOr to the erect that
Mr.. George E. Cole of Kansas, the pres
ent auditor of that state, will be asked
IA become a Republican candidate for
the gubernatoria1 chair. This arises not
so much from the fact that Mr. Cole
seeks the honor, for he has not appear
ed to do so, as from the apparent gossip
which associates his name with the
honor, which gossip comes from con-
sentative men. Certain it is that he mas
made many new friends and held the
old ones since he took his present Office,
and he has acquitted himself we'll, dis
charging his duties in buslneSSllke
and highly acceptable manner Mr.. Cole
Isl in truth a capable man of affairs,
and would make an efficient governor.
commencing himself to that substantial
element of the community which IS the
real monetary and commercial back
bone of the state
Word comes from Mcpherson county
that J. M. Simpson lost d finger by &C
cident. The mishap occurred in the
harvest field but just exactly how de
ponent saith not. One story is that the
ex-railroad commissioner fell or
stacker and sustained a lot of bruises
besides having a finger cut off. 1t may
have been run through and through by
a gigantic wheat stubble or bit off by
a jackrabbit as far as the connection
between falling off stacker and suf-
fering the amputatiOn of a finger can
be traced. The nature of the nishap
could be more readily understood if
Simpson had been depicted as cutting
federal office pie. Simpson has had his
fingers in that political pastry all the
time and then some. His friends are
not alarmed. A finger more or less will
be no handicap in collecting internal
revenue. they say.
National Democratic Committeeman
J. G. Johnson is building an addition to
his house at Peabody. Someone wanted
to know if he proposed to take the
POpulists in under that wing.
Brown county is debating whether or
not to make a fight on the denomination
of Judge w. I. Stuart, of Troy. Horton
politicians are counselling to wait till
the time is ripe and not oppose Stuart.
Nemaha county will not have a cand-
date, but will endorse Stuart, leaving
Brown county with the sack it has
been left for the last 20 years. they
argue, and conclude that the thing to
do is for Brown county to indorse
Judge Stuart, gain Doniphan's friend
ship and be in line for the judgeship
four years later The Brown county
eligibles that are being groomed for
candidates If the fight is decided to be
made are Flintloft Smith, A. B. Crock
EFT, w. f. Means and Sample Newlin.
The postoffice fight at Hiawatha Is on
in earnest Candidates are as thick as
bees around the bung hole of a molas-
SEES barrel on hot day. They are all
after Ewing Herbert's scalp. and are
positive that they will get it.
Likely the strongest candidate for the
place is Jacob Schilling son of Captain
Schilling. He was q strong Curtis man
as was also his father who managed
Mr.. Curtis campaign in Brown county.
o. J. Nugent is also a candidate for
the place and M. G. Ham has his eve
on the plum If it falls. Henry Cal
nan also is a candidate.
1t is not at all likely that a change
will be made in the Hiawatha postoffice
but if there is Jacob Schilling or some
old soldier possibly stands the best
chance for the appointment
From q distance, to the Horton Head
light. it looks like Mr.. Herbert was
fighting the very man who would nat
urally be for him. If Mr. Schillinr
should be a candidate. Mr.. Herbert can
not expect any help from the CAPTAIN.
Governor Stanley has put his son.
Harry w Stanley, to work for the
state during the SUNNI er months The
young man has been employed in the
governors Office as a clerk. and is on
the payroll drawing $50 a month.
E. ". Hoch, editor of the Marion
Record, has sent letters to the Repub-
lican members of the senate announc-
Ing himself q s candidate for state
printer. Hoch has been gravitating
toward the state printery for several
years, but this is the first time he has
been an avoWad candidate Coming
squarely out so far in advance gives
fair notice to the others who have
state printer aspirations-GeOrge A
Clark, Arthur Capper and Henry Allen.
Seven Years in Bed.
efWin wonders ever cease % inquire the
friends OF Mrs L. Pease of Lawrence,
Kan They knew she had been unable to
leave her bed in seven years on account
of kidney and liver trouble, nervous pros
ira zion and general debility T,,f ssrfs,re,