The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-10-26
TURNS HIS BACK.
Burton Refuses to Take Up
Fight of Boss Busters.
Told the Delegation He Would
DO No More.
CASE OF MR.. LIT CRUM.
Explains Why He Made the
Recommended alton.
Preparing Formal. Statement
About Leland.
Says the appointment Is a
Presidential One.
CASE OF MR.. LIT CRUM.

The political conferences with Senator
Burton on the eve of his departure for
| Washington took an a business
like aspect today. More of the faithful
came in and thronged the Copeland lob
by.
| The first business taken up this morn
| ing was the chief business of the ses-
sion-the question of what to do in the
| case of Cyrus Leland, pension agent.
| The opponents of Mr.. Leland We're ad-
mitted to a conference early carrying
a formal protest against Leland's re-
appointment and asking what the sena-
| tor proposes to do about it. Senator
! Burton was urged to enter his senator
| ial protest at Washington and refused
| to do so.
| P. H Coney, Farmer A. W. Smith,
| Mayor w. T. F. Donald of Atchison,
Dick Blue, and J. K. Hudson, and a few
| others comprised the delegation which
was admitted to the conference.
| The meeting covered the matter of
! federal and other appointments quite
| thoroughly. The cases of Peter Foley
and Lit Crun were gone over as well as
| that of Cyrus Leland. Senator Burton
| stated in full his obligations to Foley
and that he could not do otherwise than
make him postmaster at Parsons
| AS to Crum the objections that We're
urged by Third district men were ar
! gued to fine point and it resolved it
self into matter of individual protest
| rather than any formal objection to the
naming of him as United States mar
! shall.
| 1t was pleaded for Crum that he has
| always been a friend and comrade of
| Cy Leland; that he has been open about
| it and yet has not sinned as grievously
| as others in this respect.
The proposition that Crum was oppos-
| ed upon was that he has mo more right
| to be appointed United States marshal
| than any other friend of Cy Leland
Besides expressing his confidence in
| Crum, of whom he said he had no fear
now nor in the future that Crum would
| go over to the enemy, Senator Burton
declined to take up in person the boss
busters" fight on Leland. He is quoted
as saying to them: 1.-THE office of pen
sion agent is a presidential appoint
ment. Mr.. Mckinley told me he in
tended to appoint Mr.. Leland. And the
appointment now rests with President
Roosevelt"
Lelands opponents failing to eulist
Senator Burton, are not giving up the
fight yet They propose to follow up the
endless chain letter of protest against
Leland by sending personal representa-.
tives to President Roosevelt in order to
cOunteract some of the endorsements
that Leland has in. Five of the six Re
publican judges of the supreme court
have endorsed Leland to the dismay of
the boss busters
Senator Burton is preparing a full
statement of his declination to take up
the fight on Leland to be made public
before he leaves for Washington to-
night.
The lobby is satisfied with Burton's
declination. The general comment is
that good sense is shown in not trying
to butt a brick wall. The general run
of the Burton contingent talk in that
strain.
One of the new bank examiners,
| Elmer e. Ames, of Norton, is here. He
| saw Senator Burton this morning and
| informed him that his commission ar
rived Thursday. Mr.. Ames expects to
| start out upon his duties about No
vember l. He is awaiting instructions
| following his acknowledgment of the
| receipt of his commission.
! Mr. Ames and J. T. Bradley, the
| other examiner, have agreed to work
alternately instead of dividing the ter
| ritory geographically There are two
examinations called for each year
| Bradley will make one examination of
| each banking institution over which
| they have Jurisdiction, and Ames will
make the other This plan also divides
| up the fees equally and saves the
| trouble of making IN equitable division
| of the territory geographically. Sem
ator Burton signified his approval of
| this arrangement between the exam
! iners and the plan is agreeable to
| Comptroller Ridgley also The official
| authorization of this plan is expected
| with the instructions that will soon
! come from Washington to the examin-
| erS.
The Sixth district crowd is in quite
| formidable array. J. r. Burrow, who
| has the making of secretary of state in
| him, came linked arms with E. Z.
| Ames. Senator Harry L. Pestana .and
| Otis L. Atherton came in together from
| Russell Senator Burton wants Ather-
| ton to take register receiver of the
Wa-Keeney land office and forego all
| claims to a second term in the state
| treasury. Atherton has not come to a
| decision yet, it seems Cy Anderson
| says he does not know how much
| longer he will keep the registership at
| Colby, as if he did not get any new
| information from his little talk in
par1or C today.
| Col. Dick Blue saw the senator, to have
| it remembered that all hope is not
given up yet of the removal of H Clay
| Evans and the awarding of the place to
| Kansas and to Mr.. Blue in particular.
| w F. Brown, of Westmoreland. and
Enslie Jones, of Lawrence, called on
| Senator Burton to find out the chance
| of securing jobs as deputy revenue col
IectorS.
| lobby were: Senator Tom Noftzger, of
| Anthony; s. G. Pottle. Ell Dorado: ].
! M Simpson, Spring Valley; Represen-
| tative N. P. Willis, Wilson county;
Representative A c. Bangs, Winfield;
L. J. Pettijohn, Dodge City; Robert
Dougherty, Newton; C. P. Drew and G.
W. Dotv, Burlingame; Tom Scates.
Dodge City
| senator Barton and Congressman