The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-04-12
WARE TO TAKE IT
He VIII Accept Office Of PEN
sion Commissioner.
Secretary COrtelyOu Telegraphs
Him Of Presidents Action.
TELEGRAMS POUR IN.
Senators Harris and Burton
Send Congratulations.
Others Come From Nebraska,
New Mexico and Elsewhere.

Eugene Ware will accept President
Tloosevelt's tender of the Office of COM
missioner Of pensions. He has not &C
cepted it yet and has not said that he
would do so. but tire fact that ne is
looking forward to arranging his bust
ness so that he can leave it and go to
Washington shows that he will take it.
There was some doubt in the public
mind as to whether Mr.. Ware would ac
cept it. as it is known that he might
have had the Topeka pension agency
had he wanted it. and the acceptance
of the Office of commissioner OF pen
sions VIII entail upon Mr.. Ware the CIV
ing up of an extremely lucrative law
practice, while the position is not sufh-
GENTLY remuneratiVe financially to
tempt a man Of Mr.. Wares ability am
it entails a great amount Of trouble.
'IIave you accepted the appoint
ment2" Mr.. Ware was asked today by
n State Journal reporter.
Il have received no official tender of
The Office said Mr.. Ware. and until I
60. how can accept it The nearest
that I have come to a notification is a
telegram from the presidents private
secretary asking when l can begin
work. 1 presume this predicates an APP
DOintment."
when did you say you would begin"
Il haven't said 1t depends upon my
law business. 1 will get my affairs into
me in a busy time. wasn't hunting
the job nor looking for it The truth is
I have been on the firing line before,
and the fellow who takes this Job will
be a target for everybody
As matter of fact Mr.. Ware,
Yankee-like, lodged the query from
Secretary Cortelyou by asking one
himself He wired in reply:
When do you want me to begin?"
On Mr.. Wares desk in his Office in
the Central National bank building
there is a big stack of kilograms, and
every hour is adding to them. They
are congratulatory messages, and they
come from all over the country. The
pile began to accumulate last night. A
big installment was added to it this
morning, and it has been growing all
day.
One of the number was from Gov
ernOr Savage of Nebraska. Governor
Savage was an old schoolmate of Mr..
Ware. His message read.
Mrs. Savage joins me in hearty con-
CALCULATIONS. I also congratulate the
old coffee coolers.
(Signed) e P SAVAGE"
Here is one that came from Senator
Harris at Washington:
Congratulations on the compliment
and COMMUNICATIONS on the job
w. A. HARRIS
Right beneath it was this one, also
from Washington:
Accept my hearty congratulations.
j. r. BURTON"
a AEdQluB pDIlAGldA OF new MEA1CO
sent this one from Albuquerque:
Congratulations on your appoint
ment New Mexico endorses your noIni-
nation. THOS. HUGHES"
Here is one from Fort Scott, where
Mr. Ware lived for many years:
Accept sincere congratulations of
friends here. (Signed) Eden Lowe, F.
c. Raney, G. B. White, J. G. Ausman,
J. NJ Humphrey, D. F. Campbell, G. A
Hornaday, F. S. Towner, z. c. Gates,
c. B. Griffith, Q. z. Cory"
Years and years ago r.Ware bought
q farm down in the vicinity of Chero-
kee and lived there for a time One
Of his kilograms was from Cherokee.
and read;
Congratulations applications poll
tieians- tribulations. E. A Perry, R.
W. Bronson, and one thousand others. .
The next telegram on the pile was
from Indianapolis. It was as follows:
Congratulations limitless and con-
tinuOus-
JAMES WHITCONIB RILEY"
At this point the reporter was inter-
rupted by Mr. Ware, and he saw no
more of the kilograms, but there was
a hundred or more of them.