The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-12-02
Get NEW PLACE.
Republicans Break Away from
State Headquarters.
Senators Change from Copeland
to the National.
SIMPSON THE LOSER.
Change in Revenue Law Cuts
Down His Pay.
How the Philadelphia Record
Views Senatorial Contest.


legislative session. 1t is said that near
ly the whole second floor has been re
served by them and that the caucuses Of
the Republican senators will be held
in the National Darlors.
OF course the Copeland win still be the
chief political center. because the can
didates for United States senator all
have headquarters there. It is possible.
though, that the senatorial candidates
win open headquarters at the National
also.
The Copeland has for years been the
headquarters of the Republican leaders
IN Kansas. The Throop has been Demo-
cratic headquarters, and while the Pop
ulist party was doing things it always
put up a the National Now that the
Republicans are the whole works once
more they have divided and the Ma
tional has captured big share Of them.
So far about twenty Republican SEN
atorsk have applied at the National for
rooms. This is a majority of the Re
publicans in the senate. Others will
probably go to private boarding houses.
so that there is little doubt but what
the caucuses of the Republican stats
senators will be held at the National.
The change in the method of collect
/ ing internal revenue on oleomargarine
has cost ]. NJ Simpson internal revenue
collector for Kansas. about 81, 900 year.
1t cuts that amount off his salary, and
reduces the value of his office financially
considerably below the rest of the big
four" The big four federal offices
are United States district attorney.
! United States marshal. pension agent
and collector of internal revenue Here
tofore the salary of all of them has run
from $4,000 to $4,000 a year. Now the
internal revenue collectors salary drops
from $4,000 to $4,000.
Under the old system the government
1 collected two cents pound straight on
oleomargar:ne. and the big end of the
revenue in Kansas came from the oieO
manufactured in the packing houses at
the mouth of the kaw. The total rev.
/ enue collected in Kansas amounted to
| 100000 a year and at least S400,00O of
this was collected on Oleo. Now the
+ oleo tax is half a cent a pound on the
uncolored product and ten cents a pound
on the colored, but very little of the
! latter is manufactured AS conse-
quence the revenue collected on oleo
I has decreased to 800, 900 year and the
total in the state is only about $500,000.
] This decrease in collections has caused
the decrease in the salary of the col
lector-
The entire Kansas delegation was
present in congress yesterday when con-
gress opened except Congressman Jack
son of the Third district
Here is an eastern view of the Kansas
senatorial fight, from the Philadelphia
Record: An interesting contest for
! United States senator in Kansas is cal
! culated to determine whether President
I Roosevelt or the beet sugar crowd is the
dominating influence in the politics of
/ that state. The leading candidate is
/ Representative Long of the ways and
means committee of the house. who took
/ a determined stand for Cuban reciproc-
/ ity when his Republican associates on
the committee were in a halting mooo.
His chief opponent is Representative
1 w belongs TO the hA0t
] faction, and has it's active support.
| From present indications Long has the
better prospect; but sugar sometimes
plays an important part in American
politics.
Many people seem to find it imDossi-
BILE to get w. J. Bailey's initials in the
proper order They always turn them
around and write them y. W. Because
of this mistake Rev. DR.. J. w. Bailey,
who lives on E1mwood avenue. is re-
ceiving letters intended for the next gov
ernor of Kansas. The majority of them
are from women who offer to help Mr..
Bailey out of his alleged matrimonial
difficulties by becoming the sharer of
his joys and sorrows. The letters come
addressed to u. w. Bailey. Topeka,
! KAN" and are therefore delivered to
/ Dr. Bailey, because those are his ini-
tials. If the letters were addressed to
wv. J. Bailey" they would be delivered
either at the governors office or at the
| Copeland
Patrick German. of Fort Scott is a
candidate for J. n. Fixes place on the
board of railroad commissioners Fike's
term expires next April. The place goes
to an anti Republican. as the law spec
iifies that not more than two members
shall be of the same political party and
the other two members are Republicans.
The commissioner is elected by the ex-
ecutive council.
Governor Stanley has appointed the
following as delegates from Kansas to
the live stock convention to be held in
Kansas City next month: E. Ea Mod
man. Vermillion: H. o. Tudor. Holton
10, o. Wolf, Ottawa: G. w Addison,
Eureka M. c. Campbell. Wichita.
The Courtland Register has picked
Charles n. Peck. eDresentative-elect
from Cloud county. as the Republican
candidate for state senator in the Cloud
Republic district two years hence. It
says:
.'The people of Republic county will
Chas NJ Peck. Cloud county's represen-
tative in the legislature this winter
After his brilliant success at the polls II
is quite probable that two years from
now he will be Cloud eounty's candi
date for state senator. and this county
, puts up. hence our present interest in
Mr.. Peck. He certainly seems built
along the proper lines
Emporia Gazette: When people scream
about letting the cat out of the bag
they should remember this: The cal
has no business there. The Topeka Cap
) ital and the Nail and Breeze seem tc
think that the Gazette has done Some
lthing Awful. This paper win do ev-