The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-01-04

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member positively controls the patron
age as long as he is in office. This viii
doubtless be a great relief to the post
masters who are anxious to succeed
themselves. because it will make it clear
to them that it is their duty to support
Mr.. Reeder for denomination
Apropos of postmasters in the Sixth
district, the newspaper men out there
Jared pretty we'll Thirteen editors are
poStmaSterS in their respective towns,
and the postmasters in Hays City and
Kirwin were formerly editors. Then
there are editors at Beloit, Burr Oak
and Sharon Springs who are holding
state or federal appointments The
owners of the Concordia Empire, over
in the Fifth district, are also well fixed
in the postoffice line One of them is
postmaster at Concordia and the other
at Scandia. 1t isn't very often that one
newspaper can corral two postoffices
Clay Center IS taking great pains just
now to explain that town is not mas
cot for attorney general. 1t is pointed
out that the last three terms that the
Republicans have had the attorney gen
erals office 1t has been filed by d Clay
Center lawyer, and now another from
the same town is a prominent candidate
&. Coleman, the present candidate, for
some reason are afraid that this will
work against him, and they are dis
claiming Attorney General GODDARD. f.
b. Dawes was elected attorney general
from Clay Center few years ago. and
he appointed A. A. GODDARD as his assist
ant. When his term expired Mr.. GODDARD
settled in Topeka. Then he became a
candidate for the place himself and is
serving his second term. The story was
first started that Clay Center was a
good place for attorneys general simply
as a coincidence, but the Clay Center
people were afraid it was intended to
injure Mr.. Coleman, and they are now
claiming that Mr.. GODDARD does not be-
1D,r 20, 1.I,s, -
the Fifth district congressional commit
tee, who is booming Mr.. Coleman, is out
in an interview declaring that Mr.. God
ard does not belong to Clay Center, and
did not when he was first appointed as
sistant attorney general.
George E. Coles candidacy for gov
ernor received another big boost when
the county clerks, regardless of poll
tics, declared for him last week down
at Hutchinson. The office of county
clerk is generally the political center
in many Kansas counties. That is
where the commissioners meet and the
county politicians congregate to dis
cuss matters political. For this reason
cially significant. The resolution in full
as it was passed by the convention was
as follows:
we, the county clerks of Kansas in
annual N Getting assembled. heartily ex-
press our most hearty and sincere ap-
probation of George f. Cole for the
many kindneSSes and cOurteSieS he has
extended to us as county clerks and
for his presence and valuable assistance
at our meeting and work of our
ganiZation and further commend him
to the people Of this great state as an
upright, honorable gentleman, a faith
full and efficient public officer, bold and
courageous in the discharge of his
duties however unpleasant they might
be. watchful of the expenditures of all
public moneys, always quick and eff
cient in the equitable adjustment of
conflicting interests of the state and
its subordinate municipalities and we'll
worthy OF advancement to any position
of public trust to which he may aspire,
or to which the public interests may
call him in the future"
H. B. Miller is another gubernatoria1
candidate whose boom is not standing
still by any means SHe is brother of
Bradford Miller, of Mission township.
who was one of Topeka'S most popular
mayors, and he has a great many
friends in Shawnee county.
Here are Henry Aliens comments on
the candidacy of Senator Kennedy for
congress in the Fourth district: We've
no desire to get into the Fourth district
fight, but we would like
to make the observation that In case
the Fourth district wants a change of
she couldn't do better
than send Senator ]. A. Kennedy. who
has been mentioned This sena torial
mas II16u MIN ana he en-
phatically all right in the best sense of
that term.
James Fike, the Democratic member
of the board of railroad commissioners,
does not want the Populists to take
possession of the Democratic party. He
says: After we have nominated the
ticket and selected the campaign COM
N ittee. would not mind having the
Populists join US, but we can't afford
to have them come in before we take
measures to protect ourselves. The
Democrats haven't much hope of taking
the state from the Republicans, but we
believe there is a chance of the election
of a Democratic president in 1904 We
want to be in position to control the
federal patronage in this state and
that's why we don't want our ma
chinery gobbled up by the Populists."
d. P. Lindsay, of Mcpherson. was in
sas City Journal published the follow
Frank Nelson ought to have his own
third term as state superintendent of
'fellers' have the same kind of a think
state honors until Nelson speaks" This
get his own county without difficulty
governor
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