The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-05-19
Reeder and BOwersOek Have
Been Hesitatfng.
VARIETY OF REASONS.
Fhree of Them Are Candidates
For Senator.
Others VIII Get in Touch With
the Workers.

washington, May 19.-Probably for
the first time in the history of Kan
sas state convention during the long
session of congress. all of the Kansas
delegation viii attend the state con-
vention at Wichita on May g. 1t is
announced today that all of the Kan
sas congressman will go, including Sen
ator Burton and most of them VIII
leave Washington on Friday or Satur-
day of next week Representative
Reeder and Representative Bowersoek
are the only two Kansas congressman
who have been hesitating about going to
Wichita, but it is said that they viii
Join the procession and make it unan-
3mous. They may, at the last moment,
decide not to go, but if they continue
in their present frame Of mind, no Kan
sas congressman viii be found missing
when the convention is called to order
at Wichita on May %.
They are going to attend the cOnven-
ton for a variety Of reasons Three OF
ne congressman are candidates Tor the
senate Representatives Long, Curtis
and BoWersock, and Of course each VIII
take occasion to give his boom boost
whenever opportunity offers Senator
Burton. on the other hand, is anchored
in the senate, and viii want to help MS
friends who made it possible for him to
be senator. Several of his friends are
candidates for state Offices before the
convention, and he will naturally want
to help them along. Representative
Scott, being a candidate for renOmina-
ton is of course DESTROYS of being on
the ground, where he can look after his
interests personally. As Representa-
tive Miller and Representative Calder
head did not attend their district con-
Venti0ns, they Will take this opportunity
to get in touch with the workers in
their districts who viii be at the state
convention Representative Reeder
found 1T necessary to attend the con
VenEOu which nominated him, so he has
no special reason for going to Wichita,
but he proba bly, feels that it can't do
him any harm to keep in the current,
and his recent experience before the
Norton convention teaches him also
that he cannot get in too close touch
with conditions
So all of the Kansas congressman will
ask for leave of absence next week, be-
cause Of important business" at home,
and the speaker viii wonder what is the
matter with Kansas. Then he will re-
member that it is only a state conven-
ton, and that it is no commercial crisis
which calls the Kansas members home.
The family of Representative Scott
will 60 to Kansas with him. and will
not return to Washington during the
present session of congress.
The speaker has agreed to hermit Rem
Tesentat1Ye BoWersock to call up his bill
to extend the statute of limitations to the
d
sas counties. Mr. BoWersock is hopeful of
securing the passage Of the measure
which VIII result in quieting the title to
q large amount of Indian land in Wyan-
dotte, Douglas, Johnson and Mainl coun-
ties
Representative Curtis has succeeded in
having included in the Indian appropria-
11on bill an item providing for the payment
Of a part Of the trust fund to the Iowa
ana Saes and Fox Indians in Brown and
Nenlaha counties. There. are 200 of the first
and about sixty of the last mentioned
tribe Each tribe will receive about $50. 000
THESE sums represent about half Of the
trust fund, but the committee thought it
wise to make only partial payment at
thls time If the money is properly han
dled, payment Of the balance viii be made
later on.
Senator Harris has favorably reported
from the committee on military affairs a
Bill to correct the military record of Levi
Maxted of Lawrence. Maxted served four
years and three months, and through some
misunderstanding with his commanding
ofTlcers was listed as a deserter at the close
Of his service Senator Harris believes that
q man who served his country SO long and
80 we'll is entitled to an honorable dis
charge unless his record plainly shows
that he was at fault.