The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-04-05
Evident That Kansas is Out Of
COmmissiOnership.
Latest Evans Incident Causes
Strained Conditions.
JACKSON is HOPEFUL.
Says Kansas VIII Have More
Democrats in Congress.
Pension Facts Show Proportion
is High in Kansas.

Is High III AdNSass
Washington. d. C., April 5.-The in
formation which reaches Washington
that several Grand Army men called
on Senator Burton while in Topeka ana
requested him 10 protest against li'S
appointment of II. clay Evans 10 q
higher position has created no Sllie-i'
amount of criticism in Washington ~
IS well known mere that Kansas Wou4D
have had a man as cornnlssloner %
pensions before AIcKinley's death j lile
Grand Army people OF Kansas llatu ~
hopelessly split on the merits OF AdeSsLs-
Peters and Blue; and now, wneh tl-s
Kansas delegatiOn is doing all IL can
10 get a Kansas man named, the oid
soldiers are Obstructlng them sDy lu7lA
action against Mr.. Evans. 1t is treelE
stated mai the Grand Army asks
enough in the removal Of Evans as
commissioner. To do more IS Dut 70
extensively oppose the president WIZ
has stated over and over again that ile
had all confidence in Mr.. Evans ana
would do nothing to humiliate him. Inc
result is likely to be, in spite of all
efforts of the congressional deleSsttlOh'
that Kansas viii not be considered py
the president when he considers a man
Tor commissioner.
some of my Republican friends
think it great sport to refer to me as
the lone Democrat from Kansas, and 10
ask me if 1 don't feel lost remar ken
Representative Jackson of the Ihlrd
Kansas district yesterday Wei, they
may think it's funny, and perhaps 1t Is
just as well that they enjoy themselves
now for after the November elections
Ia Kansas this year there viii not be
Republican left to tell the tale lnsteau
of one Democrat and seven Republicans
to represent Kansas in the house, there
win be eight Democrats in the next
house. And then my Republican friends
viii no longer refer to me as the lone
Democrat from bleeding Kansas. Ac-
cording to the political stars, this IS a
Democrats year and it will be repe-
tition OF what followed in the Fifty
first congress" Representative Jack
son is warm advocate of government
ownership of the telegraph, and has in
troduced a bill for that purpose He
also favOrs the election of sena tors by
popular vote, and delivered d very
strong speech on this subject in the
house a few weeks ago He says this
question VIII yet be an issue before the
people. and win not be dOwued, ale
though the senate may refuse to vote
upon the house resolution providing for
an amendment to the constitution for
the election of senators by popular
vote.
Some pension statistics from the re-
port Of the commissioner OF pensions
are given herewith, as they are full Of
interest The two states leading in the
number of pensioners residing therein.
and the total amount they receive, are
Pennsylvania. with 104, 345 former sol
diers, receiving S13,3lS,3ll, and Ohio,
with 1O43Ol or only Al less than the
keystone state, and receiving S15,21l, 121,
or nearly S2000.0OO more in the aggre-
gate amount paid, with less than 30 dit
ference III the number Of Dene1c1arleS-
New York follows Ohio, with 8S.794 pen
sioners. drawing 81, 931 ,376 while Illi-
nois is fourth, with l0.49l, receiving 49, ?
$4,000. Indiana is fifth, with 66.914 pen
siOners, receiving Sle.zylSl6. or over
half a million more than Illinois. and
with 3.501 fewer pensioners; and the
fact that the pensioners Of Indiana
while less in number than those of the
state in which Chicago is situated, draw
half million more, ought to make the
Inhabitants of the Windy City feel sad.
1t appears that there are in the south
ern states 26,O20 former federal soldiers
who draw pensions aggregating So
033S90 per annum In the western and
Pacific coast states the amounts re-
ceived by states are as follows, Wy0-
ming, 4z6. receiving Sll6.Aj0. Wisconsin
2sS17, receiving 81 1876 70O- Washington
6,926 receiving S925.126; Utah. S6g re-
ceiving Sis $50; South Dakota 5120. re-
celNlng S525-325, Oregon. $40, receiVing
Sl49,3uO; oklahoma. : 1867, receiving ST.
025700; North Dakota, 1.S75. receiving
Sz35S50. New Mexico 1875 receiVine
$Z6Ssat, Nevada, ZS2, receiving S35 600
Montana. 1907. receiving 1920 1907 Ne
braska, 1880, receiving S2,4 zoo, Mich
igan. 44.050 receiving $685.. 100: Kansas
4L0s3, receiving S6.051.O0O. Minnesota
1854. receiving seer 200; Iowa. 81. SOS
receiving S5.4S1000; Indian Territory. 3
9z5, receiving S364300; Idaho 59S re
eeiving S2l6600; Colorado. S.134 receiv.
ing Ss44.o00; California, 1929. receiving
Sz625.e0O; Arizona 49, receiving SiO9
800, and Alaska, IS, receiving $40. 500.
The sundry civil bill reported bv the
committee to congress carries an appro-
probation of s250,oo0 for the penitentiar5
at Fort Leayenworth.
Charles y. Edlin, of Kansas. has re-
ceived an appointment in the treasurer.
Office. with salary of S700 In tine Of
flee Of the auditor of the war depart
ment. James Ritchie is promoted from
$1,000 to 81. 200
Omenzo G. Dodge, Of Leavenwor til
who has long been in the navy. ha.
been promoted to professor Of mathes
MATES with the rank of commander.
w Q. Lyon Mankato. who has JUS
passed through siege of typhoid fever
is able to be out again.
WE'D WIFE'S GIRL FRIEND
Capt Diclzins, 81. to Marry Mis-