The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-04-13
THEY WON'T QUIT.
P. II. Forbes, License Collector,
Refuses to Turn Over Office.
Says His Term Doesn't Expire
Till May %.
OBSTACLES IN WAY
Members of Beard of Health
Would Hold On.
Two Policemen Dropped and
Places Are Filled.

T. n OIOeS, Incense collector ap-
pointed by J. w F. Hughes. refuses to
turn over his office to his successor, H
w Page, until May %. He claims that
lis term of office does not expire until
that date, and he is going to hang on
as long as he can.
Mr.. Page will probably not take any
legal steps to secure the office. though
it is very doubtful whether Forbes has
any valid claim to retain possession.
c. E. Judd, city physician. will prob
ably try to retain his tenure on the job
Of city physician until June under the
same pretext. The members of the
board of health will also endeavor to
defeat Mr. BergundthaPs intention of
appointing a new board.
The persistence with which the
Hughes appointees cling to t1eir jobs
is amazing. Parker could not get them
out, and now it seems that Bergundthal
Will also have to endure them awhile
longer.
Forbes, Judd and others base their
claim to stay on the ground that they
are entitled to serve for two years, and
that owing to the injunction Of the dls
trict court Colonel Hughes could not
appoint them until after he had been
in Office for month and a halt. Forbes
was appointed May 81, 1901. and Judd
on June o. Inc sanitary ser S6dnl OIL
the force and the members OF. tne board
of health were appointed on June 3.
On May u, Colonel Hughes also ap-
pointed the street commissioner, super
intendent OF the electric light plant,
Weighnaster assistant city clerk. and
police sergeants and jailers. 1t is prob
able that if Mayor Bergundthal has not
the right to name a new license collect
or he has not the right to name any
of these officers.
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sergeants and jailers might have clung
to their offices on the same pretext that
Forbes has established, but they freely
say that they are ready to turn over TO
the new administration without any De
lay. This may be a mark of difference
between Parker appointees and Hughes
appointees-
FORBES TO START SUIT.
License Collector Forbes has demon
strated that he has no intention OF re-
tiring from his place at the pie counter.
He went before the city attorney this
morning, and had a complaint issued
for the arrest of Arthur s Kane and o.
T. Crawford. whom Forbes claims re-
fuse to pay the license fee imposed on
the Crawford theaters
The new license ordinance levied a
heavy tribute on the play houses. and
the owners of the theaters have OBJ
jected seriously to paying it.
GETS INTO HIS OFFICE.
Mayor Bergundthal was able to get
into his ONCE this morning Tor the HISl
time since he was sworn in. Ex Mayor
Parker returned from his trip to Cha
mute. and the first thing he did was to
remove all his personal effects from the
office and tell the city clerk to notify
Mr. Bergundthal to come and take pos
session. Mr. Parker did not call to see
Mr.. Bergundthal
When Mayor Bergundthal came up to
the city hall this morning he was let
into his Office by the janitor
TWO NEW POLICEMEN.
Whatever changes are to be made in
/ the police force will probably be made
within a very few days. Chief Golf
wants the reorganization to be compile
ted in time for the men who stay on
.the force to get their new uniforms be-
fore the visit of President Roosevelt to
Topeka on May l. It viii be arranged
so that a man who IS slated to go win
of police clothes.
Two members of the Parker force
were dropped this morning. They were
Rosander and Jackson Jackson IS a
coiored man. To fill their places, Will
lam Hutton and c. A. Smith were ap-
pointed Smith is a colored man, and
both are former members of the force.
They are competent officers
Mayor BergundthaI stated today that
no other changes have been agreed up
on. The police committee held meet
ing with the mayor this morning, at
which the changes in the force were
! discussed It is almost certain thai
owen and Mcintosh will be appointed
to the sergeanCies on the force.