The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-02-12

New England wanted the successor
of Senator Dawes to come from that
portion of the country. but Senator
elect Long secured the appointment Of
Ex-Governor Stanley instead.
To satisfy New England curiosity
regarding Governor Stanley. Lincoln, "
the veteran Washington correspondent
of the Boston Transcript, sends the
following to his paper:
Governor Stanley of Kansas. who
has accepted the appointment to sue
ceed the late Henry Z. Dawes on the
commission to the five civilized tribes
in Indian Territory, is one of the sort
of men the professional anecdotists
and sketch-Writers love. He is a
Methodist. and i'm high favor with his
fellow citizens of that denomination
Among other things he is an active
worker in the Sunday school, and
when his political enemies set out q
while ago to kill him off. they brought
out story of how, having fallen i'll
and been ordered TO bed by his ply
slcian- he rlgged up a telephone in mia
sick room with a big sounding board
at the other end in the chamber where
mis- Bible class was wont to meet on
Sundays, and conducted his weekly ex-
ercise through this medium while prop
ped up with pillows. The idea of the
disseminators of this tale was that the
Prohibition voters who We're sun
posed to associate compulsory teetOtal-
ism with religious fervor, would be
disgusted and quit his support; but
they didn't.
Equally unsuccessful was the at
tempt in the opposite direction-to drive
or the prohibition voters by exhibiting
a picture Of Stanley taking q drink at
one of the prescribed dramshops in
LeavenWorth A photographer offered
to furnish the necessary snapshot for
stere0ptic0n. But the governor denied
promptly having taken the drink. and
his accusers could not prove it on him
beyond the doubt of the photograph s
being a trick picture. so that fell flat,
also
The three critics in Kansas who have
neen most severe on Stanley are Arthur
Hates. a negro criminal of Wichita.
. Carrie Nation, the com ba tive refOrmer-
and young Henry Stanley. the govern
or's son. kates was a tough citizen who
stabbed and killed a fellow negro in a
street brawl. He was indicted for muir
der and retained Stanley as his counsel
VINO when the case came to trial. ad-
Nlsed MIN to plead el.6ty of murder in
the second degree and throw himself on
the mercy of the court With the CON
sent OF the prosecuting attorney he did
soi but the judge, instead of reWarding
MS candor with fairly light penalty
as expected sentenced him to 20 years
ga --.1 l''iii y Alter ne mad served
couple of years. his friends got up a
petition for his pardon and Stanley not
only signed the paper, but accompanied
II with a very strong personal letter to
Governor Morrill,. setting forth the ex-
tenuaung conditions in their most eff
1ectlNe light and urging ciemencv bv
all means. The petition was denied.
I'm the next campaign. Kates' cronios
and symDathizers were extraordinarily
active IN drumming up votes for STAN
ley. and. after waiting for q aaor,ro,4e
period, revived the old petition and Dre-
sented it, together with the letter tc
Morrill,, to the new governor Stanleg
took the matter under adviselnent foi
some time, but then indorsed the paper.
Refused and sent them back He