The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-12-14
POLITICAL GOSSIP
Plan of the HOch Boomers Is
Becoming, Evident.
Will Organize as Many Clubs as
Possible.
THEN MOVE ON MARION
Will Thus Force Him to Become
an Unwilling Victim.
An Organization Is Reported
from MCPHERSON.

1t is the plan of those who are back
ing the Hoch club movement to get
as many clubs organized as possible
in the near future, and then for dele
cation from each club to go to Marion
on a day which shall be agreed upon
and insist upon Mr.. Hoch becoming a
candidate for governor.
It would not require very many del
egations of five or six members per
delegation to make it appear as though
the demand for Mr.. Hoch's candidacy
comes from a big uprising of 1.-The peo-
pie" He will therefore be forced to
capitulate and yield to the importuni-
ties of his friends" to run for a job
which he does not want.
According to a report in the McPher-
son Republican these delegations are
to make their pilgrimage to Marion
about the holidays. To become a mem
ber of the club it is only necessary to
authorize ones signature to this de-
claration:
I'VE, the undersigned, hereby asso-
ciate ourselves together as an E. w.
Hoch Republican club. the purpose of
which is to promote the interests of E
w. Hoch as a candidate for, and to
elect him as governor of the state of
Kansas, in the year 1904"
The statement was made at the or
ganization of the Mcpherson club
few days ago that there are so such
clubs already organized.
1t is stated that Senator H. L. Pes
tana, of Russell. intends to again be
candidate for state senator from the
district composed of Ellsworth, Lin
coin, Russell and Osborne counties. 1t
vvhaT1 San9fnr Pes
tana became assistant attorney general
he would relinquish any claims he
might have to denomination. and each
of the other candidates already has one
or more candidate for the place.
The candidacy of Rev. Bernard KEEL
ly for the place on the board Of man
ayers of the National Military homes,
which will become vacant by the selec-
ton Of Colonel Sidney G. Cooke as gov
ernor Of the LeavenWorth home, is re-
ceiving many good words from the
newspapers over the state. Rev. Mr..
Kelly is in position to give the place
his undivided attention, notwithstand-
ing the fact that there is little pay con-
uected with it. He is retired army
chaplain, receiving a salary of nearly
1925 a month from the government for
life.
Ralph Faxon, secretary to Senator
Long, writes the following Washington
gossip to the Hutchinson News:
Senator Burton fears he is nearing
the decadence of his reign as THE Berry
Wall of Kansas politics. as he puts it.
"A group of Kansans were in Mr..
Longs committee room the other day
When the senior senator came in with a
long face. He pledged the crowd to
secrecy and then told the story. 1t
seems that, following his usual custom,
one of the leading Photographic of
Washington, asked Senator Burton to
call to sit for his photograph. Mr. Bur
ton did so. Before going, he invested
himself in all his finery, and proudly
surveyed his form in the mirror as he
departed. But when the veteran Pho
tographer, who is no respector of
genius or craftsmanship, or of pride, or
of satisfaction, prepared to turn the
senator over to his assistant for the
sitting, he grasped the shoulder of the
Kansans coat, thrust it down, tried to
set the coat the way he thought it
should be; adjusted the sleeve, and
then. according to Senator Burton's
own statement told him to go home
and get some well fitting and up-to-date
clothes on, if you wish decent pic
ture!' All this Mortified Senator Burton
Tor moment, TO-. as he concludes the
story, I had just ct that suit out of the
shop of the best tailor in washington
and it cost me S90'
BIZ Hackney, who was here aiding
Judge Pollock in the late fight is not
one who stands awed when in the pres
ence of great men. He would probably
go before the king of England with as
justice Of the peace in sCowley county
The day Mr.. Hackney and Judge Pol
lock left here for Kansas, Mr. Long
took them to call on the president and
the attorney general. AS they were
leaving the president, Hackney put on
his hat pulled it down over one eve
and waving his hand at the president
as he went out of the door, he said, I'm
mighty glad to have met you, Mr. Presi-
dent: and I want to tell you YOU have
made the best appointment in Pollock
you ever made, or ever will make The
president saw in a moment the sort of
man Hackney was, and eXcusing him
self to Mr. Long and Judge Pollock, he
said, I want to see that man again He
called Hackney back, and had a few
minutes with him in his private office.
Hackney's assurance and nonchalence
were pleasing to the president, who
thoroughly appreciated these qualities,
not always found in callers at the
White House. 1t was also a pleasing
little incident which Hackney will prob
ably never forget"
D. A. Valentine, clerk of the supreme
court recently published this paragraph
In the Clay Center Times:
1t IS true that Governor Bailey is
not quite perfect, but none of US sup
posed he was when he became our can
dldate. We told the voters, however
that he was all right and would make
a good governor, and we heartily be-
lieve now that at the close of his term
ne viii have disarmed his critics, and
tney will do him the justice to admit his
claims to a denomination and a re-elec-
ton"
In commenting on this the Emporia
Gazette says:
"All Of which is mighty true. Bailey
is no saint, like our Martvred State
Printer is said to be- He has a good
deal Of old fashioned blood in him and
he doesn't chew chalk and think grand
thoughts, while scoundrels use his votes
in the convention Bailey loves his
friends and when thew are clean and