The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-03-27
HARRIS is next.
S. /. Hale Says He VIII Be Gov
ernOr Of Kansas.
VIII Succeed Mr.. Bailey in Two
FEARS.
TRIES ANOTHER GUESS.
Says FusiOnists Night Win IN
Seventh District.
Says General Legislation is Due
to Democrats.
TRIES ANOTHER GUESS.

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occupying the gubernatorial chair OF
Kansas"
This is the prophecy made today by
J. Hale representative in the recent
legislature from Rush county and one
of the minority leaders
DO you intend to deprive Senator /
Harris of place on the canal commits
sion Mr.. Hale was asked.
Senator Harris won't get that APP
pointment any more than / will" re-
piled AIR. Hale
II want to make another prediction /
he continued. In the coming special /
election for congressman i'm the Seventh
district. the fusiouists, if they are uni
ted on a single candidate for congress I
man. viii carry what would have been
the Seventh district had my congress +
aionai apportionment bin carried.
My bill took Mcpherson. Sedgwick,
Harvey Sumner Harper and Kingman
counties out of the present Seventh dis
trict I predict that the tusionists will
carry the balance of the district this
spring
If it had not been for the fusionists
there would have been no general legis- /
lation i'm the last legislature If YOU will
examine the house journal you will find
that every important measure that be-
came a law. outside of appropriation
bills was introduced by fusionist. I
Some of them were introduced in the
senate by Republicans but not in the
house When "a Republican from one
faction would introduce an important
measure the other faction would Kill It,
Just run over the list OF important
bills and see If that is not So There is
the slot machine bill introduced that
in the house Senator Caldwell IS the
author of the stock yards bill senator /
all frff ~
FOR the election OF railroad commission
ers by the people. and SO it runs
"As matter of fact the fuslonlsts
saved the country. There would have
been nothing but appropriation and
local bills passed by the legislature If
the fusionists had not been there to In
t1oduce them. lit seems to me T re-
member something about tax Dill out
81 was not passed. Two or three Re
publicans introduced congressional ap-
portionment bills but none OF them got
arhe people are tired of the sort of
thing the Republicans gave them dur
ing the past winter and they VIII elect
W. A. Harris governor in 1904 and q
fusion legislature.
The state board of railroad assessors
are preparing to do a little stunt at
twisting the screws on the Pullman
company Iii proposes to raise the as
srssrnant on Pullman sleepers. Tt has
agreed upon last years basis for all
railroad rolling stock except Pullmans.
hut 30 proposes to raise the assessment
on them Last year standard Pullmans
were assessed al $4,000 each. Some Of
them run up as high as 100000 ia value.
Tourist sleepers last year were assessed
at $500
Abstractors viii have to give new
bonds as soon as the new abstract law
goes into effect. At present they are
liable for bad abstracts only to the
person 20 whom they give the abstract,
and &c is generally a third party VINO is
injured by a faulty abstract. The leg
islature has passed a law remedylng
this making abstracters liable to any
party who may be injured through
faWh in 4 false abstract AS this ex-
tends the liability of the suretles ON
the bonds of abstracters the attorney
generals department has held that alb
stracters must give new bonds
Governor Bailey win deliver the Me-
mortal day address at Beloit this year.
r. t. vandegrift. in writing from
Wichita of Victor Murdock's congress-
sional boom i'm the Seventh district
SAYS
Two women who are. very proud Of
Victor Murdock started his boom They
are his two best friends, his mother
and his wife. They could not get OUT
aud mix among the people but he has
another friend who knows the people
and the two women used HIM. Ihdt
man is the ever faithful and hones1
.Dave" I.eahy. who has known Victor
NTur1nrE all his life Their plans Were
laid while Mr.. Leahy was ON bed OF
sickness. First ne sogved the seed oil
fh- boom by sending for other friends
Of the Young editor and the %. Wheh ne
WAS able 10 get on crutches. he took the
street 1T took little work after the
boom was under way. for Victor Muir
dock has never missed q primary q
convention or q political meeting of any
kind in Wichita since he was ole
enough to vote He lisa famous mixer