The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-11-30
Promptly Denies Latest Rum0r
of His Candidacy.
He Doesn't Want to Be Pension
Commissioner.
WANTS ONLY ONE JOB.
Would Continue to Represent
County in Legislature.
Brings Back Presidents Rose
for Lucille Pollock.

-'I am not a candidate for commits
sioner of pensions to succeed E. f.
Ware, and under no circumstances
would I accept the place. The only
Office 7 want is the one I now hold as
representative from DoniDhan county
and don't need any outside influence
70 get that"
This is the statement made to a
State Journal reporter today by Cyrus
LELAND. who has just returned from
Washington. in reply to a query. As
soon as the announcement was posi-
lively made that Commissioner Ware
intends to resign the story was started
that Mr.. Leland would probably be
candidate to succeed him.
THE first intimation 1 had of such
= thing was when l saw it in print
continued Mr.. Leland. Il don't want
that job or any other. I am not ask
ing for anything for myself. As 1 said.
all l want is to represent Doniphan
county in the legislature, and l don't
need any outside help for that"
Mr. Leland arrived from Washington
Sunday, where he has been for three
weeks participating in the fight over the
there indicate that he had more to do
with determining the result than any
other one man. Mr.. Leland is not in
clined to talk very much about the mat
ter for publication, however, further
than to say that the charges were not
sustained.
1T is a mistake" he said, ito say
that Judge Pollock had to disprove the
charges. Charges do not count, but evil
dence does, and there was not the evil
dence there to back up the charges.
Anybody can make charges, but it takes
evidence to prove them, and that is
where the charges against Judge Pol
lock fell down. The atfidavits were OF
such a nature that they did not carry
any weight with them. and the Dave
Palmer story fell down completely. EV-
erybody knew it couldn't be true
Mr.. Leland brought with him the
rose that was presented him by Presi-
dent Roosevelt to bring home to little
Miss Lucille Pollock, whose letter to
her father which Me. Leland repeated
to the president, clinched Judge Pol
locks appointment. Miss Lucille was
greatly pleased over the rose, although
it is somewhat faded now, and she will
press it and preserve it among her keep
sakes. AS soon as her father returns
from Washington she will write Presi-
dent Roosevelt and thank him.
Mr. Leland returned from Washing
ton by way of st. Louis When he got
on the train to come from Kansas City
to Topeka he fell in with D. w. Mulvane
and James A Troutman, who had come
from Washington by way of Chicago.
The three talked over the judgeship
matter on the way up from Kansas City.
"Troutman has entirely laid down in
his fight on Pollock" said Mr.. Leland,
"and Mulvane seems to take the ap-
pointment all right The fight has
stopped. 50 I don't care to say any
thing more about it. The trouble with
Troutman was that he didn't like Pol
locks dissenting opinion in the De
Boissiere home case. but that opinion
of Pollock's was all right in Washing
ton. Judge Pollock told the attorney
general that if he was not right in
that opinion he did not want the fed
eral judgeship. and he told the attor-
ney general his position. and a good
manY LAWYERS say he is right''