The Topeka state journal., 1903-05-26


ness manager sent for him.
wanted TO look at you, said this
functionarys because you're the s5rst re-
porter ever knew who didn't come TO
get MS salary when it was due. Come
regularly hereafter We'll have il for
you.
One Of his first assignments was to
write up a swell society event on the
North Shore drive. After reading the
copy the city editor said to him. Muir
dock, you've got here the best society
story that ] ever read. It's great. But
we are not publishing a paper like the
Arblter Zeltung, the anarchists own
weekly, or anything like that. I'm sorry
we can't use it. but what we wanted
was description of what happened and
not French revolution pamphlet, and
that's what you have here
But MuEdock scored success as q
Chicago reporter. In 1894 he returned
to his old home and became managing
editor of the his fathers paper, a posi-
tion which he still holds.
Col. Marshall Murdock is now, and
for the past forty years has been, one
of the very biggest men in Kansas, edi-
torially as wen as politically
When Victor was 10 years of age he
had a scene with his father over some
of his boyfsh pranks. In the impas-
stoned discussion of the affair the lad
became chesty, and, addressing ms
parent, said: Sire, you are now the
will come when you win be known only
as Victor Murdocls father
ssVictor AIurdock is essentially news
paper man. It is his first love, and II IS
thought that he can never become rec
onciled to political life He has marked
literary tastes. He is 50 careless about
his dress that he once attended recep-
ton given by President Diaz in the pal
ace of the City of Mexico, and failed to
realize that he did not have collar on
till he was actually in front OF the great
Don Porfrio. Being tireless worker,
his friends predict for him a great ca
reer in congress. His habit IS to master
everything he undertakes, and being
very compa nionabIe and interesting in
conversation, he cannot fail to make
marked impression in public life II IS
said that no man in his home town has
ever called him Mr. MurdOck, and the
humblest man or boy in his newspaper
office calls him Vic 1t is thought that
he Will get fully 85 per cent of the votes
cast in his home town.
In George w. Cranes statement of his
expenses in connection with the publi-
cation of the Wooster Readers, as filed
in the Shawnee county district court IN
the litigation over the readers, Mr.
Crane includes this item: Hale an1
Hurd, legislature, 1901. $152.75." The
parties mentioned are s. L. Hale, of
Rush county. and w J. Hurd, of Hol-
ton. They were members of the state
During the legislature of 1901 the book
trust made a strenuous effort to have
the state text book law repealed, and
now there is some wonder as to why
Mr.. Crane paid two members of the
commission money during that fight.
He explains that he did not want the
textbook law repealed and Hale and
Hurd came to Topeka to labor with the
Popullst members to vote against the
repeal of the law, and that he paid theis
expenses during that time. Mr.. Hale
was minority leader in the last legis-
iature, and has recently been again ap-
pointed on the textbook commission By
Governor Bailey.
Frank. G. Raney has been appointed
deputy oil inspector at Fort Scott
Raney is secretary of the Republican
state central committee and worked
hard during the last campaign. After
the election was over and the fight won
he went home to Fort Scott and has
not been in Topeka half a dozen times
since. He has been paying strict at
tention to his paper. the Fort Scott Re
publican. The appointment which he
has just received will pay him $500 a
year and viii allow him to spend most
of his time at home with his business
Charles r. Johnson of Oska1oosa, for
mer state senator and Judge of the dis
trict court, has come out for Congress
man Curtis for denomination, although
he has formerly trained with the anti
Curtis people. He SAYS he thinks Cur
tis has made good congressman and
he IS for him along with a majority of
Jefferson county Republicans.