The Topeka state journal., 1903-01-31

He brought up the subject and by
maneuvering got to the place where the
representative from the short grass
grass country would repeat the state
ment.
"Yaas. I vas an anti-Shim Lane
man.. said the German. But I vas
instructed to vote for Shin Lane and
I will vote fer Shin Lane for senator
until hades is frozen over"
Tom Carney was not elected senator
and the toga went to Jim Lane. At
that time Carney was a member of the
Stevens, on Main street in Leaven-
worth The firm made money and
when the senatorial fight was over Car
ney went home and charged up to the
firm his expenses in the campaign. The
expenses amounted to $4,000 Did the
firm pay it2'' was asked of Tom Stevens
who was in Colorado for a good many
years after the firm failed and both
men lost their money "Of course the
firm paid it" said Stevens.
It was only a short time ago that pol
itics were so exciting and the strain 80
intense that a politician completely loT-
got about his wife. Senator John Cha
ney the gentleman from Shawnee, is
the guilty party. The nigat Of the last
caucus in which Long. Stanley. Curtis.
Calderhead and BOwersOck participated
was over Mrs CLANCY, who is a warm
lors of the Copeland hotel with the wife
of the ex-governor. keeping her COM
pany during the excitement Of the con
test. When the caucus was over and
the announcement was made that Mr.
Stanley had withdrawn. Mrs Chaney
was doing what she could to alleviate
Mrs. Stanley's disappointment. Senator
Clancy was on the main floor of the
Copeland milling" with the Statesmen
and buttonholing "the little red ants Of
politics" in hopes of winning the vic-
tory for Curtis though of course every
one knew the case was hopeless. Cha
ney work hard He talked. smoked.
looked wise, slapped men on the should
ers and did all he could. It was no use.
1t was after II o'clock when he went
home. When ne got there he was asked
Where is Mrs. Chaney2 Why she
is here Nou can't fool me- said the sen
ator. she wasn't there Senator Cha
ney had forgotten her and left his wife
in the camp of the enemy at the Core
land At midnight Governor Stanley
called q carriage and sent Mrs. CLANCY
home to her forgetful husband. Politics
must be an absorbing game, when
man forgets his wife.
It can't tell the legislators from the
janitors." said Nate Rawson to Hank
Withers as they met a drove of people
coming from the state house at noon.
"Of course not" said Hank. why
should you. they both get So day"
WIN part of the $4,000, 900 fund, raised
by the Methodist church to celebrate
the beginning of the twentieth century,
be appropriated to REIMBURSE Dr. Me-
Farlend for the 800 fine in police
court2
While Senator Mcmillan is trying to
/ stop such nauseating exhibitions as
snake eating he might get after the con
tortionists.
If a contest were to arise over the
rights of Chester ]. Long to q seat in
the United States senate, he might have
trouble in proving who he really IS.
Twenty years ago there was no man
alive by the name of Chester I. Long.
/ The man who was elected to succeed
/ Senator Harris is 42 years old There
+ is discrepancy somewhere.
In 1880 a young man by the name or
Long was a professor of elocution at
normal school in Paola, Kas. He was
4 young professor, being under Il years
/ Of age. He was good instructor in his
1 line and he could recite and declaim in
/ pleasing manner.
Twenty years or so ago there was
State Teachers association. the same
as now; and the association held meet
ings in Topeka every winter. What
4 talent of a particularly meritorlous
brand, could be secured was pressed into
service to entertain the teachers
At the annual meeting held in To-
/ peka twenty-five years ago this winter
I this young professor of elccution at the
/ Paola Normal school was given place
on the programme. It reads like this
How Salvador Won" Recitation BY
Isaac c. Long.
This young and promising elocution-
ist was to recite the stirring verses,
written by the emotional love lyric
writer, Ella Wheeler Wilcox. which de-