The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-11-18
AT The CAPITAL.
Mr.. Ware Makes His Appoint
ment of a Secretary.
Kansas Man Doesn't Get the
Place After All.
SENT FOR C. s. GLEED.
But President Roosevelt Didn't
Discuss Judgeship.
Congressman Curtis Friends
Pleased Over His Assignment.

Washington, Nov. 18.-The promotion
of one of the examiners in the pension
office to be private secretary to Eugene
Ware, disposes of the theory that he win
bring a Kansan here in that capacity.
When Mr.. Ware came here it was un-
derstood that he would choose a Kan
sas man for this position, in fact IL
was known that he had selected a man
for the place. but after he became Ia
miliar with the duties of that official,
he decided that the appointment of a
new and inexperienced clerk was out of
the question. For several months ne re-
tanned o. S. Terry of Tennessee. who
served as private secretary of H. Clay
Evans during his administration of the
office, but recently Mr. Terry was sent
to the field in the capacity of special
examiner of the pension bureau, and
Mr.. Schroeder was promoted to the va
cancy. The private secretary 10 the
commissioner of pensions must know
something about pension law ana the
routine duties of the office. so that the
promotion of one of the employees of the
bureau is the most natural thing under
the circumstances. and in conformity
with Mr.. Wares policy Of rewarding
| faithful and efficient service.
The record of work in the pension bu
reau shows that in four months ending
November 1. the bureau has passed
/ upon so per cent more claims than had
| been disposed of during the last IouI
months of the Evans administration
| The work of the pension bureau is now
as far advanced as it will ever be, and
is in such excellent shape that cIairA
filed at this time would be adjudlcateo
Just as soon as it could have time To
pass through the routine of the office
This simply means that since Mr.. Ware
has been in office he has managed the
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excellent judgment as practically to
bring the work down to date, and that
applicants for a pension will not again
experience the long and vexatlous de-
LAYS to which they have hitherto Deen
subjected. All of which is gratifying To
the friends of Mr., Ware. although not
pleasant news for the influences, both
i in the east and in Kansas, which nave
/ tried to embarrass him and discred1t his
adrninistra ton However Mr.. Wares
standing at the White House is sucn as
to make these annoyances of only minor
importance after all
The other day President Roosevelt
asked Charles Gleed, of Topeka. to
come down from New York, and when
the Kansans here heard of it they i'm
mediately guessed that the chief ex-
ecutive wanted to talk with Mr.. Gleed
about the judgeship- 1t was the OBJ
vious inference under all the circum-
stances. but it now develops that al
thoueh Mr. Gleed called at the White
House and had a conference with the
president, at the latters request, there
was no talk concerning the judgeship-
In fact 1T is said that the president
! talked to the Topekan for more than
an hour and did not even once men
| ton the matter
The friends of Charles Curtis are
| jubilant over his appointment to
place on the ways and means commit
tee. They argue that it will help him
n his contest in the First district
is another reason why he should be
returned to the house of representa-
tives instead of some new and inexpe-
| rienced man. who would have to learn
the ropes anew. and could not for
long time to come possibly be as val
liable to his constituents as is Mr..
Curtis. 1t is generally conceded that
the appointment referred to is the
best streak of luck which Mr.. Curtis
has struck in a long time.
While some of the newspapers of
Kansas continue to fight the Repub-
lican state administration and attempt
to discredit it before the people by
abusing what it is pleased to term
the machine the Kansas delegation
here seems to be working together in
perfect harmony, and there is no sign
of dissension in it's membership. Of
course it is true that right at present
there are differences on the federal
judgeship. The old feud between Long
and Burton, for example, seems to
have. disappeared altogether, for each
of them holds frequent conferences
with the other, and throughout the en-
tire delegation there is manifested a
fine spirit of cooperation in matters
which affect the interests of the state
It is perfectly safe to say that no
Kansas interest will suffer during this
winter because of a lack of co-opera-
tion on the part of the members of the
Kansas delegation in congress.
| ao
of congress are looking about for good
committee assignments. OF course Mr.
| Curtis is satisfied, now that he has Sc
cured place on ways and means, and
is ranking member of the committee on
Indian affairs. but some of the other
members of the delegation are not so
fortunate. Mr.. Long, just beginning in
the senate, cannot expect very much
consideration for year or two. He pro-
badly will be satisfied with a small
craftsmanship, say for example the geo
logical survey, on account of it's relation
to irrigation. Mr.. Long would like to be
a member of the committee on finance
of the senate, as it would be in line
with his work in the house, but he will
hardly be so fortunate as to get such a
good place just now. Senator Burton
has a good Craftsmanship of a small
committee now, and as he is a cOmpara-
lively new member also it is not pro-
bable that he expects much promotion
SO far as committees are concerned for
a year or two. Victor Murdock would
like to be a mamber of the committee
on postoffice and post roads, and Phil
Campbell, another new member, wants
i to be assigned to the committee on in
terstate and foreign commerce.
Mr. Scott viii have third place on the
committee on agriculture from now on.
owing to the retirement of severFi
mem bers of that committee This is a
good promotion for member at the
beginning of his second term, and it is
: not likely that he will ask for anything