The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-12-01
NATION, AMUSING
Makes Frantic Effort to Dis
credit First District.
Tries to Show That 1t Has More
Than Its Share.
HE PADS HIS ROLLS.
Credits Many People to Dis trict
Who Live Elsewhere.
All This Done Because Third
District Wants a Judge.

The fight for the appointment for
supreme justice to succeed Justice Pol
lock today took the form of congress
siona1 district fight, and it is being
pushed along this line rather than along
| the line of the fitness of the various
candidates for the place and their pOpu-
| larity with the people of the state at
large.
The supporters of w. D. Atkinson of
Parsons are making congressional dis
trict fight today, in retaliation, they as
seru, for a statement made a few days
ago that the Third district already has
a long list of state employees. It is di-
rected against the First district. G. w.
Ryan of Parsons is here today, accom-
4 panied by other friends of Mr. Atkin-
| son, and Mr.. Ryan made the following
] statement:
THE Third district is making a vigor-
Gus fight to retain the place made va
cant by the promotion of Judge Pol
! lock, and in offsetting any possible
claim of the First district to the place,
we have prepared to invite attention to
the personnel Of the court up to and
including the present judges. There
have been twenty-one altogether and
| they are as follows:
| Judge Ewing, Leavenworth county;
Judge Kingman, Brown; Judge Bailey,
Douglas; Judge Cobb, Wyandotte
Judge Crozier, Leavenworth; Judge
! Stafford, Shawnee; Judge Valentine,
Franklin; Judge Brewer, Leavenworth; !;
Judge Horton, Atchison; Judge Hurd.
Leavenworth; Judge Martin, Atchison;
Judge Allen, Linn; Judge Doster, Mar
| ion; Judge Ellis, Mitchell.
1.-The present court-Judge Pollock,
Cowley; Judge Cunningham, Lyon;
Judge Greene, Harvey; Judge Mason,
Finney; Judge Smith, Wyandottc;
Judge Johnston, Ottawa; Judge Burch,
Saline.
1T will be seen that of the total
number, eight have come from counties
! Jaa Crir~f Rxya q
Second, two from the Fourth, two from
the Fifth, two from the Seventh and
one each from the Third and Sixth We
vigorously claim that the First district
has had it's share already and can have
no valid basis for the successor to Pol
lock-
1.-The Third district fellows now on
the ground, principally supporters of
Atkinson of Parsons, have also gone
through the supreme court docket and
call attention that while the counties
comprising the Third district have fur
nished in the past about one-seventh of
the business of the court, that ratio is
rapidly increasing and the recent bus
mess filed with the court indicates that
4 Approximately one-f1fth is coming from
the nine counties in that district. This
increase is due to the litigation arising
from the oil and gas development as
! we'll as the many manufacturing i'll
dustries locating in that district, and
will increase from this time on. Many
new propositions, SO far as the Kansas
/ courts are concerned are coming up,
and this, we claim, is an additional
reason for the selection of man from
that part Of the state
Assistant State Auditor Nation also
comes forward with a statement de-
signed to show that the First district
is already much better taken care of
in uhe> way of state jobs than is the
Third. If the judgeship appointment
were to be made on that basis. how
;es xa1x hot !, !,
district would have a decided claim
upon it. Mr.. Nation gives the salaries
attached to the various jobs, and his
figures show that the First district re-
ceives more than double what the Third
does. He. saws:
"A few days ago someone interested
in the juGgeship contest gave out a
list of Third district officeholders. the
| purport of which was to show that the
Third district is not entitled to the po-
sition left vacant by the promotion of
Justice Pollock. 1t has developed that
this list was prepared by a partisan of
one of the candidates from the First
district.
I'm this connection 1t is interesting
to compare the list of First district
state employees with the Third district
lows:
FIRST DISTRICT.
Governors office-W. J. Bailey, COVER
nor, $500; j. S. West, executive clerk
700
Secretary of state-PearI Hughes, fill
ing clerk. 5000; Alta Dennis, stenogra-
pher, $500.
Auditor of state-Maude Gilyeat stem
ographer, 5000.
Treasurer of state-C. R. Richey, as
sistant treasurer. 81. 200: B. c. Johnson
bookkeeper. $1,000; Maude NJ. Findlay
stenographer. $500.
Insurance department-Charles w
BaCnes, assistant superintendent, s1.5O0;
Mrs. NJ. L. Wadleigh, stenographer, $500;
H. E. Trovillo clerk, 1920.
Adjutant generals. H. Kelsey ad-
jutant general, 81, 500; James Smith as
S. Beardsley, clerk, $720; Cora n. Terry
stenographer, $500; Ben Armes, ordnance
sergeant. $500.
Bank commissioner-Capt E s. AL
bright, deputy commissioner. 81. 500; H.
L. Finley, B. & L. examiner. $1,000.
| Board OF agriculture-J C. Mohler, as
sistant secretary, $1,000; E. w. Long
shore. chief clerk, 81. 200: Bessie Wilson
clerk. $720; H. P. Coultis. stenographer
$720.
Railroad commissioner-A. D. Walker
commissioner, 81. 500
Labor commissioner-N. B. Burge
stenographer. $720.
State library. L. King, librarian
81. .600; Rosamond Horton. assistant IL
brarian $500. Herbert Y. Clayton, clerk
$500; Lula Clugston, clerk. $500
/ Supreme court-Pick Smith, stenogra-
pher Judge Johnston. 81, 200; H. L. Arm
strong. assistant clerk. $500 Chas. H
Morton, cost and record clerk. 81. 200:
Lillian Valentine. copyist, $500: James
Clayton, assistant reporter, $1,000
Roard of hea1th-Charles Lowry, sec
retary, 81. 200: Bernice Vreeland, stenog-
rapher, $500
Historical society-Zu Adams, assist
ant secretary, 81, 200: George A. Root
clerk. $500: W. E. Bacon. assistant clerk
$500.
Academy of science-G P. Grimsley
secretary, $1,000.