The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-04-16
WHERE We STAND.
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amendments. as he was friendly to
Governor Bailey. But Smith favored
the senate plan and Laid down" on
Fulton to vote against concurring in
the house amendment. Fulton did So
The vote was a tie and Lieutenant
Governor Hanna decided against con-
curing Then the compromise was
fixed UP to allow the executive council
to name the commissioners. which re-
suited in the deal to Gust Smith. II
Smith had not insisted on Senator Full
ton voting against his wishes Governor
Bailey would have appointed the com
missioner and Senator Fulton would
probably have had sufficient influence
to keep Smith in his office.
William Allen White. in an editorial
in the Emporia Gazette, deplores the
talk of the ~ant1T faction about the
machine" He says there is no pollt-
zeal machine in Kansas today, and the
man or newspaper that says 50 is doing
the party an irreparable injury. There
has been q machine in Kansas, and III
every other state in the union before
every general election, and at every
session of the legislature and before the
converting Of every convention. ana
there Will be at such times machine
in Kansas until human nature is
changed q thousand years or SO from
now. When men act one man in a
thousand bosses the others. Some mel
prefer to call their bosses leaders. and
other men are not so scueamish anu
would as soon live under boss if he IS
clean and honest and decent as a person.
called leader with the same qualities
Then Mr.. White makes q plea for
harmony. It is this everlasting Wrang-
ling and backca piping and Scrapping be-
tween popular and legislative elections,
he says, that cuts off the party vOts
/ When a fight is necessary, when a cons
test is on in politics, politics is war, ana
/ war is hell. But When contests are
I over Eh0Hid bier Pn0ngyh and
4 broad enough to keep peace. What are
i the petty jealOusies of yesterday What
1 IS the sense Of carrying the very proper
nght at the Wichita convention, and It's
elimination in Longs election. clear
into tie bright pink dawn of the mil
! lennium2 Why can't the fellows who
I whipped get over it, and the fellows
/ who were whipped forget it. Bailey is
making a good governor and the other
4 side has fine set of state officers
Every one IS doing his duty and Civ
ing the taxpayers value received. What
IN heaven name IS the sense in this
1 rowing2 The Kansas voter is the most
! inde3endent man on earth, when indie
pendence is necessary. but when it IS
folly as IN the case of a political cora.
test, he IS bossed as much as any other
human being, and thrives under it,
Congressman Curtis will make the
Memorial day address at Concordia.
John l. King. representative from
Ottawa. county, has quit the newspaper
business and has been admitted to
practice law. He has formed a part
nership with his father-in-laW, Judge
! r. F. Thompson of Minneapolis who
recently retired from the bench of the
Thirtieth judicial district.
John W. Radford. the newly appoint
ed state grain inspector took charge
of the office today.
George w, wheatley. who was re-
Gently elected railroad commissioner,
has agreed to allow j. N. Fike to hold
the office until May ] to finish up some
business now before the railroad board
and Fike has agreed not to contest
Wheatley's election.
Hutchinson News: The announce
ment has been made that Congressman
Charles F. Scott will be a candidate fol-
reelection as congressnan-a t-large and
not go into the fight for the nomination
in the Second district Republicans out
side of the Second district will be glad
if this is so. Charlie Scott is a mighty
good fellow to have for your congress
man and lot of people who want to be
his constituents do not live in the Sec
ond district
". Y. Morgan has a scheme for Kan
sas to send delegation TO congress
= composed entirely of editors He would
, have it constituted as follows: First
} district, D. R. Anthony, Jr., of Leaven-
worth; Second district. II. J. Allen. OF
. Ottawa; Third district, John Gilmore
of Fredonia, or F. W. Badger of Neode-
sha Fourth district. William Aller
White, of Emporia; Fifth district, Jos.
eph L. Bristow, of Salina; Sixth dis.
trict. John G. Royce, of Phillipsburg
Seventh district, Victor Murdock,szoi
Wichita.