The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-02-21

up the mountain ana in possession OF
the enemy's guns before they could be
halted. Dick Walker was one OF the
first to start in that unexpected rush.
With hat in hand far over his head,
yelling Come on. boysl'' a confederate
bullet went through his arm four inches
above the wrist. But he halted not Hs
bore two serious war scars, but did nos
apply for a pension until after 1890.
While acting United States marshal
in charge Of federal authority at the
opening Of Oklahoma. q representative
of a St. Louis wholesale liquor house
offered Dick Walker $4,000 if he would
make it easy for the house to intro
him, TN make you trouble if you try"
Not long ago a paper printed the fol-
lowing brief news note: Senator Tom
Noftzger is exhibiting new Frisco
system pass to his intimate friends. It
has been noticed that nothing has been
heard of lately regarding the resolution
providing for an investigation Of the
Frisco Memphis merger This recalls
the process by which Morton Albaugh
got his first Pullman pass. others may
have come to him easily since but it
took planning and scheming for him
to get his first one.
Albaugh had come TO Kansas from
that famous Hooppole township In
diana All lndianaianS come from there
like all Missourians come from Pike
county AlDauZn nGGQEQ q 4AAAA411h
pass to complete his stock and to put
on the finishing touch which would
make him feel like a plutocrat. he
was editing the Kingman Courier. he
advised with the correspondent Of
large metropolitan daily as to how to
proceed. The correspondent told him
to begin hammering at the Pullman
cOmpany's small tax assessments In
Kansas in the Kingman Courier and
that he the correspondent would copy
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and that the Pullman company would
soon see it and-the pass would be
forthcoming.
Albaugh did as he was bid. He wrote
scathing editorial about the small
tax paid by the Pullman company and
the correspondent copied it in the big
daily. Albaugh thought that was good
and he wrote another. That was copied
Every thing was going along according
to schedule. Albaugh wrote another,
still another and they were copied.
Finally he wrote the hottest editorial Of
all but it was not copied. He wrote
another and it was not copied Albaugh
found it was no use to write more and
he stopped. Not long after he met the
correspondent but he could not get any
satisfaction 1t was not until years at
ter that he found out that the pass he
was after was given to the correspond
emit who slept and snoozed on board
/ the Pullmans free of charge, and there
4 fore did not need to copy any more or
/ the editorials. The correspondent could
/ not roast the Pullman company direct
but he could COPY the roasts of others.
Albaugh was his catSpaW and he had
to ride in the chair car or pay Pullman
fare; that is, he did for a while.
The reporters table used in the senate
at this session is the same table that
was in use in the house. before Fred
Vandegrift got bill through a session
| a few years ago ordering the c0nVlcts
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house according to his plans and specl-
fcations. When the old table was in
I the house many red hot news story
was written. On that table was written
the story of the York-PomerOy incident
and it was on that table that York laid
| the bundle of bills, which he said had
been paid him for his vote for Pomeroy
No one ever got the bills, so history
says, and they should be lying on that
table yet, but they are not and that
table has been advanced to its position
in the senate. At this same table In
1872 Col. W. II. Rossington reported the
proceedings of the house for a LeaVen-
worth paper and James L. King looked
after the news for the old Common
wealth Things were different in those
DAYS and at the close of the session the
legislature passed a special appropria
ton giving Rossington and King eacf
500 as present.
There was an editor in Topeka recent
~ VINO mace the start u seven LIS A.'
the purpose of buying a new press ii
Kansas City before he finally got ii
This editor would save I'D money unit
he had enough to make a big payment
on a press and then he would board the
train for Kansas City but would stoI
of in Topeka, get in game of draw
poker and lose the money and go home
He did that six times and the seventh
time he went to Kansas City by
rounda bout way and did not even gs
through Topeka. That time he bought
the press.