The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-10-15

the unplea aSantneSS between the COVER
nor and Mr.. Leland.
In this connection it might be stated
that those who are on the inside know
that Mr.. Leland is blamed for being re-
sponsible for great many things with
which he is not connected and that he
is given credit similarly. 1t has been so
ever since Governor Stanley first went
into office. Everybody said the Cyrus
Leland was the Big Man of the ad-
ministra ton Every man VINO Wahleo
ANYTHING asked Leland to help him. In
the majority of cases Leland was prob
ably not interested in the matter, but
if the man landed he gave Leland due
credit for it. and if he did not land he
treasured it up against Leland
It is true that Leland, through his ex-
perience and leadership in politics. IS the
head of the forces which are h2htlnS
Senator Burton. and this has made him
a conspicuous target for the Burton fac
ton. Now whenever anything happens
which the Burton faction think is DIS
creditable. it is charged up to Leland,
although in many instances he prooaply
knows nothing of the matter. Morton
Albaugh by his success as chairman
of the Republican state committee ana
his opposition to Bureon and friendship
for Senator Long. is also now dlVldlng
honors with Leland as a target OF tne
Burton faction. Leland, as one Of his
partisans says. rs the more open
to attack because there is no compro-
mise in his nature. If he is man ;
friend there is no halfway business
about it. and if he is an enemy to any
man he is thorough enemy. He is al
ways faithful to his friends, but he
neither asks nor gives quarter from OF
to his enemies. When he is beaten he
never Whines, and he expects the otner
man to be the same way"
The charge that Governor Bailey is
s'lun'' by Leland and Albaugh is not
Iox nj hPPn among
his warmest and most powerful friends,
and their work had much to do in max
ing him governor Naturally ne mas
consulted with them a great deal, but
Governor Bailey has a mind of his own
and he generally follows it. Therefore
when Conner Davies made his charge d
few weeks ago that the governor was
simply the tool of Leland and Albaugh,
it reused not only the ire of Governor
Bailey, but also that of the others, espe-
ciaIly Albaugh. 1t is declared that
Mr. Albaugh. although chairman of the
state committee. has asked Governor
Bailey for just one appointment, that OF
fish commissioner. Del Travis was d
comrade of Albaugh's in early days and
through the Pratt county seat war, and
when Travis wanted to be hSh comnlS-
sioner Albaugh asked Bailey to appoint
him. That is the extent of Albaugh )
'-dictation'' with Governor Bailey.
Governor Bailey has made very rev
changes in state offices. He has allow
ed Governor SJanleN ; dpDOIHlSSS "
serve out their terms and in the ma
jority of instances has reappointed them,
and some of them have not been ms
supporters either. For instance, two
good appointments were given to per-
sonal friends of Secretary of State Bur-
row, who trains with the Burton ele-
ment in the Sixth district. Captain NC
Dowen of Smith Center was appointed
regent of the State Agricultural college
and is chairman of the board, and W.
H. Haskell of GAYLORD was appointed a
director of the penitentiary, and both
are from Smith county.
How different in this from the action
of Senator Burton as soon as he be-
came United States senator! Mr.. Bur
toms first act was to remove NJ w
Sutton as collector of internal revenue
and appoint one of his supporters, J. NJ.
Simpson in Sutton's place. Then |. T.
Lambert was removed as United states
district attorney. and after President
Roosevelt had refused to name B. H
Tracy for the place, Mr.. Burton recon =
mended ]. S. Dean. w. E. Sterne. Uni
ted States marshal. and Cyrus Leland,
pension agent, followed. the latter not
withstanding the known purpose OF
President Mckinley to reappoint Ie-
land. In Sterne's place the late l. )
Crum was appointed. and when he died
it was given to w. H. Mackey, who is
now one of the directors in the Burton
machine. Senator Burton cleaned out
the land Offices and put his supporters
in them. He even got the late H. H
I.usk out of the Parsons postoffice and
tried to give it to the questionable Mr
Foley but Foley was turned down and
the place was then given to Demo-
cratic employe of Foley's without the
} knowledge of the people of Parsons. In
fact, wherever an opportunity offered
Senator Burton turned out an office
holder to make room for friend OF MS
own, not because the man who was IN
was not a Republican or was incapable,
but simply in order to get the jobs for
his supporters.
Yet those who are now yelling ma
chine at Governor Bailey had no word
of censure for Senator Burton in those
days and nothing was heard about the
Burton machine. Neither Leland, nor
Sutton, nor Lambert nor any of those
who were removed made any fuss. Some
of Leland's friends made considerable
fuss, because they regarded Burton
action asa violation. of pledge to the
dead Mckinley, but Leland himself new
er oDened his head. He simply went to
work to elect his friend Bailey governor,
and doubtless one of his most cherished
objects now is to aid in defeating Bur-
ton for reelection in 1907.
While there is a great deal of talk
about the Leland machine" the
sI Gland machine" has not been as
active in debating appointments as has
the one which State Treasurer Kelly is
now constructing. The difference has
been that the Burton machine made a
clean sweep of the federal appoint
ments. while it stood little show with
the state appointments. The chief thing
that is charged up against the Leland
machine is the defeat of E. w Roch
for state printer, yet some of the dl-
rectors of the Burton machine were
just as active in that as were those of
the Leland machine, although they are
now trying to saddle all of the blame
on to Leland and his friends.
State Treasure Kelly in the mean
time. aided and abetted by anti-!-eland
members of the executive council, is
building up a machine to aid him in
getting control especially of Miami
county and in keeping the state treas
ury for another term The state house
patronage fas been managed by Kelly
more than any other man. An attempt
/ has been made to stir up the old sol