The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-04-04
SECRET Is OUT.
Why State House Janitors Are
Assessed.
Burton Machine Wants to Con-
troll the Legislature.
FACTS IN THE CASE.
Now Admit Truth of the State
Journal Story.
I. E. Dewey Goes to Abilene to
See Burton.
FACTS IN THE CASE.

The real reason" for the assessment
that was levied on the state house
janitors and some of the other en-
ployes last week by the Kelly-Burrow
contingent has been officially given
out The Capital. a Kelly organ. SAYS
the money is to be used to keep the
next legislature from falling into the
hands of the machine
Some reason had to be given for the
attempt to collect money from state
employees without any authority from
the state committee, and il is there
fore given as an anti-machine move
And yet the assessment was made on
the state house employees named by
Governor Bailey, and il was given out
that the money was to be used for
campaign purposesi Hill P Wilson.
assistant secretary of state, notified
Harry Bone, of the governors Office
of the assessment and asked him if
they would collect themselves or If the
secretary of states Office should col
lect as heretofore. Mr.. Bone said il
would be better for the collections to
be made as heretofore and Mr. Wilson
asked Mr.. Bone to notify the COVER
nor's employees of the assessment La
ter Captain Collins, custodian of the
state house, officially notified William
Johnson, the janitor in Governor Ball
eyS office, of the assessment. telling
him he was expected to contribute SO a
month for ten months to the cam
paign fund Would this come under the
head of obtaining money under false
pretenses2
Here is the Capitals story Of why
the assessment, which it says is not an
assessment, was made
The machine is still doing business.
Just now it is getting ready to elect a
United States senator TO succeed Bur
ton.
The machine managers are operat-
ing under the Hoch-Stubbs banner
Their plan is to dicker for mem bers of
the house. They are working the har
mony racket.
In every county the machinists are
falling in line with the HOch men, and
whenever they find a disposition on
them representation of the county
ticket, they go after the member of the
legislature.
THAT is good politics on the part of
the machine. but some of the anti
machine people are onto the scheme A
counter movement Will be started
The machine fellows lately have had
a good deal to say about an assess
ment' at the state house Well the
money raised is to be used in keeping
the legislature of 1905 out OF the hands
of the machine. go
But there has been no assessment
Friends of the cause have been asked
to contribute, and they have respond
ed literally.
Possibly Headquarters will be open
ed. The subject is under discussion
and will be determined this week
The movement is Independent Of the
Republican state committee state
Chairman Stubs is not in raVor OF
having the committee take sides IN the
fight for the legislature the anti
machine men don't want to emnarrass
the state committee, hence the indie
pendent action"
T E Dewey, supreme court reporter,
former law partner of Senator Burton
left for st Louis Saturday afternoon IN
response to q telegram from the senator
to come and go through his bill OF eX-
ceptions and make any suggestions
which might occur to him Senator
Burton first wired for Mr. Dewey 10
come on Wednesday, but Mr. Dewey
could not get away at that time Later
another telegram was sent urgently re-
heating the request, and Mr.. Dewey
compiled with it Saturday
BurtOn's bill of exceptions was com
pleted by his St Louis attorneys SaIur-
day and submitted to United states lis
trict Attorney Dyer
There is a row on among the Repub-
lirars IF the Eighth judicial district. as
+ba state Journal predicted two weeks
ago and the judicial committee has
split One faction. favorable to Judge
Dickerson of Marion, F. W. Hoch s
br0ther-in- law has called primary
election for April 26 to nominate a
/ Judge. ignoring the delegations already
elected to a judicial convention, Whlle
the other faction. favorable to Judge .
L. Moore of Abilene, who was turned
down nv Governor Bailey when the gov
ernor appointed Dickerson- calle.d a
I judicial convention to meet at y nile
/ CITY April 1S A Dickerson partisan
I gives the following statement OF the
l judicial committee meeting which was
/ held at Marion Saturday
/ "A question came UP as to whether a
/ proxv should be used which was PIE
/ scented by a delegate from Morris coun-
~ and while the question was being
/ discussed Judge MOore's delegates an
I nounced that they did not believe Inal
it vas the desire Of the delegates at this
meeting to treat them fairly and they
would organize a committee of their
own
IN the meantime the regular dele
/ gates voted to call a primary elecIlOll
at which time the Republicans OF IuG
/ district should vote on who should b'
! their candidate for judge. and set tn
/ date for April % Judge Moore an'
his followers, after participating IN IN
/ meeting. organized a new Organization
and with his delegates and proxies
| called a delegate convention to be hel'
/ April IS Judge DickersOn had a ma
jority of the elected, qualified delegaI2-
at all times and they had and KEEP
control of the meeting"
The Moore version of the commute q
meeting is as follows
Twelve members Of the eommitts'
were present, one being a proxy ans
one elected to fill vacancy Five mem
bers raised objections to these being
seated and also denied that anothei
member, J. K. Owens of Council Grove
was selected on the committee foul
years ago. These five, with D "
Wheeler chairman. held a meeting an,
called a primary convention of the en-
tire district. The otner Seven electe,
J. K Owens chairman and called
delegate convention at White Cit.
April Is. providing that delegates ~
ready selected in Morris. Geary an,
Dickinson counties are eligible by al
lowing each county to select delegate