The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-26
CAPITAL GOSSIP.
Senator Long Wants Inaugural
Advices from Kansas.
The MurdOcks Create Stir on
the Potomac.

marching clubs, etc. which expect to
participate in the inaugural parade
when President Roosevelt is indicted
into Office on March next. to advise
Senator Long or members of the Kan
sas house delegation in the near fu-
ture of their desire to participate; to
give their strength, and the time
when they will likely arrive in Wash
ington.
The committee on arrangements has
notified Senator Long and house mem
bers of its desire to have these data at
the earliest possible date, in order that
This committee also has to do with
the allotment of position in the in
augural parade.
1t has occurred to Senator Long that
possibly Marshalrs band. or some
marching club. or other organization,
may have a desire to participate, and
the information above suggested
should be conveyed to members of the
Kansas delegation in the very near
future.
Victor Murdoch is entertaining vari-
GUS members of his family here during
holiday time, and he conveyed today
to a friend the information that they
were leading him merry life. His
secretary, David Leahy, went further
and stated that the visiting Murdocks
The visitors are: Colonel NJ. NJ
Murdoch, editor of the Wichita Eagle,
and Mrs. Murdoch. the parents of
Victor Murdoch; and Thomas Benton
Seventh district representative. They
came here simply to make it pleasant
for their 'boy" during his holidays,
and incidentally to do a little sight
seeing.
After resting up a day or so, Colonel
Murdoch and "Bent" set out for a
stroll down the avenue. and to stretch
their leggs. One of the first things
they saw was a street peddler, of the
genus that frequents the avenue at
every corner during these Yuletide
times, and who had an array of wares
spread out for inspection and sale.
The man had an acrobatic graSshop-
per, which he explained was "a real
Kansas grasshopper.' The Kansas
Warrior-editOrSh had cast but the most
cursory glance at the wares up until
their quick ears heard the statement
that it was a kansas grasshopper."
Then they both stopped. The Wichita
colonel waved his stick excitedly, and
his brother from Ell Dorado raised his
voice to high pitch. the while they
exclaimed to the man about like this:
We'll have you to understand, sir
that there is no such thing any more
IN Kansas as a grasshopper; the genus
is extinct; it long has been extinct.
Ana no more of your foolishness goes,
so long as we are around here
The frightened vender tried to ex-
plain, but the Murdocks kept on talk
ing to him, until their wrath faded,
and they walked away. But those who
pass the way of the fakir since, de-
clare that his assertions concerning
the nativity of the hopper are not re-
str1cted to any particular community
since the warrior-journalists visited his
corner.
The other night, the Murdocks
young and old, statesmen and editors |
n n ct
Bent" thought to do the judfcious |
thing, as the leave-taking approached. |
He extracted a silver quarter dollar |
from MS pockets, and placed it on the |
corner of the table for the waiter. The |
waiter appeared not to notice Then. |
SAID Colonel Bent in a voice pitched |
night f,I9 Il guess you don't want this; |
tod ID 1uSt keep Ha IT. lola And md said Victor
ought to have seen that negro waiter
make for the money. It was a com
binat1on slide and jump; I never saw
anything like it. But he got the quar-
ter
There is still another story, and it is
on Bent" like the last preceding one.
Victor introduced his uncle to one of |
the SWEETEST, wealthiest residents of |
the hotel one evenings New Eng
land woman. Bent chatted with her
pleasantly, for time, and then in
qulred what state she was from.
Connecticut" said the woman.
What! That Internal God-for-
saken state?' cried the man from Ell
Dorado. THAT is one of the most
impossible states of the union You
ought to come from a decent state,
like 1 doi''
1t is asserted by those who know,
that the entire atmosphere of the l.
Hotel Cochran has been changed since +
the advent of the Kansans. Bell boys
stand in fear and trembling as the |.
visitors approach. Elevator boys slide
past all floors, no matter who is wait
ing, when they hear the Murdoch
ring, or have them on board. Walters
are obsequious. The guests of the
hotel are deferential. Clerks are most
genial. The atmosphere has changed. 1
since Colonies Marsh and Bent
Murdoch came to town.
The consolidation of the four Kan L
sas land-districts into three will be I
made on February Is. 1905. This
has been agreed upon by the secretary
of the interior. The order is now being II
printed and copies of it will be sent
to the Kansas land offices in the near
future.