The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-08-27
POLITICAL GOSSIP.
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Twenty-third-Fre ]. Close. Hay.
City
nty-ninth-Edwin Taylor, Ed
wardsville-
Thirtieth-F. C. johnson. Minneap'
oils.
Thirty-first-J. H. Chandler. Havi.
land.
Thirty-second-A. D. Farmer, HUI
cotton.
Thfrty-third-J. NJ. Lewis, Kinsley
Thirty-fourth-C.H H. Emmons. Hill
City.
Thirty-hfth-Ed Uric. Lyndon,
| Thirty-sixth-H- B. Shaffer, Oska-
loosa.
| The organizers of the Kansas Demo
crat, the new party paper being pub
liShed in Topeka, carefully arranged all
/ details of conducting the paper by the
following provision in the charter:
1.-The purposes for which this corpora
tion is formed are to publish a weekly
Democratic newspaper, and to do such
other printing and publishing as may
| be determined upon by the board of di-
rectors; provided, that said corporation
shall not engage in the issuance or pub
odical except said Democratic newspa-
per, which shall be named the Kansas
Democrat; provided, further, that no
one person or firm shall ever own more
than 200 shares of said stock. and no
stock shall ever be sold to any person
or firm not an existing stakeholder I'M
til reasonable notice and opportunity
to buy shall first have been given to all
the existing stockholders, in such man
ner and for such period of time as the
bylaws shall prescribe; and no stock
shall be sold to any person or firm not
an existing stockholder except for
larger sum than shall be offered by any
existing stakeholder"
c. s-A-
of the Thirty-first state senatorial dis
trict held a convention mere Friday and
nominated Otto Peterson, of Salina, for
state senator. The district is composed
of Ottawa and Saline counties, and two
years ago the Socialists in the two
counties cast 152 votes for congressman.
Samuel Forter. of Marysville. has been
appointed special field examiner of the
pension department at a salary of $1,000
a year and SO a day expenses. He is
a brother-in-law of Congressman Cal
derhead and for years was Mr.. Calder
heads private secretary.
Frank Nelson, of Lindsborg, Kan,
former state superintendent of public
instruction, has been invited by the
national Republican committee to make
political speeches during the campaign
and the probabilities are he will be
sent to some of the eastern states. Dur
ing the latter part of the campaign, Mr..
part in the Kansas campaign.
Kelly Reporter: Whether a strawvote
is indicative of anything or not, we do
not know; but the following is the re-
suit of a straw vote taken on the
southbound freight Monday evening be-
tween Seneca and Kelly. There were
fourteen male passengers-one Demo-
crat and thirteen Republicans, five of
whom were from Jackson county. The
ballot stood thus: For president, Par
ker 1, Roosevelt 10. for congressman,
First district, Harvey IA.
The Emporia Gazette says: "The
esteemed Leavenworth Times, re-
counting the charges made against a
number of the state officers, signs un-
happily, oh, for a Folk!' The Times
thinks that if the governor had any
nerve he would cause the arrest of
these state officers for their connec-
ton with the Comanche county bond
deal. A Folk would probably make
more trouble in Topeka than some
people have oats. He would see that
either the accused state officers have
an absolutely clear bill of political
Onerated from the charges made
the governors friends. or
that the laws of Kansas be strained
until it was decided whether they
were strong enough to send these
gentlemen, if guilty, to the peniten-
tiary.
TT is a serious thing to rob the
state school fund of hundred thous-
and dollars; but it is just as serious a
thing for the head of one faction in
Kansas politics to make charges
against the personal honesty of public
men. The newspapers of Kansas
should demand that something be
done to get at the truth in this mat
ter. When such charges are printed
and nothing comes of them, the whole
fraternity is discredited-"
This is seconded by the State
Journal.
HoIton Recorder: Sid Hayden took
the editor to task for saying last week
that he, Sid, was a Curtis man. Sid
says he is for Major Harvey first, last
and all the time and we hereby apollo |
gize and say that we are mighty glad
he is on our side for once Mr.. Hayden |
is outspoken for A. D. Walker, and we |
presume it was because of this that |
took it for granted that he |
was also for Curtis and in this way the |
report was started. His support of |
Walker is solely on personal grounds |
and has, he declares, no politics in it.