The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-11-30
Probably Has an Eye on Con-
.gress, Himself.
WERE THEY AFRAID?
BurrOw HurriedIy Mailed Clark
Smiths Commission.
Feared Governor Bailey WOnld
Try to Prevent 1t.


state superintendent of public instruc-
| ton, has a new plan for redistricting
| the state into congressional districts,
| Mr. Nelson, along with a good many
other eminent Kansans, doubtless has
his eye on congress himself, and is
| therefore keeping close tab on the
| question of redistricting the state. In
| cidentally Mr.. Nelson stands among
| the best congressional timber IN the
| state He left behind him in the Su-
perintendent's office one of the best
records ever made by state ofncer'
and his ability is widely recognized, as
| is evidenced by the demand for MS
| services by the Republican national
committee in the recent campaign
Mr. Nelson, of course, is figuring on
| placing Mcpherson county where II
| will do the most good to his prospects,
| lust as every other congressman and
congressional aspirant is doing. He
puts Mcpherson in the new Elghth
district and so constitutes 1T that none
| of the present congressman viii De
| thrown into it. His division OF the
state is as follows:
First district-Wyandotte Leaven-
worth, Jefferson, Atchison, Doniphan'
Second district-Neosho, Allen, An
| derson, Bourbon, Linn, Franklin,
Johnson, Miami, Douglas. This is the
present Second with Wyandotte taken
out and Neosho added. Population,
1876, 7O9.
Third district-Chautauq Mont
gomery, Wilson, Labette, Cherokee,
Crawford. Population, 1858.
Fourth district-Shawnee Usage,
Lyon, Coffey, Woodson, Greenwood,
Elk, Chase, Morris, Wabaunsee. Pop
ulation, 1903
Fifth district-Jackson, Brown,
Nemaha, Marshall, Pottawatomie,
Riley, Clay, Ottawa, Cloud, Washing
ton, Republic. Population, 1910
Sixth district-Same as at present.
Population, 173,149.
Seventh district-Same as at pres
ent with Reno, Mcpherson and Harvey
taken out. Population, 211,137.
Eighth district-Geary, Dickinson,
Saline, Mcpherson. Reno. Harvey,
Marion, ~Butler, Cowley. Population,
194,1
According to reports from Washing
ton. the strongest point on which the
attorneys for Senator Burton hope to
secure a reversal in the United States
supreme court is that it has not been
proved that Burton did anything to
prevent the issuance of a fraud order
against the Rialto company One of
his attorneys is quoted as saying:
THE charge and only charge in the
indictment is that Senator Burton rem
dered services in the postoffice depart
ment for compensation in matter or
thing pending in the department,
which matter or thing was whether a
fraud order should issue against the
Rialto company, and which services so
rendered were rendered to induce the
department to make a decision of such
fraud order inquiry favorable to the
Rialto company.
Under this point we undermine the
whole foundation of the prosecution on
the merits. We show from the records
that the defendant rendered no services
whatever in the department having any
reference to the issue of a fraud order.
We show from the record that Senator
Burton did not even know that any
fraud order inquiry was before the de-
partment or was pending for decision
therein.
1--WE shall show from the record that
not one of the five visits of Burton to
the department had the slightest ref
erence to the issue of fraud order,
and that every one of such visits re-
lated distinctly to other matters which
were perfectly legitimate and proper.
THE government by it's testimony
shows five occasions only upon which
Senator Burton made visits to or had
communication with Chief POStOffice In
spector Cochran.
Mr. Cochran is the only witness the
government produced who testified
about the visits and communications of
Burton to or with the department.
TT is our purpose under this point to
show from the testimony the occasion
of each visit, the purpose of each visit
and all conversation that passed pc
tween Burton and Cochran or any other
official of the department. This he will
do from the testimony
For some reason or other T. T. Kelly
and Secretary of State Burrow got the
idea that Governor Bailey's attorneys
would try to prevent Judge Clark A. |
Smith from taking his seat on the SUI |
preme bench prior to the arguing of
the Bailey-Kelly mandamus case next |
week. 1t is a recognized fact, of course, |
that Justice Atkinson, who retires is a
friend of Governor Bailey, while Judge
Clark Smith is a friend of Burrow and |
Kelly. 1t seems that in order to pre- |
vent any effort to keep Smith from sit !
ting in the case, the secretary of state |
mailed Judge Smiths cleo
ton certificate to him, although he will |
be in Topeka himself tomorrow. 1t was
however, as Governor |
Bailey had no idea of trying to pre-
vent Justice Smith from taking his |
seat In view of the haste of Burrow |
supreme bench, his opinion in the liti- |
cation in question will be watched with |
interest.
The official announcement of the can
1idacy of Sheriff U. E. Need, of Clay
for warden of the penitentiary
s announced. The State Journal an
nearly year ago, when Mr..
Need became active in the boss buster
that he would be a candi-
If Woodson county, has filed on the
same place.
w. d. Casey has resigned as Judge of
lor Bailey has appointed ]. P. Adams
% succeed him.
Gave a Concert at Oakland.
The concert given by the Clarion
Iuartette at the Oakland school house