The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-08-05

Office.
Another First district editor whom
Mr. Curtis accuses of being against
| him because he did not promise to
B. Remsburg, editor of the Potter KAN
san Here is Mr.. Remsburgs state
ment of the postoffice matters:
Here are the facts about the Potter
| poStohice: When established the Kan
san Curtis and his Atchison county
manager. ]. NJ. Chisham, informed me
| that I could have the Potter postmas-
| tership just as soon as they could get
rio of Postmaster Potter. At that time
| I felt that perhaps a newspaper in Pot
| ter would need a 'sideline ana gave
the gentlemen to understand that
| would take the office if 1T should be
| rendered me. As soon as | had the
| Kansan fairly launched and business
| increased in volume week by week L
saw that it would be impossible Tor me
to give my paper the attention it de-
served If I became postmaster OF the
| town. Thereupon I wrote Mr.. Curtis to
| withdraw my name from considera-
| ton.
Not very long ago Curtis came to
Potter and during his stay here he
promised the postoffice to W. b. White,
an old soldier and highly deserving
for the place. Curtis repeated the
promise many times and had Mr.
White prepare a petition, which, he
said, he would send TO Washington
with a note recommending Mr.. Whites
appointment. AS soon as the election
passed and Mr.. Curtis no longer need
ed Mr.. Whites support he appointed
Tom Potter postmaster. When the
news came it was hard for Mr.. White
and his friends to believe. 1t was
hard to believe that man in the po-
sition of congressman would stoop to
such a dirty trick. Besides Mr.. White
was endorsed by nine-tenths of the
Republicans of the town. Curtis
friends turned against him and today
Curtis offered Mr.. White money to
appease his wrath, but the latter was
too honest to be bribed."
Judge Dale, the new Democratic
nominee for governor, called at the
state house yesterday afternoon before
he left for Wichita and paid his re-
spects to Governor Bailey.
T. T. Kelly's runp county commit
tee in Miami county has withdrawn
its call for county primaries in that
county to nominate a Kelly county
ticket, and will leave the way clear
for the regular Republican primaries
on August IS.
Here is Republican harmony story
from Brown county, as told by the Hia-
watha Democrat:
The Republican county central COM
mittee met Saturday for organization
and demonstrated once more that while
for that other thing which Sherman
called war.
There had been a lively hustling for
proxies by the two factions of the par
ty and there We're many strange faces
present when the roll of precincts was
called. Twenty of the 25 precinct COM
mttteemen were present either in per-
son or by proxy
Harry Leslie set the ball in motion
by nominating r. v. Brokaw for chair
man and w. F. Means followed with
the nomination of o. ]. Nugent. A bal
lot was taken and resulted IA for Nu-
gent and for Brokaw.
Nugent responded with a sort of L
tknew-it-was- going to-happen-all the
brethren that he knew just how it was
done and that it would be no trouble
to do it all over again this fall.
Harry Leslie, the able young writer
of fiction for the Robinson Index, was
elected secretary by reclamation as it
was thought there would be an abund-
ant demand for his peculiar talents to
write up the harmony situation from
time to time during the campaign.
Emory Gordon of the Headlight and
NJ. S. Watson were placed in nomina-
ton for treasurer. Gordon won out by
a vote of IL to 9.
The committee then proceeded to as
sess the candidates for campaign ex-
penses. The congressman and county
treasurer were rated at $50 each The
register of deeds, county clerk, sheriff,
probate judge and county attorney
were rated at $40 each. The county
superintendent, clerk of the court and
representatives were rated at $25 each.
The commissioners were rated at $40.
The surveyor was assessed SO, and the
coroner 81. This makes a total of $467.
Chairman Nugent then called for
talks on the good of the order. Archer
of Horton was the first to respond. He
saw nothing ahead but a bed of roses
and said that nothing but peace and
harmony could be found in his baili-
wick.
S. E. Brown was next to respond. 1t
was evident that he felt bad. He adj
mitted to the committee that his record
in the last legislature must be defend
ed and he thought the committee ought
to help him out. He said he voted for
the $500 grab because he was petit
toned to do so and that he had the
petition and some personal letters that
he would like to read to the committee
if they would like to hear them The
committee didn't want to hear the let
tiers and Brown subsidized
Other candidates followed and all
bert started something. He said he
was tired of this harmony talk wnen
every body knew there wasn't any har-
mony. Some of the fellows were fight
ing part of the ticket right along. He
had supported men in the past whom he
hated because theynwere on the ticket,
but he was going to quit Unless the
other fellows would support what he
wanted in the future he intended to
fight what they wanted. In other words,
if the other fellows insisted on fighting
Curtis he WIS going to fight Gilbert. He
was open to trade however, and would
make this proposition, that of the other
fellows would support Curtis he would
support Gilbert. He wanted to know
what Gordon, Of the Headlight, had to
say about it.
Gordon responded and prodded Her
bert around the ring a few times and
wound up with the declaration that he
- rRV-fi- ret
getically in the past as Herbert had
Gilbert