The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-21

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At a conference among the members
of the executive council held Tuesday,
it was voted to allow the Kansas Day
club to hold its banquet in the base
ment of the rotunda at the state house,
as it was announced by the State Jour-
nal that the club desired to do.
State Accountant Rowett says that
his next report on his findings will not
be ready for the public for some time.
He said today: 81 am working along
quietly in my Investigations, and have
run into a good many snags which have
to be overcome. 1 will have report
ready one of these days, but not in the
immediate future"
Webb McNall, who is in Topeka to-
day, is talking in favor of the eStab-
lishment of a state oil refinery, founded
on the same basis as the state blno1ng
Irvine plant, for the purpose of giving
the oil producers of Kansas chance
to get their oil ready for the market
without patronizing theStandardOnt trust.
Mr. McNau says that members of the
legislature to whom he has talked are
in favor of the plan, and he hopes to
have it recommended by Governor Hoch
in his message.
John Hessin, of Manhattan. was in
Topeka Tuesday. He was accompanied
by his daughter, and visited the state
house.
c. J. Bayer, the Iowa man who has
a marriage reform bill to present to the
next legislature, has announced that he
will return to Kansas during the Ses-
sion of the legislature, and try to Sc
cure the passage of his bill.
1t is reported that ]. N. Dolly, of
Wabaunsee, is to become the favored
candidate for the office of bank COM
missioner under the Hoch administra-
ton. John Q. Royce, of PhillipSburg,
has been giving it out that he has clear
sailing for the position, but the polite
ians think that Mr.. Hoch can not easily
refuse to give Dolly anything he wants.
Dolly is an original Hoch boomer. II.
w. Bedell, an ex-banker of Labette
county, is regarded as strong cand1-
date.
clyde Miller, secretary of the Repub-
Hcan state central committee, was IN
terviewed at Kansas City yesterday. He
II made up my mind when 1 went
into this campaign that dldnt want
any office, and L shall not take any,
although Mr. Hoch has been kind
enough to offer to do the right thing by
me. 1 have seen so many of these fell
lows around this year who are depend
ing on politics to make them living,
that / was afraid that might get into
the same class myself, and then would
be shut out for sure if ever did want
anything.
I'VE are not keeping the state mead
quarters open at Topeka any longer
We still have a room at the Copeland,
and I go up there once or twice week.
About all there is to do now is to paw
bills. 1 never had any idea before how
long bills kept coming in after cam
paign. Things are rather quiet political
iy at Topeka. There are a few MEM
hers of the legislature showing up, es-
peciaIly the ones who are looking Tor
good committee assignments.
''That legislature has big job cut
out for it-one which would ordinarily
be considered impossible to accomplish.
But the condition of things this year IS
unusual and I believe that wonder
full amount of work will be accomplish
ed. Members who are not in them
selves anything unusual will in many
behind them that will make them do
unusual things"