The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-02-06
SIxTH DISTRICT NOTES.

Few sixth district big political guns
were in Topeka few days since. Dis
cussing the manner of the new IDEAL, .
one of them blurted out that the only
thing he could distinguish between the
old crowd and the new was that Capt
Cy Leland had several heutenants
with him, while Capt. Stubs wanted
and did control the whole cheese.
T. r. Logan of Lincoln, who for
more than fifteen years has been one
of the prominent Democrats of the
Sixth district and Kansas. and was a
Bryan eIector in 1896. has sold his
big Pennsylvania store in Lincoln and
will engage in the wholesale boot and
shoe business in Kansas City He Will
be greatly missed at Kansas Demo-
cratic conventions in the future.
1t is said a new Democratic organ
is soon to be started in Stockton The
town has two Republican papers, and
for years a Populist organ was print
leading hardware and implement man
of the town, and a few others. consti-
tute about all the faithful Demo-
Gratis there are in Rocks county,.
The Oberlin Eye, whose editor has
clerkship in the state senate this
winter, denies the rumor that State
Senator Buschow has been selected to
lead the disgruntled fellows in a fight
against Congressman Reeder in 1906.
The editor of the Eye says it is purely.
imaginary, and was started by some
one in Decatur county who has an
eye on the Office himself. or some
thing else.
Prof Geo. B. Munson, of Hill CITY.
is a. good man for the town. He has a.
novel idea of putting to work this
spring large force Of men to catch the
driftwood floating down the Solomon
river at Hill City, for which he refuses
to ask the legislature for an appropria-
ton. MunSOn is opposed to political
CRAFTS of this kind.
Norton is to have a semi-weekIy pa
per- sort of Demo-POp at that The
News, Democrat, and the Liberator,
Populist, have been consolidated, and
the semi-weekly will spring, Phoenix
like. from out of these two former pub
locations. Heretofore Norton has had
four newspapers, politically as follows:
Machine organ, boss busters paper,
Democratic and Populist Col. Bowers,
the leading Democrat of the town, will
be lonesome without a party organ
The poet editor of the Hill City Re
publican, who also writes most of the
other good matter in that paper, includ-
ing the "roasts'' he is now and then
giving the Graham county commission
ers, accuses one of the society ladies
of that town of writing the following:
'Tis fun to be a doctor
When smallpox sounds alarm,
And vaccinate the pretty girls
Sometimes upon the arm
Some of the Fifth district journals
can't help saying good things for Sixth
district fellows. The COncOrdia Blade
paws State Senator Young of the Mitch
ell-Jewell district this compliment:
while I. D. Young, of Beloit, has not
been heard from directly or indirectly
with reference to his candidacy for the
congressional nomination in the Sixth
district at the expiration of w. A.
Reeder's term of office, his friends are
insisting that he is the logical candi-
date. The senator has a clean record
and would make race horse in po-
litical contest"
Ike Crurnley, member of the legislature
from Thomas county, will take time to
close a land deal in his county though
the legislature is in session. He closed
three land deals in one day, and says he
always takes the time to do good turn
in the real estate business.
s. H. Dodge, of Beloit, member of the
board of regents of the state normal,
continues to speak out in meeting, even
if his job is in danger Of passing into
other hands His Sp4endidly edited sGa-
zette has no use for political gratis, ana
he himself is accused of being in close
touch with the machine fellows. When
he sees a good thing he commends it;
he condemns as earnestly no matter
who it offends.
Otis L. Atherton of Russell, late re-
ceiver of the Wa-Keeney land office. is
about out of a political job. Asked
what he was now going to do, he re-
piled that ne thought he would nave 10
make application to the Soldiers nome
u
of Russell. and is said to be worth
from S35. 1000 to $4,000 which he has
made by hard work since his residence
in Russell county.
Mr. and Mrs. A. NJ. King, of the
PlainvilIe Gazette, are the 1ueklest edi-
tors in the Sixth district Their paper
printed both the constitutional amend-
meuts last fall thanks to Secretary Of
State Burrow and Governor Hoch- Per
hans no people in the district are III
closer touch with the boss busters than
are Mr. and Mrs King. Other papers
got one of them. and some of the ma
chine organs only got a snap shot at
them in looking over their exchanges
It is no wonder that Mr.. King contem-
plates putting up a modern residence IN
Plainville this year.
Some one has suggested the cleIhs
and other employees in the leslslaluIe
this winter, who live in the sixth as
trict, will have barely enough to SUP
sist upon if they pay their railroad rare
every time they go home: me olXli
district is a long distance from TOPEKA.
A Smith Center paper, printed at the
horne of Secretary of State BurroW, mas
given 1t out that Smith county got
about all it went after in the distribu-
ton Of legislative jobs this winter.
About the only fellow. from that county
who didn't show UP in Topeka was re
ter Pyle also politician
It is claimed the HOc1ie PALLADIUM Is
nov, in the hands of those "Independ-
ents who played such havoc in the
election in Sheridan county last fau:
Mrs. Lockard, of Norton. wire OF ser
eeant-at-arnns Frank I4ockard, OF the
Senate, is spending a few weeks IN TO