The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-02-25
HOCH STILL WAITS
Politicians Wonder Why Ap-
pOintments Are Not Made.
BurrOw and Kelly Try Hard to
Control Them.
MUST NOT BE ROYCE.
Secretary of State Demands
Phillipsburg Mans Scalp.
Also Wants Senator Haskell
Made Warden.
Governor Shows No Signs of
Surrendering.
MUST NOT BE ROYCE.

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about his appointments. and when is
he going to do it?
There are good many statesmen,
patriots and others anxiousIy awaiting
the answers to these queries, for
| thereupon hangs their fate.
Some of Henry Aliens friends
claim that Governor Hoch has been
holding up his principal appoint
ments for use in getting votes for the
board of control bill, by which Allen
will be ousted from the state board
of charities. Others say that the gov
ernor is simply waiting to make his
appointments till he gets ready, and
that it will make no difference
whether the senate confirms them or
not It is not at all improbable that
the governor has been waiting to see
whether he will have the three places
on the board of control at his dis
posal, for this might make a differ
ence in some of his other appoint
ments.
Outside of. the new board of control,
the chief interest centers in warden
of the penitentiary, bank commits
sioner, and state accountant, for Sec
| retary of State Burrow and State
Treasurer Kelly are doing everything g
in their power to control the appoint
mentS of these three officers, and in
c1dentally of course they have the
backing of the old Burton faction, of
which they are two of the leading
members.
Burrow and Kelly are personally
interested in these appointments.
Here is what they want-and why:
That w H. Haskell of Smith county
| shall be appointed warden of the peni-
tentiary to get him out of the way of
Mr.. Burrows congressional aspirations
in the Sixth district.
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pointed bank comm nissioner, as he is a
close friend of CONGRESSMAN Reeder and
| a personal enemy of Mr.. Burrow.
That state accountant shall be ap-
pointed satisfactory to Mr.. kelly in or
der that the state treasury scandals
may be covered up instead of exposed.
Incidentally the penitentiary patron
age that goes to the Sixth district is to
be used in furthering Mr.. Burrows con-
gressiona1 ambition.
It is also alleged by those who claim
to know that the power gained through
the control of these offices will be used
towards controlling the election of Bur-
tons successor as United States senator
two years hence, although this is a
more uncertain matter than the other
propositions
The principal candidate for warden of
the penitentiary in opposition to Senator
Haskell is z. B. Jewett, the present
warden. Some of Jewett's friends allege
that he was practically assured of re-
He did not especially ask it at the time,
but State Chairman Stubbs and some
of the others who were in charge of the
Hoch movement said that factionaIism
was to be eliminated and Jewett was
selected for reappOintment as a repre-
sentative of the old order of things.
1t is generally conceded that Jewett
has made good warden, but of course
an argument of that kind does not al
ways have weight in politics. He has
: he hoo nf a &
others who are close to Governor Hoch.
Senator Haskell has also been close
Iv connected with the penitentiary for
a number of years. He was appoint
penitentiary by Governor Stanley and
reappointed two years ago by Gov
ernOr Bailey. He was a big man in
Sixth district politics long before Mr..
Burrow was heard of outside of Smith
county. and his election as state SEN
ator has placed him in the list of con-
gressional possibilities when Congress
man Reeder retireS or is retired He
lives in the same county as Mr.. Bur-
row, and it is not at all improbable
that Smith county would be for him
instead of for Burrow in congress
sionaI fght-unless he can be side
tracked to something else. for Mr.
Rurrow knows he is weak at home. |
Hence Mr. Burrows anxiety to side
track him by securing his appoint !
ment as warden of the penitentiary.
ment as warden, Mr.. Burrow is anX-
ious to see that John Q. Royce, of
Phillipsburg, is not appointed bank
commissioners The bank commits
sioner necessarily has much political
influence and great opportunities for
exerting it. Royce is not only a bitter
enemy of Burrow, but he has been
CONGRESSMAN Reeder'S manager for
years. and Burrow will have to de-
feat Reeder before he can go to con-
gress. Therefore the placing of Royce
in a position where he will be able
to secure additional political power is
somewhat distaSteful to Mr.. BurrOw.
will suit Burrow better than
Royce but the old Burton faction
prefers Capt. HIM. Philips, of To-
peka. who has been making a demand
Senator J. n. Dolley has also been
talked of as a candidate
Royce has made more positive sac
rifices for Governor Hoch than any |
other man in the state of Kansas. |
when the present governor was a can |
didate for state printer two years ago |
and had centered his ambition upon |
that office. Royce came to Topeka and
snent his time and money in Hoch's
behalf. and at the same time Burrow
md his friends were fighting Hoch-
friend of Bailey and Leland, but when
F5ocI1 became a candidate for governor
aoainzf Pailev. Royce severed the po-
Iifir,aI a af75Iiations of years to line up for
him Meanwhile Burrow and Kelly
were preparing to capture the control
OF the state committee by the election
Of Burrow as chairman. and II was
only after hard fight in which 6ocn
and Stubbs were aided BIZ their 1or-t