The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-03-30

mad but that he was angry because
Governor Hoch dared to actually be
governor and follow his own judgment
+ there is no doubt
4ne Kelly Burrow crowd around
1aa state house are, of course. just as
mad as Mr.. Stubs, and they will
make the governor-he cannot afford
20 dc 0therWise-but the Kelly-Bur-
row crowd viii fight him. The Times
story this morning says:
THE Royce incident, added to
others, causes the old 'antf-machine'
state officers TO. believe that they are
no better of with Hoch in the execu-
tive chairsthaIh they We're with Bailey
IN charge of the state patronage
We are even worse off, said a
state officer today. When Bailey was
governor we expected nothing, and
when our friends came to us for help
we explained the situation to them,
which settled it. But now we have q
man in the governors office who was
put there by our counsel, aid and
sympathy, and our friends have q
right to expect our help. They come
to US and we cannot tell them that
our advice has not been asked, and
we can't volunteer it, This is a poor
excuse, perhaps, but it is the only one
we have to offer. We are nothing in
this administration, no more than we
were in the former administration.
Look at the. appointment of Cy Le-
lands friend, Gilbert, to be parole Of
f1cer of the state reformatory today!
Do you think we would have con-
scented to It! We were not even
asked +"
Who is this anonymous state officer
who is quoted2 The only state officers
who were in town yesterday besides
Governor Hoch were State Auditor
State Treasury Kelly. Mr.. Wells can be
eliminated from the list of possibilities
as being the one quoted, for he endorS-
ed Royce, and he says that the OPP
Tolf Of To "a
R1cNeal. is the most popular one with
the people of the state that the COVER
nor has made. That narroWs the author
of the quotation down to Kelly and
Colemand, and Mr.. Coleman is not ac-
customed to expressing himself in that
way
Why should Tom Kelly have anything
to say about Governor HOch'S appoint
mentS? Governor Hoch during the CAM
paign promised that there should be
full investigation of Kelly's office and
that any Wrong-dOing should be prose-
cuted. Suppose now the governor sur
recommended by Kelly and his friends:
When the test comes of prosecuting
Kelly for any wrong-doing that may
be uncovered against him-n any is
found-how free will Governor Hoch be
to proceed if he is surrounded by ap-
pointees on whom Kelly has strings.
Another thing: A contest for United
states senator is coming up during Cow
ernor Hoch's administration. There is
bound to be all sorts of divisions. Sup
pose Governor Hoch allows somebody
to dictate his appointments. Persons
interested in the senatorial contest will
lay claim to the influence Of the APP
pointees on whom they have strings,
and may demand that they do things
which will injure Hoch's administra-
ton Governor Hoch knows that he has
one appOintee who will do nothing to in
jure him. He knows that John Q.
Royce will do nothing for Mr.. Stubs,
or Cyrus Leland, or Mr.. Curtis, or Mr..
Albaugh or anybody else if it will in the
least reflect on the administration. Per-
haps that is another reason why the APP
pointment of Mr.. Royce is distasteful to
Mr.. Stubbs. Royce will look to HOch
for guidance rather than to Stubs. In
this connection the Times story contains
the following:
$50, after all, the Royce incident is
only the climax. Governor Hoch evil
IDENTIFY determined to cast off his pilots, |
Stubbs, Dolley, Burrow, Kelly, ct al. |
in the beginning of his administration, |
and the Royce appointment is the first
overt act. He is loking ahead for him
self, and possibly out of part of both
machines he hopes to construct a ma
chine of his own. Already there is talk
of John @. Royce for state chairman to |
succeed Stubs, and when it was men |
toned to Stubs by telephone last night |
he laughed and said:
you newspaper men get pretty close |
to the truth sometimes.
Always said the reporter.
well, you are guessing along with |
some others in this guess, at least he |
replied.