The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-05-03
OIL men ARE HERE
First Decisive Move in Refinery
Case.
Motion Made to Advance Case to
June.
MAY BE OVER SOON.
Attorneys Would Submit Case
on Agreed Statement.
Mr.. Gleed Says He Isn't AttOr-
ney for Standard.
Senator Porter Says Oil Situa-
tiOn Is at Low Ebb.

| This morning Attorney General
Coleman fled in the supreme court
motion to advance the oil refinery
bond case, brought to compel Kelly
and Jewett to issue the refinery bonds.
The attorneys for Kelly and Jewett
consented to the advancement, and it
will be ordered by the court The mo-
tion was as follows:
And now comes the said plaintiff
and moves, asks and requests the court
that the hearing of this cause both
upon the motions now pending and on
the merits be set for the June, 1906,
session of the court, the cause being
advanced for that purpose. And that
the parties hereto be directed to take
and conclude the taking OF any test1-
mony herein by the 21st day of May,
1905, and that said testimony may be
taken by either side before any notary
public, and further directed IS to the
filing of briefs.
CONSENTED to-Mulvane & Gault,
attorneys for E. B. Jewett.
"Cfleed. Ware & Gleed, attorneys for
T. T. Kelly
VIII File Stipulation.
Attorney General Coleman and J. W.
1 Gleed are today drafting the agreed
statement of facts for the oil refinery
! case. Mr.. Coleman has prepared a
1 statement which is satisfactory to him,
and it viii probably be concurred in by
! Mr.. Gleed
The statement recites the manner in
which the oil refinery bill was passed,
/ tells the general character of the state
/ penitentiary at Lansing, the number of
/ prisoners employed there and the ma
! Jure of the work furnished.
The number of persons who will be
! needed to operate the state oil refinery
/ which the state proposes to build is not
/ to exceed 20 of whom five must of ne
ea hn TRfInRFE
/ leaves employment for only about 10
/ convicts.
Of course these general terms of the
stipulation are subject to modification,
as the attorneys have not finished talk
1 ing them over. Both sides must agree
/ on what goes into this stipulation
Mr. Gleed today denied that he is
acting as the attorney for the STANDARD
/ Oil company. He said:
| ''It became rumOred around here
| while ago that we were attorneys for
the Standard, and the next day bank
er came up to see US and wanted to
loan US money. We had to inform him
| that we were not connected with the
| Standard. and then he wasn't so anxl-
ous.'
Porter VIII Help.
Senator Samuel Porter who introduc-
ed the state oil refinery BILL Senator
W. S. Fitzpatrick, author of the maxi
mum rate bill and Senator Fred Du-
mont Smith. author of the antl-dls-
elimination and common carrier blilS,
are all in Topeka today for the purpose
of cOnferTing with Attorney General
Coleman about the state oil refinery
litigation.
Senator Porter this morning had an
interview with Governor Hoch and
! rendered his services free in the oil re
fnery case. The governor invited him
to file a brief in the case. Senator
Fitzpatrick and Senator Smith, will also
be likely to file briefs, though they have
xr.a4f full r I'D rxrfa1
Senators Porter and Fitzpatrick are
here trying case in the supreme court
involving some contract rights. Ihey
are on opposite sides of this case.
Senator Porter said to a State Jour
nal reporter: This is the first time
have been in Topeka since the session
of the legislature. I am confident that
the legislature did the right thing when
it passed the state oil refinery bill. 1t
was a great step in advance. and it viii
do what it was expected to do.
Il believe that we Will get nearing
in the state oil refinery suit about June
or July It should be heard as soon as
pOssible I talked to Attorney General
Coleman about the case yesterday on
the train coming up from Lawrence.
| expect to assist him IN Whatever way
I can in the prosecution of the suit.
do this not for the purpose of getting
cornnensation, but because I want the
state to win. Anything L can do for
| General Coleman I viii do.
rather blue The producers are not sell
ing any oil to amount to anything. The
hoatingr DopulatiOn which came IN there
bas p0ne out. and things have settled
down to a more normal basis Inc gas
is what holds things up. Gas IS reaAy
of more importance to the prosperity OF
that country than oil. It is gas that
brings the factories there
When these Independent rehnerleS
get started I think that things viii Iooh
m I hear of a great many lhue~peIld- ~
ent refineries about to start up oOI!e o
Of them are already building rheir
plants. -, ,4,,,,1,+ |
sDeclllatiou schemes, but some OF them
are intended to do a bona flde business; 50 (
do not believe that the Standard vi I
company will try to drive these lhu+-
PENDENT concerns to the wall think /
they would hardly dare TO do TINS Itl7y
are afraid of public opinion II tliSs
should force the Independents to close
up, as they might be able TO 90 ps /
selling oil at a loss, they know thal lIe /
next legislature would probably ACT IN /
response to public sentiment me
Standard needs to have the frlendshlp /
of the people of the state, the same as .
any other business enterprise OF that /
nature.
We will try to open up new markets /
for our oil, and give an outlet Tor the
overDroduction. There is no doubt that 4
the wells are producing more OIL than |
can be handled. I would not be sur I
prised 10 see oil go still lower than it is /
now The Standard undoubtedly cut /
the price for the purpose Of compelling 1
production to cease. There was more /
oil than they could take care Of I /
do not know that the Standard is max
ing any effort to buy up oil properties