The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-01-07
Scramble for Legislative Places
Unexpectedly Quiet.
Several Places for Which There
Are No Candidates.
FOR READING CLERK.
This Place Ent tailsa Great Deal
of Labor.
Kelly BurrOW Combine to Con-
troll the Offices.


Today the rush of senator's and rep
resentatives to Topeka is on in dead
earnest. The peculiar thing about it
is shortage in candidates for things.
There are actually some jobs for
which there are no applicants. The
state may be reduced to the horrible
/ dilemma of being obliged to adver-
tise for candidates. Think of it!
The influence of the boss buster
machine at the state house is begin
ming to be felt in the various hgh Is
for position in the organization of the
house and senate. 1t is generally ru-
mored that the Kelly-BuIro,. faction
has fixed UP the following slate, and
will see to it that it goes through:
Chief clerk of the house, D. ".
Wilson.
sergeant-at-arms of the house, Dan
Secretary of the senate. Tom
Cordry.
sergeant-at-arms of the senate.
Frank Lockhart.
The peculiar thing about it is that
Dyer and Lockhart. the two men on
the slate for sergeant-at-arms, are
trict and both from the Fortieth SEN
atorfal district The other candidates
and some of the members of the leg
islature feel that the proper geo
preserved.
There is so far no one hunting the
job of reading clerk in the house, a
job which pays SO per day. and en-
bodies a good deal of hard work
Some gentleman with powerful vocal
organs can get this job, provided he
can deliver tie goods. Men who have
tried to hold it down, declare that it
is very bad medicine. They say II is
killing to a mans voice to read in
such a big hall. ana try to drown
out the confusion of the members.
There is no candidate for chaplain
of the house. and only one for chief
doorkeeper.
over in the senate there seems to
be no demand for the job of postmas-
ter or chaplain. Chaplains are scarce
didate for document clerk and one for
reading clerk.
Owing to the unseemly shortage in
candidates there is a rumor that the
house and senate caucuses viii ap-
point a nominating committee to Sc
lect the officers. and that this COM
mittee viii be selected to do things
according to the dictates of the state
house gang.
The big fight is centering on the
offices of chief clerk in the house and
secretary of the senate. There are
only two candidates for chief clerk OF
the house, D. V. Wilson and Fred
Knapp. Wilson was a candidate for
state auditor two years ago, and since
he was turned down. it is said that the
'state house gang is rather anxious
to do something for him. If they take
a hand in his behalf. they will doubt
less throw the election his way. Fred
Knapp, however, has many strong
personal friends. He will get the
Seventh district practically solid, and
claims a large following scattered
throughout the state. If the state
house crowd keeps its hands off.
Knapp has a good show otherwise,
oh "a fa
For secretary of the senate, there is
more of a scramble. Tom Cordry. W.
S. Kretsinger, Park Helmick and J. A
Ramsey are the candidates. Cordry
has been trying to get the place. for
some time past. He was beaten two
years ago by Charles NJ. Sheldon.
This year Sheldon is out of it. and
COrdry claims that he already has the
Job nicely sewed up. Kretsinger and
Helmick. however, are both fOrmid-
able candidates. Kretsinger claims
the solid support of the Fourth dis
trict. Parks Helmick claims the
Third. They may combine forces If It
seemed necessary. The other candi-
dates seem to consider that J. A
Ramsey of Topeka is not in the race,
but Ramsey disagrees with them on
A new candidate for sergeant-at-
arms of the senate arrived Friday. 1t
is H c. Cooper of Clay Center, who
has held several minor positions in
the legislature in years past The in
dications are, however. that Frank
Lockhart has this place safely slowed
away in his fireDroof safe.
Dan Dyer of Smith county and
Frank Chapman OF Ford are the
leading candidates for sergeant-at-
arms, though if Outside influences
keep hands off. there are two other
candidates in the race: Frank Dres-
sci of Hodgeman and w. H. II. Young
of Kansas City.
In the Marion Record received to-
day Governor Hoch has the following
GOING AWAY.
For more than thirty years the
writer of these lines has been the edi-
tor of this paper. Only those who have
had such an experience can know how
dear to ones heart a newspaper can
become. Why, it seems like a veritable
part of the warp and woof of ones ex-
istence. It is like a cherished child.
And the old town. How close one gets
to place and it's people in thirty years.
We've seen every foot of sidewalk put
down in this town, and nearly every
house erected. The trees, save those
which fringe the streams, have been
planted and have grown to their pres
ent proportions since we came No To-
comotive awolxe the echoes in those
days. Freight was hauled IN wagons
from Florence The files Of the Old
Paper contain nearly all of local his
tory worth recording. Every town en-
terprise has found in it a champion.
All the beautiful and accomplished
brides and all the Handsome grooms
dressed in conventional black have
had their nuptials described In these
columns The babies have been well
coined by this paper, and all the sleep
ers in wonder cemetery have had their
virtues extolled and their vices, If they
had any clothed with a cloak of char
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