The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-10
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Governor Hoch went to Marion Fri
day night, but before going made this
statement:
In making the appointment Of Mr..
sessions, feel that an explanation is
due the public on behalf of E. D. Nc
keeNer of Topeka. Mr.. McKeever has
been mentioned as possible ap-
polntee to the position of private sec
rotary. He never solicited the Office
nor did any of his friends ever aDnlv
to me in his behalf. His name was IN
T der consideration together with the
names of four or five Others. myself
was the one who first suggested TO
some of my friends the advisa bilitv Of
appointing l1ins 1t seems that # is
j impossible to tell a few people about
ones possible action without having
the 1nfornlat ton made public. and this
PUBLICITY has caused Mr.. McKeever
some SONG en- barrassment 4 have the
greatest respect for Mr.. McKeever and
regret that the matter became public. -
Charles Sessions the new private
secretary. will sever his connection
with the Kansas City Journal Ar
rangements for the appointment of his
successor have not yet been made. MI,
Sessions said today:
In making this change, [ am i'm
PEELED not so much by financial consid-
erations as by the fact that position of
PlIVate secretary affords man more
I Ielsure, and 1 feel the need of less
severe work for a time. NY neWspa-
per work has taxed my strength to the
utmost and 1 am glad of the oppor-
tunity to make a change"
Mr.. Sessions was born in EVoo1s+o,1-
Ohio, and went to work at bis frst
newspaper job with The Kansas CITY
1 Times in March, 1888. He did s11burbaT
work for the Times in Kansas .Citv for
/ Two years, and wa5 then placed in
charge OF the news, advertising and
circulation department of the Morning
Times in Kansas City Kan. He held
this position until 1898. when he went
70 work for the Kansas CITY Journal
IN the same capacity he had ben work
ing for the Times. He was in this
position until 1886, when he was sent to
Topeka as Kansas correspondent.
MckeeveT's Hot Shot.
MI McKeeVer, WHO was offered the
position of private secretary. accepted
It, and was then turned down because
some of Hochs friends" had a poIiti-
cal grievance aganits him, is indignant
at the treatment which l. has received
He said this morning:
Il was offered the position of private
secretary on last Tuesday by the local
patronage dispenser of Governor Hoch;
man who has an office in the state
house. and is with the governor every
day. He seemed so fearful that / A-0l1li
not accept 1t that he assured me that
If L would accept, it would be at no
sacr1rce of my law business. of which
have some The next day the news
was given out at the state house
Upon this understanding I accepted
! the position. I was told by the same
person the next day that Governor
Hoch was trying to locate me by tele-
phone to close the matter. I knew moth
| ing to the contrary until I saw it IN
the morning papers.
Last night Governor Hoch called me-
to his Office. and for half an hour acted
like man who was talking in his slea a.
His talk was so rambling and incoherent
that I have no idea what he intended
to say.
In this matter he has shown the same
vacillation and cowardice which has
made his administration a total failure
mer friends. did not solicit this pO-
sition, and had no idea I was being
onsidered. for 1t until I learned it acct
dentally a few days before the position
was rendered to me. If Governor Hoca
and Dolley think they have done a
smart thing, I hope they viii make the
hest of it. I hope thew VIII get the
they have tried to thus humiliate me
I among my friends and neighbors whea
I was having about as much troubl5
as one man cares to be burdened with
at ore time
q congratulate my successor. Mr..
I Sessions, who is my friend and an ex-
/ eeIlent man for the place. His political
able to Governor Hoch. It is liable 70
be needed as the Reno county primary
1 indicates that the people have repented
their rash act In turning down Cover
4 nor Bailey. and in my opinion it will
I be difficult to prevent a stampede to
Bailey when the state convention meets
: in May"