The Topeka state journal., 1906-06-22

Democratic candidate for the legisla-
ture from Allen county.
Mr.. Webster says he is not making
an active campaign for election II
have declined office all my life" he
said. When I was twenty-five years
old back in New York state 1 declined
a nomination to the legislature from
district where nomination meant cleo
ton. That was not bad, was it?'
Mr.. Webster explains that he has ac-
cepted the present Nomination because
he believed that he could render valu-
able service in connection with oil and
railroad legislation.
The following is one of D. o. Nc
Cray's recent political stories which
was given a prominent place in some
of the big eastern papers:
Topeka, Kan, June 19.-Altho
both Republican and Democratic state
committees have frowned upon it, the
length of shirt is to be an issue in
the Kansas campaign this year. A
farm paper is leading a movement to
organize farmers into unions. The
argument advanced is that if every
shirt was made one inch longer the
added cloth would consume the entire
surplus cotton. Farmers are urged to
organize and stand for this demand.
Ryan and drummer, chairmen re-
spectively of the Democratic and Re-
DuDucan state committees, declared To-
day that if this remedy was reversed
to equalize matters in case of an eX-
treme shortage in the cotton crop, it
might become very embarrassing. I
think tie farmers should go slow on
this proLcsition,' said Chairman Ryan .
Speaking of the new Kansas senator.
the New York Suns editorial writer
says:
Judge A. W. Benson. the new SEN
ator from Kansas, proves to be tame
and harmless. Even his clothes are re-
spectacle. No daring plaids and a fair
fit for store made garments. The cut,
says a connoisseur, is all right. The suit
is a frock coat and a pair of mild striped
trousers. But Senator Benson protests
that he is not dangerous. It seems he
| is no more honest than other folks, ac-
cOrding to his own account. He even
admits that some senators may not need
reforming. At any rate he intends to
keep his hands off the muck rake and
leave the pitchfork to Ben Tillman. Let
him who is without sin cast the first
stone. says the Judge Oracularly, evil
IDENTIFY a sane and ordinary man. After
Jerry Simpson with his notions and
Burton with his convictions anything
might have come out of Kansas without
staggering humanity, but Judge Benson
seems to be decently clothed and in his
right mind, q white beard, clear eyed,
and he comes to the senate with the rep
utation of the learned lawyer and steady
going citizen"
The Minneapolis Messenger contains
the following comment about the condi-
ton of the state house in Topeka
condition, by the way, which the Off
| cials seem now to be trying to remedy
somewhat:
John L King, Of this city, who was
down to Topeka last week arguing q
case in the supreme court, has a sorry
tale to tell about the untidy conditions
/ of the state capitol building and its en-
vironments- Mr.. King says that while
/ the state employs an army of janitors,
who are so thick around there as to
make it difficult in getting about the
building, he never saw a more untidy,
| or i'll kept public building than the state
/ house was. on the occasion Of his visit
1 He declares the dust was so thick that
one could write his name anywhere,
whether on the floor or marble column.
| That the brass mountfngs, or stairway
| railings, or adornments don't appear to
| have been FURNISHED since they were
| placed there years ago. The state house
grounds have a growth Of weeds which
surpasses the suburbs of Minneapolis
| IN its palmiest weed time
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