The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-07-09
Governor HOch's Friends Alarm
ed About Him.
May Have to Give Up All Cam
paigning.
TROUBLE is NOT NEW.
Dates From Illness During
Last Winter.
New Turn in Arkansas City Post
Office Fight.
TROUBLE IS NOT NEW.

The serious condition of Governor
EIuch's voice is giving his friends a
good deal of concern. They fear that he
may be unable to participate to any
great extent in the speechmaking cam
paign this fail, and Governor Hoch him
self is considerably worried by the out
look.
s. For months the governor has been
A4roubIed with some sort of bronchial in
f7ammation, and it was no surprise to
his acquaintances in Topeka when the
news came from Trenton, No. where
Governor Hoch started in to fill a series
of lecture dates for Senator Dolliver'
that his voice had failed, and that ne
might have TO give up all his speaking
dates and take a course Of treatment
The breakdown at Trenton on July
6 was probably the direct result of the
governors over-exertion at Neosho,
Mo. on July 3. and at Pittsburg. Kan
and Monett. Mo. on July 4 Those three
speeches in two days seem to have
been too much for the governors voice.
Later reports from the governor, re
ceiVed in q telegram today, state lnat
his voice is better, and that he viii be
absent the whole week filing senator
Delivers dates. His itinerary IS as
follows.
Monday. Muskogee. Tuesday. Tulsl;
Wednesday. Ninita and Parsons. Thurs
day. Independence; Friday, lola; sat
urday, Fort Scott
The governors first trouble with his
voice occurred about the middle Of last
winter. He took a bad cold. and was
confined to his house for some days
The effects of that cold seem to have
never left him. It was just about tbs
time that he had that cold that the
Wichita shippers meeting was held, at
which the governor was to make
speech The date had to be cancelled,
and the governor spent the day In bed.
instead Of in Wichita. At frequent in
tervals since that time. Governor Hoeh
has complained about his throat, and
the ease with which the bronchial trou-
Bile returned
It is known that Governor Hoch IS
very ambitious to achieve fame on the
lecture platform. and the sickness of
Senator DoIliver seemed TO open up
providential opportunity for the COVER
nor to step into the breach and make
q name for himself as a Chautauaua
speaker. Governor Hoch would like to
convert his talents as an ora
tor into cash assets, and he
had planned to DO a great deal OF pub
lie speaking during the summer. He
had received invitations from half a
dozen western states to make speeches,
and was planning to devote some time
to that task. AS governor of the state
his services as a speaker are in mora
demand than they would be as a plain
Ed Hoe of Marion. Hoch knows this
and proposed to take advantage of the
opportunity. BY the time he was ready
70 retire from the office of governor, 1t
Is likely that he would have built up
reputation as q platform orator which
would bring him plenty of lecture en-
gagen1ents simply on his merits as a
speaker.
and with all these plans in view it
can readily be understood that break
down in the governors voice would be a
decidedly serious matter. to say moth
ing of the exigencies of the political sit
uation which may demand that he
spend much time on the stump. The
campaign promises to be one overflow
ing with oratory. as the Democratic
ticket is composed largely of spellbind-
ers. The Republican ticket will have to
depend largely upon Hoch and MeNeal
FOR It's representative takers.
BY consent of First Assistant POST
master General Hitchcock. the people
of Arks nsas City may be allowed to
settle their postof7ce fight by means
of a primary election. The proposition
for this method Of settlement was made
by Mr.. Hitchcock to ". l. Cunning
ham one of the leading Arkansas CITY
politicians. and Republican nominee for
the legislature. Mr.. Cunningham has
Just returned from Washington D. c.
and stopped of in Topeka on his way
home
The present postmaster at Arkansas
City Is C. NJ Scott. No special objec-
fiou is raised to Scott on the ground
OF qualifications or ability but 1t is
simply q case where some Of the other
patriots think that the postoffice lob
} Is good thing and ought to be passed
around There are four eandidatns ont
after the place besides Mr.. Scott. They
are c. n. Hunt, j, S. Mowatt J. "
Stanford and Star Wetmore. Wetmore
IS a former member of the Roosevelt
Rough Riders. Each OF the candidates
has his own following but thus far the
postoffice department has refused to
break over the Roosevelt idea and re-
move the old incumbent. so long as he
gives satisfactory service.
But Assistant Postmaster General
Hitchcock informed Mr.. Cunningham
when the latter was in Washington,
that II the candidates would consent TO
submit their case TO the legal electors
OF Arkansas City. the postof7ce depart
nent would consent to appoint the man
receiving the largest number of votes
It VIII probably be the first time on rec
ord that postmaster was elected bv
popular vote III the state Of Kansas.
The only question to be decided is
Whetnef or not Scott. Hunt, MoWatt
Stanford and Wetmore can all get to-
gether and agree upon the terms fnr a
special election. It would cost some
money to hold an election and be-
sides, there seems to be no particular
object in 1t for Scott Scott has the
job, and the indications are that he can
keep Il. He may not care to Jeopardize
his place by submitting his case to an
election.
IN case Scott refuses. it is rumored
however, that somebody may bring
charges against him. simply for the pur-
pose Of giving ground for getting him
removed.
I. E. Lambert. OF Emporia. Is for
William A. Johnston, chief Justice of
the Kansas supreme court. for the
once Of United States senator Judge
Johnston has often been mentioned as
6 candidate for this ONCE, and he may