The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-05-21
POLITICAL GOSSIP
Assistant Postmaster Newman
as Mr. Curtis Manager.
lie Is Looking After Organiza-
tion of Old Soldiers.
CRUMMER is BUSY.
He and Secretary Miller Win
Open Headquarters.
Campaign of Education Will
Begin at Once.
CRUMMER is BUSY


have hand in the political campaign
for the election Of Charles Curtis to
congress which may result in an in
vestigation by the federal authorities
to determine whether or not Mr..
Newman is guilty of participating in
partisan politics. contrary to the rules
of the postofflce department.
Last Saturday the State Journal an
nounced that letters were being sent
out from Mr.. Curtis headquarters III
Topeka urging the old soldiers to
''organize" for the election of repre-
sentatives to the legislature who Will
be for Curtis for senator. 1t has since
developed that each Of these letters
contained stamped envelope ad-
dressed to Mr.. A. Newman, sS24 Kan
sas avenue, Topeka, Kan
Newman is the man appointed by
Curtis as assistant postmaster and S24
Kansas avenue is the number OF Cur
It's headquarters.
The letters are dated the latter part
of April, we'll within the time of New
mans term of Office.
So strict are the rules of the depart
ment concerning the interference OF
government appointees with political
affairs that the department ruled that
Ewing Herbert, postmaster at Hia-
watha, should not even make the
nominating speech for o. J. Nugent,
candidate for state auditor, before the
recent state convention. But it ap-
/ pears from the letters sent out from
! Curtis headquarters that A Newman,
/ the assistant postmaster at Topeka, Is
allowed to act as one of the managers
! for the Curtis campaign
Special officers of the department
are now Investigating J. NJ Simpson,
of Mcpherson the United States reve-
nue. collector for this district, who is
accused of taking too active a part IN
\ the recent Republican primaries IN
that county. 1t would seem that if the
department is disposed to enforce the
antf-politics rule to. the letter, that
! Newman's participation in the Curtis
campaign might result in getting him
into trouble.
S. c. drummer and Clyde Miller
have decided that Republican state
I headquarters shall be opened this
week. and that the campaign of edu-
cation shall begin at once. There viii
probably be little speech making un-
/ til we'll along toward fall, but the
candidates will be encouraged to visit
the county fairs and old soldier re-
unions.
I'VE are going to get our head
quarters opened and work started at
/ the earliest possible moment" said
Mr.. drummer this morning 'I mean
by that we will get the work of or
ganizatfon under way next week I
have never had confidence in the
Democratic claims that they have a
show to win in Kansas, but pro-
pose to work just as hard as though
I believed the Republican ticket to be
in danger.
1.-The Democrats have persuaded
! themselves this year that the party is
revived in Kansas. despite the terrific
drubbing administered two years ago.
It is my idea that we should work
harder this year and repeat the drub-
bing in order that Kansas Democracy
may be shown that its biennial re-
vivals are useless. And with that end
in view I hope to do everything pos
sible to bring the Republican organi-
zation to the highest scale of effec-
tiveness.''
The Republicans of the Eighty-first
representative district have nominated
John W. Jones, of Cove, to represent
them in the next legislature. The
Eighty-f1rst district comprises por-
ton of Reno county, and it was repre-
sented in the last session by H. S.
Thompson.
The only opposition to Mr.. Jones
was William Ireton, of Enterprise,
and the vote was 81 to 33 in favor of
Jones.
elected, to vote for the anti-pass law.
He was also instructed to vote for
necessary notifications in the railroad
law, and the state and national ad-
ministrations were endorsed.
The Arkansas City Traveller has start
ed boom for W. L. Cunningham for
congress In the Third district to succeed
r F. Campbell two years hence The
! Democrats of Cunningham's district
have decided to enoorse him for the
state legislature, and the Traveller takes
occasion to thank the opposition and
remark:
are certainly to be commended In their
action in opposing the nomination Of
representative in this district and some
time when the opportunity is offered
the Republicans should return the COM
pliment. It is just possible that with
the opportunities that Mr.. Cunningham
will have as legislator he may be
able to do something for our city. Mr..
Cunningham is a man of ability. He
appears to be the coming man, a sort
( of a Moses as 1t were. at present. With
his opportunity he should land in con
press in two years more.
/ Richard B. Shepard, proprietor of q.
( bookstore in this city, was sentenced to-
| day by FeredaI Judge Marshall to serve
10 months in prison for sending cata-
! logues of immoral books through the
( mails. Shepard formerly was promin-
ent Kansas politics, and was a mem
Der Of the Kansas legislature. He lived
at Anthony. More recently he was a
member of the Utah legislature.
People are now beginning to label
| things Made in Kansas when they
want to impress upon consumers that
the article is of the very highest grade
Here is an item from the last issue
of '.The Rural New Yorker published
in New York city:
Coming through a street in this city
| the other day we saw a large pile OF
bags marked Ground sheep manure,
from Tone1-a Kansas The sheen ma