The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-30
POLITICAL GOSSIP
Judge w. s. Glass of Marysville
Tax Commissioner.
Acceptance of PrOffer Received
Saturday Afternoon.
HE is A DEMOCRAT.
Served Two Terms as Judge CT
District Court.
Congress sman Ed Madison FavOrs
Third Term for President.

! accepted appointment as a member of
the state tax commission, succeeding
the late Judge James Humphrey. Judge
Glass is an ex-district judge in Mar
| snail county, and was nominated at the
last Democratic state convention for
associate justice of the Kansas supreme
court.
Governor Hoch was unable 10 reach
Judge Glass at Marysville until late
saturday afternoon. He then talked
the matter over with him, and received
ms acceptance of the office.
Judge Glass is about 5S years of age.
anu mas lived in Kansas for many
Years. he was district judge in the
terms.
1t is expected that Judge Glass will
come TO Topeka this week and begin
MS work as member of the state tax
| commission The work of the commits
SION is being delayed on account Of the
TACT that there has been no one to take
up the work of Judge Humphrey where
IL was left at the time of his death
Congressman Ed Madison of the Sew
enth district has given out an interview
III winch he declares himself in favor
or third term for Roosevelt. This in
tervlew comes from Washington. D. c.,
and is as follows: I'm my opinion there
is no basis of exact reason or logic
against third term for president of
the United States as conditions exist in
this country today. Whether or not q
man should be honored with q third
term should depend entirely upon the
character capability and public SER
vices of the man. The means of com
munication between different portions
or this country are so rapid and easy
ana the intelligence of the people ia so
great that there is no danger of any
man being able to obtain or exercise
such power as would for any consider
able period of time be a menace to the
welfare of our people or the perpetuity
or our political institutions. 1t is my
opinion that the conditions which ex-
listed at the time of the close OF Wash
ington's second term are entirely Diff
ferent from those that now exist and
that the controlling reasons which OBJ
tanned at that time for limiting the
presidential terms for any individual
to two no longer exist
Governor Hoch and his son ana pri-
vate secretary, Homer Hoch left today
for keokuk Ia, where they will join
the Roosevelt expedition on down the
Mississippi river. They will be gone on
the trip for a whole week
Attorney General F. S. Jackson and
his assistant, John Dawson, went to
st. Louis Saturday afternoon, to at
tend the national conference of attor-
ney generals. Mr.. jackson stated that
while in st. Louis he VIII interview At
torney General Hadley of Missouri and
ask him to keep the lid on in the Mis-,
souri, border towns on Sunday. Mr..
Jackson says:
II have letters and personal infor-
nation from Atchison on the situat ton
rance saloons across the line are to
enforcing the law there. At this time
1 do not care to- make them public
but 1 shall provide Mr.. Hadley's office
with this information. 1t means some
thing to US. and I feel sure that Mr..
Hadley will agree with me and take
steps to eradicate the trouble
Leavenworth will be punished in some
way. Attorney General Jackson said
so. He went over twice and sent his
special assistant, c. D. Shukers as
many times to start things. They
made arrests and stirred up the situa-
ton materially. But there has been
nothing lasting There is no local ac-
ton. 1 see no material change in the
conditions" said the attorney general
81 am willing that announcement be
made that 1 have plans to go after
Leavenworth. They are not quite ready
yet-but they are far enough along so
that 1 know they are going to break
We are going after that town.
Then he continued, "after things
have gotten Strengthened out over there
and they will be Strengthened out 1
want to have the Sunday law over on
the Missouri side enforced, so that every
environment of lasting enforcement
can be thrown about the town.
In discussing the local political sit
uation with reference to the election
of a United States senator, the Atchi-
son Globe says:
Senator Longs business in Atchi-
son yesterday and last night was to
look after his fences. of course, but
what are his fences? A senator's
fences, notwithstanding all the talk
about electing by direct vote, are the
They are still electing United States
senators. Who will represent the
Atchison-Jackson county district in
the next state senate? AS far as the
Republicans are concerned. it Is
Jackson county's turn to make the
nomination, and Atchison county Re
publicans will submit; that is. If Jack
son county dominates the right man.
If she doesn't, Atchison Republicans
the Democratic nomination, and again
walk off with the majority of the
votes. And, while Atchison Repub1-
cans concede the nomination to jack
son county. they talk as If they won
stand for any kind of a candidate. AS
to members of the house: 1t is ex-
pected that VIM. Kiff will be renomi-
mated from the city district. and Andy
White will be the candidate from the
happen that Kiff should step down
and out, it is said that Sheffield In
gals will seek the nomination from
the city. He will shortly move into
the city district and will have gained
a residence long before the nominat-
ing convention next summer.
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