The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-29

fighter both in legal and legisia tive mat
ters. He has reputation down in his
part of the state as being one of the
best criminal lawyers to be had, and In
the senate he is recognized as a dan
gerous man to have on the other side.
That is one of the most valuable repu-
tetions member of the legislature can
have.
Coleman n Native of Clay Center.
]. P Coleman of Clay Center, the
native-born. who will respond to the
toast of honor Kansas" is known to
his friends as Preston" Coleman. Mr..
Coleman was born in 1888 at Clay Cen
ter, and has lived there all his life. He
is a clean, good looking, able young
man with a crop of Vic Murdoch tres
ses, and strong symptoms of being
big lawyer one of these days. Preston
Coleman went through all the schools
there were al Clay Center, and then put
in year and a half at the College of
Emporia- After that he became chief
clerk in the office of his father, Attor-
ney General c. c. Coleman, which posi-
ton he still holds. In addition to car
rying the full work of a regular state
employe, he is doing special work in
the Washburn law school, and will fin
ish his course in June, 1908. Coleman
is popular among his fellow students,
and is also a good deal of speechmak-
er. He delivered a toast at the last an
nual law school banquet which seemed
to carry off the hOnorS of the evening
When asked the other day If he had
a good speech ready for tonight. Mr..
Coleman said frankly, mo, it's slush."
1t is safe to guess, however, that Mr..
Coleman's 'slush" will be favored with
eloquence and spiced with wit, and
when served to the banquetters this
evening will be decidedly palatable and
sas'' speech.
Owns 10000 Bushels of Apples.
William Newlin of Hutchinson also
answers to the name of BILL He was
one of the old original boss busters, and
he isn't afraid to stand up for the side
that he thinks is right, even II the poll
ticians do bat him over the head for his
energy. Newlin is a graduate of
Washburn college, and put in his time
at that ancient and honorable institu
tion at the same time Dave Mulvane,
Arthur Brewster, Sam Naylor and 9TH
er celebrities were there. After finish
ing college, he married a Hutchinson
girl, and became associated with her
father in the apple business. He made
good. and now owns a big apple orcharS
of his own close to Hutchinson. He is
said to have 10000 bushels of big red
apples in cold storage, which at current
prices ought to put him in the Rookie
feller class. He is also in the insur-
ance, real estate and loan business at
Hutchinson, and is general agent for
the Eighth district for one of the big
life insurance companies of the coun-
try. He has served two terms as coun-
ty clerk of Reno county, and has been
talked of for state office. That was be-
fore Governor Hoch jabbed the cold
steel into the bosom of Newlin's friend,
Carr Taylor. Some of the things which
"Bill' Newlin has heard by keeping
'an ear to the grass roots may be well
worth hearing tonight Mr.. Newlin
was State Journal carrier while he
was a student at Washburn.
JAS. E. Stevens Is POlitician-Preacher
The man who appears on the pro
gram as James E. Stevens is known
out in Sherman county as James Ed