The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-12-14

| and no injustice is done them"
Inc appointment of Judge ]. @.
| Thompson, of Kansas, to be assistant
| attorney general was not without
| hard fight. 1t took the concentrated
| efforts of the Kansas delegation, head
( ed by Senators Long and Curtis, to Sc
cure the appointment. West Virginia
| and Montana were. both after the ap-
| pointment. and resisted the efforts of
| Kansas at every turn. Following the
| appointment, Judge Thompson was Ia
| ken very sick, and was confined to his
| house for several days.
Senator Long and Representative
Madison have introduced bills making
appropriation Of $4,000 for a public
| building for Great Bend. The Seventh
district has but one public building
Hutchison-at the present time.
City, Kan, who was here several days
with the Kansas City crowd trying to
secure the Republican national commit
tee, has a winning way about him.
He was the only man from Kansas
City, Kan, to be chosen to accompany
the Kansas City convention committee.
Also he secured his confirmation to be
postmaster of his town while here, and
came near taking home his commission
with him. He also visited the treasury
department with Senator Long and
Representative Curtis and aided in the
forcible presentation of reasons why
Kansas City, Kan, should have a large
appropriation for additional room in it's
federal building. He visited the post
office department with Mr.. Scott and
got a few more clerks, carriers etc
incidentally he has eight months to his
credit as postmaster, having served that
long before confirmation, and his COM
mission dating for four years from con-
firmation. Mr.. Childs is next friend"
to Representative Scott in Wyandotte
county.
James H. Robson of Topeka, a bright
young man who was formerly an at
tache of Secretary Coburn, and who |
was with him during the Louisiana Pur- |
chase exposition, has been purchasing |
material for the fuel-testing plant of |
the United States geological survey at |
the jamestown exposition, is now in |
Washington in a responsible position |
with the survey.
D. w. Mulvane was the guest of the |
president at luncheon just before leav-
ing Washington for New York and To- |
peka, and had an extended conference |
with the president ON this occasion.
With bills extending pension laws to |
them introduced by both senator's, and |
nearly all the representatives, surviv-
ing officers and members of all Kansas
regiments heretofore not recognized by |
the government as having been regular
ly in the service during the war of the |
rebellion should feel ray of hope. This
includes militia organizations, those
participating in the Price raid" the |
Indian campaigns, the Forsythe scouts,
and other organizations. The Kansas
delegations seemed determined this con-
gress to make an earnest effort in be-
half of these organizations, though
heretofore there has been little or no
hope for them. Il
Senator Long has given consider
able attention at the war department
of late securing lease from the de-
partment for that portion of the
Fort Riley military reservation as now
contains the old territorial capitol
building at what was then Pawnee,
with the view to assisting in it's re-
storation and preservation. |!
The war department has promised
Senator Long that it will make a
revocable lease to occupy this ground.
1t states that it believes this can be
done without detriment to the mill
tary service. Negotiations are now
under way for the procurement of
this lease and Senator Long has the =
will know definitely in a few days con- ,
corning it.
The war department believes. in !
security to itself that the ground ,
map made of the same in duplicate, l
to be attached to the lease, when {
granted. The utmost care has been I
taken by the department in looking '
g
from the post quartermaster at Fort {
Riley. ,
1t was the belief of some of the ,
friends of the restored capitol build
ing that their object might be ac- l
for the sum of $1,000. {
When he took up the matter with the 4
Senator Long especially t
requested that full and complete in 7
vestigation be made, and that an esti-
mate be given of the probable cost &
Of restoration. Therefore the con- I
structing quarterrnaSter at Fort Riley 6
made some figures, from which he
it will take $2,0S1.2S' merely {
to restore the building This includes
labor and material for plain gabled
roof shingled, two floors with rough
hewn girders supporting sawed joist 7
and board floor, a stairway, common T
and doors. no plastering. but +
perhaps the use of cement here and
there to prevent wear from weather.
the reinforcement Of foundation {
stones and replacement of stone stills Y
and linte1s. T
Other sums are necessary for other T
expenditures, however. The war de-
partment believes that a stone wall
the leased Enclosure
would be wise Stone is abundant {
near Fort Riley, and Junction City, l
and the estimated cost of such in a
closure is $3.50. II
But one of the most important g
points in the proposed restoration is t