The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-16
POLITICAL GOSSIP
IL. Dayhoff Moves From Hutch
insOn to Kansas City.
Said to BE Going Into Employ
of A. b. Company.
PORTER ON RAILROADS
Senator Says Senate Blocked
Foolish Legislation.
Brick Mason Nominated for City
Clerk of Parsons.
PORTER ON RAILROADS

ent of public instruction, has moved ~
Kansas City, and will make that city
| his home. 1t is understood that Mr..
/ Dayhoff has entered the employ of the
American Book company. Mr.. Dayhnf
was brought up in Hutchinson, and had
| a large printing office there where he
published a school paper. He has sold
the printing plant to a new daily pa
per printed at Hutchinson.
The Hutchinson Times says: 1.-The last
good deed Mr.. Dayhoff did before leav-
ing for his new home was to present
to the city library 40 handsomely bound
volumes of the classics and a beautiful
globe of the world"
Senator s. NJ. Porter, of Caney, who
was the author of the state oil refinery
bill and other measures aimed at the
corporation interests in the state dur
ing the session of 1903, seems to have
had a change of heart on the corpora
ton subject However, this is not 20
be wondered at as conditions have
changed during the past two years arc
now the senator is one of the promoters
of a railroad in the southeastern por-
ton of the state.
In speaking of the legislature which
has just adjourned and of which &c
was member he said:
Persons who are inclined to be
skeptical would be alarmed at the
Kansas legislature which were direct
ed at corporate interests-especially at
the railroads. They came in every
shape, guise and form. If we had
adopted even one-half of them. and
these picked at random, they wou!1
have bankrupted every railroad in
Kansas. In many ways the legislature
was the most quiet. and at the sarne
time the most stormy. There was moth
ing of the boisterous; but there was
always action.
The house was inclined to pass con-
fiscatory measures; the senate, on the
other hand blocked these harmful
laws There seems to be a disease
spreading all over the country to pass
damaging laws against railroads. ana
against other combined capital 1t IN
fected Kansas with the rest OF the
states. An immense number Of bits
right along that line were turned IN
Their damage. had even one-half been
passed, would have been untold. Mary
were absolutely oonfiscatory in their
nature.
Even now, as it is. there will be no
railroad building in Kansas in the next
two years, at least; such r enterprises inter es
ate has been abused and scored from
the beginning of its session But there
were men there who were big enough,
broad enough and wise enough to weigh
the evidence. and not permit destrEc-
tive and damaging statutes to be put
on the Kansas law books. We had all
of the evidence before US with REGARD
to the 2-cent fare-the evidence on
which it will without any questions be
knocked out in the courts or Nebraska
1t is being whispered around among
the politicians today that Ewing Her
bert is out of the congressional race
he having concluded that Dan An
thony has everything his own way II
is also said to be probable that DR..
Boyle will in few days announce his
withdrawal for the same reason Hay
den of Nemaha county, is also be-
lieved to be discouraged, because Of
AnthonyS evident strength All OF
the candidates except Anthony OPP
posed the primary method of nomlna-
ton, and the ease with which Anthony
carried his point, convinced everybody
that Anthony has a strong organiza-
ton; Herbert and Hayden could not
control the committeeman from their
own counties. according to one report.
This seems to be Dan Anthony's year.
And congressman from Leavenworth
will suit Atchison a whole lot better
than a congressman from Topeka
There is another political rumor on
w. ]. Bailey. now of Atchison, will
Jump into the race for congress- now
that a primary system of nomination
has been agreed upon The story goes
that Bailey had decided not to make
the race. in case a convention system
was adopted. but that he believes he
can be nominated under the primary
system.
Governor Hoch yesterday reappoint- !
ed John F. Stanton of Topeka state |
architect for the ensuing two years. |
Mr.. Stanton has already served two |
terms having first been selected by |
the executive council. before that pow !
er was vested in the governor.
DR. 6. 7. Crumbine and two of his
deputies spent yesterday in Kansas |