The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-05-12

company refused to accept it, and
| brought the suit. Then 1 allowed
Chance to go ahead and make his afh-
davit against the concern, exposing its
business methods. Chances charges
are fortified with original letters from
the company, except the one about
! rebates, and the letters on that SUBJ
ject are missing. 1t is to be remem-
bered that when Robert McGonigle
took charge of the office, he burned up
a lot of the letters then on file"
Concerning political conditions. Mr.:
Bissell said: 81 believe that Leland
and Long will both carry Phillips
district by a small majority. I don't
know how the district will go on the
United States senator fight.
| Mr.. Bristow has been making
speeches up in our district, and he has
| harm. His speech is a very effective
one; it is very much like the La
Toilette speeches. But in our county
! he spoke under the auspices of the
| ousted from the pie counter some
years ago. and is now trying to get
back. The alliance prejudiced some
people against him who might other
wise have been friendly"
| According to a Concordia report,
DIR. ]. H. Brierley will not again be
a candidate for election to the state
1 house of representatives DR.. Brier-
| ley is one of the interesting charac-
| tiers of the house. His speeches were
always awaited with interest, because
Brierley had a way Of saying comical
| things in a most serious and almost
| fearful manner. Brierley had a voice
like a cross-cut saw, but he was hon
| est and outspoken, and never failed
| to unbosom himself in a manner
| which made him one of the most
popular members.
Instead of coming back to the 1egis-
lature himself, DR.. Brierley is plan
ming to send his business partner,
Marcus L. Hare, an old settler in the
| county. Hare and Brierley have been
running a drug store at Glasco for
| many years. John B. Wood, cashier
of the state bank of Aurora Is also a
candidate for representative.
Another man who will be missed in
| the lower house is DR.. T. A. Mayhem
of wellington, Sumner county. DR..
Mayhem has decided that he does not
have time to attend to his legislative
| duties, and wants to pass the job
falong, James Lawrence, former
| representative from Sumner county is
| talked of as a candidate for the place,
| but no one has as yet announced him
| self
Though an opponent of the pri-
mary election law, and on many issues
lined up with the senate lodge, State
Senator G. L. Chapman of Great
Bend who is a candidate for re-
nomination, gets the following good
| send off from ]. E. Junkin in the
| Sterling Bulletin, which is a square
| deal paper:
| "Mr. Chapman asks the Republican
| nomination under the recognized rule
of politics that second term is
usually accorded public servant. The
Bulletin has had occasion in the past
to review Mr.. Chapman's record in
the senate. We have pointed out its
| strong points and weak spots, and the
| former far exceeded the latter. We
have at times differed with him, yet
have always recognized him as
honest and conscientious in the stand
he took upon public measure. He is
a clean, upright man in public life
and there has never been a word OF
suspicion attached to his motives. He
is affable and kindly in his manner
and has always been glad to person
ally serve even the humblest of his
constituents. In a second term he
feels that he will be able to do much
more in the way of constructive
legislation than in his first term
) He is anxious to demonstrate his
! ability to do things and to do them
right. if given the opportunity by
the voters of his party in August and
November"