The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-08-26

| Mr.. Martin finally "fessed up" that HI
might have been on the school board
of his town of Marion but he did moi
care to have this mentioned. Nothing
except something like tnat," said he
with protest.
Though the new chairman had tC
plead guilty to a minor public Office
the fact that he so barely escaped ans
public office at all certainly means q
new order of things among us.
Mr.. Martin is a lawyer and looks the
part-more of the southern type II you
please. He has coal black hair a
shaggy mass of it carelessly brushed
back, a strongly marked face, a well
set up figure and altogether he makes
a very striking picture.
Despite his southern appearance Mr..
Martin was born in the north but just
above the Mason-Dixon line in south
ern Illinois. Egypt, you know" said
he with smile.
Il came to Kansas 21 years ago,
studying law in a law office in Illinois
and coming to Kansas when 1 was
ready to be admitted to the bar. I
came to Marion Immediately and have
lived there ever since. NY entire time
has been devoted to the practice of law
and l have had no desire % do any,
thing else. The more 1 practice it the
better 1 like it. About two years ago
1 concluded spending three seasons on
the lecture platform under lyceum
management"
American history is Mr.. Martins
hobby and he has a library of Ameri-
can history which is reputed to be the
most extensive of any private library
in the state in this particular line.
w. H. L. Pepperill, "Bill'' they call
him, has an entirely different record.
Pepperill has been secretary of the
committee for twenty-five years and
a member of the committee for twen-
ty-four years. He is the oldest mem
ber from the point Of years of connec-
ton with the committee. Now "Bill'
is not old, he is one Of the live wires
and looks like he had Just turned 35,
there may be a gray hair or two but
not to exceed that. This leads to the sus-
picion that Pepperill must have slip
ped into the committee several years
the other side of the 21 mark. The
fact that a fight starts up on Pepper
ill from year 10 year. but always van
ishes into mist, means that he can't be
improved upon and is all of the ST
varieties. Pepperill lives at Concordia
and Is in the loan and investment
business as well as real estate. Poll
tics has not kept him from acquiring
property and he is generally credited
with being we'll to do. Among the
many other things that he formerly
harbored was the opera house at Con-
cOrQ1a, Dut ne nao disposed OF tnls, so
he said today. A short while ago he
was elected treasurer of the A. o. U.
w. and has charge of the disburse-
ment of almost 100000. Bill is
there with the goods.
The Democratic state central COM
mittee this afternoon moved over to
the Mulvane building where they have
rented five rooms on the fourth floor.
The Mulvane building is the newest
office building in the city and affords
excellent accommodations 1t was
thought first that the campaign would
be handled from the Throop hotel as
in former years.
A special train will be run out OF
Topeka on the Rock Island at II
o'clock Thursday evening to accom-
modate people who come from out OF
town points to attend the Bryan meet
ing. The train will be run as far as
Horton.