The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-12-22
POLITICAL GOSSIP
State Senator Ganse Pays a Wis
it to Topeka.
FavOrs Legislature Carrying
Out Campaign Pledges.
STANNARD is FAVORED
EmpOria Man Will Probably Be
President Pro Tenn of Senate.
Ex- Senator Young Takes Shot
at Tom McNeal.
STANDARDS FAVORED

county senator elect from the Fifteenth
district spent the day in Topeka on
business, the most important item OF
which was a search for a room during
the coming session.
Senator Ganse. unlike all the other
members of the various legislatures
since Kansas became a state, has no
new measures he will introduce at the
next session, either pet or public. Il
am not coming to Topeka with grip
Coffey. yesterday. However you can
quote me as being in favor of carry
ing out the pledges of the Republican
state platform.
Senator Ganse is a we'll known attor-
ney of his section of the state and al
though as he himself says, he is green
member" yet it is expected that he
will be one of the leaders of the SEN
ate, as his ability and energy fit him
for that role. He is in favor of good
roads legislation as now agitated by all
Kansans. big and little. but will insist
that it be along practical lines.
There has been little or no talk or
speculation so far about who will be
president pro tenn of the next Kansas
senate. so the word of visitor from
the southern part of the state that C.
A Stannard. of Emporia is to be given
the place Will be noted vSth interest.
Mr.. Stannard served in the last house
and is a well known leader of the square
deal cohorts.
Henry w. Young of independence. is
one of the very few old time PopuEsts
of ability yet remaining in this state
of Populism who is true to the faith
He served a term in the Legislature
and is editor and proprietor of the
Times. a weekly paper of Importance in
Montgomery county. HIS is also
member of the Independence city coun-
ell. In an editorial this week this old
time Populist takes the following shot
at Tom McNeaIs state school book
plant project:
when the Times editor was serving
the state as a lawmaker. we talked
about the purchase of a printing plant
to do the work of the state, along that
line and some of the more visionary
of US probably mentioned the printing
of school books as something the state
might do at a considerable saving to
its citizens: but although the legisla-
ture of 1891 was almost three-quarters
Populist in the senate and that party
had a large majority in the house,
some of the radicals of that day were
so conservative that neither of these
projects stood any show of serious con-
sideration during the session.
''Since then our Republican friends
have given us public printing plant
managed by printer elected in No
Fember along with the other state Of
f1cers. And now that party is appar-
emily dead set on going the limit in the
direction of public ownership by pro-
viding for the state publication of
school books. At any rate that is the
plan that Tom McNeal our Consider
able of a socialist Republican state
printer is advocating. He insists that
We can save S250.000 a year for the
parents of this state by adopting that
plan.
IF there are any other of the .vagar-
les of Populism' which the Republi-
cans have not yet snuggled up to all
they need is a little time to get there
The seed sown by those crazy Popu-
list cranks 10 or 20 years ago is bear
ing fruit now. some 20, some so and
some even 100 fold
Colonel Benton Murdoch has appoint-
ed Charles Gibbs to the office of execu-
tive clerk for Governor Stubs and has
the following to say for this young
man, who Is now private secretary for
Citizen" Stubs:
Charles Gibbs. of Lawrence. aman-
uensis, factotum. private secretary and
all around useful fellow citizen of w.
r. Stubs. will go into the guberna-
. torial cabinet and become part and
parcel of it. Charles Gibbs has been
with Mr.. Stubs for many years, is an
{ ideal young man, bright. smart and re-
sourceful, and besides he is popular
He had charge of the Republican
speaking bureau last fall and knows
much about Kansas and Kansas men
and knows much of the how. where and
when of both He is honorable and
square and truthful and will be a
source of never ending joy to the peo-
pie who may have business with the
office of the chief executive during the
next two or four years. Charles Gibbs
is a jewel"
The Coffeyville journal has the fol-
lowing story about the new senator
elect from Montgomery county:
When Standardized John Overfield
of this district goes to Topeka to take |
his seat in the senate this winter there
3 l. h., i ~
Is seat Is. If they give him this seat |
Smiling Johnny will sure stand UP for |
the whole session.
He is not superstitious one bit but he |
does not like the number IS and that is
all there is to it.
Mr.. Overfield was to make a night |
Journey Friday night on the Santa Fe
and had ordered q berth in the sleeper. /
When he got on the train and was
about TO delve in for the night he found
he had drawn berth No. 10 and
there settled it. He would rather not
take that berth. He would rather sit
up all night than go to sleep in a rail-
road train in berth No. 1S and as there
happily CHANGED to be another berth
unoccupied he secured that and all
was serene along the Santa Fe and
with Smiling Johnny.
H. z. Wyant of Waverly. candidate
for secretary of the senate. spent the
day in Topeka. Mr.. Wyant has strong
Recommendations for the place and
is one of the leading candidates. z. T.
Hopkins of Wellington is his chief
opponent. William Kretsinger of En-
poria, who held the place last year
is a candidate for reelection. but his
discourtesy at the last session is still
remembered by enough persons to in
sure his defeat for this place another
term.
John L. Berry of Troy. Doniphan |
county. has announced his candidacy |
for the office as sergeant of arms of |
the next house. He is a we'll known |
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