The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-11-12
Senator DOlley Isn't Anxious to
Be Bank Commissioner.
Says He Hasn't Even Considered
the Matter.
EYE ON OTHER PLACE.
Would Like to Be United States
Marshal.
The Position Is Not Available
for Some Time.

1t may be that after all ]. N. Dolley
doesn't want the job of bank commits
sfoner which the politicians and the
newspapers have kindly offered him
under the Stubbs administration. joe
is acting very coy about the matter.
Are you going to be bank commits
sioner?" was asked of Mr.. Dolley to-
day.
81 haven't considered the matter"
replied Mr.. DoIley. Il don't know that
1 want to be bank commissioner. The
chances are I don't. I am not very
keen about this job business. Four
years ago 1 might have had my choice
of positions with the state administra-
tion, and took nothing. 1t is quite
probable that 1 may do the same this
year in case anything is offered to me.
Stubbs hasn't offered me anything. L
don't think he has offered anybody
anything. He will go into his office as
governor absolutely free to give the
positions to whom ever he pleases.
That is a very unusual condition, l
think. Usually these jobs are all
promised before election. AS chairman
of the state committee didn't promise
single job. not even janitorship at
the state house,
Nevertheless, it is generally supposed
that Mr.. Dolley will accept a state Of
flee with the Stubbs administration. 1t
will be a handy thing for Dolley to
have, and at the same time it Will be
valuable to Governor Stubbs to have
associated with him the man who has
done so much to advance Stubbs in
terests.
It is possible that Governor Stubbs
will find it convenient to send ]. N.
Dolley to Lansing to look after the
state penitentiary. There are a mum
ber of candidates for this job-E. B.
Jewett of Wichita, Guy Swallow of
OskaIoosa, and a number of others who
were on the firing line for Stubbs In
order to settle this wardenship fight
without making too many people mad,
Governor Stubs may hand the job to
Dolley.
1t seems, to be the general impression
that the place which Mr.. DoIley would
really like Is that of United States
marshal. but this place will not be
available for several years, as Marshal |
Mackey's term does not expire for quite
a while. If Mr.. Dolley is content to
wait for this place. it is likely that it
can be arranged for him to have it. |
OF course it would not come through |
Governor Stubbs, but through the
United States senators from Kansas |
Curtis and Bristow. The fact that Dol !
ley. as chairman of the Republican /
state committee, delivered the state |
successfully to Taft will give him A |
standing with President Taft which |
would make it gratifying to the preSt- |
dent to do something to reciprocate. |
Chairman Hitchcock of the Republican |
national committee who is slated for a |
cabinet job, is also a strong friend of |
DOlley'S and will do anything he can to |
help him. Dolley made himself solid |
with Hitchcock by offering to conduct |
the campaign in Kansas without fnan- |
ciaI aid from the national committee. |
He even offered to raise money in Kan |
sas to aid the national committee, if |
necessary. This was at a time when |
the national committee was very short |
of funds, and it was an attitude which |
was appreciated. Dolley's strong per-
sonal standing with the national ad- |
ministration puts him in line for some |
thing better than the position of bank |
commissioner for the state of Kansas. |
1t would not be surprising if Dolley |
should aspire to be the next Repubn- |
can national committeeman from Kan
sas. in place of D. w. Mulvane.
Meantime. Dolley will likely get the
job of speaker of the house of repre-
sentatives, which will add to his pres
tige, and keep him in touch with politi-
cal affairs. After the legislature, he
NAV simply step back from the politi
cal pie counter for a while and say
After you. Alphonse" to the waiting
patriots.
]. T. Reed. the Republican state
senator from the Fortieth district
who was reported to have been beaten
IN the recent election by Geo. H.
Tannehill, was in Topeka today.
Il had a hard fight in the Fortieth
district said Mr.. Reed but the off,
cial count gave me 120 majority. I
carried TannehiII's county, and
Tannehil1 carried mine. I also car
ried Norton the third county in the
district. by small majority. We had
sort of a Democratic landslide in our
county and nearly all the Republican
were beaten.
when I left Smith county for To-
peka. we had quite a little snow on
the ground"
companied Senator-elect Reed to To-
peka, and it is said that Mr.. Over
will be a candidate for sergeant at
arms of either the house or senate at
the coming session.
Governor Hoch and John B. Baker.
state live stock inspector. have Jointly
appointed N. B. Reichnecker as
deputy inspector at Kansas CITY to
John Mulvey. who died re-
Gently. Reichnecker has been active
In the last two years as a deputy
sheriff in assisting c. w. Trfckett in
his joint closing work. Reichnecker
Is a graduated veterinarian.
T A McNeal, state printer, is get
ting some data together concerning
the cost of state publication of text .
books. and the expense of making the
addition to the state printing plant
which would be necessary for state
publication of text books.
T. Benton Murdoch. of Ell Dorado.
who is the Chief Isaac Walton of the
Ancient Order of Kansas Fishermen,
place OF Del Travis. Otis E. Sadler of
Mr.. Murdock says in his pa
per: Quite a sprinkling of Kansas
Aldermen viii. when the time comes,