The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-04
Senator Curtis Will Talk Over
Kansas Patronage.
Hold Conference With President
Before Coming Home.
NAME TWO NEW MEN.
Changes Predicted in Pension
Agency and Revenue Office.
harry Bone Almost Certain to
Be ReappOinted.

Washington Aug. 4-Senator Curtis
VII have a talk with the president re-
garding federal appointments in Ran
sas before he leaves for Topeka next
week With the exception Of postrlas-
ters and a few consuls and Rooer'
Stone of Topeka. whose appointment
ne withdrew. Mr.. Taft has not appoint
cd Kan-on to office since ne became
Ire esident About the tire Of the IN
auguration members Of the Kansas
delegation talked freely of the high
saIaried places in the departments they
would secure for Kansans-
hese places they have not landed
PRINCIPALLY because the president has
r ade Jew changes in the important
pests at the departments. Nor mas
q he made any changes in the federal
offices in Kansas This is due largely
to the fact that ne has decided to
permit the incunbents of those ottlces
to serve until their commissions e&.
rire. The c imTissiOns Of three OF
them, Wilder 5 Metcalf. pension agent
James NJ Simpson, collector OF inter
/ al revenue and II. j. Bone, United
States district attorney, will expire next
January. w II Mackay's commission
as United States marshal will not eX-
IRE until 1911.
Tie Karsaps here confidently pre-
6ict that new men Will be named for
q least two of these offices, pension
agent and collector of internal revenue,
as both Metcalf ard Simpson are serv-
ing second terms. Senator Curtis and
Senator BriStOW both said today that
they had not indorsed d candidate for
any of them and that they had not
even promised a candidate their sup
Fort. They also said that they would
lot ind1rse anybody until they return
to Washington for the regular session
Of congress, which will open in De
ccmber.
For the pension agency several can
didates have been discussed here,
among them Cyrus Leland. who was
turned down for second term in the
office by Roosevelt; Col a. W. Smith
OF Mcpherson, Capt. w. A. Bingham
of White City former consul general /
a Cape Town; Bernard Kelly Of /
Ottawa, who held the office during I
the Harrison administration: J. NJ. |
Moore of Marion and Col. E c. Man |
ming CT Winfield. Although Senator |
IS believed by many of the Kansans |
here that he will indorse Smith. The |
latter has a good war record which |
includes nineteen months imprisOn- |
ment at Andersonville. They also be
lieve that Bristow would like to in |
dorse Leland. Friends of General I
Metcalf have asked the president to
give him another term. but they have
received no encouragement
After simpsons Place.
me Dig nSnL Is expected 10 be over
the appointment of Simpsons sue
Cessor. The fact that Simpson was
appointed first under the iudorse-
ment Of J. r. Burton. and later upon
the Endorsement OF Chester l. Long. /
In the opinion of m embers of the Kan
sas delegation eliminates him from
the contest. The other candidates
are: George w F'indlay of Topeka,
Judge Corb Mcneil of Columbus.
State Senator Fremont Leidy of Leon, |
Butler county: Edward Jewett of
Wichita member Of the legislature |
penitentiary. Findlay says he was
promised the place by Senator Baker
End he again expected il when Bur
ton had Simpson named. Senator |
curtis is especially friendly to Leidy,
who has been his supporter since
1890 and as a member of the Kansas
house voted for him when he WAS a |
senatorial candidate against Long It
Is safe to guess that if Leidy does not
land Simpsons S place Curtis will get
him something else worth having If
Bristow has a preference he is keep
ing it quiet.
Most of tho Kansas politicians i'm
WaShin gtOn predict that District At
torn0y Bone Will be given d second
term. He has made an exceptionally
good record and there is no doubt
that tho influence of the department
Of justice viii he with him Senator
Curtis is also believed to favor his re-
appointment. It has been stated
here that Senator BristOw was sun
porting W F. Higgins of Emporia
for Bones place but this he denies
Among tho other candidates for dis
trict attorney are: Frederick Har-
ris of ottawa. Alexander Mitchell of
Lawrence and a member of the legis-
lature, Frederick Stanley. CITY at
torney of Wichita. and Clifton Matson
of Wichita