The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-12-09
Federal Appointments the Rock
in HarbOr of Harmony.
SHALL HARRY BONE Go
Junior Senator Wants District
Attorneyship for Higgins.
Little Likelihood That Change
Will Be Made.

| The Washington dispatches announce
! that Senators Bristow and Curtis have
| at last held a conference in regard to
federal appointments for Kansas and
| that no agreement was reached at this
meeting Of regular and insurgent. 1t
was not expected that these leaders,
different in everything except the name
Republican, would agree. One is con-
sentative. the other radical. One is
a regular. the other an insurgent. One
is Taft man. the other is antiTaft.
In the matters of temperament, policies,
habits, friends and methods these men
are as far apart as the poles. Yet the
president has declared that they must
agree.
Curtis has the advantage OF friend
ship and the accompanying disadvan-
tage of the necessity of bowling to the
mandate of his chief. Bfistow has the
disadvantage of unfriendliness and the
accompanying advantage Of being free
to make war If the appointments do not
suit him This advantage is to be con-
sidered when it is a senator who Is
concerned.
The term of H. ]. Bone, district at
torney, expires December II.
The term of ]. M. Simpson, collector
of revenue, expires December 10.
The term of General Wilder S. Met
calf, pension agent expires January 20.
Now Bristow's friends are square
dealers of the insurgent type with the
possible exception of Cy Leland, while
Curtis friends embrace the party regu-
lars and the conservative element
among the reformers. It is going to be
rext to impossible for these men 10
agree on appointees for fat federal Of
fees. They may have to decide upon
three men for the three places and
on a basis of two for Curtis and one
for Bristow. This appears to be the
only possible solution and it is sure to
get tangled up when Bristow claims the
office of district attorney which he is
sure to Go.
Harry Bone or Higgins.
William Allen White made Bristow
senator and William Allen wants his
friend. L. F. Higgins Of Emporia, TO
have the office of district attorney and |
has secured Bristow's promise to sup |
port Higgins for the place. Curtis
favors the reappointment or Harry |
Bone, who as made a fine record, ana
will likely hold out for Bone TO the
end of the chapter.
IF Bristow will be satisfied to name I
either a pension agent or collector OF /
revenue then the strain VIII De re.
lieved a little, and while there VIII
still be GOODNESS bet between hasti rhess
will have been postponed.
Harry Bone is in Washington this
week and It looks from here as IL
reappointment is sure for the district
attorney. BristoW will likely hold out
George Findlay Of Topeka, Judge CORP
McNeal of Columbus and Senator Ere
mont Leidy of Butler county Wouid
fight it out for endorsement Tor col
Pherson is a candidate for pension
agent to succeed General Metcalf.
The first actual clash between the
Kansas senators is pretty sure TO come
this week over the district attorney
Curtis has expressed his
for Harry Bone, who has
the advantage of brilliant record,
and Bristow is committed In advance
for Higgins and has announced since
that he will insist upon the appoint
nnent of the Emporia lawyer. Presi-
dent Taft will thus be called upon to
decide between the man who voted for
and the man who voted against the
Payne bill. In case he refuses to de-
ice until a successor is appointed.
Bone has held the office one term.
The latest in the Fourth district con-
yressionaI sensation is a quotation from
Tohn Dawson, attorney for the railway :
BOARD and ex-assistant in the offices or
both the governor and attorney gen
,ral. to the effect that Mr.. Jackson can 8
lot give up important work on nand IN +
lis office In order to enter the congress +
ional fight. Mr.. Dawson would appear :
O still exert benign influence over the :
,ffices he has quilted for other fields Of :
ndeavor and usefulness. Surely he =
vas misquoted when he was made to +
ay that Jackson owes the people of his
tate a duty in giving all his attention
o the Standard Oil, Harvester, live Z
took commission and insurance cases, :
III of them trust suits. The work of !,
he attorney general has all been done r
n these cases months and even years =
go. They have been dragging along a
n the courts and from one to half +
OF an decisions recorded already in all !.
f them. They will run their race some
ay and a decision will be reached In a
he process of law and nothing Mr. !,
ackson might do, in his office or in tn. +
'ourth district would affect them at n
his late day any more than Mr.. Daw a
on's sneeze would serve to fill the sails :,
f vessel in the harbor at Clyde Scot n
and. r
Mr.. Dawson is quoted further as a
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