The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-08-13

guesses about anything or leaves things
| to chance or luck He depends upon
| method and order and cogwheelS and
| pulleys and belts and exact measure
nenfs to make the wheels go round and
| keep going round. He never worries
he hasn't time, and then worry con-
| suInes energy, and energy is precious
when one has IA hours work to per-
! form in a day.
| Five men called on Gibbs one day
each involving time and exact infor-
nation. Gibbs sized them up without
| a word, like a barber does his Gus
| toners on Saturday night and waited
upon each one in the order of his call,
and then turned without comment TO
| the task he was engaged on at the
| time the five broke in on him.
1t is another safe bet that Gibbs can
| shut his eyes ard call all the railroad
stations in Kansas and the hours that
| each train passes by those stations. He
can make connections on different
roads with the same precision that the
minute hand of a watch works in con-
| nection with the second hand. Juggling
with time tables and star routes and
steamboat schedules is one of Gibbs
pastimes in his hours of relaxation.
1t is conceded that Stubs is the best
campaigner in the state of Kansas and
the most fearless and cheerful fighter
of them ALL but then Stubs never had
to worry over the details. He was al
ways sure of his facts, for Gibbs had
placed his o. X. on them. Gibbs takes
notes by shorthand like a magician and
his columns of figures always balance
and his statement of facts always dove
tail in with the truth. Stubs never
asted time in argument with Gibbs
on any matter that had been entrusted
to him. Stubs is a genius in politics
and he uses whirlwind methods, but he
does not dispute Gibbs facts and fig
ures presented to him. He signs his
name at the place designated and never
looks at the document when 1T is pre-
scented by Gibbs.
Gibbs, be it understood, did not drop
into his present place as confidential
man for the foremost Kansas citizen
He worked his way there through seven
strenuous years of service for streru-
Gus master who demanded the highest
efficiency in service. He won his place
by placing his whole mind on his work
and making a speciality of painstaking
detail. He always has time to do any
thing suggested He never in his life
tcld the governor he did not have time
to do certain thing or intimate that
the service asked was out of his line.
And the words, 81 am not paid for
doing that" are not in the Gibbs voca-
bulary He was always looking for
work and he found a big chunk OF 1t
every day and night and Sundays, too.
Gibbs and Stubbs' Suspenders.
During the CcIIlpd1SH bllC GO'OAhOA
was busy thinking Of big things, while
Gibbs thought Of the little things. The
chain will never reach without the lit
tie things are utilized as links. The
interest Gibbs takes in his chief and
the variety of things that he considers
part of his duties is best illustrated by
a little old homely incident in connec-
ton with the Stubs meeting at Law
renee a short time ago.
Gibbs was standing in the crowd at
the park talking with newspaper
1nan when Stubs. who had finished his
speech, mingled with the crowd carry
ing his coat on his arm LOOK at the
governors suspenders," said Gibbs anx-
iously. They are a fright. He has
worn them out in this campaign.
When the governor went out on his
next trip he was wearing a pair OF new
suspenders of purple hue. Gibbs never
overlookS a detail.
This man Gibbs is deceptive person
in appearance. He looks as jolly and
but he is full of business notwithstand-
ing and devotes hours to serious bust
ness for the minutes he spends at play.
He is an Englishntan from the shires
and looks and acts the part. But the
English infantry have displayed staying
powers in most of the great battles OF
the world that has had more to do
Nitn English victories than English
generals or English ornaments. Gibbs
is an English infantryman, one of the
men behind the gun. His name never
appears as orator of the day or com
1r.ander of a division, but his newspaper
friends. who see the campaign from the
inside. know the part he played and
place him in the same niche where
stephen Crane placed the gunners OF
the Oregon in the battle where Cervera's
fleet was destroyed off the Cuban coast.