The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-10-15
THE EVENING STORY
Her Fathers Daughter.
(By Annie Hinrichsen.)


time he said it, he made the state
ment with the same arguments and
with the same sincere conviction that
marriage with him was the reason
able and foreseen result of her hered-
| ity and environment
I'm not asking you to fall madly
in love with me. Cecilia" he went on.
Il ask you to quit chasing new fan
cies and go where your natural in
cIlnat1ons lead you. They will bring
you straight to me. We are corelative
spirits; you Cont realize it, but 1 do.
| There is bond between US uniting
our subconscious selves. You keep it
| suppressed below the plane of con-
seriousness. But it's there and it's
real and strong
/ because you are a politician and
my father is a politician we must
necessarily be twin souls? You are
totally mistaken. I am not your CO.
relative spirit; there is no subcon-
scious bond between US. 1 am not In
| love with you. l shall not marry
you.''
Il think you will. For awhile you
will chase fancies and form other at
tachments as strong as cobwebs. Some
day you will dismiss this pretty rub
| bfsh. I shall watt
| And suppose" said Miss Morton
deliberately, that while you are wait
ing marry some one else ?''
That is a possibility, of course.
But / don't believe you will. You are
the product of a certain atmosphere.
1t is not probable that you will marry
out of it. If you were a man you
would run the state with an honest,
perfectly organized machine. Being
! a very beautiful, very conventional
young woman this political instinct
: shows itself in a mental attitude. You
Will marry a politician. I intend to
be one. But believe you think you
VIII marry Harry Seldom"
he Is a politician and perhaps a
corelative SPIRIT
seldom a politician? Umph! He
can make racket on a stump, but
ne can't deliver precinct"
| You talk like a ward heller. Harry
seldom will be one of the greatest men
of the day. I care a great deal for
MIN and for the ideals he represents"
Does your father share your ad-
miration of Seldom"
Father is too unhappy to think of
aanythlng except his own trouble. Judge
''Clarkson." Adams growled, 1.-THE
lowest traitor that lives. Your father
gave him everything he has. He COM
PEELED the judicial convention to nom
mate him for the supreme bench Your
fathers influence made him a famous
man. But he wants to be the greatest
political leader In the state. To realize
his ambition he has dethroned your
father. Next week when the state con-
vention meets Judge C1arkson will 60
as great man and your father will
not be there. Your father, the truest
friend ever had
The convention met in the hall of
representatives in the state capitol.
The vast room was filled with dele
gates, distinguished guests and rooters.
They overlooked the anterooms and
corridors.
CaoiIio Morf0r A..
Ever since she was child she had
come to the state conventions. To this
one she had come with an aching
heart. For the first time in his po-
Iitical life her father was not there.
The Honorable William s. Morton,
member Of congress, had been side
tracked out of his own county organ
ization. When Brooke county selected
its delegates to the state convention
Mr.. Morton's name was not on the list.
In his own county his downfall had
been designed. It had been accom-
plished quietly-a word here and
there. suggestion at the right mo-
ment to a dfsaffected one-and under
it all purpose, subtle and deliberate
The absence Of the well-known poll
ticfan from the personnel of the state
convention was an incident of tremen-
dous political significance 1t was the
first break in his power. A poll
tician's county is the cornerstone of
his success, and without 1t he can have
only an uncertain structure that will
soon go to pieces. From end to end
the incident and politicians discussed
it.
Congressman Morton's career was
ended. He had lost his grip. At the
first sign of weakness a hundred men
were ready to spring upon him and
tear from him his power. Another
faction was waiting to rule the coun-
ty and the opportunity had come.
Without the support OF his county he
could not be renominated for Con-
gress He would drop out of the
political life, and although he would
always stand high in public opinion
he would be that most unhappy man
"a politician shorn of his power.
The convention was called to order
The routine preliminaries were gone
through. The delivery of oratorical
masterpieces began. The chairman
announced the name of Justice James
Clarkson of the state supreme court.
Justice Clarkson rose.
"Mr. Chairman" he began, ladies
and gentlem EN-
There was faint hiss The judge
stopped.
at is my pleasure" he went on.
The hiss came again. This time it
was louder and seemed to come from
several parts of the room.
The judges face darkened with
anger Again he began to speak. but
from one side of the room came a
eatcan. 1t was answered from the
other side. Several voices took it up
The chairman pounded on his desk
for order.
The catcalls grew louder From all
parts of the room came steady hiss
ing. A man in the rear began to yell.
In moment the convention was a
wild uproar OF inarticulate, derisive
hootings.
The judge CHASTITY. furious. stood
in his place. A man caught the tails
of his coat and jerked him to his
seat. A dozen of his friends sur
rounded him, pushed him upon a.
chair and shouted to the chairman to
preserve order.
AS the judge appeared above the
crowd the hooting changed to a regu-