The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-15

is minority candidate for speaker
this session. FEEDER is not an orator,
but he has a lot of practical good sense
in his system. He said he expected
to give Jim Orr of Atchison a race
for minority honors.
Karl Miller of Dodge City, Ford
county, will be the youngest member
of the next house. He has seen Just
twenty-five summers and is looking
now at his twenty-sixth winter. He is
a good looking college boy and carried
himself at the conference like COM
er. He had to be able to put the Eng
lish on the ball in some fashion to
win representative honors in so good
a county as Ford at his age. He can
sing, they say. but he can do some
thing else, judging from his early start
in public life.
T. ]. Davis. representative from
Gray county, is an old Topeka resident,
in fact, he was pioneer settler in the
capital city. working here many years
ago for the Shawnee Fire Insurance
Co. Mr.. Davis is a westerner now
heart and soul, and took prominent
part in the discussion of affairs at
the conference.
Another youngster in the next
house will be ]. c. Tyler of F'ipney
county, the lad who called Wednes-
days conference. He is rancher
and Republican and a live wire. He
doesn't look to be much older than
Miller, but declares that he was mar
ried before Miller got out of the kim
dergarten. Tyler is a square dealer
and talked like he expected to support
administration measures. He wore
bearskin overcoat and pleasant
smile.
Steve Cave, that old timer from
Santa Fe, Haskell county. was present
at the conference. Steve is still sore
at the State Journal political writer
for alleged Misrepresentation regard
ing the outcome of the game of horse
shoes he played with Gov. Stubs last
March at Santa Fe on the occasion
when the governor visited the rail-
roadless counties. Steve claims that
he won the game. But Dick Hopkins
score card favored the governor.
Hines of Scott county, Democrat,
and member of the last legislature,
holds the record, according to his own
testimony. for being an obstructionist.
He made a speech at the conference
Wednesday in which he stated his OBJ
jections to things in general. He was
sustaining his objections to the guar
anty and other bills and telling why
he voted against them last session.
why, I voted against more bills last
session. he said. than any other
member"
Some one interrupted him to claim
that honor for Maxwell.
mo, SIR" replied Hines. Maxwell
and I ran neck and neck until the last
night of the session when sixty-five
bills were presented in one batch I
voted against all of them at one crack,
and Maxwell, he voted for all of
them" Hines contention was prompt-
ly recognized by the conference.
NJ. H. Mu1roy came clear from Ellis
county to the conference. C1em Will
son of Greeley county was there, and
T. e. Thorpe from Kearney, Sam Alex
ander from Grant Wilson is a square
deal Republican. while Thorpe, Alex
ander and Mulroy are all Democrats.
Henry Block, the Hamilton county
Democrat, who went on record by tel
policies, was in attendance at the con-
ference. J. M Wheeler. a square deal
er from Seward, is new representa-
tive. He is a reticent fellow. is Wheel
er. but he bore himself at the con-
ference like a man who had some
pretty strong convictions of his own.
w. M. Alexander of Grant county,
w. w. Ward of Haskell came in over
land to attend the conference.
LICK HOPKINS OF Garden CITY, lieu
tenant governor-elect, was a promf-
nent figure at the conference. Speak
ing of his attitude on legislative af-
fairs at the next session, Hopkins,
who will preside over the senate, said:
'I have many good friends among the
standpat senators and will try to be
fair and impartial in all my rulings to
all the members of the senate. AS
regards my political principles, I was
nominated and elected on a clear cut
progressive platform and I stand for
the fulfl1ment of all the pledges of the
platform adopted by the party coun-
ci1."