The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-10-13

The funeral of Ex-Governor Stanley
win be held Saturday afternoon at an
hour yet to be fixed, from the resi-
dence in this city.
Ex-Governor Stanley has never until
the past few days given up his active
work as a lawyer. He was one of the
best known and most able of the mem
bers of the Kansas bar. He retired
as. governor in 1903 after having served
two terms. He declined the appoint
ment of justice of the supreme court
rendered him by Governor Morrill,. Fol-
lowing his term as governor Mr.. Stan
ley was a candidate for United States
senator and his retirement in favor of
Chester L. Long made that gentlemans 3
election possible.
Since then Governor Stanley has had
little to do with politics. only OCCASION
ally delivering a political speech. He
served as commissioner to the Five
Civilized Tribes in 1904 and this marked
the close of his political career. though
he was frequently mentioned as a can
didate for governor and United States
senator within the past three or four
years.
Was Born i'm Ohio.
Mr.. Stanley was born in Knox coun-
ty, Ohio, December %, 1874. When he
was 2 years old his parents moved to
Hardin county, where he was reared.
His father was a physician and promi-
nent in the community. His mother
was a Miss Sapp. From her family
have come several distinguished law
yers ami public speakers.
Their son was educated in the COM
mon schools of Hardin county, lats,r.
studying for some time at the Ohio
Wesleyan university. He also studied
law at Dayton and Kenton. o., being
admitted to the bar at Kenton in 1863
Two years later he came to Kansas.
He located at Jefferson county whero
he lived until 1872. In that time he
served as county attorney of jefferson
county. Then he moved to Wichita
Here he was elected three times as
county attorney of Sedgwick county.
| After his last term he was elected to
the state legislature and served one
| term.
governor on the Republican ticket at
the state convention at Hutchinson. He
was elected by a large majority, de-
feating the Populist incumbent, John
| w Leedy.
Mr.. Stanley was renominated and re-
! elected to the office in 1900 by still a.
| larger majority. when he ran against
| the fusion candidate, J. W. Breiden-
| thai.
| He was married in 1876 to Miss
Emma L. Hills of Wichita They have
three children, two sons and a daugh-
| ter.
| His Great Public Service.
| In reviewing the rise of Ex-Governor
| Stanley and his official career Henry J.
| Allen, then his private secretary and
now editor of the Wichita Beacon,
| wrote the folling:
1T is not extravagant to say that the
| campaign made by Governor Stanley in
| 1898 was the most effective and the
| most arduous ever made by any candi-
| date in Kansas. From the first of Sep
I tember until election day in November,
| he was at work, and generally made
| two speeches every day. One remark
| able tribute which can be paid to his
| campaign efforts of that year, as well
/ as to all of his other public speeches.
is that he never made a mistake with
| his mouth. No speech of his ever con-
tained a single sentence which would
| call forth criticism from his party as
being ill-advised. which could be
| said by the opposition to place the is
sues of the campaign in an unjust 0r
an unfair light. This fact is certainly
remarkable when one considers the
vast number of speeches Governor
Stanley has been obliged to make
| many of which have been extern
poraneous, but all of which have been
in such rare good taste that the most
critical faultfinder has not been able to