The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-12-08
NOT FOR Mr.. TAFT
Kansas VIII Support ANY Other
Man, BristOW Says.
La Toilette Would Be Elected
Tomorrow, Jackson Declares.
TOO MANY BLUNDERS
President Has Been Guilty of
Serious Mistakes.
Girard Smallest Town With
First Glass Office.
TOO MANY BLUNDERS

Washington, Dec. s.-Both Senator
J., L. Bristow and Congressman Fred
Jackson are OF the opinion that Kan
sas is not in favor of the re-nomina-
ton of President Taft.
The state of Kansas said Senator
Bristow to the State Journal CORE
spondent, sis at the present time over
whelming against the renomina-
ton of President Taft. Our people
are for any other Republican who is
a candidate for the nomination.
If we were to have an election in
Kansas tomorrow said Congressman
Jackson, William Howard Taft would
not be the peoples choice for pres1-
dent Kansas would today endorse
Senator LaFollette for the presidency
if she thought he could be elected, but
the people out in Kansas feel that the
Wisconsin senator has small chance
of obtaining the nomination because
of the strong opposition of the East
kansas people are fond of Mr.. Taft
but they are strongly inclined to look
upon his administration of three years
past as one full of serious blunders-
Just what candidate will receive the
endorsement of Kansas Republicans
for the presid entail nomination can
not be determined at this time"
Girard Has First Class Office
T. r. Jones, postmaster at Girard,
Kan, represents the smallest town IN
class postoffice. The classification OF
offices is due to the annual receipts
of the office, and it generally takes a |
town of $4,000 or 10000 to make an
office of frst-class.
The exception in the case Of Girard, |
which Is a little over 1000, is due to
the fact that the Appeal to Reason, a
Socialist paper with tremendous cir
culation, is published there, and what |
it pays in a year in the way of second !
class postage for being carried
through the mails serves to make that !
postoff1ce of the first-class-
w. E. Magee has been nominated |
for appointment as postmaster at CO. !
Iurnbus Kan, to succeed Jesse F'alk-
ner-
r. L. Musson has also been nomina-
ted for reappointment as postmaster
at Elk City. Postmaster MuSson has
been retained upon the recommends
ton of the postmaster general
VreeIand Gets New Job.
Rear Admiral vreeland. of Kansas,
who as q captain in the navy, was ap-
pointed to command the battleship /
Kansas when she WIS first put in COM
mission, and who later distinguished /
himself as commander of the Amer1-
can feet at the coronation cerem onies
of King Albert, has been appointed /
president of the board to inspect the |
wreck of the old battleship Maine,
which still lies in the Havana harbor.
Kansan Back From Abroad.
Arthur P Davis. Of Garden City. |
Kan, now chief engineer of the recla- /
nation service, spent several months
this year investigating irrigation con-
ditions in Europe and Asia Upon
his arrival in Washington today he was
seen by the state Journal correspond |
ent- He spoke especially OF conditions
in Turkestan, where he investigated
the possibilities of irrigation for the
Russian governm emit
Early irrigation projects were start /
ed in this part of the old world about /
1900 A D. and Mr.. Davis said that !
from his findings the Russian govern
ment is now considering the possibility
of irrigating parts of Turkestan.
Judge Slonecker, of Kansas, stopped
off in Washington this week and |
mingled with the Kansas delegation in
congress From here he went to New
York on business.
Taggart May Get Good Place.
It has become known here that
Representative P. P. Campbell, of
Kansas. will probably be appointed to
left vacant by the death of Represent
alive E. H. Madison. Appointments
to minority places on this committee 4
are made by Representative J. r. H
Mann, the minority leader, and it is
understood that he has practically de-
cided to give the place to Representa-
tive Campbell. The committee on
rules IS one of the most powerful in
the house, anu MI IAN pDSAA az y e1AASS
to this place will be distinct honor.
It is not known as yet just what
committee assignments will be given
Representative Taggart the new
Democratic member from Kansas. but
it is believed that he can have place
on the committee on agriculture if he
desires it, which would be an excel
lent appointment for a new member.
Coming from a state that has had a
solid Republican delegation in con-
g-razS for some time it is believed that
Mr.. Taggart's Democratic colleagues
in the house will see that he is well
taken care of in committee assign
m eutS.