The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-04-01

be granted. This ammunition, clothing,
tents and other supplies is sent by the
government for the use of the Kansas
National Guard. The government re-
quires that it be stored in some safe
place and the executive council be-
heves that the supplies are safe in the
rooms set aside in the subbasement.
The clothing and tents are piled on
shelves, the same as in a clothing store;
no dust is allowed to accumulate. The
ammunition comes in tin-lined wooden
boxes and it would require an excep-
tionally hot fire to burn through those
boxes, then heat through the tin and
the brass shells sufficiently to ignite
the powder.
The east wing of the state house is
not fireproof, while the other wings are
believed to be fireproof. But the eXecu-
tive council is not going to take any
chances on a fire damaging the big
building so it ordered the cleaning up
as soon as the news of the New York
fire came
Dave Leahy. private secretary to
Governor, Stubs, may become a can
didate for the state senate from Sedg-
wick county. If Senator Stewart is a
candidate for reelection, after serving
two full terms, Dave says he is going
to get into the race and that he will
beat Stewart at the primary and also
the election. 1t was Senator Stewart
that started the investigation into the
charges of political crookedness made
by "Leahy during the session of the
legislature.
For several hours yesterday after
noon the county attorneys who were
called to Topeka for a conference with
the attorney general were in eXecu-
tive session, and from the discussions
heard after this session closed, about
fol Cd oh anti
trust suits and the new custer law.
John Dawson, attorney general. ex-
planned in detail the working of the
new custer law and he gave it cut
that the county attorneys would be
expected to enforce all laws and they
could use this law in helping to en-
force any law in their county and the
attorney general might find it neces-
sary to use the law on the county at
torneys He hoped it would not be
needed.
After the executive session in the
supreme court room, the county attor-
neys, in smaller groups, had further
executive sessions with the attorn ey
general in his own offices The bridge
building trust and numerous local
merchants organizations are to be in
vestigated by the county attorneys and
the attorney general and suits may be
brought shortly to dissolve some of
these organizations, which are said to
have been organized in restraint of
trade and to enable the fixing of prices
of certain goods in each locality.
The county attorneys had a real in
teresting time during the afternoon
session when the gambling laws were
under discussion. Some one. wanted to
know if the bridge, five hundred and
euchre parties given by women and
was not gambling. s. n Hawks, as
sistant attorney general, said it wasn't,
but there were several county attor-
neys who believed it was gambling.
The question was not settled and no
prosecutions were determined upon to
test the matter, but some of the coun-
ty attorneys believe that this form of
amusement really is gambling and that
they could make a case stick 1t is
possible that a suit may be brought in
some county to get a court ruling.
Il am not now, never have been and
will not become a candidate for COVER
nor" was the positive announcement
made by E. H. Madison late yesterday
afternoon after four hour confer
ence with friends in the office of Gov
ernor Stubs. Il have been urged by
members of both the progressive and
regular factions of the Republican
party to become a candidate, but
have never seriously considered max
ing the race
This spoils the plan to unite the
warning factions in the Republican
party. Madison was regarded as the
one man in Kansas who could bring
out a complete union of the regulars
and progressives and put up solid
fighting front next year. The pro-
gressive leaders made the first sug-
gestions to Madison that they would
give him their support and after the
boom was well under way the regulars
began urging the Seventh district con-
gresham to get into the race. It is