The Topeka state journal., 1911-09-08
BILL FISHER STORIES.
Charles sessions Tells Interesting Incl
dents in Career.

L II
Topeka died. says Secretary of state
/ Charles Sessions IN the Kansas City
Journal He was known from White
I Cloud 10 Liberal and from Galena to
St Francis as Bill Fisher. the heavy
weight politician And he was a
heavyweight both physically and in
/ politics He weighed IN the neighbor-
hood Of 400 pounds and for many
years was a dominant figure IN Jack
son county politics
Bill was one OF those cheerful fel-
lows that make friends wherever they
GO IF ne had a single enemy when
he died the reporters have been unable
jokes One time he walked into the
! Copeland hotel and asked the clerk If
he had 4 bed big enough for himself
and son
[ IS your s0n2''
he IS outside. replied Bill III
20 out and get him
In moment Bill returned leading
his son It was the late Moses Sar-
I bach of Holton. who weighed $50
4 pounds and was as wide as he was
BiII enjoyed a joke Just as well If it
was on himself as If II was on the
i other fellow For many years he was
+ engaged in the livery business at HoI-
ton and dealt in horses One day he
( heard that 4 preacher ar an adjacent
Z over TO make deal The animal was
zoe Dandy" just what BIZ wanted
I The price was a little stiff yet BIZ was
ready TO pay II II he had TO-
/ Has that horse any fauits2" asked
Bill
( s-That is a fine horse and he has no
bad faults except one" replied the
what's that, asked Bill
He Is a kinder said the preacher
Now that was a new one on Bill but
auce- Being a horse trader for twen-
/ ty years he didn't intend TO let
preacher put one ever on him.
''Kfndler. eh2" replied Bill Well
that isn't so bad am used % klnd
Iers can cure him in short order
have 2 bottle or two Of patent Hledi-
cine which IS warranted 70 cure Inat
disease Furthermore. VIII put MIN
on an alfalfa diet and ne VIII soon oe
all right
The preacher made no comment ex-
cept 70 say that he was glad that 4
kinder could be so easily cured The
trade was made and Bill tied the
preachers horse on behind his buggy
and drove back to Holtou-
The next morning he grew c0nflder-
tiaf with some Of his friends II the
horse business and told what q good
trade he had made with the preacher
good for Bill. Then he hitched the
horse I'd 70 q buggy TO show him of
20 a prospective buyer Ehe animal
had rot gone more than twenty Leet
until Bill found out what 4 kinder
was The horse kicked the brand new
buggy into kfndling wood
/ What a successful horse trader
that preacher would make snorted
! Bill as he gathered up the sp1inters
I from the shattered buggy and led the
horse back into the stable.
4 Bits great enthusiasm over & polit-
1 icaI victory one night caused him and
I his faction much grief. A D Walker.
HoIton and he vas candidate for
another term walker and Bill be-
/ louged to different factions al that
time and Bill was one of the leaders
\ in the move to take the Jackson cOun-
I rv delegation away from Walker In
/ the good old days" OF conventions
candidate didn't stand much show If
/ his own county was against him, and
50 the plans y ere laid by Bill and his
friends TO give the Jackson delegation
/ to another candidste-NIr- Thom pson,
who was county treasurer at that time.
\ The contest for the Jackson county
\ delegation TO the state convention was
I fought out at first in q county prf-
mary the delegates 10 the county con-
Eeuti0u being selected that way It
was about the fiercest battle that old
Jackson ever saw When the returns
came IN they showed that Bills side
had won But il was a close vote
Z Walker himself at first conceded his
turning the trick that he came TO To-
peka On the evening train to tell the
I leaders around Copeland county all
about It He was very jubiIanE and
very loquacious. HetoId in great de-
I tail al the stunts they pulled off to
I beat Walker
why. hired all the idle men in the
county and many who were not idle
! said Bill. boastinglys '.to cut wood
gave them 81 each One of the cordi-
-. zr
Walker. Don't know exactly when
viii find any wood for them to chop
/ But that doesn't matter TO them They
have received their pay
This was a sample Of the stuff that
I Bill handed out at Copeland county
I between laughs Now there happened
to be a couple Of reporters On the
scene and heard Bill relate the story,
and they each fixed up a nice juicy
I item for their papers giving as nearly
as possible BIlPs exact words Their
II papers printed the story the next
Il morning When Bill saw IL he grew
pale It looked awful in cold print
He was afraid to GO home ard meet
the boys. He hung around Topeka a
day or so waiting for them to cool off
at Holton- But they didn't cool
Things got warmer walker went IN
and made a fight. On the grounds that
Bits side had corrupted voters BY the
wholesale and used BiIIrS Interview TO
Il prove It Bill returned home fuSt be
fore the county convention His asso-
Il GATES jumped on him like a thousand
Of brick He denied ever having told
such 4 story But they all knew he
/ had. L sounded Just Ike him The
convention split and two sets OF dele
gates were chosen Later walker :
EdeIagation was seated at the state
convention and Walker was renomi-
Il mated and elected
II However. on the day OF the county
convention the same two reporters