The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-12-27

Laughlin, MarysvilIe.
Chaplain Penitentiary-Clerin T.
Zumwalt, Olathe.
Those appointments were made public
today by Governor-elect George H.
Hodges and by Charles N. Sawyer, of
Norton, recently selected by Hodges to
succeed ]. N. Dolley as bank commits
sioner. The appointment of Zumwalt,
the well known liquor spotter and min
lister of the gospel, to the position of
chaplain of the state penitentiary was
made by Hodges. Sawyer has an
nounced the selection of P. z. Laughlin.
a well known Marysville banker as his
first assistant.
The appointment of Zumwalt is per-
haps the most startling appointment to
be made by the new Kansas executive.
Under the Stubs administration, Yum
walt has been frequently employed as
a spotter and has been on the pay roll
OF the state, the temperance union and
various county attorneys. Some months
ago Zumwalt abandoned the. spotting
business and devoted his time to the
ministry. He has held a pulpit in
Olathe for some months and in the last
campaign was considered a staunch
supporter of Hodges in his race for the
governorship. Zumwalt will immedi-
ately take a course in criminal soci-
ology at Kansas University.
LaughIin's Appointment.
Sawyer, the new bank commissioner
who has selected Laughlin as his first
assistant, has probably made wise
selection ami one that will strengthen
the state banking department, accord
ing to the opinion of men familiar with
the affairs of the bank commissioner
office. While Sawyer is a national
banker, Laughlin holds extensive inter
IN, bot &c fha
official board of several well estab-
lished Fifth district banks. He was a
candidate for the appointment as bank
commissioner, following the election of
Hodges.
In the August primaries, Laughlin
won the Democratic nomination for
state treasurer. He opposed Earl
Akers for the election in November
and was defeated by 5000 votes
aughlin has a level head and a bust
ness insight that will probably be an
asset in the bank commissioners Of
flee.
The position of assistant bank com.
missioner pays an annual salary OF
$1,000.
Many Places to Fill.
In completing his list of appoint
ments, GoVernor-elect Hodges Will in
the next week announce appointees
for the three places on the utilities
one place on the tax com
one additional member of the
board of control, live stock commits
sioner, grain inspector, warden of the
superintendent of the re-
formatory and appointees to several
minor positions. Thomas w. Morgan
of Ottawa has been offered the war
denship of the penitentiary, but has
not as vet announced whether he will
accept the position.
Under the provisions of the federal
law, it is probable that c. 1. Martin
will be retained as adjutant general.
The federal statutes eliminate some
ten or twelve active candidates for
Martins place and the present Stubs
appointee seems in fair way to sue
coed himself. The federal law elimi-
mates the appointment of men over As
years old. This blocked the candidacy
of several men who desired the APP
pointment.
Not since the governorship con-
was settled in the supreme
court, has Hodges been in Topeka. 1t
is probable that he will come to To-
peka with his family early in January,
but the date of his removal to the
capital city has not been definitely
Hodges a Busy Man.
Since the new governor returned
from his Texas hunting trip, he has
been interviewed by hundreds of office
seekers. he has read and answered
hundreds of personal letters and has
been on the job about 20 hours a day
in arranging his program for the next
will complete his work on his
speech. He has already out
lined in a general way the recon-
to be contained in his first
m essage to the legislature. The bur
len of this message will be plea for
The fulfillment of Democratic party
platform promises.
In four days this week, Monday,
Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday,
Hodges received and answered from
100 to 500 letters day. This mail
,ame from every section Of the state
and from public men in other states.
One of the letters received this week,
which was perhaps the most appreci-
tied of any of the weeks mail, was a
land written congratulatory letter
rom William Jennings Bryan, who
las been spending the winter at Mi
Uni, Fla.
S. T. Seaton, recently appointed as
pardon and parole clerk by Hodges,
riII come to Topeka in a few days
md will devote his time until the
in familiarizing himself
With the work of his department.