The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-11-25

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stances of the interview in which Mr..
Bowman mentioned having left the
state house during a contract letting
to go to moving picture show.
Mysterious MIR. Butler.
Timothy John Butler was an unex-
pected witness put on by Harry Bow
man Tuesday afternoon for the pur-
pose of !. discrediting testimony pre-
viously given by Superintendent HfF.
Hawkes. of the Larned Hospital.
Hawkes. had sworn that relations Of
another and with the board were hAr-
monious and that there was ~Hbsoiice
of friction or dissatisfaction. .,.....----.
Mr.. Butler said he was a newcomer
quainted with Hawkes. here while the
latter was waiting as a witness and
engaged Hawkes. in conversation Tues
day night after he had left the witness
stand. Hawkes. had returned to I4arned
by a night train and could not be re-
called.
According to Butler the .superintend-
ent's private conversation had contra
dicted his testimony at the hearing.
He said Hawkes. had told him, Butler.
that his own situation at Larned was
far from comfortable, owing to defects
of discipline and the fact that Lyons,
the farmer at the hospital was related
to a member Of the control board. Mr..
Butler said he had reported this con-
versation to Mr.. Bowman as a citizen
prompted only by the purest motives
of getting all the truth before the COM
known any of the persons in the con-
troversy.
The witness was considerably hec-
tored by attorneys who elected the in
formation that he had been dismissed
from the department of justice at
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looking for a location. He said he was
a lawyer and that although he had been
absent for many years in government
service he still claimed residence at
Topeka was chiefly that of pursuing
some research at the law library.
Not Looking for job.
Are you also looking for job un-
der the Capper administration? Quer-
led John Schenck.
Il am not" declared Mr.. Butler.
His "Forceful E.en."
Among all the interesting facts
near-facts and opinions developed by
the states expensive inquiry into the
doings of its board of control. nothing
elected more applause from the as
sembled listeners than Harry Bow
mans gallery of "forceful men"
That virility which distinguished
the men of Kansas in the days when
the graSShOpper crOuched in the barn
yard and tho XX-four SICK was COM
Wandered to make the swaddling
clothes of the children of the state,
now finds its outlet In bull-headec
chickering's over the affairs of the
states charitable institutions. Harry
Bowman is authority. In his testi-
mony before the investigating COM
mittee Mr.. Bowman related how opin-
ions clashed from time to time over
matters of import In the management
of the states hospitals and homes
One by one he mentioned those
"forcefur' characters whose wills
domino. d his own and over-rode him
or checked him in the execution OF his
own d ces-
Being q mild and unargumentative
soul, himself. he was compelled to see
his wishes thwarted or the interests of
| full men as former Governor w. r..
Stubbs, sIronjaw" Brown. w. e.
f, Brooks, John Dawson and even by a
| woman of no less powerful personality,
| the superintendent of the State Or
phans' Home at Atchison. Mrs. E. X.
| Burns. There We're comparisons.
Major Brown" declared Bowman.
SIS q very forceful man. Mr.. Brooks is
not quite 80 forceful. but he is more de-
! termined."
| That testimony was brought out in
| connection with the disposition of con-
| tracts awarded for state Institution
supplies. Mr.. Bowman later related the
circumstances OF his own discontinue
ut the State Orphans Home
II had opposed the appointment OF
! Mrs. Burns" he sofd. After she wa
put In charge OF the home. she never