The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-12-16
IN CITY POLITICS
No Strong Opposition to Pres
ent Administration.
Very Little Chance OF an up
heavaI This Spring.
HOUSE IS POPULAR MAYOR
Other Commissioners Have
Made Good in Office.
VIII Kiene Run for Mayor, Is
Big Question.

-,..,. ..,,1,, n few short months III
. - until the city election thele
.,,.r,,s 10 be no strong noNelii "a
-. 10 uuseat the present duiiAitao+as
-, only two avoWeu Can 49, lie
6o,-e appeared in the open ;s-;on-
running for the ofIice 81 he vacated
- ~ streets. which wall pe Tendx~
e-l,,,,rtsriIv by Commissioner taatcd
49, -. is a man who was oelef. .N4
- t,afore when he ran asali'S ne
-. NJ Newland, commlsslote iob
,,-ater He is out for the stil ndi5ate
.rS,a-e is only one strong canui ' -
.t1,.ad Who might oppose jay F.
-, for MAYOR. That Is L.
11lr nresent sheriff. kehe To-
Nl 49,. adrnitted or denied thdl iie
,,-o,,ld be a candidate .t,r,, with
.Better wait until 1 get "a +odav
,.,.,sant lob. Kiene sald touaS
ny ,,,nroa ched on the subject
NAe porter and WATSON Sa1e.
hardlv expected that strong
z,5a+ee will come out against w e
porter and w. II. Wasson. 49,
--,,se administration as IlIs 49,, oF
-i.-stoner has been marked py oIe ~
p S''.,5,st fights in the history OF lhe
- - one in which he came
- l1o1sinf, colors. That was ne
-, - Get per cent for the c 49,. >
,,onaxs in Topeka banks. DO! 10
Iargbed at him when ne - s+ata
ITaaa
a.. GETTING. But it's dllleIen ~ q
Is s,o If the banks are paying
B Sl administration OF tne
,.,a1tb deDartment has apparently r.
-,,ifh very little public dlsappl1Is TO
W. l., -relx thru his efforts that 10
vs. a. - the lead, in the state IN
gsteI,1iehing a municipal hospltal lol
ess-,,1ars He hasn't bandleu any
.'.,ris in enforcing ordinances ana, III
..t,crt his administration mas + .,
.~-eesive and progressive from s.sli s;t
finish. He scents humor III 90
seton and rarely enters lnto an ,e q "a
.-.o,,t with anyone that 1t doesh III
..-5,b his opponents laughing Will
Porter. ,-.o,. rotcs
Frank NJ Newland as "dleI 80
missioner has cut the wa ,aio The
and proposes to do 1t AGAIN
80 noes of the water company az
a-5;De, tn his report. are in eXcelelll
e-,5i+{on Recently the agitation Ior
the upkeep of water services py ~
lie has muddled things consldeTap ply
But Newland never was aseAA, ,l7.o,,id q
,,,-onosition and is willing TO ProHiuss
-. citv upkeep. and. if it be decioeo
=. erect this Improvement, he VIII 40
he utmost to make the innovation d
success .....,+ ;o,, has been
an nv ANYTHING he has done hlmseI1.
one political shot after another mas
leen fired at him and has appaleli!sIy
FALLEN short of it's mark. The claim
that revenge and not public policy IN
spired the political fires built under
House is given as a reason for their
eeerning ineffectiveness to scorch him.
First came the jitney ordinance,
then the gas case and last the Guy
manager plan. All have fallen by tne
vvavside, excepting possibly, the CITY
manager plan, and, as House says 1t
can hardly be put into erect until al
ter his election
jay House probably has more
friends comfortably situated in city
and state Jobs than any man in To-
peka. He has done everything he
could to keep the city commissioners
from getting at 'loggerheads" and has
initiated the "star chamber" sessions
where all differences are ironed out in
private and nothing but the skeleton
lied business of passing ordinances
and resolutions is done at the regu-
lar commissioners meetings.