The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-02-22
BOURBON DAY NOTES

Late stamp sales kept many of the post.
ad of hudson o
Fredonia. ]. W. Morphy of Russell and F.
NJ. Pearl of Hiawatha managed to break
to town for the night before the banquet
conference and comparison of notes with
Postmaster Rigby of Topeka.
J. w Howe is representing Abilene at
the banquet In 1913-15 Howe represented
the Dickinson-Clay county district in the
state senate and served secretary of the
state board of control during the Hodges
per regime Howe is publisher of the
Dickinson County News and is listed as
one of the possible choices of his party
Mike Frey, with the same red cravat he
in the legislative sessions of 1911 rs
is spokesman at the banquet for Riley
county.
Frank Britton. Democrat nominee for
lieutenant governor in 1924. is of the
really busy men in the hotel lobbies today
Britton holds an acquaintance among the
men of his party which is equalled by few
men in the state.
George Buuger who won recognition in
state politics when he defeated J. n. Dolley
for the state legislature in Wabaunsee
county in 1910. came early for the banquet
On the same train with Bunger was L. C.
Uhl, jr., widely known Smith Center at
torney and active Democrat worker in the
Sixth district.
There is one Democrat here for the ban
quet who doesn't want job He is w. F.
Benson of Eldorado. Benson state
senator from Butler county in the days of
the famous senate lodge. Then he was
appointed state bank commissioner to sue
ceed Charles NJ Sawyer. Recently Benson
was boosted for governor. But the Ell
ing to look at state office. IF my name
was placed on the state ticket. l would
the Secretary of state to remove it, said
Benson. Fortunate FOR the Democrat state
ticket there men in the state Hobbies
less obstinate.
: Ed F. Hudson of Fredonia has been conf
ing to Democrat banquets since 1893 Away
back in the old days Hudson was publish
ing Farmers Alliance paper. 1t was
slow picking and rough shedding for the
country editor in those days-days when
green cord wood legal tender in pay
ing the years subs .ription. Nov Hudson
is on his second term postmaster at FIRE.
donia, owns daily and weekly newspaper
with linotypes and modern presses. lives
in a modern home and has money in the
bank. And in all these years Hudson
hasn't missed a banquet
Click Fockele, publisher of the Leroy
Reporter, followed an established custom
and and came % a day ,ts early He was in I'll! the
ing for someone 20 welcome to the love
feast
Robert Helvering of Marysvillee, is with
the Fifth district erowd. He!vering is a
brother of Congressman Guy I. Helvering
of the Fifth Kansas district.
W. H. L. Pepperill revenue collector for
the district of Kansas. laid aside the col
lection of revenues and income taxes long
enough to come 20 the banquet. And Pep
PERIL has brand new Thompson speech
that is worthy of an audience
Kansas Democrats are going after Con-
gresham Dan Anthony's scalp. They will
make real fight to defeat the Republican
congressman from the First district Tom
leader. an able lawyer and former mem
her of the state legislature, may be slated
for the fight against Anthony. Loss of
First district patronage and failure of
Anthony to secure large numbers of troops
for Fort Leavenworth will be some of the
Anthony shortages against which war
will be waged.
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