The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-03-14
TO Give OUT JOBS
Governor Allen to Make Ap-
pOintments Wednesday.
Unusually Large Number of
Places This Session.

"Wednesday. the last day for cousid-
GRAFTON OF original bills in the stae
legislature, is apt to be complicated
for the senate.
Governor Allen has announced his
Intention OF submitting his appoint
meuts for the coming two years, on
that day. for the eonfirr1a ton of the
upper house of the Legislature
And the confirmation process isn't
to be execatly rubber stamp process.
from hints which have been dropped
UP to the present
The appointment list. as a result Of
p the success Of the administration in
recreadng the public utilities COM
mission, is unusually interesting this
session. There are three new ap-
pOintments to be made. either on the
utilities commission or on the indus
trial court The governor Is sitting
tight on the lid OF the information
F. bureau OF his office, on the question
of whom he viii appoint but he can't
: prevent all sorts of gossip.
: Judge higgins. the dope says. Is
F slated to retain his present position
a. presiding judge OF the industrial
court. and there have been efforts
: made by the friends of Judge Wark,
to ses that he is retained on the court
err put on the utilities commission.
Judge Wark refuses to fight. his own
battles in the matter of the appoint
lnent.- but his friends and his clean
cut record on the court are speaking
s1udly for itself
Much Speculation About Reed.
Judge Reed is furnishing d lot Of
ground for speculation among the
aopesters. The chances are for his
appoiHtment to the public utilities
commission But there has been much
talk Of a federal appointment for him,
md there still remains the possibility,
rot to be overlooked, of his retention
on the Industrial court
John H Crawford, now commits
-sIoaer of labor, whose department has
been placed under the Industrial court
by legislation passed at this session,
has been mentioned for a place on the
court. There will be opposition in the
senate. it has been definitely stated,
if the governor tries to dispose or the
commissioner BY putting him on the
court Crawford is regarded by sew
craI Of the senators as a representa-
tive Of union labor, and the senator's
believe that a partisan of any faction
has no place on the court. which Is
supposed to be a body of adjudica-
ton and not Of arbitration
Representative James E McDer-
mott. of Winfield. is also one of the
possibilities for the court. according
to the forecasts. McDeruott has
served the adninistra ton faithfully
during the present session ana an
: mendnent TO the bills which divorced
TIE Industrial court ana the cOInIuIs-
-a71. which would have made McDer-
! lott ineligible for the place. was
Killed in the conference committee.
one OF the darkest of dark horses
for a place on one of the bodies. IL ne
las any aspirations at all in that line.
is Senator RoIla W. Coleman, of john
son county. who was the captain OF
+he administration forces in the SEN
s.te.- and yho handled the fight on the
Industrial COURT divorce bill
There is little Information from any
source available on the Intentions of
the governor as regards the senator
from Johnson, but his name has besn
mentioned in connection with the pub
; c utilities commission more than
once. tho sub rosa
In addition 10 the. public utilities
commission and the industrial court,
8-h.ch appointments are occupying the
Z meligI1t. there are several other jobs