The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-03-16
IS
UP IN The AIR ON
APPOINT MENTS
Gov. Allen Gives the Members
Cold ChiIls Today.
List of Plums May Go to Senate
This Evening.
MANY SLATED FOR BIG JOBS
Judge Wark Is Moving Out of
Industrial Court.
Judge Reed Considered for the
Utilities Commission.
MANY SLATED FOR BIG JOBS
THE POSSIBILITIES

ROSSlBlIllIES.
PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION:
Judge Clyde NJ. Reed. Parsons; Fred 5.
jackson, Topeka; Representative Jesse w.
GreenIeaf, Kiowa; Baxter McClain lola;
Representative e. p. PendIetOn. Princeton;
State Chairman II. HI. Motter, Oiathe; Rep
resentative Ernest Underwood. -Atchison;
Harry Root. Ellsworth; Rodney A. Elward,
COURT OF INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS:
Judge w. l.. Huggins, Emporia; Represen-
tative James A. McDermott, Winfield; John
STATE BOARD OF ADMINISTRATION:
Representative e. L. Barrier, Eureka; Rep
resentative Ernest Underwood, Atchison.
STATE TAX COMMISSION: Represen-
tatixe G. ID. Foster. Ness City.
STATE OIL INSPECTORS: Senator
Gordon A. Badger, Eureka; Ben S. PauIen,
Fredonia.
STATE BANK COMMISSIONERS: F. H.
Foster. Fort Scott; w. A. Grasse. La
Crosse; C. E. MaIlotte. Abilene; John @.
Royce, former commissioner.
STATE FIRE MARSHAL: L. T. Hussey,
STATE HIGHWAY COMMISSION: Sen
ator John Mccoy. Oneida.
Senator j. M Johnson Hiawatha: Repre-
sentative P. D. Scott. Woodston; Sheffield
SUPERINTENDENT STATE ORPHANS
HOME: Representative W. H. Gibbons,
SUPERINTENDENT ROSEDALE HOS
PiTAL: Representative L. L. Uhls, Over
land Park.
WARDEN STATE PENITENTIARY;
n. Hawk, Atchison.
The state Legislature Is giving
| Governor Allen a nervous shock be-
cause of its failure to rush thru the
agricultural consolidation bill At the
same time Governor Allen is today
giving a group of LEGISLATORS cold
chills thru his refusal to pass out
patronage until his program receives
action.
May Go To Senate Today. s-,.,,..
The big list of appointments may
go to the senate for confirmation to-
day. On the other hand, administra-
ton forces may seek recess until to-
morrow in an effort to jam thru their
pet measures in the closing hours OF
legislative proceedings. The COVER
! nors refusal to announce his appoint
ments has perhaps established a prece-
dent in Kansas.
Legislators today threatened to take
the floor to discuss Governor Aliens
course. They freely charged that the
distribution of jobs was being held up
until the legislature "delivered' on
the administration program. The
governor himself made clear that he
did not intend to hurry He was
frank and candid in stating that he
was giving the consolidation bill his
thought and worry and that others
| might worry about the jobs.
my worry today is bringing the
consolidation bill out of the senate and
passing it thru the senate" Governor
| Allen told The State Journal. 'I don't
know just what time I will give the
appointments consideration
Can you indicate probable selec-
| tions for the more important places? ?"
Yes, I can," replied the governor,
! ''but I don't intend to do it,
| There are many legislators slated
for appointment to important state
positions. number of them are al
most certain to land. In the mean
time members who are asking moth
| ing and expect as much threaten to
! give way to hot, bitter words regard
! ing the holding up of appointments.
Held Until Last Minute.
| Late this afternoon it looks as tho
! the appointments will be held until
| the last minute-at least until the
senate has met and acted on the con-
solidation bill If the senate yields
then the flood of jobs is doped to come.
| But if the senate shows it's teeth and
| snaps blackwell the last hours OF the
| legislative session may be the most
! thrilling of the year.
The list of possibilities given above
! is from the political dope sheet as re-
vised to date. 1t may show some
changes in the final distribution OF
patronage. But in the general tone 1t
! shows the trend of patronage gossip.
Judge Wark Moves.
This morning Judge George H. Wark,
| former senator and overseas hero, was
moving from his office in the indus
trial court Judge Wark is to pay the
i penalty for the industrial court row
! altho he was seldom mentioned In
connection with the trouble. In spite
| of his popularity with the American
| Legion and his former colleagues In
the legislature, the Montgomery
. county man is to walk the plank. AS
the legislature draws to close this
| afternoon Judge Wark is moving out
| of the state house that his successor
may move in tomorrow.
Judge Higgins is to stay on the In
dustria1 court. Judge Reed, central
| figure in the court row, is to be ap-
pointed to the public utilities commits
| sion.