Jasper County Democrat, Volume 9, Number 11, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 June 1906 — DIDN’T TAKE IT, AFTER ALL [ARTICLE]

DIDN’T TAKE IT, AFTER ALL

Coburn Decline* the Honor of Weaving the Toga at Washington for the State of Kansas. Topeka, Kan., June 11. Foster Dwight Coburn, who was appointed by Governor Hoch to be United States senator succeeding Joseph R. Burton, has announced that lie has decided not to accept the appointment Governor Hoch immediately offered the vacancy to Judge A. W. Benson, of Ottawa, Franklin county. Judge Benson is about 60 years of age, and has been prominently identified with Republican politics in Kansas. He has held the office of Judge of the Franklin-Douglas judicial district and has served in the legislature. He is a close political and personal friend of Governor Hoch. Ottawa, Kan., June 11. —Judge Alfred Watson Benson, of this city, says he will accept the appointment as senator of the United States from this state.