Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 40, Number 57, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 March 1908 — Joke on Governor Hoch. [ARTICLE]

Joke on Governor Hoch.

There seems to be a joke on Governor Hoch of Kansas. He appointed J. E. Wade of Cloud County a member of (he Farmers Congress, “reposing special confidence In his ability and integrity,’’ etc.; but it turned out he was In the penitentiary digging coal. Wade was the defaulting treasurer of CToud County, but was a prominent and respected stockman when Hock knew ki»