Show I I I i I 1 I I 1 n REFUSES tf Qt Ut 1 S t I Q lr 1 GOY Boy Hoch of Kansas Appointed Him as Joseph R A Burtons Successor THEN NAMED A W BENSON lie 11 I Ho Ito l lie be eI HIT I I l lI Topeka Kas Ku June s r Coburn who was aa on Monday MoMI appoint pp eli ad d by Oo 00 Gov a Il W f H 11 ch t to be Ie States senator o 11 n Durton tonight announced that he lae hams had decided not to 10 accept the tilt appointment Hc U taets h b Immediately offered the tbt to Judge JUde A W V of ot Ottawa franklin county Judge JudIe Is II at his III home bom In Ot Ottawa Ottna Ottawa tawa and nd has baa not yet et replied to 10 tb the telegram him of his hi appointment appointment appoint appointment ment There Is II little doubt but that thaI he be will tu IU tn the oilIer oJ I Judge Jud Benson In is I about tt Oi years jeers J of or age aire It and has h been prominently Identified with Republican politic In Kansas He Ho has ba held the otilee ome of judge uge of DM lisa district and has baa hasser served ser ed In it the legislature He Jj II has baa ha twice ben been Men mentioned as II a candidate for tor a it 1 place on the stats state supreme bench but has never been chosen Judge Benson Bennon In Is I H n close friend of ot GoY both bol h poUt Lid I ii per personally personally and aDd was one llie of ot the leaders In lit Inthe the tb revolt foll In the Ibl Kansas Republican party two I years yra ago which resulted In inthe th III the nomination of nt Hoch for tor governor r Mr Benson Ilenson holds hOld no public office at t present and Is hI engaged In the Itle rac tIM tle t law at 11 Ottawa Otta BENSON ACCEPTS CC Ottawa Ott Kans Uan June Al Alfred 1 fred frej Watson Walton Benson BenIGn e of DC thin Uti elt eft cUy who yesterday was offered th Ute the of United 1 senator tor to succeed Joseph Josaph J R fl Burton stated today that he h would the Ibe portion lie III will III notify GOT 00 hock Hoch tomorrow of ot his hll acceptance Benson B to Mast lUlU toe for Washington tomorrow Topeka Kim Kans June JUM leIr an n lifter Inter lew 1 at al Ottawa today tuda Judge Jud Benson MM aaM Id IdI I 1 do not see sea why I 1 should hould not ad admit mit at lit this time limo II that I 1 have hae h decided to 10 accept 1 itoch lochs otter offer I 1 shall go to Topeka tomorrow morning and I formally inform Gov by 00 Horti that I MI i I the appointment I II I 1 presume that I shall be lit a I audi landl I date for to 10 the senate nate be before Mo tore fore the Ih tall slate sot lext ot n winter Inter M ill Mt Is II to III Hk uok the p to 10 send saM I me inc bark back If it my service an are satis satisfactory UI factory The whole hole thins thing ai a it II surprise tn to me in ar as a I 1 hid had neer for Cor or a moment considered ray my CU appointment to 10 the tilt senate lIale a s After formally accepting the appoint appointment ment neit Mr Benson fin nil wili leave exe for Wash Wah Washington ington Inston this reek to 10 lake uk up his hi seat sest al In Inthe Inthe the tilt The Th statement today of Judge Ben UMI Benson n nann son ann that taut he hf wilt will ft stand ml for fo reelection rel lion liun nut next winter adds d mu h to I the IC Kansas Kan for which have hac been severs ral avowed Ill I e The rh term that Ihal Judge Ju Benson will fill nil expires on nit Manh lar h 1 l 7 7 A Mt ami men ID I In the Ihl state hive hs either put lout ulo hf as being candidates for or the Ihl new III te tern term or have been prominent prominently It spoken nf or for th tho piece piaN T Thai Mae y include W V It K of if r Lawrence lAwM railway rail contractor Hn nd former farmer chairman of or the K pul l n stat tal tate central Iral enla Ilive live Charles Curtis tU of ot tie the 1 1111 l aM J f r editor of nf thu Islina Journal and former fourth II as postmaster general V Frank rank Set N fI l lson son state tal superintendent of school and nd eJov William WllIam J Bailer It Is I Mated that F Y 1 I oburn coburn t ho night declined the appointment had the Ihl ur of or U to Gov Go the Ihl name of or Judge Henson |