The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1876-05-04
The Next Governor.

The canvass for Governor is gong
OH without any great deal of heat, and
we believe no acrimony. Mr.. Halder-
man, of Leavenworth, is being talked
of, but we judge that no one expects
he will have any particular strength
in the convention. 1t is unnecessary
| to state the reasons, for there is not
person in the State who is posted on
the history Of the Territory and State
of Kansas but what knows that Mr..
Haldermau is gentleman in every
sense of the word, but he cannot, and
we presume docs not expect to be
nominated for Governor of Kansas, by
Republican convention, this year at
any rate.
George L. Anthony, of Leavenworth,
has been talked of by his friends for
tends to be candidate or not we are
not informed. He is man of great
executive ability, and III intelligence
and general qualities is the peer of the
best man in the State, but he has no
personal popularity. He is said,
whether true or not we do not know,
to be overbearing and domineering,
and not to possess the qualities 10
make warm personal friends. We
presume from what we learn that he
will not be candidate. If he is, we
! Judge that his vote in the convention
will not be large.
| Judge Bassett, OF Lawrence, is q
candidate, and is travelling over the
State pretty extensively. The Judge
is man Of good personal appearance
and has been Judge of his district for
some years. He labors under the dis
advantage of having no warm support
at his own home and being rather un-
popular (perhaps unjustly) as a judge.
He will work up considerable strength,
but not enough, we think, to do him
any good.
We have heard Mr.. ST. Johns name
mentioned in connection with the
office, but know but little about his
strength. We judge, however, from
all that we have seen and heard. that
he is not making much Roadway in
| the canvass.
Mr., Cobb, of Wyandotte, is also
candidate. He is well known and is
full of energy and hard work, but he
labors under the disadvantage of hav-
ing been beaten for Congress two
WEARS dSO. l1c Cdu uIQly uldhc IuuCu
| impression in the canvass.
The next and last name we now re-
member to have heard spoken of as
candidate is John Guthrie, of Topeka
His name is spoken of in all parts of
the State without regard TO locality.
We judge that he has more newspaper
support than all other candidates com
bined, and that support has been given
to him unsolicited, and in many in
stances before he himself thought of
being candidate. He is well known
all over the State. and his labors for
Kansas and the Republican party have
been so constant and so unselfish that
people from different parts of the State
naturally looked to him as the stan
dard bearer. He is known to be man
of sterling integrity, against whom
there is literally nothing. Although
he has been prominent in Kansas pol
itics for a number of years, he is al
most the only man who has been thus
prominent in the State against whom
not word has been or can be said.
We do not remember to have seen
single reflection in any Republican pa
per in the State against him, even
where other candidates are favorites.
This will go far towards giving him
the nomination. From present APP
pearances he VIII nominated on the
first ballot. i
We have aimed in this summary to
give the condition of the canvass for
Governor as it appears to-day, and we
believe that nearly every one who has
looked over the ground an taken pains
to get at the public pulse will agree
that we have stated matters as they
exist at the present time Common
Wealth.