The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1881-09-16
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C0n0l0aGe Tor the OuIU6O OtaHeo OCuoGC
to succeed Plum, but want to have 1T
understood that he is to come into the
ring to succeed Ingalls,. But yet it is
said they are keeping one eye to the
windward in case Of dead lock in the
Legislature at its nextsessi0n, which IN
they will work for, and really hope to
make Anderson Plumb's successor.
That the old Granger, J. B. john
son is still busy repairing his fences,
all the time keeping squfnt on Gov.
st. John, hoping that the latter gen.
tleman will not be q candidate for re-
election, in which case he feels sure
that he can be inaugurated Governor
on the steps of the capitol on the sec
ond Monday of January, 1883.
That the wheat king, T. g. Henry,
of Abilene, is grooming for the guber-
material race in 1882.
That while the fight for the State
Senate in the 37th Senatorial District
is apparently between the Inhabitants
along the line of the Santa Fe and the
u. 2. railroads, that underneath all
the foam, the real issue is between
Plumb and st. John.
That John C. Carpenter still has a
lingering, longing desire to reside in
Topeka and be the Governor OF Kan
sas, and at the proper time there will
be an exhibition of this wish.
That it is becoming more and more
evident that Gov. st. John will be
forced into being q candidate for re-
nomination as Governor, whether he
desires it or not, and that this will lay
au the aspirations of Senator Benedict
on the shelf for the next CANVASS.
That John A. Martin can be nOmi-
nated for Governor, if he will become
q candidate in time, but that II he
waits to be forced out he will fail.
That it is not at all unlikely that T
J. Anderson of Topeka will be a candi-
date for Congress from the Third Dis
trict next year, and it Is further said
that such course would be in accord
ance with the ''eternal fitness" of
things, and would be likely to win.
That E. N. Morrill,, of Brown coun-
ty, is apparently keeping very still,
but when the time comes he will have
a hand in political matters in Kansas.
That there are other parts of the
State than along the line of the two
great trunk railroads which will have
y hand in politics, and that some peo-
pie in these ''other parts" are lying
low, just now, but will show their
hand by and by.
That Writ Walton won't step into
the shoes of James Smith, Secretary of
State, next year, the people, being
willing to treat Smith as they did
Bonebrake by giving him third
term.
That John Francis is building a res
idence in Topeka, and that the people
are going to act with him as business
men do, that is, never give up his
services, as long as he is willing to
serve them.
That the st. John slate is made up
for the next gubernatorial campaign,
and that a number of aspiring prohi-
bitionists are making dreadful wry
faces upon discovering the fact they
have not been accorded place upon it.
That just what relations, evidently
of SO friendly character, exists be.
tween Gov. st. John and Hon. James
F. Legate. Of Leavenworth, is what is
puzzling the Republican press in the
southeastern part Of the State.
That Messrs. Hackney, Sluss, Booth
and Peters, are among the ambitious
statesmen of the Southwest who are
wearing conductors in their hats or
the chance of securing q year hence the
congressional nomination, which they
claim by right belongs to that portion
of the state.
That there is likely to be a pretty
fight between the PrOhibitionists anC
the "Anties" in the next Republican
State Convention, with the Democratic
party standing ready to reap the bene
tit from any blunder that may be com
mitted.
That Haskell and st. John may
strong as that of Plumb and Anderson
and that the former gentlemen may b.
able to draw the Senatorial net yea
hence, and two years thereafter will
even greater cleverness.
That the Democratic party will pu
Prohibition plank in their platform
at the next State Convention, and tina
Senator Everest, of Atchison, Hon
John Martin, of this city, or Judg
Humphry of Junction City, will quit
likely be invited to stand on it, an,
make the race for Governor.
That the recent failure of Ju 1g
Nellis to secure q nomination in tn
Seventeenth Judicial District ha
given Judge Strang severe fit of tn
blues for fear that a similar misfortun
should be in store for him, as an0the
of the Governors prOteges.
That if the evil of too many estates
men" as candidates in the Southwes
can he cured, that portion of the Stat
would experience no difficulty in OF
tanning fair representation on tn
next Republican State ticket.
That Milt Reynolds, Otherwis
known as "Kicking Bird" did nc
start an agricultural paper for nothin
and that he expects to be on the to
wave of "Anti-MonopOly."
That Judge Perkins, Of Oswego, hs
his eyes wide open, and under certai
contingencies will develop strength j
race for one or the other Houses i
Washington.
That Judge Campbell, of Wichit'
although beaten for Judge last year,
not politically dead. Heonly sleepet
: and when he wakes up he will max
STIR.
That A. 3. Jetmore is industriousl
devOting his spare time to winning til
good graces Of the constituents of Hol
Thomas Ryan, with the view of SUI