The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-01-03
ONE HALF HERE.
The New Legislature is Already
Assembling.
The Members Do Not Seem to
Know Exactly
WHO is THEIR CHOICE
For United States Senator From
Kansas.
One Member Says There is No
Sentiment
FOR JOHN j. INGALLS,
Among the Members He Has
Talked With.
Major Hood and Cy Leland Lead
the List.


Legislature have already arrived in To
peka and are trying to solve the ques-
ton of who shall be United States sena-
tor, state printer, speaker of the house
and fill all the minor positions to which
there are salaries attached
The senatorial candidates who are here
today are Major c. Hood, j. r. Burton, J.
W. Ady, Cy Leland and A. W. Smith.
Judge S. o. Thacher was here yesterday,
but he went home last night.
Each candidate has big crowd of work
ers and every member of either the house
or senate is promptly seen by from two
to dozen workers as soon as he reaches
town.
No one preteuds to know what the
outcome will be, as it is a known fact
that about sixty or sixty five members of
the house are unpledged to any candi-
date for any office. This is the great un-
known quantity which must be dissolved
before the senatorial question can be
brought into tangible form.
Representative Hackbush of Leaven-
worth, who arrived this morning, says
that State Senator Lucien Baker is an
actual candidate for United States sena-
tor, and that he will come TO Topeka
Sunday to look after his interests.
Mr.. Hackbush said: ''As it now stands
ny opinion is that Major Hood and Cy
Leland are decidedly In the lead, and it
looks as though the fight might narrow
down to those two, although we can't
tell what will happen or where the I'M
pledged members will go. By
the way, am not pledged to
any candidate for any Office. [ think
Leland will have most of the First dis
trict votes He will not only have them
on the first ballot. but they will stay
with him during the first five or six bal
lots. or as long as there seems to be any
chance at al for their man.
"There is nothing in this Ingalls, talk.
1t is all talk. l have failed to lind d sin
gle member of the legislature who will
say he will vote for Ingalls,, although
shown that Mr.. Ingalls, ought to be the
man l would vote for him, but it won't
be that way"
Ex- Governor George I. Anthony is hero
today the most cordial of cordial states
men. To a STATE JOURNAL reporter he
said he was not a candidate and
will not be a candidate for senator
or any o.her office although he
would not say whom he was for. He said: :
Il have an idea that when the state of
Kansas wants my services it will ask for
.them'' Although Governor Anthony
i talks this way he is still regarded as a
|. possibility in case of long fight in the
7 caucus.
1t is said today that the Populist lead
ers are doing some very fine political
: work in trying to get up a combination
I to break up the Republican senatorial
| caucus.
I 1t is said that several prominent Pop
3 ulists have called on the several candi-
dates for state printer aud senator
aud offered to support them if
sthey would only withdraw from the
scaucus and hold enough of their
|: :Republican votes to elect them, with the
aid of the forty five Populist votes which
/ will be cast at the joint session of the
Legislature 1t is understood that the
Il Populists are willing that their votes
|! !should go to any Republican who
scan be elected if they can only
/. manage in some way to cause a good
|; E;sized row in the Republican party by
h breaking the caucus nomination.
Il Whether they are receiving any en-
l lIcouragement along this line is not known,
but apparently all the candidates propose
to stand by the caucus nominations.