The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-05-11
.BUR-R-RT0N At WORK.
The Man With Rolling RS and
Evolutionary Fingers,
Whose RaueOus Artifeiality on
the Stump
Makes Him at Once a Curious and
Singular Spectacle ia Kansas
Politics, Is Undertaking Elm
medicable Toll" to Become
a Senator.

A deal was completed at the late Sec
ond district convention at Lawrence
last week. whereby J. r. Burton, Uni
ted States senatorial possibility, made
arrangements with C. W. Trickett. the
new Wyandotte boss, to deliver to Bur
ton the Wyandotte delegation in the
next legislature.
Burton is straining every nerve to
reach a senatorial chair. He has profit
ed by his experience of two years ago.
and now knows that nothing but per-
feet plans and arrangements can carry
him to success this year. this might
be made to win by the apathy and neg
lgence Of the people.
To this end he has utterly abandoned
his business and law practice at Abb
lene and has spent nearly the entire
time the past year in working up mat
tiers Of senatorial nature. Probably
not a county in the state has been IN
visited.
Burton is shrewd enough to know
that he is not the candidate Of the peo-
pie in the coming senatorial fight, and
that ne must depend upon the politi-
clans and wirepullers to win out. He
also knows that though he has a good
portion of the western counties with
him, as ne had two years ago. it win
not behoove him to depend entirely
upon western support for his victory.
if he obtains it. He sees that Sutton
and vandivert have made, or viii
make. serious inroads upon his stamp
ing ground ia the western part Of the
state and especially in the Sixth and
Seventh congressional districts. There
fore, ne is working to secure as many
eastern counties as he can
Some time ago he sent George Clark,
secretary Of the state board of chart
ties down to Johnson county to see
about a fight which he was making
there for members of the legislature
from that county. This story that he
had employed George Clark in John
son was denied at the time by both
Burton and Clark but a number of
johnson county fellows at the Law
renee convention are in a position to
know something about the matter and
did not hesitate at all in asserting the
truth of the story. Other counties in
the east part Of the state have also
been approached and one Of these is
Wyandotte.
AIS has been said before. Triclett
made a favora BILE impression upon poll
ticians unacquainted with him ait the
Lawrence convention. and if it were
not for his easy juggling with
truth and veracity, he would be recog-
nized as one of the smoothest polite
ians in the state of Kansas. Perhaps
his failing in this line is a necessity
prereq uiste for successful politics.
however, but as a matter of fact Mr.
Burton recognized in Trickett a man
who could serve his purposes. There
fore he approached him upon sena-
tOrial matters and before he left the
city had a promise from the new
WyandOtte boss to do all he could for
Buttons success in not only Wyan-
dotte, but surrounding counties.
Burton also rounded up a number of
the more prominent politicians attend
ing this convention and may have made
arrangements with them in regard to
his candidacy. There was very little
sentiment upon the senatorial question
manifested at this convention. in fact
very little but Second district politics
came i'm for mention There was some
ingalls, talk, though a good many old
time Republicans spoke in q condemn
atory manner of both ingalls, and Bur
tom Sutton was also on the ground
shaking hands with the fellows. but it
is not thought that he got in his work
to any alarming extent Nandivert's
name was not mentioned at all. One
Second district politician who is we'll
known in eastern Kansas said he
thought he voiced the sentiment of the
district when ne said that in his opin-
ion the winner in the senatorial race
had yet to appear upon the scenes.
He said there was objection to Bur
ton and to ingalls,. and that neither
sutton nor Vandivert were the men for
( the place. Who the man was who would
appear and take off the prize he said
I he did not know, nor did he have any
idea at the present time.
The objection to Burton was on ac-
/ count Of his political methods and his
past.
Burton gained one point Saturday
! when Wichita county selected Frank
/ Grimes as representative from that
/ county Grimes is the present repre-
/ sentative; was one of Burton's chief
/ ieutenants in the campaign of two
/ years ago, and is one of the hardest
/ workers in the state in his ability to
/ get down and hustle votes Grimes
/ candidacy for a denomination was. Cd
/ posed by @. A Nicholson who came out
/ in the papers as an ingalls, man and
the fight was made squarely on this
] line At Saturdays convention. it was
! found that Grimes had won by a good
majority and win be ready to work
again for Burton
Burton spends all his time these davs
| only in localities where he knows he is
needed. He has practically opened M
/ headquarters i'm this city at the Cone
/ land hotel and spends several DAYS
I here each week. In this way he is able
to meet the politicians who come from
I all over the state