The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-01-29
SAMPETERS.
Wonderful and Deeplaid Scheme
of an Old Timer
To Break Into Kansas Politics
Again.
Going to Run Against Chief
Justice Martin.
A CY LELAND DEAL.
A Close Combine Between
Peters and Leland
To Gust Kansas Popular Chief
Justice.
SMASHES LONG ALSO.
Chester /. to Be Thrown Out
for Harry GOpdOn
SMAsHES LONG ALSO.
Chester I. to Be Thrown Out
for Harry Gordon.

A most interesting piece of political
news came out today.
Sam Peters is to be a candidate for
the Republican nomination for chief jus
tice of the supreme court against Judge
David Martin.
The deal making Peters a candidate
for chief justice was consummated in
Topeka last Saturday, when Mr.. Peters
was here and had long conference with
Cy Leland.
Cy Leland is opposed to Judge David
Martin because he can't use the present
chief justice to carry out his political
plans, and he wants a man in that posi-
tion he can depend on. Cy is politician
of the old kind who believes that public
Office is private snap.
He knows he can depend on Peters, for
he has tried him, and Peters has never
failed him.
Sam Peters also belongs to the old
school of Kansas politicians, who divided
up the offices as a kitchen maid cuts up
pie.
Peters, like Major Morrill, was in con-
gress from Kansas when POpulism struck
the state. They both believed POpuIism
would sweep all before it, as it did, and
they both declined to be renominated. At
tQaL biIQ6 bA6N AAo@ctO4
''that they wished to- retire from public
life"
They were allowed to retire, but no
sooner did it appear that Populism IN
Kansas was on the wane and that II would
again be possible for Republican to get
something than these autiquated old
gentlemen crawled down from their
shelves and began scram bling for Office
once more.
Now that the Republicans of the Sew
enth district are in power once more,
Peters is again crOwding up to the
trough.
Cy Leland wants Peters to run for
chief justice for several reasons: First.
because he can depend on him; second,
because he can't use David Martin;
third, because he wants to defeat any
First district man who won't throw his
county to Leland when Leland wants il.
If Leland can get AtchisOn county to
stand by him at this time in his fight for
national committeeman, he will use that
influenced to heat Judge Martin for the
denomination for chief justice out in the
state.
Leland has been trying for several
months to bring on fight on Chief JUS
tice Martin without showing his hand,
but the people believe in Martin and the
rank and file of the Republican party has
not warmed up to any great extent over
the proposition to get out candidate
against Judge Martin.
This arrangement to run Peters against
Martin is a different kind of deal, how
ever. 1t is purely political. Leland
has agreed to make Peters his candidate.
The sEmachine'' must be for Peters, and
the job of creating Peters sentiment has
already been let and the work COM
meuced.
1t is now known that in the Peters-Le-
land plan of hostilities made here last Sat-
urday, in which it was decided to make
Peters the Republican nominee for chief
Justice instead of Judge David Martin,
and was decided to take the congress-
ional nomination in the Seventh district
away from Chester /. Long. it was also
decided to give Longs place to Harry
Gordon of Wichita, the young man who
was elected state senator in Sedgwick
county last fall.
Harry Gordon aspires to be the politi-
cal boss of Sedgwick county, and he
hopes to be a power in his part OF the
state by standing in with Cy Leland.
He has agreed to turn Sedgwick coun-
tv for Leland for delegate to the national
convention and for national committee
man if Leland will help him get the
nomination for congressman, and will
have Governor Morrill, appoint a new
board of police commissioners for Wich-
ita.
missioners should have been appointed
last Monday, but the exposure of that
part of the programme has up to this
time prevented Governor Morrill, from
making the desired change
Tiger BilP' is here using his inhu
ence against change, but this morning
two of the men who were slated for
places on the new police board arrived,
and they are trying to have the appoint
ments made.
These men are Murray Myers and
Oscar Smith and they were in consulta-
tion with Leland several hours at the
Copeland this morning. The Democratic
member of this proposed board was to be
Joe Conner a lawyer who is the wichita
attorney and collector fer Kansas City
brewery.
1t is possible this part of the deal may
yet be carried ont but If it fails Harry
Gcrdon's congressional chances will be
diminished.
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