The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-07-27
R. W. BLUE AMBITIOUS.
He Wants to Be United States
Senator From Kansas.
He Showed His Hand at the
Fort Scott Convention.
The Election of ''Uninstructed Dele
gates" Part of the Plan to Push
John J. ingalls, Aside-Oth-
er Political News.

Col. Richard Whiting Blue OF Pleas
anton. Kan, is q candidate for the Uni
ted States senate. Mr.. Blue hasn't
made a public announcement of this
fact but the news comes from relia-
bic source that he is laying his plans in
that direction At present he is con-
Quoting a campaign of the "devilish
sly" kind.
The voting down of instructions as to
United States senator in the Bourbon
county convention the other day is said
to be the work of Blue and his friends.
and similar action will be worked for
in every county where Blue has any
influence.
To be sure Mr.. Blue now represents
the whole state of Kansas" in the
lower house of congress and expects
that the Republican convention will
place the great responsibility of rep
resenting the entire state of Kansas
upon him again But there is aOther
thought which has OOzed its way into
Mr.. Blues center. of cerebral action
and that is the possibility that Repub-
HcanS may not win in Kansas this
year. In that event Mr.. Blues Won
derful craftsmanship would be open for
engagements. Being q patriot Mr.. Blue
would naturally wish that his state
should nave the advantage and dlSt1nc-
ton which his services would bring to
it and so he will generously offer him
self to the commonwealth for senator.
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responsibility and onerOus duties but
Mr.. Blue valves that objection. In fact
he courts responsibility. His record
shows it. When elected to the house of
representatives it was not incumbent
on Mr. Blue to bear more than one
eighth of the burden of looking after
Kansas, there were seven others willing
and ready to do their share, but Mr..
Blue generously, vicariOusly took upon
himself without solicitation the burden
of representing the entire state" Mr..
Blue scOrned the technicalitieS which
delegated to him only One-eighth of the
duties
So Mr.. Blue has begun his senatorial
campaign before he has been renOmi-
mated for congressman at large. He
Will work in counties where he has
friends against instructing for anyone
for senator but will endeaVOr to have
a personal friend nominated. Then if
the Republicans are defeated in Kan
sas in November on the state ticket,
and there is any chance for RepubH
can candidate for United States sena-
tor in the legislature, Mr.. Blue will
begin his campaign openly.
The plan now is to begin by attack
ing ingalls,. The other candidates for
senator feel that he is the man they
will have to beat. That is they expect
that he will be the leading candidate
in pledged votes. and they will seek to
break his strength 1t is intimated
that this will be attempted by vilifica-
ton and abuse which will begin as
soon as the senatorial campaign opens.
livery IneInOO OF pOlIlcal attack VIII
be used to down ingalls, and make in
roads into his forces. This part of the
plan is of course contingent upon Mr..
ingalls, having the most votes.
How Blues campaign will fit in with
BurtOnS has not been explained.
Just now Mr.. Blue is working for
himself. He has long been afraid he
might not be elected congressman at
large. He is therefore trying to make
a place for himself in the improbable
event that the Republican state ticket
should be defeated and that the legis-
lature should be Republican.