Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-09-07
THE KANSAS SENATORSHIP.
A Number of Candidates Already in
the Field.
( The Evening Star.

Special Correspondence of The Evening Star
TOPEKA, Kan. September 4. 1906
1t is generally conceded that the populist
state ticket is an exceedingly weak one,
all the candidates tor state Offices. except
j. w. Leedy, who is running for governor,
and Judge Frank Doster, candidate for
chief justice of the supreme court, being
men of mediocre ability and unknown out
side Of their immediate neighborhoods.
State Senator Leedy's nomination for gov
ernor was a compromise between ex-Con-
gresham Harris and Ex-Governor IIewell-
ing. Both Lewelling and Harris were well
known and strong men. but the fight be-
came SO bitter between them that Leedy's
nomination was the only way out of it.
The populist party, however, is making
every effort to give strength to the state
ticket by the nomination of its strongest
men for the legislature and state senate.
Eng Leweliing has been nominated
for the state senate in Sedgwick county,
and it is believed he will be elected. Ex-
Congressman Harris will toe the nominee
for the state senate of the democratic-pop-
uist forces in Leavenworth county, and ii
is predicted that he will defeat the repubi-
can candidate. State Senator l.. z. King
of Cowley county, who was also a populisI
candidate for governor before the recent
state convention, has also been renominat
ed for the senate, and he stands a good
show to he elected. J. l.. Campbell of La
bette county, who had thirty votes for gov
ernor IN the popuiiSt state convention, has
likewise been nominated for the state sem
ate in his district, and it is reported that
George l.. Munger. the only other man who
received few votes for governor at the
populist state convention, will be rendered
the nomination for state senator in the
Greenwood-Lyon district.
1t is remarkable that the five defeated
candidates for governor before the recent
popuilst state convention should be nomi-
mated for state senator in their respective
districts, and il would be still more surpris-
ing II they should ali be elected, which now
seems possible 1t is not known that eX-
Congressman Harris has ambition to go
to the United States Senate bat that ex-
Governor Lewelllng hopes to reach that
body through the state senate is well
known by all the leading politicians i'm that
party. In the event that the popuiists and
democrats win the legislature, Governor
Leweliing, being on the inside hopes to
capture the United States senatorship lust
as Senator Baker did, on compromise
1t is admitted by the leaders of all par
ties that the legislative tickets in the field
in Kansas this year are the strongest ever
made in the state. This is true. not only
OF the populiStS, but the republicans also
Both parties recognized that the contest
for the legislature would be close and the
desire to put forward the best men for
STATE senators and members of the house
VII! result in giving Kansas the strongest
legislature in the history of the state.
Just now 1t looks as if ex-senator ingalls,
would nave an easy victory in The repupli-
can camp, the advantage being largely In
ms favor, while in the populist and demo-
cratic ranks prospective candidates against
Senator PETER are scarce, though it is GER
tain there will be several and thai ex-Sen-
ator John Martin and Ex-Governor LEVEL
Ing will be among the list.