The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-02-03
Candidates for Congressman
Miller's Place in the Second,
AS Seen From Washington by
the Kansas Delegation.
IN LAWRENCE ALONE
Are Three Men Who May Seek
1t.
Washington News of General
Interest in Kansas.

From the State Journals Special Correspondent
WASHINGTON, Feb. 3.-The result of
the announced determination of Con-
gresham Miller of the First Kansas dis
trict not to be candidate for renomina-
ton is now being discussed among Kan
sas politicians at Washington. The opin-
ion seems to prevail that the usual large
crop of candidates, which is a product
Kansas never fails in no matter how
scorching the dronth or bitter the winter.
will now spring up in the Second dis
trict.
The candidates or aspirants for the
nomination who are already known to
men here are legion. No less than nine
men were named by a Kansas man in
conversation about the probable candi-
dates for the nomination to succeed Mr.
Miller. Almost, if not every county, will
havo man to propose and in some cases
contest for the county delegation will
have to be fought out SO large will be
the number who wish to grasp congress
siOnal honOrS.
It is said that Lawrence alone contains
three men VINO are undeterred by Mr..
| Miller's declarations that a position in
congress does not pay and they would
gladly serve the people at a personal
Inconvenience and sacrifice. The names
| of the Lawrence men who are supposed
to lean kindly toward the wooing adj
vaQce5 of congressional nomination are
George W. Barker, formerly state senator,
j. d. Bowersock, the successor of Solon
o. Thacher in the Kansas senate, and
Colonel o. E. Learnard, owner of the
Lawrence Journal. These are from Law
renee alone, SO if x-State Senator w. G.
Howard of Baldwin. who was a candidate
in the last convention should think it
meet to try again, and the bushes about
nj n h .10lrC he hea.,
for congre ssional game there isno telling
to what proportions the list might be
swelled.
Then Olathe will have one aspirant in
State Senator J. W. Parker, who will. ac-
cording to his declaration not be can
| didate for any office "this year" 1t may
| be that he will not allow his name to be
used by his friends in connection with a
successor to Judge Nj ilIer, but neverthe-
less on all forecasts regarding the con
test his name is one of the first meE-
toned.
F. r. Ogden of Olathe is also spoken
of as probable candidate, though he
| would probably not run if Parker did.
Bourbon county is expected not to de-
| part from her usual custom of always
| having a man willing to take upon him
| slf q the burden of representing the peo-
pie in congress and it has been suggest
ed that if no one else should volunteer
| the classical editor of the Fort Scott Mon
itor, Prof. w, Chad Lansdon, would not
be averse to making the effort,
1t is also said that {. W. Smart, the
young Ottawa lawyer who was in the con-
test before, will make another attempt to
| snatch the nomination. Allen county is
supposed to contain congressional aspir
ants in ex- Congressman Funston, who is
thought not to have parted with the de-
sire to get back to congress, and State
| Of fbn TOIr
Register.
All of these names are talked of here as
likely to be brought out in connection
with selecting a successor to Judge Mil
ler but there is still another proba bility
which is being discussed, and that is that
CongressInan-a aI-large Blue, ,notwirhstand-
ing his recent asseverations, may prefer
to make the race in his own district in
stead of in the whole state. There are
reasons why he might prefer to do this,
| in spite of his expressed wish that he
wanted to be renominated and elected
| congressman at large. Even were he as
! sured of this a redistricting of the state
| is certain to be made soon, probably at
the next session of the legislature next
January, and this would do away with
| the congressman at-large. This redis-
| tricting would in all pro liability leave
MIR. Blue, he is now, in the Second
district
Kansas City, Kansas, of course will not
be without candidates, and j. &. Cubbi-
son being am bilious, is considered like
ly starter in the race. Nc other names
from Wyandotte county have been men
toned here, but there will undoubtedly
be others. If Billy Buchan should decide
to try again there might be presented the
spectacle of the three BIS working
against one another as vigorously and
slyly as they are said at one time to have
worked together. M. F. NJ.
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