The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-04-14
Kansas Republicans Informed
Who They Are to Support
For Governor and Other Offices
Next Year,
By Cy Leland, Who Arranges All
These Things Without Consult
ing the Republican Voters
of Kansas at All.


run for state offices next year in three
positions on the state ticket. They are:
For governor-Chester I. Long, Adedi-
/ cine Lodge.
! Secretary of state-Frank L. Brown
| of Garnett
! Treasurer-Frank Grimes of Leoti.
| This much of the slate was fixed up
| at meeting Of the politicians who
| We're in Washington a few weeks ago
! looking after the distribution of federal
/ patronage The meeting was called by
! Mr.. Leland and took place in his rooms
/ at the Normandie hotel.
Jim Simpson, J. r. Burton, Dave
| MulVane, Chester I. Long. Frank
! Brown, L. S. Crum. Joe Bristow and
| the remainder of the Kansas crowd were
| present Ike Lambert of Emporia also
/ found a little time to get away from
| the Emporia postofhce fight and graced
| the occasion with his presence.
| This meeting was held soon after Ma
| JOr Hudson made his indignant declar-
| atoms against Leland's boss rule, a
| statement which has received an unex-
| pected endorsement from all parts OF
! tervieW from Major Hudson, Leland
| bushel box full of letters and kilograms
| which he has received commencing him
| for his stand against Leland.
| Having some little cOmpunction about
| taking issue with the effect of the in
| terVleW from MAJOR hudson Leland
| insisted that the brethren say nothing
| about the caucus. That this injunction
| was Obeyed was evidenced by the fact
| that a few days ago Chester Long de-
| MED to a we'll known Republican who
! was in Topeka and told the story to a
! Journal reporter that he,LOng, had any
| information concerning such 4 meeting
| and did not know that any action had
! been taken by the bosses in his favor,
| or for anyone else.
Mr. Long was trapped, however, by
| the visit Of Charlie Curtis in Topeka a
| few days ago. Mr.. Curtis in talking to
! some political friends and inquiring
| about the situation concerning guber-
| Material candidates, asked about the
! feeling towards Long in Shawnee
! county. The matter was discussed at
! some length, Mr.. Curtis saying that
! Long had visited him in Washington
| and asked him to see if he could secure
| the Shawnee county delegation for him
! ing been resident of this city the Re
publicans should support him.
When Mr. Curtis was told that Long
| had denied that he was running for
/ governor but waiting to hear from the
/ people," Mr.. Curtis said:
| Mr.. Long himself told me that he
| would be a candidate and also told me
! about the meeting which had been held
| in Washington with MI Leland and
! other Kansas Republicans. He came to
me in Washington and volunteered the
! information"
Jim Simpsons interest in the next
| governor lies in the fact that he aspires
! to his old place on the state board of
| railroad commissioners. To that end
! he is DESTROYS of securing the nomina-
! ton and election of men to Office who
| will do his bidding. He is for Long
| and has been ever since the sugges-
ton of him as a candidate was first
| made. In fact Simpson and Charles
/ s. Jobes of Attica are behind Longs
| boom for governor In him Simpson
| recognizes the probable elimination of
4 his own political ambitions and Mr.
| Jobes turns to Long to allay his own
| disappointment in being deprived of
/ holding the office of state bank COM
missioner, after receiving the appoint
nent from Governor Morrill,, but was
| prevented from drawing the salary
/ through a legal controversy brought
/ and carried to successful termination
| by John w. Breidenthal
| With booming Long and looking after
| "details it would seem that Mr.. Simp-
/ son was a busy man, but yet he finds
| time to attend to the interests of his
| brOther-in-law, j. w. Moore OF Mar
| ion.
In the Washington caucus Mr.. simp-
| son told the boys that Mr. Moore was
| vet undecided as to what political
| course he will pursue in the next cam
| paign. 1T may be-" said Mr. Simpson,
the Fourth district. If he does that he
| will not be a candidate for lieutenant
| governor, but just now, he is consider
! ing the two places. Until he makes up
| his mind I wish you would leave that
! place on the ticket vacant. l really
| can't say which one of the places Moore
| wants but I do know that he will go
| after one or the other" The caucus ac-
| copied the suggestion.
Frank Grimes was the source of some
objections from Leland and Simpson, but
| Dave Mulvane and J. r.. Burton kept
| the other fellows in line and Grimes
was accepted as the caucus nominee for
| state treasurer. When the objections
| were made Mr.. Burton who wanted to
| be United States senator, eloquently
| pleaded for Mr.. Grimes and gained that
concession.
! The deal as it now stands places the
candidates for governor and state treas
urer in the Seventh district; the candi-
| date for lieutenant governor who is
| considering whether or not there is as
| much chance to be elected on the state
| ticket as there is of going to congress
in satisfaction of an old and time tried
| ambition, is in the Fourth while Frank
| Brown is in the Second.
| There is nothing in the story. that
| Broderick will be run for governor and
| it is said that the First district which
| now contains Shawnee county would
| like to present Charles T. McCabe,
! county clerk of Shawnee county, for
state auditor. Mr.. McCabe disclaims
| any intention of running for the office
! but it is said that the bosses have
looked him over" and are of the opin-
| ion that he will do. However, George
| Coles friends want to run him for aud
| itor again and Capt. T. S. Stover's po-
| litical associates want him to give
| Frank Brown a race for the nomination
! for secretary of state.
F. B. Dawes is looking around for a
| place to move, having Lawrence, Leav-
| enworth and some other Kansas town
| under consideration. If he finds that
| somewhere in this land of ours he
| can find suita Bile place from which to
| start in the race for denomination for
| attorney general he will be a candidate.
| Leland and his followers have not
| reckoned the strength of the opposition
| to boss rule and they are more than
| likely to cause an uprising which will
| destroy their slate and nominate a set
of men who are new to fat offices and
| big salaries.
| while Major Hudson says he is
| through with politics there is a senti-
ment already somewhat developed in
favor of his nomination for governor