The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-01-06
TO WIN VOTES
FROM PETER.
This Is Whence Candidates
Expect Their Gains.
To Do Vigorous PrOselyting
Among Peffer's Men.
CAN'T WITHSTAND 1T.
His Enemies Say PETERS S
Strength Won't Hold.
The Speakership Contest Is
About the Same.
CAN'T WITHSTAND 1T.

The preliminary skirmiSh over the
speakership of the house and the con-
test for the position of United States
senator are the topics of most import
ance among the members OF the legs
lature that are now on the grounh- 4hc
members are arriving slowly Not over
so per cent of the entire number are i'll
town and the afternoon trains brought
most of them The storm OF the past
few days delayed many in getting start
ed
The two candidates for speaker that
are here, Street and Brown are at their
headquarters at the Dutton. They had
a short friendly talk yesterday and this
led to rumor that there was an effort
being made by them to arrange COM
bination This was at once denied by
each of them as soon as they heard it
Mr.. Brown said today: There is moth
ing new in the situation that L am
aware Of Everything looks encouraS-
ing at present.
w D. Street, when asked how the
contest was going said: ''Well, I am
feeling we'll today. I had a good nights
sleep last night and after looking the
ground over think that 1 am in the
lead. The boys from the northwest are
not down here yet but they will come
sometime today or tonight. The eau
Gus will settle the matter as soon as
they get to it. I think they will either
do it at the caucus on Friday night or
at one that viii be held on Saturday
morning
The senatorial contest took fresh life
this morning when the members that
came in during the night got their
breakfasts and came out in the Iobbies
of the hotels. Judge Dennison and his
VIE came to town on an early morning
train and went to their rooms in the
NeaIe block where they will be until
the senatorial contest is settled except
such time as the judge will have to be
absent on account of the term of the
appellate court at Wichita next week
me Judge went to bed as SO0n as he
got to his room, having been up all
A Io
gan to receive callers. To a Journal re-
porter he said:
I don't know how things will look
up here; they certainly are very on
couraging down in my part of the
country I am unable at the present
time to say how many votes [ will have
IN the caucus. make it a rule never
TO count man for me till I know that
he viii vote for me- 1 think at the
present time there are at least 40 mem
bers of the legislature that could not
name ieI the next senator even if it were
left to their entire choice. They simply
nave not made up their minds and are
not going to until they come down and
look over the situation. If there are
TINS many that have not made uD their
minds, or if this is only approxinateIv
correct, it is impossible for anv of fbe
candidates to either say definitely as TO
how many votes he will have himself
or how many any other candidate will
have
A good many of the friends of Judge
Dennison are here and are working for
him today. They claim that he vii
nave the support of the Seventh con
greSlonal district and of the southern
part OF the state, and some of them saw
that he viii have 25 votes on the first
ballot. The supporters of 0ennison
place PETER as the man that will ba1a
the most votes on the first ballot in the
caucus. INC
Frank Strickland of Kansas City is
mere today. He came for the ostensi
pie purpose of advising the governor a.
TO the condition of the police commits
sion hight in Kansas City. but this
4ilolliInS a ne was in evidence on the
moor OF the National quietly seeiDe
What the chances of John H Atwood
We're to get the senatorship in case of
a deadlock From the tone of the talk
81 - tHg various members, it is not likely
mat ne got very much announcement
10 report to Mr.. Atwood. In case tbara
should be a deadlock or any circIno-
stance should come up that the mem
oers OF the caucus should see fit TO
combine on a Democrat there are CO..
Atwood tHdh
Colonel Harris is putting in his time
talhlng TO the members that come -
town and his friends say that he iS ~ -
celV1nS assurances of support and tha+
ms chances are getting better even
gay. A Harris man said today thai
1arIlS would have over twenty votes
on the first ballot in the ca11cTS and
that his strength would grow from thai
on.
one of the candidates that is doine
ms work quietly is Bank Commissioner er
Johh W. Breidenthal. Mr.. BreidenthaI
mas stayed in his Office at the state
mousse most of the time and is receiv-
ing MS friends when they come to see
hlm HIS support will come from, ali
parts of the state, and while he bes 81 a.
made any estimate as to how TI,sp1-
votes he will have on the first baIIn+
1t is quite likely that he will have ahnnf
twenty
Senator PETERS strength is estimated
differently by his opponents. some Of
them put it as high as thirty votes on
the first ballot His manager ] w
Morphy, remains silent as to the num-
Der of votes that heexpects, but saws tn "a +
the senator will lead on the first ballot
and have more after that The Den
nison men are the only ones that seem
10 thlnk that the senator will gain any
after the first ballot; all the others claim
tnat he will lose votes after the FIRST
lew ballots Some of the men, in Cos
sIpiAg of Mr.. PETERS chances. saw fI1at
the men that come up to the IeyisIa
ture will never be able to withstand
.ne campaign that will be made against
MN by the other candidates. Every eff
1ort VIII be made to shake the deter
mlnatlon out of them to vote for Pef-
Ter IN hopes that when they once ger
break in his vote there will be a slide
to the candidate that gets the most Of
his followers
If the rest of the members are like
those on the ground at the present time
1t would seem probable that Dennisoo
Breidenthal and Harris had about the
same strength, about twenty votes
each. and that perhaps PETER had a