The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-11-26
[ EWELLIAG COULD WIN
Seventh District Republicans
Want But Little
Here Below, Nor Want That
Little ''Long'' Chester H.
Opposition to the Medicine Lodge
Statesman is Growing Since it
Has Been Discovered that
Leland Owns Him.

The agitation of congressional mat
tiers in the Seventh district has develop
ed the fact that d new feature of dis
satisfaction has appeared which may
furnish some hard shedding for Chester
l. Long before the summer campaign
IS thoroughly inaugurated.
1t is a well known fact that Mr. Long
has assumed the prerosative of dealing
out the patronage in the district, an
honor which was conferred upon him
by the president through the influence
of Cyrus Leland.
1t is now charged that Leland and
not Long fills the pOstofices, although
Long makes a great show of interest
by travelling over the district and Civ
ing the candidates for these positions
alleged hearings"
In no less than a dozen instances it
has been proven that Long named the
man whom Leland had promised the
place months before the election In
one or two instances Leland'S man has
not been named because Leland him
self decided that some other man would
do better In this matter Mr. Long an
nOunced with much spirit that the Sc
lection of new candidate meant a
step towards harmony which could not
have been secured through the appoint
mauU of q candidate representing either
of the local factions.
This is Mir. Leland's way of downing
method while not entirely new to the
Republicans of Kansas during the past
four years, has caused much indigna-
ton in certain parts OF the district ana
1T is no secret that a large and well
defined opposition to Mr.. Long is con-
stantIy developing.
Another feature of the fight against
Long is found in the fact that his coun-
ty is a PopuIst county. His most per
sistent efforts have failed to return it
to the Republican column and it begins
r7gr1 fc In ar,fo1g
of the district no more than is he the
embodiment OF pOliteness.
In arrogance and conceit," said
prominent Republican to a Journal re-
porter yesterday Long exceeds any
man in Kansas He is reputed to be
great organizer He is not. He is de-
clared by the politicians, to be one of
the most magnetic men in the state.
Everybody knows that Long will have
little if anything to do with men he
cannot apply to his own service. He IS
selfish He is not a man who makes
friends. He attained prestige in the
Seventh district a few years ago only to
lose it in six months. He is now the
subject of frequent and continued at
tacks by the most prominent men in
the district. In some sections of the
district he is hated worse than Judge
Mckay hates Jerry Simpson. In short.
Long is not the man for congress. If
nominated he will be showed under
next November, no difference whom
the POpulists nominate. 1 believe Le-
WeIllS- the Z opultSl IN the most ulSIa-
Vor in that part of the state could de-
feat Long"
Republican candidates for congress
are springing up all over the district
They are men who are not friendly to
Long and their candidacy cannot be
said to be in his interests. The Repub-
leans of the Seventh district believe
that Long is Leland's plant tool and
the general disposition to overthrow
bossism in Kansas causes the Seventh
district Republicans to want the tail to
20 with the hide and at the proper time
they viii mass their strength against
Long.