The Topeka state journal., 1897-03-27
LONG FOR
GOVERNOR.
Chester /. Long Wants to AdOrn
the Executive Chair
Next Time if the Republicans
Can Put Him There.
SUCH is THE STORY
That is RumOred Around i'm In
ner Circles Today.
Other Candidates Who Would
Like the Office.

There has been some gossip among
politicians lately to the effect that
chester l. Long, the ex-coEgressman
from the big Seventh district, would
ike to see his name at the head of the
next Republican state ticket in this
state with the words For Governor
printed just over it.
chester 1. is at Washington at the
present time He was attending con-
greSs, and after the house adjourned
ana he had nothing more to do in an
ofnclal capacity he remained just to
see the Mckinley administration start
ed OFF all right. OF course, if some i'm
portant office within the gift of the ad-
nllnlstration should come which Mr..
Mckinley could not fill because no one
had asked for it, Mr.. Long might take
II ana run 1t just to help the admins
lratlon out of an embarrassing predic-
ament In the meantime Mr.. Long
IS seeing if he can be useful to any of
his Kansas friends who have applica-
uons in for places. Some of his friends
who have returned from Washington
claim that Chester was the only origi-
mar BristOw man, and that it was his
suggestion and work that brought Mr.
Brlstow out and secured him his posi-
general.
The rumor is to the effect that Long
has been casting furtive glances at the
gubernatorial nomination flower which
DtSdH TO qua on the ESepuDlcan rose
bush some time ago and which will
bloom in 1898. His hope is to secure
the solid Endorsement of the Seventh
congressional district and the substan-
tial support of the Sixth and thus come
to the convention as the short grass
candidate.
Long has always been popular with
the 1eland-Simpson machine crowd.
and as it will probably be good politics
for them to take up a man who could
use the catchy words, from the short
grass country" it is not altogether out
of the range of probability that they
might take up Long and push him for
the place when the proper time comes.
Very little has been said as yet by
any OF the Republicans as to what the
party will or ought to do next year in
regard to candidates. Right after the
election it was prOpheSied that the men
who had run the state campaign must
step aside and let another element in
the party take charge of affairs.
Nothing has come up yet to indicate
whether TrOutman or Potter will be
candidates for the nomination again.
Both refused to express any opinion on
the subject right after the election.
Neither one would be adverse to hav-
ing the nomination if it should come to
him.
Ex-Auditor George Cole was men
toned by some of the politicians in
the southeastern part of this state i'm
mediately after the election. He also
refused to declare himself to whether
he had any ambitions in that line.
Mike Sutton of Dodge City and Rep
resentative Burtis of Garden City came
in yesterday, bringing along a boom
for Sutton for governor. You can just
tell the Republicans of Kansas that
Mike Sutton is full f1edged candidate
for governor" said Burtis. "and he eX-
poets to win. We short grass fellows
think it is about time for that office
to come our way, and the west will
line up for Sutton to a man."