The Topeka state journal., 1898-01-29
PoLITTCAL NOTES.

| Judge Thomson of Burlingame,s pres
| ident of the State Bar association, says
/ John E. Hessin is the man the Repub-
! licans should nominate for governor.
! The Atwood Citizen. in reply to the
! announcement of the Russell Record.
/ that Harry Pestana will not be a candi-
/ date for congress in the Sixth district
| this year, says: IF Mr.. Pestana had
| been given a second chance in 1894, as
Abe Ellis was in 1896, we would have
had a Republican congressman instead
of Baker in his last term and instead of
what's his ack-now. ,"
It is said that Chairman NJ. NJ. Beck
of the First congressional district Re
publican committee, purposes to call an
early convention in order to get it out
of the way. The basis of representa-
ton will be one delegate for every $50
votes cast for w. c. Edwards for sec
retary of state, which would make
convention of 107 delegates-54 neceSsa-
ry to eIect-proportioned as follows:
Atchison. 13; Doniphan, 10; Jefferson,
8; Nemaha 10; Brown, u; Jackson, 9;
Leavenworth, 16; Shawnee, %.
Congressman Botkin will soon intro
duce a reform pension bill in which the
principal section, prepared by Depart
ment Commander BOtkin, provides:
The rules of evidence in record courts
of justice shall be adopted and adhered
to by the pension bureau in the adjudi-
cation of all pension claims, and that
any rule or regulation of the said pen
sion bureau not strictly in conformity
to this provision shall be null and
void.
H F. Giessler, who represented Lo-
gan county in the last legislature, is a
new candidate for congress among the
Repu blicans of the Sixth district. The
removal of Capt. w. S. Tilton to Ne
braska takes a strong man out oflthe
race. He was not an avowed candidate
b11f hn had a large following FOR the
place.
The Colored Citizen. the Topeka Pop
ulist paper has abandoned the project
to move to Kansas City. P. c. Thorn
as business manager of the paper, r,says:
THE report that we proposed to move
was started by enemies of the paper
We commenced business here and mean
to stay"
Charles E. Lobden of Kansas City
came in this morning, picked up few
subscribers for his paper. the Tribune,
and returned home this afternoon.
Fred Richter, Judge T. B. Wall, A. G.
Jobes and Oscar Smith of Wichita, are
in town pushing the candidacy of W.
E. Stanley for governor.
A delegation of Cowley county Re
publicans. including Mr.. .Wilkin himself,
are at work for him for state treasurer
among the visitors.
The Sixth congressional district COM
mittee will meet at Colby, February 25,
to fix a date and place for holding
convention to nominate a candidate for
congress.
Newt Ury came to town today. He
participated in a cakeWalk at home last
night, impersonating a negro woman
The committee awarded the prize to an
other person but Col Ury stole it and
left the nall.
''I have not made up my mind,' is the
reply an interviewer meets when he
asks the average Republican visitor
concerning his preference for governor
Nat Barnes support of Secretary Co
burn for governor is said to be due to
the fact that he wants to get the Re
publicans against Cubbison and Bu-
chan for congress in Wyandotte county
and eventually deliver the county to
Major Hood.
W. c. Edwards, who is a candidate
for governor, favOrs convention at a
reasonably early date and a lively cam
paign from start to finish.