People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1898-04-07
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Baker for Governor,
Topeka Advocate.

topeka Advocate.
Some time ago it was stated that ex-
Congressman William Baker OF Lin
coin would become candidate for
the POpulist nomination for gov
ernor. At that time!the editor of the
LincOlL Beacon, which is his home
paper, published the following card
over his signature:
"Hon. William Baker informs us
that he is not a candidate for gov
ernor and has never authorized any
one to announce him as such, under
any conditions as stated in the Topeka
State Journal of February 26 or under
any other conditions"
But the announcement, notwith-
standing the statement of Mr.. Bakers
feelings in the matter, caused many
expressions favorable to his candidacy,
and in the Lincoln Beacon. March 10,
the folling announcement was made.
"HOn. VIM. Baker of Lincoln is not
candidate for the Populist nomina-
tiOn for governor, but his friends will
see that he is nominated for that
place if it is among the political
possibilities.
Vim. Baker was never a candidate
for office but once, and that was
many years ago, when he ran for
trustee of his township and received
every vote of his township except his
own for the place. In 1890, when the
Lincoln county delegation went to
Hill City for Baker first last and all
the time he was not candidate by
and of bis own motion, but by the
selection of his friends, and the NOM
inatiOn came to him without his lift
ing hand-as absolutely unsOught as
any instant of political preferment in
the history of the United States. In
1892 and 1894 he was not candidate
any more than 10 1S9O-he allowed his
friends to run him, acquiesced in their
jude that he should and could be
reelected, and the results justified
their opinions. In the general wreck
of 1894 the Sixth district came through
without a break In the ranks and
sent VIM. Baker-the quietest, most
unassumlng and least ambitious man
who ever went to congress from Kan
Sas, back torepresent her at Washing.
ton; the only Populist that went back
that year from Kansas, when the
state ticket, all the other congress-
men and state legislature were Re-
publicans. Following the election of
1894 it was held by many of the most
level-headed and far-seeing politicians
that be was the logical candidate for
governor in lS96-tLat his unbrOken,
unsullied and phenomenal record as a
vote-getter demanded that he lead as
candidate for governor the forces 10
1896. But Mr.. Baker felt that he
needed and wanted a rest and in
sisted upon taking it, absolutely re-
fusing to be candidate conditionally
or otherwise.
snow we have 10 say that Mr..
Baker is 10 the hands of his friends
las he was, in 1902 '94) and will
accept the nomination for governor II
it shall be deemed politically wise to
nominate him for that place.
"This. does not make of Mr.. Baker a
candidate against any other man, OF
to command tradable strength in
the interest of somebody else. Butall
the anti-Republicans Of the state
whose hearts go QUITO an ideal vote.
getter with an unsullied record are in.
vited to come in out Of the wet."