Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-03-21
BRODERICK WILL HAVE SUPPORT
OF JEFFERSON COUNTY.
CAPTURED PRIMARIES THERE.
BALANCE OF POWER HELD By
LEAVENwORTH AND ATCHISON.
Friends of BrOderick, Curtis and
bailey Are All COnhdent-Wm
Senator Baker Take n Hand
in the Fight in Leav-
enwOrth County:

Topeka, kas., March s0-(Speclai) In
the tkree-cornered fight for the Republican
nomination for congress in the First dis
trict jefferson county has dropped into
line for Broderick. He captured the prl-
maries there yesterday and elected enough
delegates to Tuesdays county convention
to insure the selection of Broderick del
egation by a big majority. Curtis and
Bailey both put up II fight in the county.
and in some places their forces fused
bu. they could not stem the tide. Inc
fight in this district is gradually shaplnS
itself where Leavenworth or Atchison
county or both will hold the key. Bailey
has Doniphan and Nemaha counties and Is
almost certain of Brown. Broderick has
Jackson and will get Jefferson Tuesday.
Curtis SO far has his own county-Shaw-
nee-but its delegation is almost as large
as the three counties Bailey will have.
Walker will go in with Atchison county,
but his candidacy is looked upon as
plan simply to help Captain Seaton and
any time Atchson will nominate either
of three leading candidates it can do so.
Atchison is trading ground and all three
candidates are saying pleasant things
about it. Senator Baker has assured Bailey
that he will take no hand in the fight in
Leavenworth county and the Nemaha man
says he has good show to carry 1t. But
the Curtis followers expect Senator Baker
to step in long enough to split up the
delegation for all three candidates. They
say that Baker naturally leans Curtisward
and they confidently expect him to favor
Curtis by dividing the delegation anyway.
They will be disappointed If he don't.
Opinions seem to differ concerning the
attitude of each of the three candidates
TO the other. Curtis friends say that when
the time comes where Broderick learns
thai he can't be nominated he will throw
his strength to Curtis. They base their
assertion ON the warm personal friendship
thai exists between the two congressman.
ton the possibility of his withdrawing
from the race at any stage. They believe
that he will ultimately be renominated.
They figure the feeling is so intense be-
Curtis that these two neither can get the
support of the other. and that Broderick
is the common ground.
Bailey's managers assert that the fight
is really between Bailey and Rroderick.
that Curtis won't have anything hut his
own county and that he will drop out early
Bai.eys managers assert that when the
break up comes if Brodtriek gets out of
second choice. 1t is contended that Bail
ey's loyal support of Broderick in the past
has nodded a. friendship that Broderick
will not forget. Besides it is claimed that
counties are for Bailey as second choice.
Baileys friends point to the record of
two years ago where he made sixty
speeches in the First district for Brod-
erick
OF course what the outcome will be IS
merely matter of conjecture. 1t is GER
/ tain. however. that; the fight in the First
teresting and will be. watched more closely
thar the fight in the, Second district be-
tween Buchan ana lfarris.