The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-07-05
GROWING WORSE.
First District Affairs Becoming
More Complicated.
Unsuccessful Effort Made to
Keep BrOderick Out.
TEMPTING BAIT.
Is rendered Nomination For
Congressman-at-Large
All Sorts of Political Trades
Being Made.

Congressional affairs in the First dis
Srict are becoming more and more com
Dlicated each day and the announce
ment from Judge Broderick that he
PROPOSES to enter the race adds new
suster to the briIlianey of the contest
(which is now practically inaugurated.
! The friends of Mr.. Bailey, including
air. Leland, have made an effort to in
1uce Mr.. Broderick to become candl-
date for congressman at-large, but the
congressman only shifted at the bait
and retired into a quiet place and out of
she way of temptation.
With Broderick out of the way Bailey
and Curtis would have an open field for
a free fight, but the candidacy of BrOd-
erick makes the whole business uncer-
tain tor both Bailey and Curtis. Talk
ing to Mr.. Curtis, Judge Broderick said
a few days ago:
Last year you fellows fixed me up
in great style and l think I've got a
chance this year and next year to get
back easily. The reason believe this
TO be true is that you and Bailey will be
so mad a each other that you will not
exchange delegations to nominate either
Of you, a condition which I figure, will
make it easy for me to get the nomina-
ton.
4 am sure that if the fight continues
to wax hot that a new man has better
show than either of the two men who
seek the nomination. This being true
see no reason why I should not get in
the race
Mr. Brodericlx will start in the fight
with Jackson county. Then he will have
Jefferson county because Charles F.
johnson who was appointed district
Judge wants to be renominated and it
is said that the trade has already been
made the provision being that Jackson
county Republicans will support john
yon without opposition in exchange for
the support of Jefferson county for
Jsroderick.
Then there is a plan to deliver Atchi-
son county to Broderick This Is due
TO the fact that Jim Chisam and his
crowd are at outs with Leland and
having stayed out when Curtis was
nominated they figure a new man would
give them a new lease of life in congress
sIonal matters and for this reason they
seek to turn Auchison to Broderick.
Bailey has been working in AtchisOn
county, making promises in an attempt
to turn the tide but Chisam and his
associates claim they have the thing
going now in their direction.
LeavenWorth county will divide her
delegation when it comes to a vote in
the convention so none of the candi-
dates figure on receiving the full vote
of that county. This delegat1O viii df-
vide in order to permit Senator Baker to
stay out of the congressional fight.
Should the delegation go for one man
turn in and fight Baker. This is a polit-
ical proposition which is plain and the
result is also plain, consequently Leav-
enworth county will cut no particular
figure in the fight.
Mr.. Curtis is the favorite in Brown
county, and would, under ordinary cir
cumstances carry the county on a
square fight but the politicians in that
Lart of the state are doing some figur-
ing which they hope will cut him out
there.
The judicial district along the north
line of the state composed of DOniphan,
Brown and Nemah county is now pre-
sided over by Judge w. I. Stuart.
Brown county has the senator and Ne
maha the gressman-at-large OF
course Nemaha hopes to have the con
gressman from the First district neyt
year. DOniphan already has the judge.
Now the politicians in Nemaha and
Doniphan want the people of Brown
county to take the senatorSnip for an
other term and turn in and help Bailey
defeat Curtis.
These are but a few of the plans
which are being promulgated and the
politicians are busy all the time con-
juring up schemes to lick the other fell
lows in the First. There is another fea-
ture recently brought into the fight
which is doing some damage to Curtis
interests Dave Mulvane, in an inter
view told the representatives of the
LeavenWorth Times and the Kansas
City Star D. r. Anthony jr., and w
J. Bidd1e, together, that Senator Baker
would not receive a, single vote from the
Shawnee county delegation when he
came up for reelection. Mr.. Mulvane
presumed to suggest that Shawnee
county would be for his friend. Mr.
Burton and thereby cause a row.
Neither Biddle nor Anthony published
the interview in their papers. but the
statement which Mr.. Mulvane made to
them is being generally circulated in the
district Col Anthony discussed the
statement editorially in the Times, but
it was not published in full. Some of
the politicians in Topeka are indignant
al Mulvane and charge him with de-
Iberate attempt to cut Curtis throat
Mr. Mulvane had no such intention so
he says, but the statement which he
ade has been warped to suit the ext
gencies of the occasion, he believes.
This statement is causing some fric-
ton and Mulvane is being urged to
get out or into the Curtis camp as he
riay see fit. At least this is the con
dition as reported by some of Nulvane's
friends. Other men say this was the
first indiscreet utterance Mr. MuIvane
has ever permitted himself to indulge
in, vet they seem disposed to make the
Ipost of this in the line of trouble.
Tries to Brace Jester Up.
Mexico, July 5.-James Moore of Kan
sas City, a nephew of Alexander Jester.
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