The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-05-19
He VIII Again Be the Candidate
in First District.
Does Not Regard Horton Agree
ment as Binding.
WAS UNAUTHORIZED.
Will Be a Fight Between Cur
tis and Leland.
Kansas Boss Will Support Mr..
Bailey For the Place.

Congressman Charles Curtis will be
a candidate for denomination to his
present office in the First congressional
district. This announcement is the final
decision reached by Mr.. Curtis. and he
has told several of his friends of his in
tentions. One of his close friends today
said to a Journal reporter:
You can say in your paper that Mr..
Curtis will be a candidate for reelection
il the First district. This is official and
final
Discussing the proposition further.
this gentleman said: Much has been
becoming a candidate for congressman
at-1arge. Such action, it has been
claimed, would be taken because of this
alleged Horton agreement, Mr.. Bailey in
turn becoming a candidate for congress
in the First district. Now Mr.. Bailey
is in congressman quite, either. He
has been elected, but has not qualified.
He has not drawn a cent of pay as con-
gresham at-large, but he is now ready
to trade off his job for the one held by
Mr.. Curtis. Nothing of this kind Will
be done. Mr.. Curtis will remain and
run for congress in the First
Are you authorized to represent Mr.
Curtis in this declaratiOn?" inquired the
reporter.
Mr.. Curtis has not told me to an
nOunce his intentions, but he has told
me what he proposes to do It is no
secret. His friends all over the district
know that he is going to do so, so there
is no doubt of the truth of the statement
which make. Mr.. Curtis can substan-
tiate it, and will do so at the proper
time.
Asked concerning this matter, Mr.
Curtis said: If l had my way about
these matters, nothing would be said
concerning them until after the coming
fall election. 1 regard discussion and
announcements concerning this subject
at this time premature. 1 do not care
to discuss the subject myself for pub
lication.'
This condition of affairs will provoke
bitter fight in the First district be-
tween Mr.. Leland and Mr.. Bailey on
the one hand and Congressman Curtis
and his friends on the other. Mr.. Bailey
does not want to be congressman
large again. He wants to represent the
First district, and will undoubtedly be
a candidate for the nomination which
Mr. Curtis will seek.
Mr.. Bailey claims that Curtis is bound
to stay out of the race because of a
much tal<ed-about agreement made at
Horton. 1t was in effect that Mr.. Cur
tbs should be nominated as congress-
man from the First district and that
he should support Mr.. Bailey for con-
gressman- at large; that in the cam
paign two years from that time Bailey
should be supported by Curtis for con-
gressman in the First district, Bailey
and Leland in turn supporting Curtis
for congressman-at-lar
This agreement was signed the
part of Curtis by Judge A. II. Horton.
A X Rodgers and Dave Mulvane; on
the part of Bailey by Cyrus Leland, Ira
F. Collins and John Schilling.
Mr. Curtis was in Washington. The
opposition claim that Mr.. Curtis au-
thorized this agreement; Mr.. Curtis
friends say he did nothing of the kind,
and one of his closest managers said to-
day:
Mr.. Curtis will not be bound by it.
He will run for congress in the First
district again.
The appointment of census enumera-
tors will likely cause trouble between
friP dc coz
tbs will put up these appointments in his
own interests. This is denied by Cur
tiS' friends. Mr.. Bailey says he is will
ing to divide the patronage equally. but
will not submit to an arrangement
which would in the end operate against
him in his candidacy to succeed Curtis
Both parties in this matter are max
ing an effort to postpone the fight for
this year at least