The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-05-29
AL OVER FUISI0N'S LETTER
xANsASs nEvfvE TALK AD0Ur THE
GExERAL,s AMBITION.
Dtaaley Cannot Ne Heoae1 on IN
The Cenventfon, tsa tie sS1Ater
Can Csaplieate Matters In Sear-
- Any Other D1eeessSa Desired.

IN which he admits. the rfsee<s Wassssss
that he nigh. BE- persuaded 70 eater psis-
TICS upon his rsfusn 20 csyfl isse. aas CIV
IN the politicians sonething fresh 20 lax
aiout. In some quarters i. Is contender
fhat the letter waA a mistake: that 81 pc
1itioal preferment comes 20 Gen. Funston
Il must he \ groun. swell from tie p<S-
pie. and cannos bc sought This IS the ar
gurnent OF the patriots who want 10 set
well enough aione. of men who see = pos
ssbis hxht on Gov. Stanley in the Repuoai-
can state convention next year. ana OF
men who are wrapped ap In Bakers or
Burton.s boom for United afates senator.
n Funston goes into politics IL VIII BE
for governor or senator. and " he gets
IN rfghs hs wifi possess great possibilities
for trouble. Possibly ne fright be side
tracked for Bowerstuck'f seat IN congress.
but II he starts IL will be for governor OF
senator. and IL II In that light taat the
politicians are considering him
stanley's Renominatian Certsia.
While old sosa.erx ard others who want
IN turn down Gov. Stanley In the state
convention hail Gen. Funston's possible
advent into politics with much acclaim.
he IL not a menace 20 the governors fu-
ture. Mr.. Stanley vilI be reaomiaatsd
There are GONE old soldiers Of influence
who are opposing him now. but they viii
quiet down before the convention meets.
diers very fairly considering their adsane-
Ing years and consequent growing ina5ii-
It's 10 all the offices. There. Of course, are
men fighting the governor who have been
disappointed In their applications for Of
hce. but people have little patience wish
men who have grievances. and their In
Huence In the convention will amount to
little more than protest. Staniey's boom
u oil right IN his own party. II II before
Ne people that he must take his chances.
Nbr while the insurgents Will not be aole
to handle the convention. their oppor-
tunity may come at the polls. Witness
the denomination os John r. 81. John I'm
1sS2 and his defeat before the peopIe after
ward.
Tho man who. most OF ali. must fear
Gen. Funston IL J. r. Burton, who wants
20 snccecd Lucisn Baker in the United
States senate, for every new man who
enters that field IL especially a menace 10
Burton. Bakers following is fixed and
c~rtain. He has given men valuable Fed
erM appointments. and they WELD an in
ducnce that cannot be- broken by Funston
or any other hero OF the war More than
this he In the man In possession. ard
that In politics "a In law IS nine points.
Burton, however has nothing Of this kind
20 aid him. He has only his own person.
Atty. and since that II q mere sentiment, a
shadow, hero wershipers especially viii
desert him for this new aspirant from .ha
Philippines.
Leland Wants Funston In.
II may be expected that Cyrus Leland
VIII welcome Funston into the senatorial
night. OF course. II Leland must choose
between BAKER and Burton which the wise
men say he Will have TO DO in the end
he viii accept Baker but he will not make
this choice until he must, and meanwhile
ne VIII encourages new candidates TO enter
the race Already J. l.. Brfstow. Morton
Aihaugh, !. u. Lambert. Chester Long and
others nave been getting pushed into the
race BY some unseen hand and OF course
Funston II welcome. for everybody knows
that this IN tho scheme devise. 10 bea,
both Burton and Baker. A multiplicity az
candidates will scatter Bnrtos,'s forces and
~ the same time break the drawing force
OF Bakers patronage. and out of the mix
up the conspfratcrs hope will come one of
their own type and brand Of politics. n
II said that Cyrus Leland is ready "a ex.
send his hand TO Funston. II this be true.
Funston Is already in the race, for LIE.
lands hand In a rotten. one
among those who do not look with favor
upon Gen. Funsson's posstbIs entrance
INTO politics Is Henry J. Alien. Gov. STAN
iey's private secretary. Whether this con.
cern Is inspired by Mr.. Aliens n.rsan,l
friendship for Gen. Funston or Ivy his al
RNSFFnlS IL nc
known. but no matter about that IN. yse,
remains that Mr. Allen thinks Gen E,,n-
ston's letter to Verrar Kellogg was mis-
TAKE. ana In his paper the Ottawa Herr
sia ne nasiy says so In the following nara.
gram: '''a-
frof. Vernon Kellogg ought 70 have baa
better sense than 10 publish a private lei.
Ter written him by Col Funston. 7. was
nor written for publication one CT rho
fs> h.
70 refrain from publishing his personal
correspondence 10 you after he mas -
come famous. There are very few men wh,
can comply with this test Of fr,enssxh,,,
runston's letter puts HIN, In the nyht y,
seeking TO enter politics. The letter w..
al right written consd.ntiallv Il, , f,.sz,
gu, puts him Tn false light when ,uasa
public '''"@e
sc"st's Advice te Tanstou.
Ahothsr Kansas sditer who views with
~tm the disposition ~ newspnnars ara
.ssians 'e drag Gen. Funston into noii
Tics Is Charles 4. Scott, of the lola p.st,-
ter. fsw DAYS before the a,,.,.,, -. a..
me star az tien. Fenstnn's letter - -
non keiiegs Mr.. scoti ssa,ee, his st.rrs a,
ms paper IN pointed language. aua a4vtas5
the generals friends 20 80, the bay, uto,,. :.
re followed sAis with a personal ;4..ar -
Gen. Funston advising him ef he e,,.,,s a.
hansas politics his military s.iersss n.s
caused ans warning him 20 write "a g.
ssrs ana give out no interviews eones~~,nv
Kansas snssrS nr his own hons. ara ,,,,s,.,
tteas IN politics nss. fortunately .,r um.
fortunately fsr Funston. ns hiss lucy NAV
turn cat. IRE generals letter n Verne,
Kellogg was already an ths way ens
through kel3exS Il segnsi ire tight - r-sr.
MT SCOTS advice 20 Gen run-.g, ~
court, was inspired by the trass SINGER.
friendship. Aus there are rnen VIA have
found az niferf8r rs1tive ror r. arf these,
snes say that NJ. Seots fears ia, the gen
eral might get In his way 30 sea. yr e,.,-
Eress. The I'VE yrang rnen live IN ~.
same county. ara when the elder F-ysrsfnr,
was laid away after ere f.awrcnre rsrxne
s!en. in iS~s. AR. S,>oss assgseex tsss tss ,,ts
Claims. tsssi naw GENES the Younger r.sr-
sson, he may want tD 80 fa congress hwy.
self, ar he fstsv dest-ts sa svt A~sAfns as
father and restore sjrsi TO RS former s>s,.
ovs W7hile sse young eeaessi rsixkt ~.
Become governor ar senator. he ssstSAt cas-
fy ge' tie nomination Ter congress IN ssse
SeSNc~d District, er give I; % hss father so-
che @tse rcen ~ fAe Atrtsgrf say I u say.,x