The Topeka state journal., 1899-10-11
READY FOR FIGHT
Gen. Hudson Has Thrown Down
Gage of Battle.
Dares Cy Leland to Enter the
Arena.
BOSS WILL ACCEPT.
Never Refuses a Chance For
Some Excitement.
Forcing Gen. Funston as the
Issue Between Enemies.

Immediately after the November
election Judge Case Broderick of Hol-
ton will announce his candidacy for the
Republican nomination as congressman
at large and at that moment the battle
between Cyrus Leland and J. K. Hud-
son will begin. General Hudson has
been criticising Mr.. Leland recently and
the old enmity between the two men
will be redeveloped and fought to
finish in the coming campaign.
The contest which General Hudson
has been looking for will now come to
him, because he has sprung Fred Fun
ston as q. candidate for congressman
at-large when the paper he represents
has all along claimed that Broderick
would make the race. This, coupled
with the fact that now General Hud-
son claims mo one else wants the Of
flee of congressman-a at-1arge' and Of
fers it to General Funston, has aroused
the ire of the friends of Broderick and
resulted in the determination of the
Holton man to announce his candi-
dacy for the Office, Immediately after
the fall elections, when General Fun
ston will be in Kansas and will have
an opportunity to fight for the laurelS
which have been offered him.
The fact that Mr.. Broderick will be-
come a candidate and the further fact
not calculated to create unusual inter-
est over the state, but the absolute fact
that it may injure Charles Curtis cam
paign for reelection makes it import
ant and far-reaching because the whole
state is watching the First congress
siOnal district.
Cyrus Leland is the author Of the
plan for Mr.. BrOderick to be the can
didate for congressman -at-large. This
was for the purpose Of taking BrOderick
out of the way as a candidate for con-
greSS in the First district Mr. BrOder-
ick was offered the unqualified support
of Mr. Leland and his personal friends
throughout the state for this Office in
consideration of which, he was to stay
out of the First district fight. Mr.. Le-
land made Bailey cOngresSman-at-lar
in the face of bitter antagOnisms and
decided opposition. With a, man known
and reputable as is Mr.. Broderick, the
friends of the Holton man believe he
has a. Walk-away for the place.
Until this time it has been supposed
that General Hudson would be for the
denomination of Mr.. Curtis as against
any other proposition which might be
submitted to him. However, the Le-
land followers and some of Mr.. Brod-
erick's friends say that the unqualified
endorsement of Funston for congress-
man-at-Iarge will result in turning
some of the First district men against
Hudson and Curtis.
A First district politician who is
authority for the statement that BrOd-
erick will announce his candidacy for
the place offered to Funston, says:
1.-The Curtis men could have received
support from the Broderick men had
they permitted the judge to make this
race without Springing a new candidate
against him. But now the war has been
inaugurated and it will be fought to a
finish and in the skirmishes Mr.. Curtis
may lose some of his men"
This new phase of affairs has started
another story which is denied by some
but strenuously affirmed by others. 1t
! is to the effect that Congressman
Bailey now controls every county COM
mittee in the First district, except the
one in Shawnee county.
Figuring that this condition prevails
the Bailey and Leland and Broderick
men plan to work together and the
combination makes bold to assert that
, they will not only lick" General Hud-
son and Charlie Curtis, but will send
both Mr.. Broderick and Mr.. Bailey to
congress.
The candidacy of General Funston
for congressman -at-large, which is be-
ing worked so assiduOusly, may have
another meaning. 1t may be for the
purpose of saving Stanley. Should Gen
eral Funston become a candidate for
governor before the next Republican
state convention, the politicians would
have a hard time to defeat him. If he
can be side e-tracked for congressman
at-large it may simplify matters.