The Topeka state journal., 1899-11-21
SOMETHING SURE
w. III. Ryan Has His Eye on
Several Places.
He Wants te Be Governor Or
Congressman.
IF THESE FAIL HIM
Then the ResOurceful Man
Would Be State Senator.
Situation In Third District
Badly Muddled.
IF THESE FAIL HIM

The POpulist politicians in the Third
district are having q lively scramble IN
the preliminary plans for thei distributor
of offices next year, the congressional
plum being the one which is most sought
after.
The scene of the principal hostilities is
in Crawford county and Senator w h
Ryan. o. T. BOaz and s w Baxter are
the cOntending forces.
In the first place Senator Ryan is being
hunted in two or three directions, al
biuons, either OF which Is important IN a
political way Mr.. Ryan IS now a mem
Der of the state senate but his official
duties have terminated unless he should
be reelected
While in the senate last winter Mr.. Ry-
an made numerous eloquent outburslS IN
favor of certain measures intended to
pe5lel1l et19lll43 mel - a. II , -,
tude towards the contemplated measures
was all right and consistent, but the re-
OF little Denent because OF pfqIon5gu ~ n.y. /
cation These plans We're all laid with
the hope of attracting attention, which he
did, and building thereon boom Tor gov
ernor
who also made the same effort but the
anticipation that John Breidenthal would
by accIamauon mas had Jhe. erect OF
sending these candidates. scurrylng 70 the
brush. They fear Breidenthal and be-
neve that ne Is the man VINO viii lana
the nomination and for that reason the
else more easy of realization
ing about in other directions and he is
now undecided between the idea of rum
ming against Ed RidgIey for congress and
seeking q reelection TO the senate
AT this juncture Mr. Baxter gets into
the game. He was q candidate for county
treasurer in Crawford county which has
been safely POpulist by a large ma iOrity
but contrary to all precedentS of recent
years the county this year returned a
heavy Republican majority for several
of the principal offices and Mr.. Baxter
was buried by majority of 5U1- Prior to
the election he had an ambition to sue
ceed Taylor Riddle as chairman OF the
POpulist state committee but the oppOSl-
tiOn to him says there is use in ele-
waiting defeated candidate to such an
important position. 1t is argued that Mr..
Baxter is almost without honor in his
own county since the people overwhelmed
him in a local Off-year election.
The attitude of Congressman Ridgley
has the politicians guessing too. 1t was
expected that he would not next year be
a candidate for a third term. but the in
dicaUiOns are that he Will. That is to say
he does not tell what he proposes to do.
The Democrats claim that he agreed with
Hugh Farrelly, the Democratic senator
from NeOShO county to support Farrelly
next year. This the POpulists claim is
untrue but Farrelly and his friends insist
that it is fact. Now the Democrats are
Matching some schemes to get even with
Hidgley and prevent his being renOmlnat-
ed if he should decide to be candidate
next year. This plan as 1t is now being
worked is to bring Ryan out for congress
vention. What will be the effect of this
plan is a matter yet too uncertain to be
fOretOId. As a climax to these conditions
Mr.. Ryan should he fail to become the
POpuliSt candidate for governor and Suf-
fer the same fate in his congressional as
pirations it is said he will fall back to
the Sena tOrial tOga and seek another term
in the upper house OF the legislature.