The Topeka state journal., 1900-01-10
SEATON is WRONG
Mr.. Mccarthy and Mr.. Randolph
Enter Denials.
First Named Does Not Want
Treasurer Grimes Place.
NO OFFICE WANTED.
NOrt0nvilIe Editor Has No De.
sire to Go to Congress.
Capt. John SeatOn Authority
For the Story.

When Capt John Seaton of Atchison
came to Topeka last Friday with the
story of Leland's promises to make c.
c. Mccarthy of Nortonville state treas
urer in place of Frank Grimes and to
make Leslie Randolph congressman at
large, he did not know that he been i'm
| posed upon.
Mccarthy and Randolph have entered
a general denial to the story and claim
that it is a rumor conceived and circu-
lated by the Curtis people to prejudice
the people against Bailey in Jefferson
county.
Captain Seaton did not pose as the
original recipient of the information
concerning these proposed plans, but
narrated the story to some ofhis friends
as it had been told to him.
The fact that the story seemed to
come to Mr.. Seaton from undisputed au-
thority gave it credence in Topeka and
it was the subject of gossip and spec
ulation among the politicians The
| other side now comes from Mr.. Nc
| Carthy and Mr.. Randolph. Mr.. Nc
Carthy said to a Journal reporter at
| Nortonville:
80 far as am informed Mr.. Grimes
| has made an exceptionally good officer;
| is worthy of a denomination by accla-
| nation and win be so nominated L
| have not been, am not and Will not De
| a candidate against him.
You can say that the story as told
/ in the Journal, SO far as am concern
! ed, is absolutely without foundation
In the congressional fight both can
/ didates are my personal friends and 1
| think that the contest between them
| bodies no good to the party in THIS dlS-
| trict 1t seems to me, however, that
! Mr. Bailey is the stronger of the two
Z dot md will he Nominated
Personally have nothing against
| Shawnee county Notwithstanding that
they did not stand by Jefferson in the
/ contest for treasurer although at least
| a portion of their support had been
/ pledged to me True, 1 was surprised
| at the action of some of the Shawnee
county politicians at the Hutchinson
| convention.
''I am for w. J. Bailey for congress
from the First district because his in
terests are in line with Senator Baker s
and as an original Baker supporter l
do not feel like deSerting him now. II
| the Republicans of Jefferson county
were to express themselves on the SEN
| atorial question majority would be
| for Senator Bakers reelection as
| against Mr.. Burton.
| 1.-The friends of Mr.. Curtis are making
| a mistake in this district in champion
| ing the cause of Mr. Burton Some OF
! the close friends of Mr.. Curtis in this
! part of the district make no secret OF
| the support of Burton by their leader
Curtis. I am for Senator Baker and
| anything that will advance his in
| terests."
| Leslie Randolph, who was said tC
have been promised congressman al
| large was very emphatic in his denial
of the rumor. Mr.. Randolph says:
"The subject was never mentioned &c
me and I have never thought of it.
am not and will not be a candidate for
any office This has been stated so often
it should be understood have been
too busy with my newspaper work &c
take any hand whatever IN the pOlltl-
cal contest but now that I have beer
drawn into it you can say that am
for Senator Baker for reelection and fol
w. ]. Bailey for congressman from the
First district, and so far as E<alley Is
concerned this is the first time that this
decision has been announced.
I'm this county the situation is just
as I said it was last spring. Throughout
! the ranks of the party in the county Is
a united feeling for the return of LucieI
Baker to the United States senate. Ex-
cepting, only the managers and the
personal friends of Mr.. Curtis in JEFF
fersOn county, everybody in Jefferson
county is for Senator Baker
THE effort on the part of the friend:
of Mr.. Curtis to force J. r. Burton in
to the congressional contest SHOULD
meet with the decided opposition of ev
cry loyal Republican of the First dis
trict. Senator Baker is a resident o
this district and has the right to b'
watchful of his interests when they ar
jeopardized by any candidate.
This is not the first time that Mr.
Bailey has been my choice for congress
man from this district and there ap
pears no reason why my opinion of hin
} should now be changed.
? Concerning the Horton agreemen
: it is my belief that such things are no
helpful to party interests. But in mr.
opinion Charlie Curtis authorized hi
friends to make the agreement, that it wa
| entered into in good faith by represen
tatives of both parties, that Mr.. Curtis
: has had the benefit of the agreemen
| and should now live up to the obligation
} entered into by him and his friends
Political primaries should have th
same significance as in business affair."
they should be kept"