The Topeka state journal., 1901-10-12
Seth Wells of Neosh0, Counted a
Sure Winner
In Race For Auditor by Those
Who Profess to Know.
BURTON'S HARD ROW.
TroublOus Times Ahead For the
Junior Senator
According to the Views of an
Old Time Politician.

ssSeth Wells is a sure winner. Lit
t1efield S. Cruln.
Seth Wells IS the Neosho county man
who came out into the running for
state auditor two weeks ago. He is a
young man. lie is not as we'll known
over the state as some other young
politicians. CruTn, who does not deny
participation in launching Wells boom,
SAYS Wells will have the Third district
behind him. with every county except
Crawford Some and Crum say he may
have Crawford. But Crawford Is
George Coles county, and Wells can
not very well get it until Cole gets done
with it. Cole may want Crawford 10
start him off for governor, and IL ne
wants Crawford he will want the rest
of the Third district Since Senator
Burton has the dispensing of the post
offices in the Third district, his follow
ing will be heavy, and if Wells is actu-
ally slated the young man from Erie
has a good start. Cole has several
years start in popularity in his own
district, however and if he runs on his
record as an official there is such q
thing possible as the scheme concocted
to beat him being turned upside down
Cole is one of the kind of walters VINO
adheres to the traditions of Kansas
day. About that time a fight for the
district ought to develop if there is go
Ing to be one
Ed Greer and w s. Fitzpatrick
pushed Wells out on the track. 1t Is
said to be part of the deal to land the
congressional nomination for Fltzpat-
rick But Chautauqua county has been
doing particularly well of late. with j.
It. Bradley in process of transformation
into bank examiner and some minor
benefits that have fallen that way AS
a result w. v. Skidmore is looking up
to see if Fitzpatrick has not over
reached himself, and Skidmore stock
stands higher quotations.
There's big storm brewing for Sen
ator Burton said an astute politician
today who may reach the upper or
lower hall of congress himself one OF
these days, AMI who steers a MIDDLE
course in troublous times; "and there
is just about one chance left for him to
weather it. II ne can get on the floor
of the senate and do something to coun-
teract all this knocking on the federal
appointments, there is still hope for re-
demption- 1t is not one or two men,
or the newspaper correspondents, who
are doing all the talking about the
Foley mistake and the unfortunate
Tracy affair." Blasklee, Hefiey, Simp-
soR-F'indlay slate-making and so on,
but the comment is more or less gen
eral over the state, and principally one
sided. 1t is nos an easy matter to hitch
up to the administration and make
himself a senate leader. Senator BeV-
eridge tried IL his first session, and ne
made furore for awhile, but Beveridge
Is almost a dead one in the senate to-
day The old modesty-for-the-fi e-first-
two-years tradition still has big weight.
Burton knows it, too. He paced the
floor Of his room for twenty minutes in
a rage not long ago when the sugges-
tfon was made that he would be the
party whip on the floor of the senate,
standing so close to the adninistra-
ton. AS l say. all over Kansas these
are the political topics of the day. One
vii hn
only fellows clilging being the few who
have hopes of getting a job. 1t may
even get to Point where Mr.. Low will
choose between Burton and retaining
his hold on Kansas politics. 1t wiz
take a great deal of work to overcome
six months bad start
Judge J. d. McFarland's candidacy
for supreme court judge had its latest
announcer ent this week on the strength
of very little thing. Henry Allen OBJ
served that the judge was pumphand-
ling with the politicians and straight
way remarked: You can put it down
that Judge Mcfarland is a candidate
for the supreme bench" Usually Judge
Mcfarland is not much of a hand
shaker.
Captain .Adna Clarke. of Lawrence. is
seeking a comm ission in the regular
army He came to Topeka yesterday
and went through the state house start
ing the "HoOenceS."
1t is being talked around the Cone
land whispering gallery that some of
his neighbors are preparing to ambush
Lit Crum- They are waiting till Crlm
is recommended for United States mar
Ehal to flash their powder. There NAV.
however. be an explosion before the
recommendation is made Predictions
are tossed about freely over I.abette
county that Crum will not be United
States marshal two months before he
VIII jump the Burton corral The faith
full are inclined to mark him as luke
warm and question his pitching his tent
between the two camps with an ear
pointed either way.
This is the old-timer's inning Ho
says: Candidates for federal iobs have
a hard row to hoe. Nowadays thew have
to hustle around and get endorsements
Heretofore they never needed but one
that was the endorsement of the TTni-
ted States senator"
Leslie Randolph has begun his can
vass for state printer right around the
home nest Skirmishing around Norton
Vile he has discovered that there are 46
widows and but three widowers in it
And this is one of the prettfest towns
in Kansas says he d. o. McCrav has
Nortonvilie on his list of inducements
to carry back to Illinois on his next
trip to secure immigrants
Temperatures of Large Cities.
Chicago.O Oct. 12.-7 a. m temperatures:
New York so; Boston "a: Philade1nhia
H2- Washington 60 CsF,ioo 60 "a NTs.r- r