The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-11-16
POLITICAL GOSSIP
Who Will Control Fourth Dis
trict For Governor.
Either Miller or Richter May
Have to Quit.
COLE BOOM GROWING.
Cyrus Leland's Announcement
Occasions Much Surprise.
More RumOrs of a Curtis Bailey
Combination.
COLE BOOM GROWING.

mVA . AsuIHOIS VI d CuEtlS" DhEAcS
Combination.
There is considerable interest over the
impending fight between Senator H. B.
Miller and H. f. Richter over which one
will control the Fourth congressional
district in the gubernatorial contest
These two are the only avowed candi-
dates for governor thus far and both are
from the same congressional district.
L am not losing any meals over the
matter said Mr.. Richter today. Mil
Ter and 1 are good friends. He wants
to be governor and so do I. The man
that gets the votes will win. That's all
there is to it,
Mingled with the contest between Sen
ator Millar and Mr.. Richter will be the
fight that is being waged on Congressman
Miller, which greatly complicates the
| situation. If both persist in staying in
| the race 1T is not at all improbable that
! both will be outclassed long before the
state convention rolls around.
The candidacy of George E. Cole for
! governor has been given impetus by
/ the declaration of Cyrus Leland that
| he is for Mr. Cole providing -. The
proviso is, if w. ]. Bailey doesn't get
into the race Cole is a first class man.,
/ Mr.. Leland said to a State Journal re-
porter, land if Bailey concludes not to
run l would like to see him governor,
but of course if Bailey runs I will sup
| port him.
There has been a rumor floating
around that Bailey and Congressman
Curtis have formed a combination
whereby Bailey is to have the support
of the Curtis men for governor and Cur
tbs is to have the support of the Bailey
| men for United States senator, but the
rumor is denied by the friends of both
1t is not at all improbable, however,
that the combination may be effected.
| The HOlton Recorder advises it if both
| men wish to succeed in their ambitions.
| 1t says: Mr.. Curtis probably can get
| the nomination for congress in spite of
whatever opposition may be worked up
against him, but cannot get the solid
| support of the district for senator unless
| Mr. Leland and Mr.. Bailey will consent.
| Mr.. Bailey can not get solid delegation
! from this district for governor with the
| Curtis element against him. They both
need the united support of the First dis
| trict, and without it practically they
| will enter their respective races handi-
| capped. We do not know much about
| what is called practical politics, but it
| seems to us the wise thing for Mr.. Cur
| tis' and Mr.. Paileys friends to do is to
| drop their fight or rather see that it is
not renewed, and allow the people to
| choose a solid delegation from the dis
| trict for Bailey for governor, and elect
| representatives and senators favorable
for Curtis for United States senator
d. ]. Hanna, of Hill City, and w. NJ.
| Glenn, OF Ir1DuQ0, are InuS Tar an
| nounced candidates to contest the Re
publican nomination for lieutenant gov
| ernor with w. A. Germany, of Fort
Scott. Hanna will line up the Sixth
| district behind him. J. r. Burrow of
| Smith Center is another Sixth district
man who wants a place on the state
ticket, but that will not interfere with
| Hanna, there are 13 places to be di-
vided among seven districts. Burrow
| wants to be secretary of state.
Congressman Calderhead, of the Fifth
| district, will return to Washington on
| Monday to prepare for the coming ses-
sion of congress. He has been rounding
up his district during the past two or
three weeks and his press agent al
ready announces that he will be re-
| nominated by acclamatiOn, which is
probably correct. The Fifth district
goes in less for heavy politics than
| any other district in the state-that is,
| fewer men have high political aspira-
| tions-since Senator Burton's senatorial
| ambition has been gratified. Mr.. Cald-
| erhead has a little postoffice racket on
| hand at Concordia, but otherwise things
| are going very smoothly in his district,
and nothing is thought of a postoffice
| row in Concordia. Concordia people
| would feel lonesome without a racket
of some kind going on.
Every county in the Third congress
sional district has one or more candi-
dates for the Republican nomination
for congress- The Third has sent a fu-
sionist to congress longer than any
| other district and now that the Re
| publicans think they have a chance to
win, every man of prominence in the
| district wants to go to congress. 1t
| will be a free-for-aH contest. and more
| interesting than any other in the state
with the possible exception of the
| Fourth, where Bent Murdock is after
! Miller'S scalp.
The Kansas delegation is rapidly pre-
| pairing for the opening of the coming
| session. Senator Burton and Con-
gresham Long are already there 9TH
ers are on the way, and the balance
will start within a day two. Con-
| gresham Long has taken apartments
in the DriscoH flats, opposite the capitol
! grounds.
| One of the peculiar things about the
| recent election is how both sides figure
out a victory The Republicans cap
tured the great majority of the offices,
but the fusionists claim they made
gains.'' Last year, when the Repub-
| licans elected 73 county commissioners
| the fusionists secured only 80, but this
year they claim to have elected As AS
| evidence of the ''inroads" they made on
the Republicans they point to the new
| Democratic commissioner in Wyan-
| dotte county, the one in Harvey county,
| where there has not been fusion COM
| missioner for six years, and the one in
| Mort Albaugh's own county, Kingman
by which Mr.. Albaugh's paper loses the
| county printing.
There is a possibility that the Burton
| crowd at Fort Scott may not control the
| editorial policy of the Fort Scott Mon
itor after all, notwithstanding the fact
| that they have recently purchased a
| controlling share of the stock. Grant