The Topeka state journal., 1901-07-05
RF0M THE SIXTH DIsTRIcT

Most of the Sixth district Republican
journals don't take any stock in the
report that the Fifth district is solid
for the Sixth district to get secretary
of state and lieutenant governor
Uneasiness turks in the offices of sew
era1 poStmasters in the Sixth district.
They should be for Reeder for congress,
but it is claimed several of them have
been throwing cold water on his third
term aspirations
e. w. Wellington, of Ellsworth, is
carrying a small advertisement of
land for sale" in many of the Sixth
district papers. Some of the opposition
have said he is doing this for the pur-
pose of making votes in his candidacy
for congress.
Dan Dyer. of Smith county, is still
after a Territorial land office. He has
had enough letters of endorsement
written for him for offices he has as
pired for to fill several wagon boxes,
including postmaster OF Smith Center,
deputy warden. sergeant-at-a ARMS, etc.
Since the visit of A. G. Mead to To-
peka late last week there has been open
talk that he viii be cand date for
congress in the Sixth. district. Mead is
a Beloit man, and Mitchell county's
member of the legislature. He made
splendid record last winter, and if he
asks for the delegation from his county
it will be given him.
While many of the Sixth district poll
ticians and newspaper fellows are max
ing congressman and state ticket NOM
nations. S. H Dodge. of the Beloit
Gazette. is laying low and says nothing,
which is almost a certain indication
that he knows where he is at" and
that he will land as good a place as
anybody.
An Osborne county politician says.
IF my county has an earnest congress
sional candidate he will have the sup
port of the county, but if he wants 4
to trade on he cant have it," 1t is
claimed that one of the prospective
congressional candidates in Mitchell
county is working for delegation he
can throw to some other fellow If he
fails to land the nomination.
1t is now certain that Phillips county
will have only one Republican cand1-
date for judge of the Seventeenth dis
trict. A few weeks ago it was gener-
ally believed that c. A. Lewis, of Phil
lipsburg, would be a candidate for dis
trict Judge but he states positively that
he will not, and that he Will earnestly
support ". H. Pratt, of his town and
county, for the office.
It has been widely circulated that the
Sixth district is the only part of the
state where there is any politics going
on. One viii hear of this outside of
the district, but not inside of its con-
fines The district has only one can
didate for the state ticket, and that is
Dave Hanna for lieutenant governor.
Neither BurrOw nor PeFdue have yet
signified a willingness to become a
candidate for secretary of state.
Among the Sixth district fellows who
were Topeka visitors last week was
Chan Perdue, postmaster of Beloit, who
was here in the interests of Congress
man Reeder, and to help check, If pos
sible, the growing anti-Reeder strength.
He also learned while here that he could
win out easily for secretary of state.
Perdue is so popular that he seldom
asks for anything; it is the fellows who
come running to him to see whether
he will accept any of the good things
The only man the Sixth district boys
seem perfectly harmonized on is NJ A.
Low for the next United States SEN
ator There has seldom if ever been a
delegation of statesmen from that dis
trict on a visit to Topeka who didn't
call on Mr.. Low and inform him I m
for YOU for the United States senate
The entire district seems to be perfectly /
standing his mass of law business al
ways on hand, ne takes time to become |
better acquainted with his callers.
x-Congressman Mccormick. Of Phil |
lips county having quit politics, is /
making money in the pracrice Of law, I
and may be the nominee for judge of /
the Seventeenth judicial district by the 1
Democrats and Populists. Ex-Con- I
gressman Baker is at home IN his pa 4
Iatia1 house in Lincoln, and watching
his cattle make money. Wanted-to-be (
Scott, Dykes. Freeman
and AdcNall are also doing well in their I
various avocations. law, physician and
surgeon landlord and wheat raiser, re-
spectively.
Minister of Finance Resigns