The Topeka state journal., 1901-12-31
MORE OPPOSITION.
Senator Kennedy Enters Race
Against Congressman Miller.

The chances that J. NJ. Miller will be
sent back to congress from the Fourth
district appear to be growing less every
day. They have just been considerably
lessened by the positive announcement
that Senator John A Kennedy, of
Corey county. will enter the race
against him.
Senator Kennedy will undoubtedly be
strong candidate. He has been
groorned for the nomination for several
weeks, but up to this time has declined
to give his decision. His friends both
at home and in other parts of the Gis-
trict, have been urging him to stand fGr
the nomination. Members of county
central committees in half the counties
in the district have been writing him on
the subject. A large number of Repub
in the request that he go into the fight,
and the following to the State Journal
from Burlington, Senator Kennedy S
home, announces his decision:
burlington, Dec. S1.-After receiving
general Information from representativ
Republicans over the Fourth congress
sional district, Senator John A. Ken
nedy has decided to make the race for
congress. No man in southeastern
Kansas is more popular than he, and
especially where well known. Mr.. Ken
nedy is strictly a. business man. lie
has made success of business in every
respect, and is one of the heaviest prop
erty holders in Ccffey county.
There is hardly a day but he receives
a heavy mail from prominent RepuDll-
cans over the district urging his can
didacy. No man in the state is a great
er friend to young men Starting out in
life than Mr. Kennedy. He never turns
a worthy person away who asks for as
SiStance. A number of young men are
attending school today whom he has as
sisted. He is the same with his politics
as he IS in his business methods-wnas-
ever he tells you can be relied upon.
He never disappoints a person, but al
ways keeps his promises. There is no
deception in him either. in his politics
or his business methods. In his can
didacy it looks as if there is going to
be warm time at the coming congress
sional convention. Kennedy will carry
Coffey county without effort
The revolt against Miller is apparent
for calling the congressional convention
approaches. At first there was only
diffused feeling of dissatisfaction with
Mr.. Miller as a congressman, but it was
spontaneous. Now it is crystallizing
and becoming more definite. At first
only a few of those who were opposed
to Miller spoke out their feelings, but it
becomes evident that the discomfort is
more general than at first supposed.
Marion county, adjoining Mr.. Miller's
home. is waiting only to see how gem
eral the opposition to Miller becomes.
The feeling against Miller is there as
in other counties, but everything in
Marion is compelled to give way to E.
w. Hoch's candidacy for state printer.
Marion county will do everything it
can to elect Mr.. Hoch state PRINTER
said w. " Church, superintendent of
insurance, who is Marion man, and
VINO will not stand for a denomination
Our county is for Hoch first, last and
all the time, and anything we can do
to help him along will be done"
This evidently means that if the op-
position to Mr.. Miller becomes suffi-
GENTLY strong Marion county will join
in it, otherwise it may divide its forces.