The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-10-10
SIXTH DISTRICT NOTES.

Congressman Reeder is settling post
office squabbles by elections. as was
the case in Beloit where Judge Ellis
had his say. Recently elections have
been held in Jennings and Selden-
Although the Sentinel man didn't win
in his aspirations to be postmaster of
Hoxie, the editor notes the visit of
Congressman Reeder to his town, and
says: HE is the ablest congressman
the district has had since Lew Han
back and e. j. Turner represented It.
John Dawson, of Graham county,
bond clerk in the office of Treasurer
Grimes. refuses to sell his Hill City
residence property which leads many
of his friends to think that he intends
to return in the near future and en-
gage in politics. perhaps in a race for
congress.
1t is the opinion of some of the Lin
coin politicians, and especially those
who are anti-W ellington for congress,
that Prof. E. T. Fairchild, of Ellis
tendent of public instruction. The
Lincoln politicians also claim he will
get the delegates from Ellsworth, Lin
coin, Russell and Osborne counties.
George d. Abel, of Lincoln, is more
talked about by the fusion forces of
the Sixth district for congress than
any other man. He is the present
county attorney of Lincoln county to
which office he was elected by the larg-
est majority ever given to any man for
political office in Lincoln county. His
friends believe his nomination for con-
gress will mean his election. He was
a lieutenant in the Twenty second
In the Third commissioner district OF
Graham county lively political
scramble for. office is going on which
outranks in interest the usual county
election Robt Kirk is the Republican
candidate for commissioner; J. A. Eich-
man has been nominated by the POpu-
lists, and Ward McVey, independent
tition. About $50 votes are usually
polled in the district. An unusual
amount of e1oquence will be scattered
throughout the district
More political Misunderstanding was done
in Lincoln during the Woodmen log
rolling than has been known for years.
Chan. Perdue, postmaster of BelOit, re-
turned home the first day because his
hands troubled him so much from the
effect of pump-hand1ing. Congressman
Reeder and to-be-Congressman
Wellington stuck it out for the two
days. Daughters and Mcfarland, the
home politicians. put in some good
ticks too ]. @. johnson, of Peabody,
the Democratic warhorSe, was Wis
itor, but he was in the hands of his
friends, the local Democracy, including
Abel. McCanles, Logan. and others.
A well known Lincoln county Re-
publican is responsible for the follow
ing: There is no politics in the Sixth
district, Notwithstanding the vast
amount accredited to the district by
some of the state papers. Self-consti-
tuted agents Of the district have put
up candidates and taken them down
again, while the Republicans of the
district have gone on about their bust
ness unconscious of the vast amount
of work being done for them at To-
peka. When Webb McNaH played at
Republican politics he used to go down
to Topeka and fix up things. He made
his monthly pilgrimage to Topeka to
assure the boys that the Sixth district
was solid for Jim and me- to go to the
St. Louis convention. Then later the
Topeka statesmen arranged it that
George Case should be the allotment
for the district on the state ticket. 1t
as did Jim and me- Then
they tried it on Bill Reeder. They
slated him for defeat, but somehow the
was not cut. Now it's Hanna
and Burrow this or nothing. The Re
publicans of the district according to |
take what they want or moth |
ing Can't these slate makers take a
tumble to themselves. They will prob
ably be heard from when the state con-
vention meets. If they don't like the |
slate they will wipe it out. They have |
always had a weakness that way