The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-07-27
POLITICAL GOSSIP.
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/ commissioners was elected by the ex-
ecutive council a break was made in
the Burton camp by George Clark who
left the reservation.
Since that time there has been an al
most open rupture in the camp Of the
senator's friends. 1t has been noticed
that Clark is getting quite chumTny
with Cyrus Leland and since his fish
ing trip with the pension commissioner
and Others. Clark has announced him
self a candidate for state printer. Up
to that time there were only two an
nouncements for the partnership. Ar
thur Capper of the Mail and Breeze
and Capital and Ed Hoch of the Mar
ion Record. It looks as if Leland was
back of CIark's candidacy as he is
bitter enemy of Capper, which was
manifest in the election of w. z. Nor
gan two years ago. Leland and Capper
came to the parting Of the ways in the
Doodle investigation of 1897 when the
editor of the Mail and Breeze accused
apple Jack" Cyrus of attempting to
bribe him in the interests of the kan
sas City stock yards. There is no
doubt that Clark will make a strong
effort to capture the state printer
ship.
A total eclipse of prominence and a
retirement from the political arena
seems to follow a man term as state
printer. Looking over the field for the
who has had the place has found him
self clear out of everything as soon as
he got out. There is Snow, Hudson and
Parks, of different political faiths. but
no longer heard of in Kansas politics
and in spite of the large emoluments
only one of them has much money left.
Postofice patronage in the Second
district is incubating new congression-
al timber Congressman BoWersocks
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out the pie works the opposite way, IN
less he names the lucky ones soon.
The latest announcement is that
Prof. w. C. Landson, of Bourbon coun-
ty, will be out for the place of con-
gresham from the Second district
Early last spring Landson announced
that he would not be a candidate so
long as the present incumbent was a
candidate for reelection. Since it looks
as though Bowersock is going to throw
down the gauntlet to Burton and rec
ommend applicants for the postmaster
ships regardless of the senator's wish
or whether the applicant supported the
Burton instructed candidates for legis-
lature or not last spring the willy pro-
lessor Of Fort Scott sees a chance to
carry off the plum in the Second. Right
on the heels of the announcement by
some of Landson's friends that he will
be a candidate. comes the announce
ment that Bowersock will recommend
master at Fort Scott, turning down Col.
J. H. Richards candidate Judge Che
ney, with the promise that Richards
can have the filling of some federal po-
sition. 1t is believed the main object
OF the appointment was a. ruse to get
Landson out of the congressional race
If the echoes of dissatisfaction coming
up from the eastern part of the state
is any index to the political conditions
the catfish statesman from Lawrence is
f0 ind for
under him next year.
Well posted politicians from the
western part of the state are free to
acknowledge that a fight is on between
the friends of Associate Justice Green
and Henry Mason Of Garden City.
Judge Green was appointed by Gov
ernor Stanley last January as the Sew |
enth district member of the supreme
court and for a time it looked as If he
would have no opposition. Represen- |
tative Mason is an exceptionally strong |
man and very popular in the short grass !
country and some say he might have |
secured the congressional nomination /
over Chester / Long last year had he |
permitted his name to be used in the |
convention. Long, fearing he might /
stand for the congressional nomination, |
IS said to be using all his strength to |
push along the judicial boom now on |
Tor the Garden City statesman. J. w |
Ready, county attorney of Sumner
county, speaking of the situation, said: /
AS between Green and Mason my
county will be for the latter. That a |
great number of the best workers ir /
the Seventh district have tried to in
duce Mason to stand for the congress
s1onal nomination and as Long and his
friends in order to eliminate Mason
from the congressional race will throw
their influence to him for the judicial
position now held by Judge Green
seems to be a fact This support Join
ed with that of Mason's personal fol-
lowing will make the contest between
him and Green a close one" 1t is I'M
derstood that Green has the support of
Judge s. r. Peters, of Newton, and
assistant Secretary of the Interior
Thomas Ryan, whose influence in the
seventh cannot be broken by Long AMI
the workers. The next convention will
see a pretty fight over the associate
Justiceship in the big Seventh unless
Mason concludes it to be an unhiIl
fight and comes out for Congress.
State Auditor George E. Coles mid
summer boom for governor is doing
very well, thank you, despite the torrid
Judge" Cole. as he is nov called
SINCE ne has been acting so wisely in
the bond cases. has been receiving a
large number of letters from his con-
shtuents and they all urge him to go
a and win, especially to win. A mum
Der of people have called on Cole and
their hearty support Just
1ow place for Dick Sanders of Coles |
auditing force, is being eagerly sought
Tor. Last spring Sanders announced
hat he would be a candidate to sue
iced Cole Then the gubernatoriaI bee
stung Cole a good long sting and as
both are from Crawford county. that
5 both Cole and Sanders, and maybe
he bee. too Sanders had to back wa
er right fast and announce that he
vas out of the race for auditor so as. to
give Cole a smooth road to travel and
lot burden Crawford county with too
many asDirants- Now the talk is to
ave Sanders manage one of the kan