The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-03-26
WHAT OF FUTURE?
Senatorial Candidates Already
Trimming Their Sails.
Nearly Every District Has One
or More Aspfrants.
BE NARROWED DOWN.
Curtis, Lambert and Stanley
Appear to Be Strongest.
Nearly All Those in the Race
Are Uncertain.
BE NARROWED DOWN.

1t does not take as long in Kansas
to elect a United States senator as it
does in Delaware or Nebraska; that is,
it does not take as long after the legis-
lature meets-it takes a longer cam
paign, for the people OF Kansas begin a
long way ahead in matters of this kind.
The campaign is on; that is. the cam
paign for the election of the senator two
years hence is on. -The people are in
terested in it almost as much as the peo-
pie of Nebraska are interested in their
present campaign. The men who are
after the prize have been before the eye
of the public for years, and they all
mean business. The lineup for the con-
test at present contains eight numbers.
There may be more, for Kansas politics
never bars the door 1t stands this way
now and the men whose names are men
toned stand the best chance according
to the old politicians of the state. The
lineup is: Charles Curtis, Of the First
district; J.. X. Cubbison, J. d. Bower
sock, and c. f. Scott Of the Second dis
trict; I. E. Lambert, of the Fourth dis
trict; W. A. Calderhead, Of the Fifth
district; w. E. Stanley and Q. l. Long,
of the Seventh district These are the
men who have been working and who
have planned for the seat in the United
States senate now occupied by Senator
W. A Harris They are all after it, but
lneY can not all get It. II VIII fall TO one
man, and he IS one of this three. provid-
ing, of course, that the Republicans win:
W. E. Stanley. I. f. Lambert or Charles
Curtis; at least that is the opinion of
one of the best and Oldest, in experience,
of the politicians in the state.
This politician says that these three
men viii be in the fight. He explains
his opinion in this way: In the First
district Charles Curtis Will have the sup
port of the entire district if he accedes
to the demands of Mr.. Bailey, who
wants to be congressman from that dis
trict If he does not do that he will
have the support of but a few counties.
7 mean by that" said the politician
II Mr.. Curtis will agree to get off the
track for congressman, Mr.. Bailey will
give him his support for senator in the
counties which are against Curtis in the
district. OF course. if Mr. Curtis will
not say that he is in the race for sen
atOr. then the same counties will be
against him for congressman: but if he
will say that he is a candidate for SEN
ator and he has evidently authorized his
agents to say that he is then Bailey and
his friends will get the northern counties
of the First district in line for him pro-
district are got in line for Bailey for
congress This will be done.''
1t is the opinion of several politicians
that the fight in the other districts will
stand about as follows:
In the Second district the fight will
be three cOrnered and will result in no
single one OF the candidates. Mr.. Cub
bison is a brilliant speaker, and will have
the support of his county and possibly of
a few other counties in the district but
he can not control the district, and there
is no use in a man getting into the fight
unless he can have the big end of his
district. The other two candidates are
in the same fix as is Mr.. Cubbison they
are bright men, but they can not get the
support of more than two or three coun-
ties. This fight in the district will let
them all out.
The Third district has no candidate.
and is an open field for all the candf-
dates. It will be divided
The Fourth district viii be solid for
Mr. Lambert He is politician of
merit and is a bright and capable man.
the fight for Baker for senator, and it
is said that he landed all right in that
fight. and has no friends to reward or
enemies to remember
The Fifth district already has a SEN
atOr, MI. Burton. and the rest of the
state thinks that is enough for one dis
trict; consequently Mr. Calderhead has
a small chance of making any kind of a
He viii probably draw out and
be satisfied with the seat in congress.
which he can have as long as he wants
it-providing he gives Mr.. Burton the
proper support.
The Sixth district is another open field. |
All the candidates may secure votes in
that district
In the Seventh district peculiar state
of affairs exists. In this district are Gov
ernor Stanley and Congressman Lone. |
For two years Mr.. Stanley has been |
making every effort to get things set so !
that he could be elected to the United /
States senate. He has used his influence
as governor to this end and is using it |
today He has promised his support 10 /
Moron Albaugh for governor and has (
appointed men to Office under him who /
will help when it comes to the fight But /
witt all this he is about the weakest (
man among those mentioned for the Of 1
flee. He has done nothing to make +
strcng friends and has not displayed a 4
fenced and the men who are not p0liti- /
cians are offended He has offended the \
and ne has offended the \
whisky men He seems to have no poll I
cy which any ore has been able to de- /
tect. It is probable that if he was be 4
fore his district today he could not carry +
a single county unless it would be King I
man.
There IS one hope for Stanley and that
IS that Mr Long viii not make the rare
for the seratorship. In that case Re
might get his own dlStr1ct-he could not s
do so under any other circumstances.
M. Long has not said positively that !
he would be a candidate for the senate
He is in much the same box that Mr. /
Curtis is in He can not ask the people
Of his district to give him their support
for the senate and for congress at the
same time-that would be playing hog in /
way the people would not stand b.
sides that he has an ambition to be a
leader in the house To quote his own
words he said that "a man never
amounted TO anything in either house
until he had been there several terms I /
would like to be a leader. and I will be
Il can
There are number Of ambitious meI