The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-10-27
wv. J. BABB,
III. P. FARRELLY.
"Chairmen. "

Things seem to be coming ReeOerS
way up in the Sixth district. It may be
the Sixth district congressman luck"
which has become almost Droverbial in
that section. or it may be that Mr.
Rooder has a longer political head than
his oppnents, and his friends too. have
given him credit for.
A few days ago it was announced that
the Beloit Call the largest PODulist pa
per in the district. had forsaken c. NJ.
Cole, the fusion nominee, and come out
for Reeder. Now the Hays City Free
Press, the Democratic organ of the IN
ion Pacific country, edited by Harry
F'reese has done the same thing. Ellis
county is the only real sure Democratic
county in the state. and the Free Press
consequently has considerable political
influence. Mr.. Freese says that his ac-
ton is not caused by political reasons
but because of what Reeder has done
for Ellis county, particularly in secur-
ing the setting aside of the old Fort
Hays military reservation for a state
normal school and agricultural expert
ment station. and he thinks it will be
more profitable for his county to keep
Mr.. Reeder in Washington than to send
some one else. He says in part:
THE Sixth district has received prac-
tically nothing from congress for 80
years. For u years congressman tried
to get the Fort Hays abandoned reser-
walton, 1900 acres, worth 5000. 0O0-for
the state for educational purposes. Mr..
Reeder took it in hand, stopped the ap-
praisement and sale of it, and finally
got it through congress, and now west
ern Kansas has a state normal school
and the whole state has the grandest
experiment station in the whole Union.
1--WE believe the whole Sixth district
owes Reeder big debt of gratitude and
can well afford TO give him another
term to show that the district aDpre-
cfates his work Every farmer in west
ern Kansas will be benefited by the ex-
pertinent station. Every parent who
wants his children educated will be ben
Gifted by the State Normal school, and
every voter should hold personal benefit
above party"
Some of Reeder's friends in Ellis coun-
ty are offering to make a trade with
the fusionists in exchange for votes for
Reeder They are offering to vote for
John Schlyer, the Democratic candidate
for representative if the fusionists will
vote for Reeder. They are perfectly
safe in making this offer, because moth
ing could possibly beat Schlyer any
way.
Ellis county is naturally fusion by
vote of two to one, or about 500 ma
jority. Two years ago it gave McKin-
ley 627 votes, Bryan on the Peoples
ticket 1873 votes, and Bryan on the Dem
ocratic ticket 1,070 votes. but it is pre-
dicted that there is a chance for Feeeder
to carry the county this years as a re-
suit of the action of the Free Press.
Another candidate on the Lathrop Pop
ulist ticket is mad about it or at least he
wants it understood that he had nothing
to do with his nomination. It is T. B.
Wolfe. who was named by the Lathrop
Populists for lieutenant governor. He Is
a Decatur county school teacher. and ne
writes the State Journal follows
MY name appears on the Populist state
ticket for lieutenant governor. I want to
say that this was done without my con-
sent"
Up in Graham county the Republicans
are making a fight on G. w. Stober, fusion
candidate for the legislature on the ground
that he belongs to the grain trust. He is
grain dealer at Morland. and the Re
publicans have distributed a handful on
which the following questions are asked:
rs it not a fact that there is now and
has been for number of years past a
srain pool in existence at Morland?
us it not a fact that the purpose of this
pool is to control prices and equalize prof
it's?
rs it not fact that this pool virtually
amounts to a trust?
rs it not a fact Mr. Stober, that you
are now and have been since its organiza-
ton a member of this pool and receive
profit on all grain that is bought By any
member of this pool?''