The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1902-11-14
IN KANSAS
Republicans Garry State by Big
Majority
= Everrthlnr b So

Take Everything in sight
The vote cast in Kansas November
5Jh was close To 290- coo. The counting
vas YER slow and It was several days
lieTOre tise exact result was known.
Bailey's plurality for governor is close
10 35,9U0- The republicans viii have
the legislature. allowing them to elect
a SUCCESSOR TO Senator W. A Harris,
democrat All seven members sof the
congressional delegation are republi-
cans, a gain Of one.
The house Of representatives is re-
Fublicsi-. go and strong. and except
for the fight made by republicans on
republicans In many counties the total
republican strength would be nearly a
hundred This fight lost the republic
,an legislature candidates in strong
republican districts. In AtchisOn, for
Instance, where the normal republican
majority Is over 800, Waggener. demo-
cTat, is elected to the. house by 200. In
Dickinson and MOTIFS. also republican
strOnghOlds, the democratic legislative
candidate wins. The loss of WolcOtt,
the republican candidate in Leaven-
worth, is another case Of it. The re-
publicans lost Miami county, including
Remington, their legislative candidate,
on account Of the fight made on T T
Kelly, the republican candidate for
treasurer Of state Remington. who
vas one Of the leaders Of the fight
On Kelly lost the county b. about 400
md Kelly loses il by 500 or 600.
The tax bill prepared by the legisla-
tive comm issiOn gave the republicans a
great dea. Of trouble in the cOmpaign.
and in Dickinson and Morris. if not
OJher counties, it caused the defeat OF
the republican legislative candidates
H--
Dickinson county, was a member Of the
commission. and perhaps suffered more
on account of the bill than any other
candidate. nut all over the state the
democrats made il an issue The COM
mission was appointed two year ago,
IGOre for the purpose Of putting on the
demand Tor tax legislation than any
ming else. and since the commission
vas COMPOSED wholly of republicans
ne party had to stand for all unpOpu-
lar features Of the bill Early in the
campaign the republican candidates
started out to shoulder the bill and
claim lit for it, but they soon
dropped Il. and in some counties the
republican candidates for legislature
openly stated that they would not sup
port it
FOm returns received at republican
headquarters. Morton Albaugh, the
state chairman, claims that the re-
publicans have elected between eighty
five and ninety members Of the house
Of representative. They have elected
Leland in DOniphan county, HOllenbeck
in Leavenworth. Peacock and Enright
in WyandOtte. Spear in OJhnsOn, Bar
ker and Stubs in Douglas. Finley and
jerks in Franklin. Francis in Allen,
Campbell and Baird in Bourbon, Lewis
and Fisher in Crawford. SchermerhoTn
in Cherokee. Brown and Van Treba in
Labette, Address and Whistler in
Montgomery. Nation in COffey. Stanley
and Pringle in Usage, Belts. Williams
and Sims in Shawnee. Sarback in Jack
son. Brown in Brown. Hayden in Ne
maha, Mckee and Pralle in Marshall,
Dunn in POttawatamie, EmmOns in
Riley, Schmidt in GeaTy, DOlley in
Waubaunsee. Tucker in Greenwood,
Hawkins in Elk. Adair in Moline, Pol
lock and Skinner in COwley, Adams
and Brandon in Marion. HugOs in Re
public. Peck in Cloud, King in Ottawa,
Kirkland in Saline. Gall in Mcpherson,
Dougherty in Harvey, Adams and Her
sey in Sedgwick, Farris and JeffTies
in Sumner. NustOe in kingman. Hutch
insOn in Pratt. Kinkel and Watkins in
Reno. Godshalke in Rice. O'DOnnell in
Ellsworth. Miller in Lincoln, Meade in
Mitchell. Taylor In Osborne Bennlng-
ton in Jewel. Thomas in Phillips, era
mer in Brooks. Weldon in Clark. Bel
son in l. ord. Sharp in LaTned. Jones
in TregO. Law in Graham. Jones in
Norton. Jones in Grove. lockwood in
Wallace. Friar in Greeley, Starr in
scott. DennisOn in Finney. Robinson
in Hamilton. Einsel in Gray. Haskell
The democrats have elected Wag-
gener in AtchisOn. Ballard and Per
kins in LeavenwOrth. Smith in Sher-
man. Bucklin in IHOmas, GOebel in
Miami. Mclaughlin in Cherokee, Jen-
sen in Lyon. Harris in Dickinson. Nc
Kee in Clay. Bowman in Morris. Rock
efeIier in Russell, Chandler in KiOwa,
McNaH in Smith, Chandler. Some Of
the counties are not included in the
above. but the result viii not be ma
teriaIly changed