The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-12-27
.HERE'SA new ONE
RumOr That Curtis May Go to
BOWers0ck.
Washington Thinks That He
Has a Chance.
is NOT AT ALL IDLE.
Conducting a Vigorous Cam
paign by Correspondence.
Believes He Will Have IL or 10
Votes to Start.

Washington, Dec. 27.-ThoSe who have
been watching the Kansas senatorial
contest here in Washington are inclined
to the belief that Representative Bower
sock is going to cut considerable more
Of figure in the fight than was ant1ci-
Dated- Hitherto it has been generally
conceded that of all the candidates who
have announced themselves for the SEN
ate, Representative Bowersock's chances
were the poorest, but now these esti-
mates are being revised, and the Second
district congressman prospects are be-
lieved to be better than those OF some of
the candidates whose stock has been
quoted far in advance of his own.
There are a number of reasons for this
change of opinion. In the first place, It
is well known that despite the fact that
Mr.. Bowersock is seriously handicapped
by his absence from Kansas at this
critical stage Of the proceedings, he is
conducting vigorous campaign by cor
reSpOndenee. and is leaving no stone I'M
turned in his effort to line up members
of the legislature who are favorable to
his candidacy. 1t is believed that he will
go into the senatorial caucus with no
less than twelve or fifteen votes,
whereas it has been figured all along
that he would have no more than half
that number Mr.. BOWerSOck announced
long ago that he believed that con-
gresham who is a candidate for the
senate ought to stay in Washington and
discharge the duties of the office to
which he has been elected. rather than
neglect those duties in a wild scramble
for another Office. Acting upon this
conviction, Mr.. Bowersock has stayed at
the capital. While all the other candi
dates have gone home, and this has
made him some friends But that he is
not neglecting his senatorial candidacy
Is apparent. when the number of votes
in the Bowersock column is taken into
account.
OF course Mr.. Bowersock is not Wis
ionary enough to suppose that he is
rrr,fr -T--
but he believes that in the event of a
deadlock in the legislature. he is the
logical man upon whom all the various
factions can best unite. With this con-
tingency in mind, he has remained neu-
trail, so far as the other candidates are
concerned, and has stoutly maintained
that he was for himself first. last and
all the time OF course he is for Bar
ker for speaker of the house, but this is
the most natural thing in the world
seeing that Barker is his close friend
his fellow townsman and favorable to
his candidacy for the senate. Mr.. Bow
erSock has tried to be friendly with al
the candidates. and has succeeded fair
| ~ well. SO it would seem that he has
some ground for the belief that in the
event of a deadlock his chances are very
much better than the prospects of any
possible dark horse.
Another thing in Mr.. Bowersock's IA
VOr is the fact that in the event of &
deadlock he will Draw to himself The
strength of the Burton-Curtis forces
For the Burton-Curtis forces to unite
with either the Long or the Stanley
! forces is of course out of the ques
/ ton, if either Burton or Curtis is con
suited, ard for them to unite in an eff
fort to elect Representative Calderheat
/ is equally improbable. For if CalderheaG
+ is elected Burton will most certainly b.
retired at the end of his present term
as both 2re from the same congression
al district. Burton realizes this, anC
will bend all of his energies to defea
/ Calderhead. lust as he now is bending
all of his energies to elect Curtis. H
has hurried home from Washington
with that purpose in view, and vii
bring all the power and influence o
his office to bear in order to accomplish
this result. Under no circumstance
would he consent to the election o
| Calderhead TO the senate.
AS an evidence of the friendly feelin;
/ which exists between the Burton-Curt
people and Mr.. Rowersocl1. it is under
stood that when Mr.. Curtis returne
from Topeka recently. one of the prin
cipal objects of his visit was to confe
with Representative Bowersock J con
corning the senatorial situation. o
course If is not known what took Dlac
at this conference. but it is believes
that some satisfactory understanding
1 was reached.