The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-05-26

quarters at the Carey, and the Carey
lobby is swarning with candidates and
their managers.
The Carey is full already, although the
convention is two days off. and the
others are rapidly filling. The prlncI-
pal interest today is centering in the
fight for the temporary organization.
The syndicate has been revived and is
making a desperate effort to land Ed
Greer OF Winfield as temporary chair
man The syndicate realizes that If
George z. Cole. the Bailey candidate
for chairman, is elected, Bailey will be
nominated in spite of all combinations
that can be made against him, and for
that reason the craftsmanship fight is a
bitter one.
1t has developed that Greer's own
county, Cowley. will be divided on the
organization and Cole viii probably get
as much of 1t as Greer, 91a votes Judge
Pollock, COWley cOunty's candidate for
associate justice. to whom a renOmina-
ton Is conceded. it is claimed will in
slst on equal decision of his home dele
cation between the two crowds who are
struggling to control the organization.
Pollock is not here yet but will be in
tonight On the other hand Cole may
not nave his county, Crawford solid for
him. o. w. Schaeffer, of Girard is talk
ing OF supporting the syndicate candi-
date, because he wants to please Sena-
tor Burton Schaeffer is the man who
sprung boom for Burton for vice pres
ident in 1904 at the Kansas day banquet
and ne Is springing the same thing here.
He wants federal appointment
me congressional candidates in the
Ihlrd district are terror stricken for fear
they may make a false move in the chair
manshlp fight. They all want Cowley
county $ congressional delegation, and
they are afraid If they oppose Greer they
viii lose his friends. If the oppose Cole
they are afraid they viii lose in other
counties where both Bailey and Cole are
extremely popular. Cole had a congress
sional candidate ia his coIln+v ana tb.s
nl Ia hat 11fr rnr41T IA A.
man. The candidates for other state Of
1lces are keeping out of the chairmamship
tight as much as possible. They propose
% let the Bailey people and the syndicate
There is. revival of the rumor today
mat Harry kIchter may be renominated
Lor Heutenant-gOvernOr, but nobody is
1athering the rumor. w. ]. Bailey is very
sanguine concerning his prospects for the
gubernatorial nomination
81. Ir we capture iiI the temporary organiza-
rest win go through with q rush I viii
pe nominated anyway, but it may not
come with 50 great a rush if the other
Fellows win the organization, but they
won't win it,
coles friends claim he will have close TO
takes 516 to elect.
Cole viii get a good majority of the
Third district delegates said Bailey
man this morning. He will even get half
of Greer's own county"
Congressman Long arrived Yesterday and
held a levee IN his headquarters at the
Carey. hotel all this morning. Every Sew
enth district man who comes in and a good
many from other parts Of the state want
to see Long.
Everything points to the state con
vention being one of more than usual
interest. There are enough candidates
to make the contest for places on the
ticket exciting.
The speculation about the governor
ship continues Apparently the only
question now is whether Bailey will be
nominated on the first ballot 1t is the
purpose Of what might be called the
field to prevent this The other candi-
dates feel that If Bailey's nomination