The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-07-12
POLITICAL GOSSIP
Curtis Sweeps All Before Him
at AtchisOn.
John SeatOn Is RenOminated
For Legislature.
WON In THE COUNTRY.
U. B. Sharpless Gets More Than
Tw0-thirds Delegates.
What the Politicians in Kansas
Are Doing.

The Curtis people had everything
their own way in the primaries in Atch-
ison county yesterday. Captain John
Seaton, the veteran legislator from the
city district defeated the other candi-
dates SO completely that he will have
no opposition in the representative con-
vention. S. r. Stevenson and w. T. r.
Donald are said to have pooled their is
sues against him.
In the country district all the avowed
candidates were Curtis men. so there
was little contest over the senatorship.
U. B. Sharpless won a decisive victory.
securing probably 100 of the 154 dele
gates.
The fight in Atchison county has at
tracted considerable attention. 1t in
volved the political career of Captain
Seaton, who has been a member of the
lower house from Atchison county for
upwards Of two decades. Further than
that it brought about new alignment
of the old Curtis-Bailey elements. ].
M. Chisham, who has always fought
with the Bailey people and was for
Bailey for governor. was for Curtis in
this fight, inasmuch as Curtis has just
reappointed him postmaster And be-
cause ex-Mayor Donald was not ap-
pointed postmaster he turned against
fore been for Curtis.
There is little doubt that Kansas will
have hot political campaign this fall,
notwithstanding the general belief that
fusionists are preparing to take advan-
tage of the differences among the Re-
publicanS and will encourage these diff
ferences as much as possible. In addi-
ton to that they expect to have some
of the biggest Democratic orators in the
nation tour the state at some time dur
ing the campaign. One of the chief of
these will be Tom Johnson, the famous
reform mayor of Cleveland. He has
promised to make six speeches in Kan
sas and three of them are scheduled
for the Sixth district to help c. M. Cole
defeat Congressman Reeder. An effort
will be made to secure W. ]. Bryan for
a number of speeches and also Senator
Bailey of Texas. They will go largely
into the Third and Second districts,
which the opposition to the Republi-
Congressman Curtis went up into
Pottawatomie county yesterday to look
after his senatorial fences. He will
tour the Fourth and Sixth districts, and
then the Fifth, Second and Third.
Atchison Globe: The Republican op-
position to Congressman Charley Cur
tbs has encouraged the Democrats, and
they say they will non mate John At
wood of LeavenwOrth to run for con-
gress against Curtis in this district.
Atwood is a strong man, and the Dem
ocrats figure that they can defeat Cur
tbs with the aid of the diSaffected Re
publicans. 1t would be a great joke
on Curtis if he should not only fail to
become senator but should be defeated
for congress in a district that has never
gone Democratic. But this is what the
opposition to Curtis is up to.
The Wichita Eagle wants to convince
Senator Burton that Kansas does or
does not stand by him by making Gu
ban reciprocity an issue in the nomina-
ton of Republican candidates for the
legislature, and letting the legislature
settle it, The trouble is that Senator
ho called vote
Cuban reciprocity before the legislature
will get chance to meet
Mayor Craddock's dates for the next
two weeks are as follows:
Girard-July Is.
Douglas-July 16
Junction City-July 1S.
Clafin-July %.
Pittsburg-July "a.
The Pieasanton Herald is doing its
| best to boom Congressman Bowersock
| for United States senator. j. e. Lati-
mer, the Heralds editor, is doing a
| good job of it, considering that he has
| been Populist for years and has only
become a Republican within the past
| few months. He was formerly an as
sistant state librarian.
| w. H. Craddock, fusion candidate for
governor will open his campaign at In
dependence tonight. He made the en-
gagement some time ago and was ap-
| proved at the recent meeting of the
| Democratic state central committee
Judge ]. c. Postlethwaite, president of
| the Epworth Chautauqua assembly,
which began yesterday at Beloit, is pre-
pairing for a big time on National
Day. next Friday, July Is. Governor
| Stanley will preside, and there will be
addresses by General John B. Gordon
and Congressman Watson of Indiana.
This will be followed by reception to
| the state and national officers present
| and all candidates present Judge Pos
| tlethwaite says that most of the candi-
I dates on both state tickets have writ
! ten that they would be present Tom
/ McNeal will be master of ceremonies.
There will probably be a good many
! politicians at the Ottawa assembly next
| Wednesday when Congressman Long
will deliver his first speech, outlining
| his views on Cuban reciprocity.
/ 1t is announced that Judge Bland, of
! the district court of Atchison county,
| will resign on January 1, and will give
| his whole time to the McPike Drug
company. in which he is Interested The
] governor will appoint his successor.
The Prohibitionists of Douglas county
| have nominated a county ticket.
REACH A COMPROMISE.