The Topeka state journal., 1902-08-20

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were boiling ingalls, paced up and
down his room. Tapping his coat tails
and pouring out invectives upon his en-
emies. The Kansas City Times, Wn1ch
was waging a bitter fight against In
gals, the next morning contained the
following editorial:
THE nomination of Hon. Albert n
Horton by the anti-Ingalls caucus, ac
conpanied by the written pledge OF
eighty-seven members. settles the ques-
ton of the Kansas senatorial contest
on the next ballot. The intelligence
will be hailed with unbOunded grat1f1-
cation throughout Kansas chiefly as in
suring the defeat of John J. ingalls,,
while securing in his stead an able, en-
ergetic and honest Republican, who VIII
be in the United States Senate what
he has been in the various positions ne
has occupied heretofore. clear-headed.
strong minded, incorruptible man.
whose selection for the present exalted
trust is uninf1uenced by any considera-
ton but that of the honor and interests
of the commonwealth. 1t is for such
reasons as these that the Times most
heartily commends his nomination and
urges the Democratic members of the
legislature to give him solid vote.
The ingalls, men worked all night but
they were powerless and became hope
less as the night progressed. Up IN the
then Representative hall were 86 men
pledged to vote against Ingalls,, and
Ingalls, man could get at one of them
Cyrus Leland was fighting ingalls,
and supporting Judge Horton. It is re-
ported that in the early hours of the
tawatomie county ingalls, principal
manager, and Merritt invited him to
the bar in the basement Of the Tefft
House, now occupied by Sheard's barber
shop, and have a drink.
Cant do it, said Leland. Il can't
drink to VOur man."
Come on and I'll propose toast we
can both drink" urged Merritt.
Leland consented and Merritt propos-
ed this toast:
Here's to the son-of-a-gun from
Atchison, and they both wear Specs"
The toast was drunk and then each
went back to work for his candidate.
About daylight nature asserted herself
on the Sc members locked in caucus
and they became hungry. This saved
the day for ingalls,. The Horton men,
bers agreed to go out and get break
fast and then return. While they were
out three members were seen When
the vote was taken at noon ingalls, re-
ceived SO votes. Horton so, and there
were three scattering. Ingalls, was
elected.
ingalls, was charged with having
bought his seat and the anti-Inga1ls
Guthrie. Horton and others, formed an
organization to secure evidence and
push an investigation against him in
Washington. Funds were necessary to
employ attorneys, and at one time Guth-
rie made a remittance to Washington
accompanied by a letter stating that
part of the money was his own contri-
button and part was Judge Horizons.
The letter fell into ingalls, hands-it
was charged that his detectives stole
it-and when he returned to Atchison
after he had finally been seated he pro-
duced the letter and delivered mis- fam
Gus philippe against his enemies and
against Guthrie and Judge Horton in
particular.
During recent years Judge Horton
has been credited with having one of
the most lucrative law practices in the
state, but his friends say that it has
been greatly everestimated. 1t is true
that he won a number of verv import
ant cases, chief among which was the
Kansas City tystockyards case in the Uni
reported to have received a fee of $780,,
900 for this victory. but the report is
probably an error.
The last case which he argued was the
Martindale case in the Shawnee county
district court some time ago. He was
very weak at the time and had to be ta-
ken to and from the court room in a
carriage.
1t is not generally known that Judge
Horton was entitled to be known as
Doctor" He was given the degree of
Doctor of Laws in 1889 by the Univer-
sitv of Michigan.
He frequently presided over political
conventions. In 1896 he was tempor-
ary chairman of the Republican state
convention which met at Wichita March
10 to elect delegates to the national Re-
publican convention at ST. Louis. This
was the first convention which declared
for Mckinley. The last convention over
which he presided was the First district
1pe,< ;.i.
renominated Congressman Curtis.
The town of Horton was named for
Judge Horton by the Rock Island peo-
pie when that road was built. Judge
Horton was chief justice at the time.
Cyrus Leland never forgave Judge
Horton for his part in the "Hor-
ton agreement" Judge Horton wrote
the agreement. and it was signed by
himself, D. w. Mulvane and A. K.
Rodgers, representing Congressman
Curtis, and agreed that if w. ]. Bailey
would allow Curtis to be nominated for
congress that year. 1898. Curtis would
step out Of Bailey's way in 1900. Bailey
agreed to it and retired to private life,
but when 1900 came Mr.. Curtis repudi-
ated the agreement, claiming that those
signing it had no authority to do SO for
him. A bitter feht ensued which re-
suited in Curtis victory
Judge Horton was at one time an edf-
| tor In 1861 John A. Martin, editor and
| proprietor of the Atchison Champion
| became colonel of tht Eighth Kansas
| and wsSen he went to war he left his
paper partly under Horizons control.
who was then district judge. In 1863
Horton and Ingalls, together leased the
paper and ran it until Martin returned
| in 1866. Years later the two became
| bitter enemies.
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| Chicago. Aug. 20.-Grand Duke Boris