The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-11-21
CURTIS is ALONE.
Has Not Yet Announced Support
of Pringle.
Congressman Long Drops Into
Line for Usage Man.
is CAUSE OF COMMENT.
Politicians Talk of Nothing but
the Move.
kirkpatrick, the Long Candi-
Kirkpatrick, the Long Candi-
date, Drops Out.

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the report that Governor-eiect Bailey
will use all of his patronage as governor
to force the election of Mr.. Long 5 SEN
ator If Mr.. Bailey had any such inten-
ton this he would doubtless have
Joined with Mr.. Long in favoring the
candidacy of S. S. kirkpatrick, a pro-
nounced Long man who really wanted
to be speaker Instead he Joined With
Governor Stanley in bringing out a man
who is instructed for Congressman. Cur
tbs for senator Cyrus Leland, who is
close to Mr.. Bailey and who visited him
one day this week, says that Pringle's
candidacy is in the interest of a Bailey
organization" of the house and not i'll
the interest of any senatorial candidate
whatever
Governor Stanley talks the same way.
"All L want he said today, is fair
field and no favors- I am not anxious
for the house to be organized for me,
but neither do l want it organized
against me For that reason l was in
favor of an organization which would
not be along senatorial lines and which
would help Baileys administration.
Pringle is that kind of a man. [ do not
ask that the patronage of the new adj
ministratiOn be used in my favor, but
don't want it used in opposition to me.
All 1 want is that every candidate shall
make the race on his own merits
While the friends of Congressman
Long admit that he was not in on the
plan to bring out Pringle for speaker,
he nevertheless seemed pleased over the
news. Until he heard from Kirkpatrick,
however, he would not commit himself
on the speakership proposition. But as
soon as he received word from Kirk
patrick that the latter would not insist
on running for speaker but would be
satisfied to support Pringle, Mr. Long
joined the Pringle boom.
MI Kirkpatrick lives at Fredonia, but
he was at Yates Center yesterday when
the news of the Pringle boom reached
him. and last night he gave out the fol-
lowing statement:
j have not been and am not now a
candidate for speaker, although I appre-
ciate the friendly references to me in
relation to that Office. l favor an or
ganizatiOn of the house that will loyal
ly support the incoming administration,
and as Nj. Pringle is satisfactory to
Governor Bailey I shall support him for
speaker and advise all my friends to do
Some of the old members of the house
were inclined to resent the idea of bring
ing out a new member for speaker
without consulting them, but they did
not get much backing. There were ter
representa- ves-elect around the Cope
land last night. and nine of them de-
clared for Pringle. Among the num-
Der was Brown of Iabette, who has
always been counted for Barker. The
others who declared for Pringle were
Lewis of Crawford Kirkland of Saline
Kinkle oe Reno, Adams of Sedgwick,
Martin of Morton, Dougherty of Har-
Wy 4huSlOC VI fNlIle Aiidll anu dIlS VI
Lyon. Mead of Mitchell refused to com
NIT himself 1t present.
Pringle's candidacy was a great sur
prise to the Curtis forces, and places Mr.
/ Curtis in a peculiar position. 1t is said
1 that the reason for Senator Buttons
! visit to Governor Stanley last Sunday
was to persuade the governor to lay
/ down" in the speakership contest and
take no hand in it. The Curtis man.
ayers figured that if STANLEY allowed hi>
] friends in the legislature to act without
any suggestion from him on the speak
ership matter they could corral enough
of them to easily elect Barker over
! Kirkpatrick, and they supposed they
had Stanley fixed" to do this When
Stanley left Topeka Wednesday after
noon they supposed he had gone to
Kansas City to attend a banquet, and
they were therefore greatly surprised
when he turned up at Seneca after a
| conference with Governor ELECT Bailey
Stanleys friends did not deem the
lay down" policy to be sufficient for
him at present. They urged him to be
/ aggressive and to let the other candl-
! dates play second fiddle to his music.
and that is the course which he Sc
lected.
The position of Mr.. Curtis is peculiar
in that Re can hardly afford to oppose
Pringle who is instructed to him, and
| support Barker, who is for Bowersoc.S
for senator for first choice. Barker ha.-
been recognized as the Curtis candidate
for speaker, and it has been generally
I conceded that he will support Curtis if
/ BCwersock has no show For that rea-
son Mr.. Curtis must either take no hand
/ in the speakership contest or choose be-
tween Pringle who is instructed for him
and will vote for him, and Barker, who
is for him for second choice
j. NJ. Nation. of Erie, representative
elect from Neosho county gave out a
4 statement last night that he will sup
port Pringle for speaker.
c. b Kirkland. epresentative-elect
from Saline county, came to Topeka
yesterday afternoon and called on Gov
ernOr Stanley. With reference to the
senatorship fight he said:
7 have not expressed myself on the
subject, and do not care to at present
II have my personal preference, OF
course, but | intend to act for the best
interests Of all concerned and shall not
let my personal choice stand in the way
of what l think I should do for the besr
interests of my constituents"
w. F. Waggener, son of Bale Wag-
gener, gives it out that one reason why
his father ran for the legislature is that
people said he could net defeat John
could Why Bale Waggener wanted tr
go to the legislature has been more OF
a puzzle to Atchison people than Pigs
in the Clover" ever was.
The Holton Recorder does not give its
choice for senator in the present con-
test further than to say that no candi-
date ought to run for two offices at tbs
t same time. but it is for Bailey for SEN
, ator when Burton's term expires. II
says
The Recorder commended prior to the
state convention that the election of the
right man for governor was of vastly
more importance to the people of the
state than as to who should be United
States senator, and tried to discourage
and discountenance the efforts of Mr.
Curtis and his First district friends t.
make the governorship a mere steppine