The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-03-01
POLITICAL GOSSIP
Governor Fight Will Be Bailey
Against Field.
George Cole May Profit by the
Situation.
KEEP LELAND DOWN.
For This Reason Burton Men
Would Go to the Auditor.
Governor Stanley's Senatorial
Boom Being Well Received.

The fight over the Republican guber-
Material nomination is still Bailey ard
anti-Bailey. This is an indication that
the other candidates believe Bailey to be
the strongest single candidate in the
race. They will use their combined in
f1uence to kill him off, politically, and if
successful they will then fight it out
among themselves. In that case the
nominee would very likely be George z.
{ ole.
If. on the other hand. Bailey goes into
the state convention with a big lead
over the other fellows and there seems
to be a probability that he will be nom
mated in time. the extreme Burton fac
ton, which is now hopelessly
divided between Miller, Richter
and Troutman. but Which viii
do anything to keep Cyrus Leland
nomination instead of their enemies.
from winning victory. will fall over it.
self getting into the Cole camp. And
this, too, would make Cole the nominee.
But
Recent developments in the First dis
trict would indicate that Mr. Bailey IS
not so very much in advance of the
otherS-that is, Cole and TrOutman. 1t
may be neck-and-neck race on the
first ballot-provided always that Trout
man carries Shawnee county. If Bailey
cannot bring to help him any reserve
force and there is a possibility that the
other forces may get together, the Bail
ey men will quite likely go to Cole in
order to have the honor of making the
nomination insteda of their enemies
And again Cole would be the nominee.
If Troutman loses in Shawnee it will
cause new alignment all around His
support-and he has lots of it over the
State-will not go to any one man, but
will be scattered.
. Miller, Enright and Richter will have
a considerable number of votes among
pede to one of the high men, If either
of them should desire to do so.
At any rate Cole seems to be on Easy
street Just now. No matter what may
turn up, it is quite likely to be to mis-
advantage. He is not giving out airy
figures but is quietly saving wood-aGi
writinS letters. His strength lies in the
fact that he does not belong to any fac
ton and people who are tired of fac
tions are favorable to him. At the same
lime he is not obnoxious to either of the
extreme factions. He has put a person.
ality into his work as state auditor and
has defended the interests of the state
in a way that is appreciated by the peo-
pie.
Governor Stan1ey's candidacy for Uni
ted States senator seems to be taking
Like Cole, Stanley is peoples" man.
He is getting bouquets like the following
thrown at him this week. This one is
from the Ellsworth Reporter:
THE state of Kansas can make 10
mistake in sending Governor Stanley to
the United States senate; and if the Sc
lection was left to a popular vote of the
people he would unquestionably be their
choice for the exalted Office
The principal trouble with Stanley IS
that he has no machine. Both Curtis
and Long have congressional machines
which are in first-class condition, but
Stanley has none. Most men in his po-
sition would have. with all the patron
age at his command, but not so with
Stanley. His appointments have not
been of the sort to build up a machine
behind him. Some of his appointeeS are
openly supporting other candidates for
congress. There are some like Henry
Allen and Morton Albaugh who are
standing by him, but there are others
who are for somebody else. and Stanley
isn't the man to discipline them. TIE
very absence of machine methods in his
candidacy might be an element of
strength if the United States senator