The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-12-23
Sixth District Representatives
to Form an Alliance.
Meet in Topeka "Just to Get
Acquainted"
NEARLY ALL ARE HERE
Eleven Out of IA Members At
tend the Meeting.
Others Besides Legislators Are
Also on the Ground.

The first legislative caucus of the
session of 1903 was held this afternoon in
the parlors of the National hotel 1t
was a conference of the Sixth district
Republican members of the house.
The conference was called by A. G.
Mead. of Mitchell county, for the pur-
pose of getting acquainted"
During the last session. said Mr..
Mead today Law of Graham was here,
and while both ne and 1 were from the
Sixth district we did not get acquainted
during the whole session. That's just
an instance of what we want to avoid
this year. 1 want to get acquainted with
the rest of the Sixth district Republican
men1be and as we would come down
here at one time or another any way,
I thought we might as well all come at
THE same time and all get acquainted
| before the legislature meets. We cals
talk over legislative matters. and If we
want to agree upon some policy for the
good of the district we can do SO. We
have fourteen Republican members III
the Sixth district. and eleven of them
are here. And further deDonent say
eth nos"
The Sixth district Republican mem
bers who are here are G. E. Woodhouse
/
sell; A. Z. Kramer, of Rocks; L. NJ
Linton, of Smith; DR.. Henry O'Donneh.
of Ellsworth; Alvin Law. of Graham; A.
G. Mead, of Mitchell: Col. C. D. Jones.
of Norton: DR.. A. B. Jones. Of Trego;
John F. Jones. of Cove, and F. w. Bev-
ingtons of Jewell. The three absent
members are w. B. Lockwood, of Chey-
/ enne:tJ- B. Taylor of Osborne, and
Wits Johnson, of Sheridan.
/ These are not all Of the Sixth district
politicians here today. however There
/ were lot of others to help along.
\ Charles Hall. of Russell who is com
Deting with T. S. Slower for the chief
lsclerkshiD OF the house, is on hand, and
SO is Dan Dyer, of Smith who wants to
be sergeant-at-arms. The Sixth dis
trlet has two candidates for the latter
office The other is J. H. Mcfarland. OF
Lincoln, but he was not here this morn
ing.
J. R. Burrow of Smith Center, secre-
tary of state-elect, is here, and so is
John Q. Royce of Phillipsburg, Senator
Harry Pestana of RUSSELL B. R Hurl-
burt, county attorney of Wallace coun-
! y, and Harvey Penny of Ellis county.
John Dawson Of Hill City and D. W.
Little of Wallace county, both of whom
hold jobs in the state house, have also
been circulating with the Sixth district
crowd.
Il don't think there will be any in
cllnation to touch the senatorial or
speakership questions by the confer
ence, said f. w. Bevington shortly be-
fore the conference met. I'VE simply
want to get acquainted with one an
other and talk over the best interests
OF our part of the state. Then If We
want to hold a caucus on some matter
| when the legislature meets it won't take
long TO get together and find out what
we want, and if it seems desirable to
act as a unit we can do so. If we dab
bled with the senatorial and speakershfp
contests 1t might engender bitterness
ard spoil the purpose of the conferences
right in the start, so 1 think there win
| be no attempt to line up the district
! Solidly one way or another"
How about the minor offices?" Mr..
| BeVington was asked.
i well, we may talk those over OF
course we want recognition, and if we
/ should have two candidates for SER
geant-at-arms there would be no chance
for either, so the conference NAV tallS
shall get the support of the district
Then L suppose the other man would
withdraw
THE conference will be mainly for
the purpose of outlining a policy for the
| good of the Sixth district without trying
to mix in the big fights that are on, =
said John Dawson. Dawson isn't a
member of the legislature but he is a
politician by instinct and keeps tab on
| what is going on. For instance the
| Sixth district will want the HAYS Citv
normal school built up, and l presume
the members will get together on that
proposition. The main object is to get
acquainted and to form a sort of or
! ganization that can be gotten together
on matter of general interest to our part
of the state"
Both candidates for speaker are here
! today j. T. Pringle came up from Bur-
lingame last night, accompanied by Mrs
| PringIe, and George j. Barker came up
| from Lawrence. Both are shaking hands
with the members. Barker is the older
politician and understands the art bet
Other members of the legislature who
are here today are P. J. Gala of Nc
Pherson county, John L. King of Ottawa,
| Senator Fulton of Washington L. v
Mckee of Marshall, Senator Branine of
Harvey. S. D. Pollock of CowIey Sher-
man Williams of Stanton, Senator F
Dumont Smith of Edwards, w R. Stubbs
of Douglas, W. S. Speer of johnson,
4 Senator c. F. Hurrell of Jackson, and
j. VI. Nation of Neosho. Other politicians
candidate for chief clerk of the house;
J. l. Brady. editor of the Lawrence
World: w H. Sproul. who was a candi-
date for the Republican nomination for
I congress in the Third district last spring:
NJ L. Hare. OF Glaseo, who wants to be
4 appointed on the state board of charities
E. W. Hoch. candidate for state printer;
/ c. A. Kimball of the Courtland Register;
besides the usual senatorial managers
who are on hand to talk to the incoming
members of the legislature.
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