The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-11-16
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Gossip From the Capital Con-
corning the Movements
OF KANSAS STATESMEN
Copeland County the Mecca
of Politicians Again.
OF KANSAS STATESMEN


Sixta district Republicans think IL time
TO get into state politics and accomplish
something.
There are , lot Of good fellows in the
Sixth district among the Republican
Statesmen up there. They know politics
perhaps as wei individually as any men
in the state. But collectively, az an or
ganization. they have not had that de-
gree Of success in the past which they
think they should have.
The Sixth has seen with longing eyes
the twenty-odd good places the Seventh
has in state and federal patronage, ana
the eighteen nice plUEs which have been
raked in by the Fifth district organ-za-
ton. The Sixth sees that the Seventh
and Fifth have won because tn1y had su-
perb organizations. and went after things
Into q convention the Seventh. or Fifth,
usually goes, with its mind made up as
to just what it wants-and gets It, With
the splendid organization at his back
member Of congress or senator is en-
abled to get lat federal places. bat
where there is division and turmoil and
hesitation and lack Of concentration, no
matter how goo6 the fellows may be I'M
dividually. the Sixth secs its efforts Of
tentimes barren Of results.
number Of sixth district men we've
in town tnis week They 0ulnEnbered
the representation from the other dis
tricts-even the Seventh They came to
look and observe q few things. inciicn-
tally they dropped the word ia a quiet
way to watch the Sixth two years hence
and see what would be done in the way
of organization. Among the Sixth dis
trict fellows-Nho are now on top In that
district-the following frequented the
Copeland this week:
John @. Royce, postmaster at Phillips
burg and chairman u the Sixth District
Congressional committee; Charles W..
lands of Osborne treasurer Of the con-
gressional committee; Postmaster w c.
Purdue Of Beloit 7. E. Marshall, county
clerk of Ellsworth county; John Thomas
county superintendent and late Repubi-
car nominee for the legislature in Phil
lips county; Isaac Purcell. county attor-
ney of Trego county and late register OF
the Wakeeney land office; Judge Lafe
Thompson and Colonel c. u. Jones OF
Norton, the latter the representative
elect from his county.
These are among The men who now
dominate tho Sixth and who are igur-
Ing on an alright and waterproof or
ganization which shall be a power In the
state like the Seventh and Fifth.
Representatives of another Sixth dis
trict crowd were here this week, also.
They were a triumvirate which has had
a good deal TO say about things I'm the
extreme northwest portion of the district.
but who are out of touch with the lead
ers. They are: Postmaster Robert Nc
Gonigal of Colby: O. Anderson Cf At
wood. late receiver of the land Office az
Colby. and Postmaster Frank Loc5ard of
Norton These men were here TO rib mp
a deal whereby McGonigai should land
in the Colby land Office. This is to be
done in the following manner. Il. w
King Of Lane county. a seventh district
man. and appointee Of Senator Baker, IS
now receiver Of the Wakeeney land Of
fee. Re has been slated 60 so for ovcr g
year II has been generally supposed
that Judge Otis /. 1Athorton former
treasurer of state. was to have the place.
But the scheme now seems TO be to
shove Atherton aside. have ". Il. Ward.
now register of the colby land Office.
transferred TO WakConey. and have Nc
Gonigal take Wards place at the Colby
Office. OF course this SIS Kept Quiet and
nothing to To- generally known unrll after
the senatorial election. as Atherton has
two votes IN his county-Senator Pestana
and Representative HiH-Who have beca
generally counted in the Curtis column
on account Of senator Burton purnosed
favor 10 Athcrton. But the story sol orJ
here this week.
The sixth not only save Reeder
sood majority FOR congress. approximate
ing 1900 but It Elected fourteen members
Of the legislaiura-mo than IT has had
for some years. The Republicans lost in
two counties where they elec d two
years ago. bat gained i'm FIVE. making "a
net zsin OF three Very few or these
members are Instructed. or even pledged.
senatoriany The sixth is larsely play
ing for position in the senatorial race.
The senatorial contest is on harder th2r
ever Tho Copeland is thronced with v's-
ftors frola all parts of tho state i.e-r,-
sentative Long has hsadQuar ters sd toe
Coneland: Governor Stanley Is Che State
house. and Representative C-rts ~ his
Office. downtown. Each has mauy WISE
tors every day. including state scnatcrs
ana members or the house. Each hes his
managers ana assistants, NH working
hard and trying 40 show results. The
general impression nov seems 10 he that
Long has little the hcs, II Ii. w
Stanley next aad Curtis bringing up the
rear. THIS. OF course. IS without includ-
ing Calderhead and BoWc-sock. each of
whom was hcre THIS wtcE. ana each of
whom has Ittis booTn OF his own. ar
Ions has the best organization ot amy ~