The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-11-24
HE EXPECTS JUSTICE.
Believes Legislature Will Favor
Him if Evidence is Good.
Reported That Long viii Move
to Hutchinson.

McNan contends that in Linton's own
township not less than 25 votes were
counted for him which should have been
thrown out. In another township he
says Il votes were thrown out that were
cast for him, and 10 of them should have
been counted. In the entire county over
$40 votes were thrown out Mr.. McNall
alleges. that were cast for him, and
about 200 of them should have been
counted.
Mr.. McNan charges that on the Sat
urday prior to election the leading Re
pubHcans of Smith county We're called
together at Smith Center and among
other things they agreed as to the votes
that should be thrown out in the various
townships When asked if he thought a
Republican legislature would be likely to
decide such contest in his favor. ne
reDlied:
Yes. if the evidence would warrant
It."
He also stated that if the house were
close he would expect a finding against
him on purely partisan grounds, but in
view of the fact that the Republicans
have such a large majority he was salts
fed they would decide the matter from
an equitable standpoint.
1t is announced that Congressman
Long will move from Medicine Lodge to
Hutchinson next spring and make the
latter city his home.
p. P. Campbell, congressman-elect
from the Third district denies that he
has entered into any agreement with
Senator Burton with respect to federal
patronage in the Third district as was
reported some time ago Immediately
after he had had a conference with Bur
ton in Kansas City. He also says that
he proposes to keep out of the sena-
torial fight All of the other congress-
men except COngressman-at-L t-Large Scott
ar, in or \ id
and two others have taken sides with
Curtis.
1t will requir0 only forty-eight mem
bers of the hou-e Republican caucus to
name the speaker Chairman Albaugh,
In giving out list of sixty-three who
he alleges will support Pringle. besides
others not heard from. includes fifteen
more than the number required In
other words, fifteen names could be
eliminated from Albaugh's list and
Pringle would still have majority.
P. P. Campbens official plurality was
4.O6S. He carried every county in the
district.
The Lawrence Journal is having an
extremely bad case Of nightmare since
formidable candidate has been sprung
for speaker of the house in opposition to
George J. Barker. 1t is "seein' things a
night'-yellow things with green eyes
and long creepy legs The burden of
Its dream seems to be that Barker has a
divine right to the spea keIship and that
1t is sacrilege for anyone to oppose him.
J. G. Slonecker. one of Mr. Curtis
managers in the senatorial contest, was
in Kansas City yesterday and gave out
the following interview:
The matter of the speakership is still
in abeyance so far as Mr.. Curtis and
his friends are concerned. 1t will not be
decided until tomorrow, or possibly
Tuesday. After the conference with Mr.
Pringle Friday night which I attended,
1t was decided that neither party was
to discuss the matter until something
more definite is decided Mr.. Pringle
has not decided yet whether or not he
will be candidate, and will not make
any announcement CAtil he sees US
again. he wanted to see some of his
friends, l suppose and see whether any
complications would be caused by his
candidacy.
80 far as Mr.. Barker's candidacy is
concerned we know that number of
members of the house who are favor
able to Curtis had expressed a desire
to see Barker elected speaker, and as
he occupied a neutral ground, that is
between the main contestants we had
supposed that he would be satisfactory
to all. The statements of these men
We're the only indications that we had
had until yesterday that Mr.. Barker
would be a candidate. but according to
what was published in the papers yes
terday suppose that it is certain thar
he will be a candidate OF course there
is time enough yet for three or four
more candidates to appear, but I do not
really believe that there will be any
more
Mr.. Slonecker was asked if Mr.. Pringle
would not be acceptable to Mr. Curtis
'.Pringle is instructed for Curtis he
said. and at the convention he said
that he would Loyalty carry out the in
6tructions. But I would rather not dis
cuss his candidacy That was the agree
ment. and we have kept our part
In regard to the senatorial situation
we are making no claims as to the
number of votes Curtis will have, nor
are we claiming that any particular
man is for Curtis. but we do claim that
: we have more votes than anyone else
and that shall continue to have
more to the end"
f. c. Raney. secretary of the Republi-
can state central committee, in com
menting on the recent developments in
the speakorship contest in his paper the
Fort Scott Republican. says:
1T looks as though the men who NOM
mated Mr. Bailey at Wichita had made
up their minds to stand together at
least to the extent of arranging the
house with reference rather to the har-
mOuy and success of Governor Galley s
administration. rather than along the
lines Of a choice for senator. This is for
innate for tie governor and for the
party The sCeaker of the house IS a
very important factor In any admins
tration. The people Cf Kansas have ex-
pressed unbounded confidence in Gov
srnor Bailey and everything should be
90 ordered as to give him the fullest
scope in the exercise of his ability in
shanine his administration. The sena-
forial contest will be over in few