The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-07-14
Ewing Herbert Advises Repub-
licans to Bolt Bailey.
Retaliate for Not Supporting
Curtis for Senator.
THIS ROUSES ANTHONY
Again Turns His Guns Upon the
Congressman.
Interesting Comment on Sen
ator Burton's Speech.

&. 1t looks as though there is danger Of
the Republicans of the First congress
sional district getting into a glorious
mix-up early in the campaign. Follow
ing the attack of the Anthonys of Leav-
enworth on Congressman Curtis and his
senatorial candidacy, Ewing Herbert,
editor of the Hiawatha World, who is
Mr.. Curtis manager in Brown county,
comes out in his last issue with a dou-
BILE column editorial on the first page OF
his paper, advising the friends of Cur
tis to bolt Bailey for governor in re-
taliation for the fight some of Bailey's
friends are making on Curtis for sem
ator, although they are supporting him
for reelection to the lower house.
Just what will be the outcome of this
action it is impossible to state. 1t is
not probable that Mr.. Curtis will stand
for the action of Mr.. Herbert, at least
not publicly. Bailey's friends, even
those in Doniphan county. supported
Curtis for denomination for congress-
man from the First district and have
been supporting him since, and Mr..
Bailey himself has declared that the
differences between Mr.. Curtis and him
self are at an end so far as he is con-
cerned.
In commenting on Mr. Herbert's edi-
torial the Leavenworth Times says:
THE Brown County World this week
urges Curtis men to bolt Bailey at the
polls. This was surprise coming from
the World, the editor Of which is Cur
tis appointee and also a campaign man
ager for Curtis.
Another appointee, a postmaster. also,
has come to the front with the assertion
that 1t will take the Curtis votes to
elect Bailey and the Curtis men in JEFF
ferson county can give Bailey a thou
sand majority in the county or they can
beat him a thousand, as they see fit
This last is from Henry Roberts, post
master and editor at OsaklooSa.
ITO the man up tree it looks as
though the Curtis fellows had lined up
in an effort to defeat Bailey.
But it will not work. The Republi-
cans of the district are too loyal to the
party for them to be influenced by Cur
tis to the extent of going to the polls
! and voting against Bailey. He may be
able to influence the men he has ap-
pointed to Office but he can not get the
| rank and file of the Republicans to en-
| dorse his te1nahaWk methods for they
are with Bailey
Clay Center Times: If it should turn
out that the man appointed to succeed
Pete Foley in the Parsons poStoffice is
and always has been a Democrat; If 1t
| should turn out that he is and has been
| for some time an employe in Foley's
| print shop; if it should turn out that
| not one person in five in Parsons knows
| him or know of him or ever heard of
| him; all of which is being affirmed with
| considerable vehemence and assurance
| by some pretty good and reliable news
papers Though of course much or all
OF IL may De untrue), Cnen the president
| should call Senator Burton outside the
| city limits some afternoon and lick him
| half to death in about holy minute.
| without discussing FOleyS merits or
| demerits the least little bit it looks as
| though the president had been shame
| fully imposed upon by some one. The
! senator's friends hope and believe he is
| not responsible for it; that he has been
| deceived also.
| 1t is possible that there may be an
| innovation in the coming campaign in
! the use of talking machines in politi-
| cal meetings. OF course, some political
| speakers are little more than talking
| machines, but the maehines which
| Chairman A1baugh conten plates using
| in Republican meetings will be a varia-
| ton of that kind. 1t is proposed to Sc
| cure a big graphophone and have it re-
| produce speeches of W. J. Bryan and
| other Democratic leaders in times past
in which they have made dire predic-
| tions about 25-cent wheat and Scent
| corn in case of Republican success.
| There will also be extracts of other
! speeches by Democratic leaders, pre-
| dieting the establishment of am empire
in case Mckinley was reelected in 1906.
Two years ago Mr.. Albaugh introduced
an innovation in the shape of stereop-
| ticons and also Albert Reid's and Tom
| McNealS chalk talk, but the graph
| phones will be a greater innovation
| than ever.
| People VINO nave Deen Speculdtln& as
to why the Republican candidate for
| governor never took a helpmate to his
| home, may be interested in a story ad
| vanced by writer in the Chicago News.
1t may be true and it may not Prob
ably Mr.. Bailey knows more about it
| than anyone else. This writer says:
| "Old students of the University Of
| Illinois of about a quarter of a century
| of the Websterian sort who was the w.
]. Bailey of that day They recall also
| that he was the victim of co-education
fell head over ears in love with pret-
ty girl from central Illinois town.
They recall that the two were engaged
to be married; that young Bailey rush
ed away from college, gave up his
chances of graduating, went to Kansas.
| built home for his expected bride and
| was nearly ready to come back to claim
| her when he received cards announcing
her marriage to another man That
| was the experience of young Bailey 1t
| was a fearful blow &C him, for there is
| no doubt that he was far gone in the
love habit in that particular direction.
| But he gave up the sex then and there
He is fine fellow but for one am not
surprised that he never gave another
| woman a chance to fool him.
1t looks as though the weather is
| working against Congressman Reeder.
Since the passage of his irrigation bill
there has been too much rain in some
| localities and the farmers don't want TO
hear anything about more water. There
is still time for a dry spell' before cleo
| ton, however
There will be fight between the Bur-
ton and anti-Burton crowds in DickiD-
son county over representa- tive Emil
Grosser. who has been in the legislature
from Dickinson county for two terms,
will run again and will receive the sup
port of the Burton crowd The anti
Burton element will support J. r. Van
Voorst. now register of deeds. Grosser
announced some time ago that he did