The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-04-19
POLITICAL GOSSIP
Sixth District Muddle Will Be
Settled Next Week.
Congressman Reeder VIII Know
His Fate Wednesday.
ALL OF WHITES VOTES
Believed They viii Go to Reed
er as Second Choice.
Talk Of w. Y. Morgan For
Congressman.

The. center of politics the coming week
will be transferred to the Sixth congress
sional district. The congressional con-
vention Will meet at Norton on Wednes-
day, and all the candidates for state
Offices viii gather there. The chief in
crest viii center in the fight for the
congressional nomination, but there VIII
be great quantities Of state politics float
ing around as we'll
Congressman Reeder came home from
Washington this week and is giving ms
personal attention to his fences He IS
a great handshaker and viii probably pc
able to repair some Of the breaches IN
his ranks which have been made by
White and Wellington, but the latter
two are also making a hnai Struggle
to defeat Reeder for renom1natlon
The BelOit Gazette, which has claimed
to be neutral throughout the contest,
claims that Reeder has a Walk-aWay
and that the stories that there is even
possibility OF defeating him are untrue
But on the other hand it isrepOrted from
many parts of the district chat the CON
test in the convention viii be a close one
The anti -Reeder forces hope 10 organize
the convention, but even if they do II
does not mean that Reeder is defeated,
because White and Wellington viii have
to combine forces in order to nominate
either of them
that Wellington might possibly be apie
to throw his vote to White, because he
has made an especially bitter hight
against Reeder. and the issue with the
Wellington men is largely Reeder ana
anti-Reeder, but with White it is diff
ferent. He has been picking up dele
gates on his own merits and not be-
cause of any opposition to Reeder- The
result is that some of his forces are
for Reeder for second choice and will go
TO Wellington, even if White wants
them to- They will stay with White as
long as there is a prospect Of nofninat-
Ing him. but after that some Of them
viii so to Reeder-
Reeder's managers say that he win be
easily nominated on the first ballot II
he is not there IS every prospect Of
more or less extended deadlock. It viii
last until Wellington throws his forces
TO White, or until Whites forces ger
tired and so either to Wellington or
Heeeder The conservative element IN the
sixth district claims that IN the event
at bFe~ k-llp eqauah of Whites forces
VIII go to Reeder 10 more than noni-
nate him. Tt is claimed that several Of
the Ellis county delegation and a ma
JOrity Of that from Jewell county will
vote for Reeder if White cannot be
nominated.
The representation in the convention
viii ne as follows:
Cheyenne ....... 81 Osborne ........-.-11
Decatur ...-.....- 6 Phillips ....-.....12
Ellis -.........-.. > RaWlinS ......... 3
Ellsworth ..--..-10g Rocks .---...-.-.-
Cove ........-.-. 3 Russell ...........
Graham ..-.-..-- 81 Sheridan ..-..-..
Jewell ........-..17I Sherman ......... ,
Lincoln .s-...... smith u
Logan ........,-. 81 Thomas ..........
mitchell -----...-15i Irego .-.-.-.....-
Norton .10l Wallace --.-..-.s..
Total --------..-.-..- -..--.... 1856
The statesmen viii begin to gather in
Norton BY Monday, and by Tuesday
night the town Will be overhowing. All
the hotel room has been engaged for
weeks, and the citizens have thrown
their houses open to help entertain the
visitors who viii be there. The Norton
people are preparing to entertain the
crowd in splendid manner
Probably the bitterest postofice fight
that has ever been Waged in Kansas
was closed yesterday when Congress-
man Bowersock announced in Wash
ington that he had selected Ut. S. Sartin
Tor postmaster at Kansas City, Kan.
Sartin has been slated for the place by
the politicians for several weeks. but
Congressman BoWersOck has been hesi-
tating about naming him. The APP
po1ntment is about year overdue. Nat
Barnes was a candidate for reappoinI-
ment but the anti-Barnes faction want
ed D. D. Hoag appointed. Bowersock
hesltared Tor several months and final
y left the fight in the hands of his Wy
andotte county manager. Judge HOlr,
lot settlement promising to do what
ever Holt said. Holt concluded to take
the job himself, but this raised such u
storm that both factions united against
him. This frightened Bowersock and he
took the case into his own hands again.
Then Barnes came out as a candidat te
FOR congress against Bowersock becaus.
of the postoffiee row. Then some sort OF
a deal was arranged to give the post
office to Sartiu, who was the former
partner and is the present political
manager of E a Enright George
Barker and c. Il. Ridgeway. both close
friends of Bow Wersock, endorsed Sartin
and this brought him the place. It is
rumored that Elnright will name the
Wyandotte county delegation to the
state convention now that the postoffice
has finally been landed fer Sartin-
Next to the contest for governor. that
for attorney general is about the most
interesting one for a place on the state
ticket 1t was conceded that if Harry
Bone had retired. as was reported,
Judge West would have had the best
OF it, but Mr. Bone is far from retiring,
as was evidenced by the instructions
given him by the LeaVenwOrth county
delegation last week. There is a revolt
in Leavenworth county. however, and
the ten delegates from the soldiers
home claim they Will not be bound by
the instructions as they were passed
after the old soldiers had left the con-
vention. G. c. Coleman the Fifth dis
trlct candidate, is Ignoring Copeland
county. Del Valentine. who is helping
to push Coleman says he is simply
seeking delegates where delegates nat
uraIy grow. This week" says Mr.
Valentine, Coleman has personal no
tees in the Lawrence. Wyandotte and
LeaVenWorth papers. which would also
indicate that he is doing business where
delegates grow thickest In these big
counties he is probably cultivating the
second choice sentiment, SO that when
an accident shall happen to one or more
Of his opponents in the state conven-
tion he viii be the beneficiary. Cole
man Is conducting a dignified canvass
and in spite of the fact that he is most
too much Of a Puritan to be the pro