The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-03-17
NOW IT'S WOBBLY Y
Republican GubernatOrial Syn
dicate is Disintegrating.
E. A. Enright Boldly DisavOws
Any Connection.
OTHERS MAY FOLLOW.
Burton Machine Combination is
Not Proving Popular.
Bailey Wins i'm Marshall County
Primary.
OTHERS MAY FOLLOW

| The Burton combination of 1.-The field"
candidates for governor into a syndicate
| for the express purpose of beating Bail
ey is making the alleged syndicate
| trouble, and some of them are with
| drawing from the combination and dis
| avowing any connection with it. E. A.
| Enright is the first to do SO, and 1t
| is said that or two others are pre-
| pairing to follow. Some of them, in fact
! have only consented to the syndicate
idea by keeping silent on the PROPOSE
| ton.
Now it is becoming evident that the
idea of a combination of five candidates
/ and the influence of a United States
! senator simply to beat one candidate, is
obnoxious to the public idea of fair
| play, and it is getting some harsh critic
| ism in unexpected quarters. That is
| what is bringing out dlSaVoWalS from
| the candidates that they are not in on
any combination to beat Bailey, but are
/ working for themselves without refer
| ence to any other candidates.
The syndicate managers have not
| been paying much attention to E.nright,
| because they thought he would not get
much support outside of his home coun-
| ty, Wyandotte, but he is getting some
| outside strength too and he says he
| will have considerable by the time the
| state convention meets. He does not
| want to be considered as simply mega
| tive candidate but says he is making
| the race for himself and not to help out
any combination.
Il want it understood that I am not
a member of any so-called guberna-
torial syndicate said Mr.. Enright, "and
1 wish you would say SO. I have not
gone into any syndicate myself. and no
| one with authority has delivered me.
I have no wet nurse running my cam
paign. 1 am running it myself. 1 am
not pulling chestnuts out of the fire for
some other man. L am pumping for
Enright.
The battle-ground this week will be
the Fifth district The statement made
by the State Journal few days ago
that Senator Burton's influence was less
in his home congressional district than
in any other district in the state has
aroused the Burton machine to siren
uous efforts to prove Burton's influence
/ in the Fifth. 1t has been given out
that if efforts to prevent the Fifth dis
trict counties from instructing for
/ tory for 1.-THE field" and therefore for
Burton An appeal was sent out from
Abilene, Burton's home, a few days ago,
which is supposed to have come from
Burtons managers there, asking the
Fifth district counties not to instruct
for anybody. "Of course Dickinson
county will be for Richter, because it is
in his judicial district, is the tenor of
this appeal, but the rest of the Fifth
district should not instruct for gov
ernor.''
vantage of local conditions in order to
secure a victory along the line of nom
instructions. Three counties have can
dfdates of their own for places on the
state ticket, and these candidates are
also asking that they be given the Fifth
district vote without instructions for
governor. Clay county, especially, which
has c. c.. Coleman as a candidate for
attorney general, is insisting on no in
structions. Mr.. Coleman is a strong
candidate and he will probably get the
united support of the Fifth district, and
the appeals of his friends for no in
structions may have some weight, but if
So the Burton machine will claim it Is
a Burton victory.
Marshall county will lead off in the
Fifth district contest by holding its
county convention tomorrow. It will
have eighteen delegates, the largest in
the district. The primaries We're held
Saturday and there was a contest as to
whether the delegation should be in
structed for Bailey or left uninstructed.
telephone message from Marysville to
the State Journal today stated that
while all of the country precincts had
not been heard from. enough reports
were in to indicate that there is little
doubt but what the delegation will be
instructed for Bailey. Washington will
hold it's convention on Wednesday,
Riley on Thursday and Geary. Saline,
ottawa Republic and most of the other
counties Saturday. Cloud county
elects congressional delegates tomorrow,
but the delegates to the state conven-
ton will not be selected al this time.
Senator j. c. Morrow, of Washington
county, has this to say of the Fifth dis
trict situation:
There is going to be something doing
in the Fifth district this coming week.
All of the counties in the district select
delegates to the state convention but
Cloud. Marshall leads off and my coun-
ty follows. L see that the Abilene fell
lows don't want any counties to instruct
for governor They say they want the
Fifth district to be in shape so that it
can go as unit for governor as it
suggestion. If a majorityNrules and the
unit rule is applied Bailey will have
every vote from the Fifth district. We
are in favor of the unit action. Although
the other fellows have suggested that
it be applied 1 am afraid they will gig
no instructions anywhere unless it is in
Marshall county. The others will not
instruct but the most of them will be
for Bailey just the same He will get
more votes out of the district than all
the other candidats combined. His
friends are perfectly willing to have the
unit rule applied in the district
Charles Lu1ing, Sedgwick county's
candidate for superintendent of inSur-
ance, wants the order of nominating
the call for the Republican state con-
vention. The call places the five places
on the supreme bench and congress
Inan-at-larse ahead of governor Mr.
Isuling wants these six nomina tionS
placed at the tail of the ticket because
that will give him a better chance of
nomination. He proposes to ask that
the order be changed, although he says
1t will probably be a hopeless under
taking
Henry Allen is for Bailey for COVER
nor s.R11f /" he saws ssfha candidates