The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-02-08

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The Neodesha Register is putting up
| fight on Judge A. H. Skidmore. one of
| the numerous candidates for congress
4 in the Third district. 1t tells this story
on Skidmore: when the senatorial
| fight was on between Burton and Baker,
| Skidmore wanted to get into the race
| but could get no foothold. When, how
| ever, Baker dropped out, Skidmore saw
| his chance He hustled around, got a
| stack of letters from leading Populists
| and Democrats from Cherokee, Labette
| and Montgomery counties and took
them to Topeka expecting to get all the
| PopuliStS and Democratic members of
| the legislature together with the Baker
| Republicans, and elect himself senator.
| When he got to Topeka he found all the
| Republicans lined up for Burton and
| he did not show his hand. 1t made no
| difference to him how he got to the SEN
| ate just so he got there. This will be
| hard to explain in a Republican con-
gressional convention. Even men who
| were opposed to Burton and who are
| still opposed to him will not endorse
| that kind of politics. This year when we
| are sure to elect they will want Re
publican whose loyalty has never been
| questioned; a man who has not been
/ afraid to contribute his time and money
| for the good of Republicanism."
Ex-senator Henry Young, of indie
| pendence, says that he would be willing
| to go into any old party TO help elect
Tom johnson, OF Ohio, president
1t has been the general supposition
| that ii r. B. WEIGH gets into the Repub-
| lican state convention in his race for
associate justice his fight there would
be against Henry Mason, of Finney
county But this is not so certain.
There is a possibility, and strong one
/ too. that one or more of the old judges
| may fail to receive denomination.
| There is a rumor going around that the
resubmissionists are quietly working to
| defeat one more of the judges who
| are supposed to have prohibition lean
| ings. Judge Cunningham is the one on
| whom their wrath is supposed to center,
and if so. there may be an effort to NOM
! mate WEIGH in his place. Another story
| is that there will be an effort made to
take Judge Ellis scalp in the state con-
vention. although the exact reasons are
not specified.
In this connection an interesting ques-
ton comes up. Some of the judges will
be elected for long terms. others for
only parts of terms. 1t will be neces-
which justices shall be nominated for
the full terms of six years and which for
the partial terms. 1t is possible that a
jangle may arise over that problem.
The Oberlin Eye announces authorita-
lively that Decatur county is for Reed
er. 1t does not say that Reeder is its
personal choice, but we know a stone
wall when we see it, the editor adds.
Judge Peters, editor of the Newton
Republican-Kansan announces that
Harvey county will be for the renonina-
ton of Judge A. L. Greene as associate
justice and will not mix in other fights
Charley Finch, editor of the Lawrence
Journal, is warm personal friend and
admirer of Charley Scott, congressman
at-large, but he tells few plain truths
about congressman in general in his
comments on Scott's maiden speech in
congress. Finch says: There was
big debate on in congress yesterday.an
Congressman Scott made his maiden
speech Now you think that was great
event, don't you? You would give all the
rest of your life, wouldn't you? just for
the privilege of standing up once as
member Of congress and making
speech. Well, all the glory there is in it
you could stick in the corner of your
left eye and never know there was any
thing in it. Scott spoke for an hour and
made a good speech, he always says
something when he talks, but nobody
paid the least bit of attention to him.
and the chances are that there were not
dozen members who took the trouble
even to listen to him five minutes. And
when 1t was all over, the watchful and
truthful men who send out every item
of news that Is of the least Importance,
gave to the country this version of the
maiden speech of the new congressman
from Kansas: The debate continued in
desultory fashion without incident, the
speakers being KlutZ of North Carolina,
lever hear of him?) McCleary and Eddy
of Minnesota. Allen of Kentucky, Scott
Of Kansas, Moon of Tennessee and Bou-
tell of illinois, That was all; not a word
as to the brilliant Commute effort of the
man from Kansas; not a word that
would indicate that anybody cared
whether Scott talked, or wasn't there at
all, and we must take it for granted
that the vote on the measure will be
Just the same as though no speech had
been made. The only time a congress
man is more important than a dog
catcher is when he has just been nomi-
mated and the fellows looking for jobs
are trying to get next to him."
The boom of Superintendent Dayhoff.
of Hutchinson, for state superintendent,
seems to be doing business in the short
grass country, but up to this time it
has not become active anywhere else.
There is a whole lot of philosophy
and truth in a recent discussion of Bent
MurdOck'S candidacy for congress by
himself. Apropos the claims of some
of his enemies at home that he will not
get the delegation from his home coun-
ty he says: well, suppose we don't
carry a ward in Ell Dorado, or a town
ship in the county? What of it? And,
by the way, what's the use of getting
excited about IT Spring will come
again just the same; the birds will sing,
the flowers bloom, and the fishes will
whether we don't; while the Daily Ev-
ening Republican will continue to say
nice, kind and beautiful things about
you and your wives-about your chill
dren and your OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES the
same without malice, without resent
ment and with no desire, inclination or
wish to punish anybody at any future
time. We don't have to go to congress
don't have to go anywhere-but the
graveyard-and when it comes our time
to 60 if we can have the assurance that
the world-the little circumScribed
world in which we have ratified around
lis better-a little better-a very little
bit better-that we have lived, we will
peacefully shuck out and say nothing
about it. In the meantime, there is no |
law against us continuing to run this |