The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-12-04
Kansas Senatorial Candidates
Are Apparently Confident.
How the Situation Is Viewed at
Washington.
CAUSES MUCH TALK.
Chief Topic Wherever Kansans
Get Together.
Where the Sunflower Delega-
tiOn May Be Found.


Washington. Dec. AUST now the
Kansas senatorial contest is occupying
the attention and interest of the Kan
sas contingent in Washington. to the
exclusion of almost everything else 1t
is the chief topic of discussion wherever
three or four Kansans are gathered to-
gether. AS each candidate has support
ers here, the predictions as to the out
come of the contest represent every
shade of opinion. There is unanimitv
on but one point-the Kansas Republic
cans of Washington, and particularly
those in the government service here, all
agree that it is a great satisfaction to
know to certainty that Senator Har-
ris' seat in the United States senate IS
to be filled by Republican after the
fourth of March next. 1t will help
them to get promotions. After that
point is reached the views of the Kan
sas Republicans here are at wide vari-
ance.
All of the Kansas congressman who
aspire to Senator Harris seat in the
senate are here. and all express them
selves as satisfied with the situation.
Representative Long says he is conn.,
dent of winning, but so is Representa-
tive Curtis for that matter. Representa-
tive Bowersock vigorously combats the
intimatiOn that he is IN the race for
anybody but Bowersock- He says that
he expects to win and that no ulter1cr
motive is tackled onto his candidacy.
Mr.. Bowersock also has rather unique
views as to what a congressman who is
a candidate for the senate ought to do.
He says that he ought to stay in Wash
ington, as the legislature is fully COM
petent to choose a senator without his
aid. He does not go so far as to say
that he is going to stay here, however,
whether his opponents act upon his ad-
vice or not and he doubtless will be
around somewhere when the legislature
gets ready to choose successor to Sem
ator Harris.
Representative Calderhead is another
congressman who expects to relieve
Senator Harris of his arduous duties af-
ter March 4 Mr.. Calderhead figures
/ that in the nnixup which will accompany
the battle between the leading candi-
dates in the race. he viii slip in and
capture the senatorial prize without
much trouble Thus 1t Is that each Of
the candidates is able to prove that his
own chances are the best, according to
his version.
All of the Kansas congressional dele
cation is in town, and the members are
/ comfortably located for the winter.
Representative Bowersock and family
are at the Hamilton, Representatives
Long and Scott. who are not accom-
panied by their families this winter, are
at the Driscoll, Representative Miller
and wife are at the Normandie. Repre-
sentative Calderhead is at the Congress
sional, Senator Burton and wife are oc-
cupying their apartments in the Ed
wards flats on Fourteenth street. and
Senator Harris is installed in his homa
at Thirteenth and L streets ReDresen-
tative Curtis is staying at the Norman
die.
D. r. Anthony. tr., of Leavenworth.
| is here, a guest af the Normandie. He
is accompanied by his wife. Mr.. An
thony has been making a business trip
throughout the east in the interest OF
his newspa per, the Leavenworth Times.
While chatting with friends in the
lobby of the Normandie hotel the other
evening, Mr.. Anthony met Senator Bev-
eridge. Charlie" said the senator, who
was talking with Representatives Chas.
| Lands, of Indiana, Il want to introduce
1 you to the best friend have in Indiana.
Mr. Anthony" you mean the best
friend you have in Kansas" interposed
| Anthony. No said Beveridge, Il
mean Indiana. 1 haven't a better friend
in Indiana than Mr.. Anthony. Be--
eridge's friendship for Anthony dates
back several years. He made speech
in Leavenworth once, and he had such
a fine meeting that he. had never for
gotten it. The Anthonys made a speA
cial effort to get out a big and enthusi>
astic crowd, and they succeeded Ts.e
next morning the Times printed two or
| three columns about 1t, and launched
the Beveridge vice presidential boom.
This pleased the senator and he has al
ways felt grateful to Anthony for the
courtesy SHOWN 0lll1. L he ldCI Itidl tllG
Times story pleased him so indicates
that the senator has turned the vice
presidential idea over in his mind and
is rather inclined to like it
M. P Helnick of Baldwin, has en-
tered upon his duties private secre-
tary of Representative Bowersock. Mr..
Helmick succeeds Paul Dinsmoor. son
of George Barker, of Lawrence.
Representative Long had a rather ex-
citing experience while en- route to
Washington. He was a passenger on
into an open switch at Carbon, Pa,
Sunday night, colliding head on with
freight train, killing the engineer and
seriously injuring several passengers
Mr. Long was shaken up, but was not
seriously hurt. Mr.. Long was sleeping
at the time the accident occurred, and
the terrific impact of the collision shock
ed him considerably. His head was
|, thrown violently against the head board
of his berth, and he was momentarily
dazed, but aside from stiff neck. he
experienced no ill effects from the acci-
dent The train was running at the
rate of fifty miles an hour.
Representative Scott has introduced a
bill for $4,000 public building at lola.
Mr. Scott feels that lola is big enough
to be accorded this recognition by the
government, and will bend all his ener-
gies toward securing the passage of the
measure
Howell Jones, of Topeka. is here He
was a passenger on the Baltimore &c
Ohio train which was wrecked at Car
bon. Pa, Sunday nightS He escaped IN
jury.
Representative Bowersock comedies
that it is no longer proper to refer to it
as the Speakership contest He says that
sfUncle joe Cannon will win hands
down. Mr. BOwersock is the only men,
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