The Topeka state journal., 1902-07-16
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sharpless was nominated for represen-
tative from the country district, also by
acclama ton.
There is a precinct in Atchison coun-
ty known as Harmony Garden. The
only contest in the convention came
from this precinct. The row occurred
over whether or not the employees ol
the state soldiers orphans home nave
a right to participate in the Atchison
primaries. A motion was made to seat
both contesting delegations and give
each delegate half a vote. Superln-
tendent Hills, of the home, agreed to
this, but W. w. Guthrie, who was on
the other delegat tion objected. The mo
ton carried and General Guthrie lett
the convention, saying that ne mad nveo
there 35 years and had always cast
whole vote, and he wasn't going to
commence voting only half a vote now.
Senator Burton made the principal
address at the Missouri Republican
state Judicial convention at Joplin yes
terday. From the press reports 1t
would seem that his speech In many
respects was like the one which ne
made in Topeka last week. He insist
ed that there are no differences between
the senate and President Roosevelt and
that the Cuban reciprocity bill was in
the interest of the sugar trust.
The fusionists of the Fourth congress
siona1 district will name their candidate
for congress at Burlington on Tuesday,
July 29. Both the Populist and Demo-
cratic conventions will meet there, and
1t Is probable that close fusion will be
effected. 1t seems quite likely that Z.
H. Gresham, of Cottonwood Falls, will
be again given the nomination.
Congressman Long will speak at the
Pittsburg soldiers and sailors reunion
on July %; at the Cloverdale reunion
July %, and at the Woodman log
rolling at WeStmOreland on July 25,
The Democrats and Populists are get
ting their rooms in the Metropolitan
building ready for the opening Of their
headquarters. Secretary Charles Nc
Crum of the Democratic state commit
tee, has Joined Secretary Curran, of the
PopuliSt state committee here, but there
will be little active work done for some
time.
The Woodmen are figuring on having
a big time at their log-rolling at West
moreland on July 25. They will have
two opposition candidates for United
States senator there. Curtis and Long.
They will have opposition leaders in
their own ranks, who are also opposi-
tion leaders in Kansas Democracy, J. G.
johnson and E. E. Murphy. Johnson is
now head consul of the Woodmen and
Murphy wants to supplant him. John-
son is also Democratic national COM
mitteeman from Kansas and vice chair
man of the Democratic national COM
mittee. Murphy expects to GUST him
from this job also and openly declared
that purpose at the Democratic state
convention at Wichita. He expects to
land John H. Atwood as national com
mitteeman. For these reasons there
will probably be considerable interest
in the Westmoreland log rolling.
A S. McAllister. of Herington, the
railroad engineer Candidate for COVER
nor on the Socialist ticket announces
that he expects to make a state canvass
before election. The Socialists believe
they will land good number of the
dissatisfied Populists who do not like
either the Democratic or Republican
parties.
Emporia Gazette: A representative of
the Gazette was in Topeka this week
reporting a law suit. While in Topeka
he heard from an absolutely incontro-
vertible source that President Roose-
yelt did not refuse to shake hands with
Senator Burton as reported in the Mil
waukee Journal and reprinted during
the editors absence in this paper.
What's the use of misrepresenting a
fellow? The Gazette never said or in
t1mated that L. E. Wallace. Congress
man Scott's private secretary, sent out
the story that the president refused to
shake hands with Burton. What the
Gazette said is that Wallace sent out
the story Ito the Topeka State Journal
that the president is done with Burton,
the story that the president had refused
to make up, and the story that the al
legged reconciliation was written up by
Burton himself based on pure fiction
and handed to the reporters.
Douglas Tribune: Senator Burton has
lost out with the president and with his
Kansas constituents in his stand
against reciprocity with Cuba. He might
just as well charge the whole thing off
his books. 1t need not break him po-
litical1y, but he has lost that much and
all of it, Kansas learned her ideas of
reciprocity from Blaine. Kansas wants
pork. Nor does she object little bit
to the cheapening of sugar. Burton's
friends will not repudiate the senator
for having taken the wrong side of the
question They will not forget the many
times he has been right. They will not
forget his eloquence nor his statesman
ship, but he has surely lost one point,
and he is wasting time in trying to
save even a dividend from the losing
investment.
Warden E. B. Jewett, who has been i'll
for the past two weeks with threatened
pneumonia, has been taken to his home in
Wichita, and if he does not recover soon
he will be taken to New Mexico. He has
lost 20 pounds in two weeks.
The fusionsts of Jewell county did a
very peculiar thing yesterday They nom-
mated a young woman for coroner. She
is DIR. Dorothy Allen, and is a practicing