The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-11-27
SIXTH DISTRICT NOTES.

T. w. Simmons of Norton county, one of
the model young attorneys of the Sixth
second assistant attorney in the office Of
Attorney General Coleman.
The Oberlin Times sincerely hopes the
rumor that the. Sixth district fellows have
got together. is true and that all the
common herd may now be able to sneeke
when their leaders take snuff "
In the race for sergeant-at-ar5ns of the
lower house of the legislature. Dan Dyer
wants to be put down as belonging to no
who want office.
Russell J. Harrison of Smith county
wants to be the Democratic member of
the railroad board. He claims to be the
only real Simon pure Democrat in Smith
county This no doubt will ne a hitter
dose for the Democrats of that county 10
A Democratic organ will be started IN
Fhlillpsburg at once by w. B. Gaumer and
Republican organs there Let's see: Didn'
Phillips county elect the Democratic ticket
Must be the new organ is after the county
printing.
The Beloit Gazette is a supporter of
Stanley for United States senator, but It
says that Congressman Reeder has S good
right to get into the race as has Bower
sock or Calderhead. It says: "Reeder
year. taking the conditions into consider
alton, and has the people of the Sixth dis
trict sOlidly with him.
Two of the political editor scrappers of
Oberlin are at it with pitchforks. The
Times editor is after the Eye editor and
sticks him as follows: Crazy, slanderous,
villfying writings of that cross-eyed. beet
le-nutted, gum-chewing, beno-drinlxing
(whatever that isl, malcOntent, insurgent-'
J. H Mcfarland of Lincoln county IS
after sergeant-at-arms of the Kansas
house of representa- tives. So far this makes
two candidates from the Sixth district. He
and his friends are in the race to win;
nor will he be shelved with a second place.
The report of patching up. politics in
fhe sixth district brings out the Ioliowing
Reeder is model man. He not cnly praya
for those who despitefully use him, but he
lets them put in their thumbs and pun
out fat plums.''
Col. L. G. Parker, in his fearless Oberlin
Times, doesn't like the reported deal of
Sixth district fellows who go to Topeka in
the full of every moon and return home
and say the thing is fixed: The Times
says: TT is reported that Congressman
Reeder has surrendered to his enemies FOR
their promised support in 1904. Well, there
are times when such a course might be
honorable providing the friends of the con-
gresham agreed to the conditions, but il
they did not, then what2 Time will tell.
iss5snss isoa.s '"7"ssS may '''Ne p'''S 'sA''s :
And so it is said the Sixth district
fellows who went tc Topeka Il short time
give Cy Anderson. the great big political
bel1wether of the Sixth district. few nub-
bins, that is, allowing him to control the
minor postoffices in Rawlns county.
One of the prominent Republicans of the
Sixth district. and who has all along been
while Reeder is rewardtng mis- enemies
for the purpose of securing the nomination
for a fourth term two years from now,
many of his friends who did not desert him
in the time of need are doing a lot OF
thinking and it is not improbable that a
new will be in the field with strong
enough backing to give, the congressman
a harder chase than he had at the Norton
convention last May" Among .he list TO
be chosen from, this Republican says. are
such men as A. G. Mead Of Mitchell coun-
ty, E. A. Mcfarland of Lincoln county.
NJ. A. Chambers of Sheridan county. S. N.
Hawkes. of Rocks county. John NJ: Burton
of Rawlins county, and several others
any of whom would make good con-
! gressional timber.
1t is said Smith county is expecting one
/ of the government artesian wells and that
! il will be located in the vicinity of Le-
| banon. Perhaps sucn rumor was start
ed on account of the postoffice fight in
| that town the candidates being Blanche
| McNalI the present incumbent; Miss Alice
Topliff Miss Caddie Smith, William H
Rogers Arthur Smith and Sanford Flood
In 1897, when Dick Pickler was elected
1 Judge of the Fifteenth district, he carried
his home county of Smith oy 4s majority.
He had made popular judge and in the
recent election he carried his county Ey
| s4S majority. His majority in the district
! iS A