The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-05-06
He WON'T HAVE 1T
Stanley Doesn't Want to Be a
Congressman.
Denies Story Of Deal With
Chester l. Long.
MR.. OVERMYER'S BOOM.
1t Has Reached Washington and
Excites Comment.
w. Z. MOrgan's Latest Estimate
MIR. OVERMYER'S BOOM.
w. z. MOrgan's Latest Estimate
Gives Bailey 531 Votes.

Governor Stanley viii not accept a
nomination for congress in the Seventh
district. He does not want il and will
not have if.
A Kansas City paper publishes a story
that Stanley and Chester I Long have
an understanding whereby Long is to be
United States senator and Stanley Is to
follow him as congressman from the
Seventh district The story relates that
Stanley is to make the race for United
States senator and then throw his
strength to Long.
Governor Stanley emphatically denies
the story
T don't want to be a member of con-
gress, and won't be-" said the governor
decidedly. I have no ambition in that
direction whatever
Let's see. Isn't a United States SEN
ator member of eongress?'' Queried
reporter.
Wen. I mean that I don't want to be
a member Of the lower house Of con-
gress, said Governor Stanley. It's the
United States senate or nothing. am
running for senator and expect to be
elected
David Overmyer's boom for the Dem
ocratic nomination for president in 1904
has reached Washington and reports in
dictate that It is meeting with some IA
vor IN the East. A Washington dis
patch says: Representative Jackson OF
Kansas is growing a new presidential
candidate in the person of David Over
myer of Topeka. Mr.. Jackson got sew
eral letters from Kansas asking What
is the matter with Overmyer2 The true
Democrat from the SunfioWer state put
the query to a number of his Democrat
ic colleagues and today said- over
myers name was we'll received. He
solves the problem. He was a Bryan
supporter and he is known as eau
tious, conservative leader. Kansas VIII
be for Overmyer and he'll make a strong
candidate
Billy Morgan has begun to shoot
fables back at Tom McNeal. Here Is
one which he has put forth as sample:
A Man whose backyard was haunted
at night by a small yellow dog took an
old fashioned boot jack and threw II
Howl followed by a succession of small
bowls Il got him that time, said the
Man as he returned to bed.
Moral: You can always tell when you
hit the dog by the way he howls- The
latest proof Of this is the Topeka Mall
and Breeze. which let loose column
howl last week.
Ex-Governor George w. Click thinks
that the operation of the beef trust IS
a good thing to a certain extent. He
says it viii teach eastern people
thing or two about trusts. In speaking
of the antitrust fight he said: i am
glad to see the fight for one thing. and
that Is that it may awaken the people
to the fact that there are other trusts
and il the trust runs the price OF meat
up on the fasteners, it will be but Civ
ing them a taste of their own medicine.
When the steel and wire trusts doubled
the prices on their outputs the western
farmer and stockman did not complain
but paid the high prices and went on
fencing their property The minute,
however, that western trust put in an
appearance, the east set up howl and
the government Immediately took no
tice of the situation. do not think
the price of meat is too high under the
circumstances.
Since there is a prospect that SEN
ator J. c. Morrow may be chosen as
state treasurer. Washington county Re-
publicans are beginning to look around
for & successor for him, as it would be
necessary for him to resign his seat III
the senate in case he is elected treas
urer The man most talked of thus far
for the sena torial vacancy is William
Murdoch, of Clifton president of the
Clifton and Vining Telephone company
The Hutchinson News is still making
figures on the gubernatorial situation.
Here is the standing of the various can
didates according to the figures of the
News published yesterday:
Iroutman ..-.-.....-. ...-...--.-.--.- 1t6
MINER .''.-.-. ...s.''.-........ -
EnFignt .-........... ...-........... AZ
! DouDtIuI .....-..... OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 90
Total in convention, 1.013. Necessary
to a choice, SIG. To be elected. rs.
The friends of H. J. Bone, candidate
for attorney general. will be glad to
learn that he is much better of his i'll