The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-04-07
FIxANEW CENTER
Effort Being Made to Unite Anti
Bailey Strength.
I'M
II. B. Miller's Friends Think
He is the Man.
LOSING IN INTEREST
People Think That the Cover
nor Fight is Over.
What Does Enright's Canvass
For Delegates Mean!

Ieve that Bailey is as good as noInlu-
aired and they are beginning to turn
their attention to other contests which
seem more uncertain.
The Bailey element, however, has
not entirely given up. Troutman's
friends believe the entire opposition VIII
unite on him and that he VIII prove
strong candidate against Bailey They
are evidently planning some sort or a
coup but they do not indicate what
They intimate that there is a surprise
coming, but when questioned about IL
they simply nod their heads knowingly
with a Observation-Disclosures expression
The friends of H B. Miller believe
he is the man on whom the Bailey op-
position Will finally center In speaking
of Miller's candidacy his manager
Isaac Jones. of Usage county, says;
We viii have some votes in districts
that win surprise the other candidates.
The other fellows are doing great deal
of Dragging about what they viii get
out of the Third district. and they do
not figure that Miller viii get a single
vote from there. But he will. just
watch the count at the convention.
Il believe the Burton strength viii
finally center on Miller, continued
Jones. You see, it started out for
Richter. Then it switched to Cole. Now
1t is going to Troutman. Tt win finally
come to us. The pendulum is swinging
our way. Miller and Bailey are of the
same makeup. They are both farmers,
both are eattlemen and both are good
fellows The homeopathic say that it
takes like to cure ike. Miller viii cure
Bailey of the delusion that Bailey is
going to be nominated"
f. A. Enright, of Wyandotte county,
is making more active canvass than
he has al any time in the past. But Mr..
Enrtgnt does not hope to receive the
gubernatorial nomination except as a
compromise candidate He figures that
II there is deadlock the various fac
tions may settle upon him because he
has taken no part in the fractional fights.
In the event that there are no such de-
velopments it is said Mr.. Enright has
other plans. And they have nothing to
DO with the nomination for lieutenant
governor. The story is frequently start
ed that the Bailey forces will make En-
right lieutenant governor in exchange
for WyandOtte cOunty's 40 votes, but
neither the Bailey managers nor Mr..
Enright himself contemplate any such
arrangement There is in WyandOtte
county an Office far better than lieuten-
ant governor. Tt is the judgeship of the
court Of common pleas. It carries with
ii a good salary and great amount Of
prestige Mr.. Enright is building up
machine in Wyandotte county by
means Of his gsabernatOrial boom, and
if the unexpected should not happen to
make him governor, it is claimed that
he viii direct his energies towards the
judgeship
The Rocks county delegation, which
was elected Saturday, is claimed to be
for Iroutman as a whole, but the Bail
ey FORCES claim 1t is divided and that
Bailey win get at least a part of it. The
delegates to the state convention are:
w. B. Ham, n. 2. Shaw, S. N. Hawkes.
f. c. DOrr e. q. Van Dyke. and Frank
Ross. Reeder won in the congressional
fight. which was the main thing in the
convention. The convention instructed
for Reeder. Ellis, Hanna, Burrow, and
Judge G. W. Smith for district judge.
The Second district Democratic con-
gressional convention has been called to
meet at Fort Scott on June IS. This Will
he after the state convention In case
Mayor Craddock, of Kansas City, Kan,
is not nominated for governor, he may
make a. strong candidate for congress
in the Second district
The Chautauqua county Republican
convention was held Saturday and in
Etructed for the home candidate W. H
Sproul, in the Third district congress
sional contest. Ergenbright, Wheatley
and Campbell, the other candidates, We're
also there and made speeches. So did
Enright, West and Wells, candidates for
places on the state ticket
George D. Abel. the present county
attorney of Lincoln county, is a candi-
date for the Democratic nomination for
congress in the Sixth district and the
Lincoln county Democrats are instruct
ed for him. A. 7. Rodgers. OF BelOit,
viii be a candidate for the same place
Congressman Jackson, of the Third
district, the only anti-Republican con-
gresham from Kansas, does not like it
because the Democrats and Populists
failed to effect a fusion arrangement.
He blames the Democratic committee
FOR the failure of fusion plans.
There is a rumor out that Emil eros
ser. Of Dickinson county. will be a can
didate for speaker of the house next
winter C5rosser's fight for a revision OF
the taxation laws in the last legislature
brought him to the front His attitude
towards Senator Burton, however NAV
affect his chances for the speakershfp
II the legislature is against Burton as
gauch as the state a t large is.it is doubt
ful if q member from Mr.. Burton county
could be elected speaker unless it wak
understood that he is not an extreme
partisan Of the senator. The recent re
volt against Senator Burton in his home
county may make a difference. how.
ever.
In addition to the denial of w Y
Morgan that I. L. Dayhof is out of tn,
race for superintendent OF public in
struction on account Of the election O
Orie Morse as railroad commissioner
Mr. Dayhon himself states that he Il
stiIl in the contest. He says: Il an
not eliminated from the race I'm il
70 win and I will stay in until the con
vention is over"
It Is quite possible that the next leg
stature may take the office Of superin
tendent Of public instruction out of poll
ties. This viii be largely accomplish
by removing the superintendent from
the executive council. The meeting O
the State Teachers association last win
ter and the meeting of the Northeas
Kansas association at Valley Falls las
week both adopted resolutions lookin
to this end. The idea is to place tn
department on the same plane as tn
~ slle.s.aey OF eley scnooAs, or "a
agriculture
Assistant State Superintendent Lit