The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-06-05
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Agour That LONG AND STANLEY caucus.

ABOUT THAT LONG AND STANLEY CAUCUS.
The Capital of yesterday reports result Of
conference, held at the Copeland hotel between Con
gresham Long and his friends and Governor Stanley
and his friends that agreement reached that
Long should have the first chance for a nomination
against Curtis and then in the failure that
Stanley is to try his strength downing Topekas polt-
zeal god Or in other Stanley is help Long all
he can to win and in the event Longs failure Long
is to turn help Stanley in this supposed her
caean undertaking of downing Curtis.
That nothing of the kind goes without say
ing Mr. Long may be candidate the United States
Senate but he has made no formal avowal has Curtis
There is one thing that the Capital the Topeka crowd
can rest assured Of and that is that Chester Long
will be found in no dark crooked mysterious deals
and combinations Mr. Curtis to beat anybody
else he should respond the splendid CALL so IN
mistakenly given him. by State Convention and be-
come candidate for United States Senate his APP
peal fer support viii made directly to his party and
TO the people open board and il the absence
OF all Intervening schemes He will resort to no ques-
toaabl2 tricks or methods make and violate pledges
as did Curtis to encompass either nomination
or legislative election
As for anything farther it is the understanding
of the Republican party of Kansas Ear have
heard that the gerymandered Congressman who forced
the issue of his candidacy United States Senate
against Long in the State Convention is formidable
as to require the combined friends Governor and
Of the most prominent Congressman from Kansas hold
him level Mr. Curtis recall it. is at present Con-
GRESHAM from the First district that district is
constituted solely through bad faith upon the of
himself or friends both, through badfaith scheme
Matched no doubt in some hotel lobby else
where such methods and deals are foreign to Mr. Longs
nature and as we assert no such deal entered into
thought Of in the incidental conference alluded to.
AS for anything else touching the Topeka way of
doing the thing will be remembered that the Legis
Iature in 1897 transferred Shawnee county the
Fourth to the First district transferred Topeka and
Mr. Curtis over into Mr.. Bailey's home district In
1898 Judge Case Broderck was representing the First
district Charles Curtis was representing the Fourth
district Willis Bailey, now nominee for Governor and
C. D. Walker of Atchison were canddatesfor Congress
in their First district Charley Curtis desiring
to Congress, the interest Of Topeka. for
another term entered an agreement in writing in
pursuance of which Bailey his friends renominated
Curtis he Curtis agreeing to be candidate against
Bailey in 1900, but support Bailey. When 1900 came
around Curtis candidate. again, and defeated
Bailey. believe the truth of the Of
Congressman Curtss caucuses.
Congressman Long and Governor Stanley are not
running against Mr. Curtis, combined sngy for the
United States Senate They don't have to- If they enter
the it viii their claims and merits singy
and individually and without reference to the ambitions
of the who beat the south half of the state of
Kansas of Federal district solely in the
of the hash houses of Topeka.