The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-01-24

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ed in his place without single protest
from any faction on the Republican side,
it caused considerable wonder among
the fusion minority. The fusionists
figured that it was the scheme OF some
particular senatorial. faction on the Re
publican side. and that the other sena-
tOrial factions would promptly fight 1t.
When the entire Republican side Of the
house voted almost unanimously to seat
Miller they could not understand II.
They supposed that there must be some
colored party in the WOodpile but they
could not figure out his location
Now the mystery has been cleared up,
if the story that is told of the seating OF
Miller is true. It seems that Mr.. Miller
became a candidate for the Republican
nomination for representative IN Lincoln
county last fall as a Curtis candidate,
and he was nominated with that under
standing. It is reported that Mr.. Curtis
paid his expenses, amounting to some
thing over $500, as, of course, Mr.. Cur
tis had a right to do. So when there
was prospect that Miller would be
seated in Books place Mr.. Curtis gave
it out to his friends on the quiet that
it was all right and to make no obJec-
When Miller came to Topeka the re-
port was started in some way among
the Stanley people that Miller was for
Stanley, but of course would not declare
himself until he was seated. With this
rumor circulated it was very easy 10
nHTSlaGe g. H. Jones OF 4NOILDus d 0ldn-
lev man from the Sixth district to In
troduce a resolution to seat Miller.
The Long managers seemed TO under
stand the situation and as there was
no move to oppose Miller on their part
the rank and file of the Long element
let Miller be seated without protest.
Many of the members really thought
that Books had discovered that a re-
count of the votes would defeat him
and that it was useless for him to spend
the time necessary to defend his con
test. wherefore he filed his disclaimer
to the seat and asked that Miller be
seated.
quiet on both the senatorial and state
printer questions, and each Of the three
leading senatorial candidates smiled
quietly to himself as he thought how
he was getting an additional vote un-
expectediy. 1t was therefore something
OF a shock to the Stanley and Curtis
crowds, especially to the latter, when
Miller voted for Long. Mr.. Miller voted
in an extremely low tone of voice The
open ballot system must have been
great shock to him. 1t IS said Ihat MT
Curtis confidently expected Mlller's
vote up to the very minute he voted
for Long
Some Of the fusionists openly charged
on the floor of the house that Books
they offered no proof in support of this
assertion. Mr.. Books is said to have
had a mortgage of 800 on some prop
erty of his. Now it is rumored that to
reward" him for his 'magnanimity'
the friends of two candidates, one for
state printer and the other for senator,
raised a purse among them and gener-
ously took up this mortgage for Mr.
Books, dividing the amount equally
between them
Senator John Chaney Is having
trouble in making the friends of Ell
for the Marion county man for state
printer. The Clark people gave it our
quietly That Clark would get at least
one and probably more votes out of the
Shawnee county delegation after Arthur
Cauper withdrew. and the Capital
placed both Senator Clancy and Rep
resentative John Sims in the Clark
column after the state printer caucus.
This brought out a denial signed by all
four members of the Shawnee county
delega tion. who alleged that they voted
for Hoch. Several others who We're
counted among those who voted for
clark have given it out that they stood
by HOch. In fact it IS very amusing
to see how many members Of the legis-
lature there are who want it known THAI
they were for the defeated candidate.
This is contrary to the general RUE.
Generally defeated candidate has Few
friends. but nearly all want it under
stood that they were with the winning
side and in the band wagon.
But to return to Senator Clancy.
Some of his Topeka constituents who
are friends of Mr.. Hoch are ungracious
enough to doubt his denial that he vote
for Clark Some of the Clark support
ers too. laugh at the anxiety of some
of the members to have it known that
they were not in the Clark band wagon
1t is said that George ]. Barker is to
be made postmaster at Lawrence as a
reward for making the race for spea ker
md afca hoe
due at Lawrence now for nearly a year.
but Congressman BowersOck has delay
ed naming one, and it is said that he
viii make the appointment so that
Judge Barker can step out of the legis-
lature right into the Lawrence post
office.
Lieutenant Governor Hanna has not
vet appointed the senate committee on
congressional appOrtlOnment. The same
committee in the house is causing
Sneaker Pringle to make a careful study
Of the situation because of the numer-
Gus interests involved. There viii doubt
less be q bill introduced to make new
congressional district of Wyandotte
Johnson, Douglas. Shawnee. and posi-
bly, Wabaunsee counties. throwing Con-
grossmen Curtis and BOWers0ck into the
same district. according TO the idea out
lined in the State Journal several weeks
ago The same plan Will probably place
Norris and possibly POttaWa tonne COun-
ties in the Fifth district Congressman
Miller would then have to meet q num-
ber of Fifth district interests to secure 9
nomination. Other interests would like
to have Marshall county moved over
into the First district This would place
Congressman Calderhead in the big Re
publican district of the state. but hC
would have a number of competitors fol
the nomina ton. The day is not far dis
tant, however. when he will have oppo-
sition on his hands in the Fifth district
lFe-4
trict VIII be formed in the south cen
tral part of the state. and this viii re.
quire a good deal of figuring in order tc
satisfy enough interests to get a reap
portionment bill passed
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