The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-09-05

that if Governor Bailey interferes it
will be to his sorrow, as it will bring
a fight on his denomination for COVER
nor next year. The fact that Mr.. Curtis
took a hand in the Wichita conven-
tion last year and did all he could to
defeat Bailey at that time seems to be
/ lost sight of. Herbert says:
"Doniphan is pretty certain to be for
Stuart without any contest. Nemaha
county is fighting ground and Curtis
may carry it. If Governor Bailey in
/ terferes there in behalf of Stuart he
will borrow trouble for himself when
he comes up for his denomination.
There is every indication that thou
sands of Republicans in this district
and throughout the state expect Cover
nor Bailey to hereafter mind his own
business. He has been too active in
behalf of the machine and Is in danger
on that account There is no fight on
him for denomination and reelection
unless he fights others and thus invites
a fight in return. 1t may be that after
the preliminary canvass now taking
place that the denomination of Curtis
| by acclamation will be agreed to for it
is more or less evident that the people
favor his denomination. The only can
didate against him who can carry his
county beyond doubt is Stuart. There
the race stops unless Curtis can be
tricked in the convention. Curtis will
fight for every other county in the dis
trict except Doniphan and he may go
in there His friends assert that he
will carry every county except Donf-
phan."
The Effingham New Leaf apparently
blames Governor Bailey for the fact
that c. II. Luling, superintendent of
insurance. holds his place on the worlds
fair commission in addition to being
state officer 1t says:
&C. H. Luling. one of the Worlds
Fair commissioners. draws salary
from the state as superintendent OF in
surance and his salary from the com
mission besides. This is another graft
the state is having to stand for and say
nothing. 1t is purely political. Gov
ernor Bailey, and the others who could,
will not do anything, and the fellows
that would can't"
If the New Leaf will recall the leg1s-
lative troubles last winter it will re-
member that one of the principal fights
in the legislature was over the worlds
fair appropriation bill. and that the
chief bone of contention was whether
the old board should be continued or
Governor Bailey given power to remove
it's members should he deem 1t advis-
able. The house insisted that Governor
Bailey be given this power, but the
senate. which was controlled by the
Burton faction and contested every
honor given to the governor, refused to
pass a bill allowing the governor to re-
move the present commissioners, and
the differences were not adjusted until
after midnight on the last night of the
session, at which time the house gave
in. For that reason Governor Bailey
has no power over the members of the
worlds fair board and Mr.. Luling and
all the other members will hold on until
the commission expires or they volun-
tarily resign.
The Hiawatha World, which recently
lost the county printing. publishes the
fol fr,or roH ions IN
in general:
IF the Republicans want to demoral-
ize their party they will take printing
out of politics-take it from Republi-
can papers. And som election day
lot of Republicans win be taken out
of office for the reason that If the
spoils, within the law, of course, don't
belong to the victors, then it doesn't
make much difference whether DEM
ocrat or a Republican wins. There's
nothing so tremendously fine as a Re
publican county officer bearing in mind
his duty to his party and the influences
he is indebted to for favors. 1t is
scarcely possible that he is under any /
obligation to the Democratic press, or
out-of-town printers. So far as am
concerned. I give it out cold that from |
this date 1 will not support any county |
official for place. nor will give him any I
notice, if he sends printing out of town
which / can do or give it to Demo- |
cratic paper. If it is worth more TO |
him to have the others on his side than |
to have me, all right. I've made my |
last fight for officials who don't know |
straight-up If it is good policy for |
them to cater to Democratic newspa- |
pers. it might be just as reasonable for
me to keep hands off of Democratic
candidates"
Senator Burton was in Topeka Fri |
dav afternoon on his way home from
the Baxter Springs reunion. where he
made a speech. He will go to Ogden,
Utah. next wek to address the National
Irrigation congress.
While here the senator had a confer
ence with State Senator Fremont Leidy,
of Butler county. who will make the
race for denomination next year as the
Burton candidate. He will be opposed I
by Representative John B. Adams. who
will run as the anti-Burton candidate.
Representative s. II. Bra ndon who rep
resented the south district of Butler
county in the house. will not be a can
didate, but will probably support Leidy.
This will make a straight fight between
Leidy and Adams. Ieidy and Brandon
both live in the south part of the
count-'