The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-01-08
Changes His Mind About With
drawing From Contest.
Knowing Ones Insist His Name
Won't Go Before Caucus.
HE is CLEARLY BEATEN
Poll Made by Organs Makes
This Evident.
Chairman Albaugh Says Pringle
Has at Least 81 Votes.

/ George J. Barker last night made a
denial of the report that he would with
draw from the race for speaker. Il am
still in the fight" he said. "and will
stay in it until the votes are counted.
1 believe I have chance to win yet
and have not lost heart"
Notwithstanding this statement the
friends of Mr.. Pringle and a consider
able number of Barker's supporters be-
lieve that the latter's name will not
be presented to the house caucus as
candidate for speaker.
It was conceded by many of the Cur
It's people Wednesday that Judge Lar
ker had no show whatever, and there
was great satisfaction among those
who do not want to be placed in an
/ embarrassing position over the report
i that he would withdraw from the race
and not compel his friends to go into
4 the ditch" with him Some OF them are
anxious about legislation which they
want to get through this winter and
they do not want to get at 1oggeGheads
with the brutal majority which is sup
/ porting Pringle. Therefore they were
pleased with the news that Barker
would withdraw.
That Judge Bankers claim that he
viii STAY in the race till the votes are
counted is like going against a stone
wall is shown by the poll taken by
one of his organs, a Topeka morning
paper which has interviewed the forty
three members of the house, who have
thus far come to Topeka, on the speak
ership question According to the state
ments of the memb ers themselves these
forty-three stand almost three to one
for Pringle, as follows:
Prlngle .-.-....... OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES ~
Barker ............. ............-..... 10
NOn-comlnlttal ---....... 3
The list is as follows:
For Pringle-Husey of Sedgwick,
DOugherty of Harvey, Won Treba of
Labette, Pringle of Usage. Jones Of Ire
go, Starr of Scott, Kramer of Rocks,
Sharp of PaWnee, Hayden OF Nemaha,
Campbell of Meade, Pollock of Cowley,
Nation of NeOshO, Nixon of Barber,
Leland of Doniphan, Hugos of Republic,
MustOe of Kingman, Beeson of Forc,
CrOcker of Chase, Jeffries of Sumner,
Adams of SedgWick Evans of Lyon,
Friar of Wichita O'Donnell Of Els
worth, Kinkel Of RenO-27.
For Barker-Jones of Cove, Hollenbeck
/ Of Beavenworth, Dolley of Wabaunsee,
Sims of Shawnee. Brandon of Butler, Bar
+ ker of Douglas Belts of Shawnee, Mead
/ of Mitchell Enright of Wyandotte, Crit
Non onmittal-Binings of Marion, Lin.
/ ton of Smith, Jones of Norton, Peck OF
/ Cloud, Godschalk of Rice, Pralle Of Mar
shall. Mendenhau of Linn, Staveley OF
/ Osage-S.
OF the non-committal ones Billings viii
the most good for state printer Linton
and Peck are keeping still for reasons Of
Stanley caucus. Godschalk is a Long man
for senator. Pralle is from Mr.. Calder
I heads home county and therefore not tax
ing sides in the speakership fight. Men,
denhau is instructed for BoWersock ana
I therefore probably for Barker. Staveley Is
for Curtis for senator, but IS fringe COL
league from Usage county and Will proba-
bly, vote for Mr.. Pringle.
Morton Albaugh, although kept IN PEG
with his broken leg, has a telephone at his
elbow and has kept in touch with what IS
/ going on. He makes the following state
ment concerning the contest;
"On November p. the day after Prin-
/ giles candidacy was announced 1 gave
/ the Topeka Capital list Of s. men who
I said would support Pringle for speak
/ err That list follows:
Cyrus Leland ,Doniphan county ;Har-
Ty Perkins WyandOttei VIM. Speer,,
johnson; W. S. Findley and w s. jerks,
Franklin; Dan Campbell and DR.. VIM.
Baird. Bourbon: DR.. Q. F. Lewis and
Dr.. G. A Fisher, Crawford; H. Brown
and Walter Van Treba, Iabette- J. o.
whistler Montgomery; j. NJ. Nation,
Neosho; S. S kirkpatrick. wilson, j. L.
Martin. WoOdson; J. H. Stavely and J.
T. Pringle. Usage; Geo. p. Hayden,
] Nemaha: L. Y. Mckee and F. H. Pralle,
Marshall; J. w. Dunn, Pottawatomle;
F. NJ EmmOns, Riley: j. z. Evans, Iy-
ons: T H. Hawkins. Elk: F. E Adair,
] Chautauqua; J. 3. Adams, Butler; S
D. Pollock, COwley; E. G. Croker, Chase;
VIM. Murdoch. Washington; c. 0.
Hughes. Republic; j. L. King, Ottawa;
lC. B. Kirkland. Saline: P. J. Gale,
I Mcpherson; Robert Dougherty, Har-
yev: J. w Adams, A. S. HueseIl and A.
+ G. TIusey, Sedgwick; E. T. F'arris and J.
/ A Jeffries Sumner; John Burke, HaI-
per: L. T. MustOe, k1ngmans DR. r. Z
Hutchinson, Pratt E. r. Watkins and ].
t NJ. Kinl1eI. Reno; A. J. Godshalk. Rice;
DR.. H O'Donnen, Ellsworth; J. B. Tay-
lor, Osborne; F. w. Bennington, Jewell,
A Z a mo
! Rocks: W. H. Weldon, Clark; c. NJ.
+ Beeson, Ford: DR.. A. B. Jones, TregO;
/ Willis Johnson, Sheridan; J. F. Jones
Cove: W b Lockwood. Cheyenne; Fred
Friar. wichita Greeley; ]. c. Star, Scott;
William TSinnison. Finney; E. E. Rob
bins Hamilton; Sherman Williams,
Grant-Stanton: L. D. Einsel Gray
Haskell; r. B. Campbell, Aeade-Seward,
w w Martin, Stevens Morton.
only one man in the list, J. f. Jones
of Cove. has announced himself for
Barker Four others have so far failed
/ to publicly declare for Pringle. These
four are Whistler, Martin OF Woodson,
Linton and Johnson; but none of them
have announced for Barker. Pringle
is sure to get at least two of these four
votes. So, up to date, we have had to
strike only one name off the list. Jones
of Cove. But his place has been taken
by Sixth district man, G. Z. Wood
house of Wallace. We have added two
other names, e. H. Nixon of Barber
and DR.. A A. Sharp Of Pawnee-
.-subtracting i've names-Jones OF
s. Cove Whistler. Martin of yVoodson. Lin
Il ton and Johnson-from the list, leaves
ffty-eight. Adding ee-Woodhouse,
Nixon and Sharp-increases it to sixty
one The files of the CAPITAL VIII show
that fifty-seVen Of these sixty-one have
announced themselves at various times
throughout its columns for Pringle The
three who have not declared their posi-
tions in print are Speer. Stavely and
Adair. But these three have declared
their intention in the Copeland lobby
to support Pringle. So it is q safe prop
osition that today Pringle has sixty-one
votes that all the forces of the ooDosi-
ton cannot lar
The report that was circulated yester-
day that Judge Barker would withdraw
received confirmation from the fact that