The Topeka state journal., 1903-05-26
Harmony Movement Hasn't Ar
fected Ewing Herbert.
He Is a Division Foreman of
Anti-MachIne Machine.
MURDOCK'S MAJORITY.
Republican Guessers Think He
Will Have 3, 1000.
Something AbOnt the Wichita
Editor Candidate.

The harmony sentiment does not seem
to have secured a very strong foothold
with Ewing Herbert, editor fthe Hia-
watha World. Herbert is one of the di-
vision foremen in the organization of
the anti-nnachine machine. G. .Sloneclxer
is master mechanic while Ewing Herbert
George E. Tucker of Eureka. Clyde Mil
Ter of Usage City and a few others are
division foremen.
A perusal of Mr.. Herbert's paper in
dicates that If Mr. Herbert is to be Tor
harmony it must be his brand of har-
mony. In fact Mr.. Herbert has several
times intimated that unless the present
machine" in Kansas politics is over
thrown a lot of Republicans will turn
the state over to the Democrats. In
other words. if they can't have their
way about running things. they will
take their doll rags and go home. For
instance. he quotes the following from
the Usage City Free Press, the organ of
Senator H. B. Miller:
There is a very bad machine in KAN
sas. and we viii tell you in strict con
hdence that a very large number of Re-
publicans have come to feel that two
more years of Democratic rule in Kan
sas viii be better than two more years
OF machine rule
In another. place Mr. Herbert repro
duCes an item from the Lawrence Ga
zette as follows:
up in the First congressional district
the fight to down Curtis is already on.
It seems that Governor Bailey has not
yet satiated his vengeance, and that he
is determined to get an lnJun scalp.
He will deliver Nemaha county Bale
DC IA
Atchison county Republican delegation;
Cy Leland win without question bring
Doniphan into the fold Dan Anthony,
as a candidate, viii carry IeaVenworth
beyond peradventure. The anu-CurtIS
combine will then lack but three votes
of controlling the convention and viii
llave the other counties to draw from. .
And ia commenting on this statement,
Mr.. Herbert says.
SO that's the plan, is it? Well, Gov
ernor Bailey is in as much danger of
defeat as Congressman Curtis. He'd
better think it over"
From these few remarks it would ap-
pear as though harmony has not har-
monized Mr.. Herbert to very great
extent
T c. Wilson. chairman of the Re-
publican congressional committee in the
Seventh district, predicts that Victor
N1urdock will have majority of 5000
in today's special congressional elec-
ton. This prediction is based on 80 per
cent. of the voters turning out. 1t IS
believed the wet weather will lncrease
the vote.
The st. Louis Globe Democrat. under
q Wichita date line, publishes the fol-
lowing concerning Mr.. Murdoek:
Victor MurdockA who stampeded
Republican convention with his red
hair who ohristened Congressnlan
Simpson 'ScckleSS Jerry, who President
Mckinley singled out for praise, who
business manager of q Chicago paper
with his amazing originality, will in all
probability be elected to congress on
Tuesday to represent the district which
in times past has been represented by
Judge Samuel Peters, Jerry Simpson
and Chester l. Long. the last mentionec
of whom has been chosen United States
senator. Three other candidates are iii
the ield-C- F. Clyne, Democrat; w. D.
Babb. Populist, and Andrew Hoessler.
Socialist.
1T is believed that Murdock will poll
a number of POpulist and Democratic
votes and that his election is certain
Mr.. Murdoch is one Of the cleverest
Senator ingalls,, Commissioner of Pen
sions Ware and William Allen White
declared he was the brightest man in
Kansas. When he started after the
nomination the newspapers thought he
was Joking and poked fun at his red
hair Mr.. Aurdock adopted the idea
for a slogan, SO to speak and appealed
to all the red-headed people in the dis
trict. They came to him as one man
and carried the convention away. Red
headed women made their husbands
vote for him and red-headed mothers
inveigled their sons into doing the same
thing. It was campaign as ingen-
ious and aggressive al s Napoleon him
self would have made.
This remarkable man is 90 years old.
He is fhe son of Marshall NJ MurdOck
owner and editor of the Wichita Eagle
As young man he worked on his faith
er's paper at SO a week. and one dav.
having married a 15-year-old school girl
he asked for a raise of pay. The father
refused Victor went on strike, be-
took himself to Chicago and secured q
job as a reporter in that city. He had