The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-01-31
POLITICAL GOSSIP
Gen. Leonard Woods Visit
Fraught With Interest.
Undoubtedly Authorized to
Speak for President.
SIGNIFICANT MEETING.
Took Place Between Leland and
Wood After Banquet.
Governor Bailey VIII Have Talk
With Roosevelt.
Plans for the Campaign of Next
Year.

AS has been before announced Gen
eral Leonard Wood, who came to Kan
sas Thursday to speak before the kan
sas Day club on Reasons for Reel
procity.'' stands closer to President
Roosevelt than any other man in the
United States. He has the presidents
closest confidence and came to Kansas
in a large measure as his personal rep
resentative.
Those who ought to know say that
General Wood was authorized to come
to Kansas and talk politics with the
politicians; that the sentiments which
he expressed with reference to Con
gresham Long are the sentiments of
the national administration, and that
whatever he had to say with reference
to politics, in private or otherwise, will
have the sanction of the powers that
be in Washington.
One of the first men to leave the ban
quet table after the Kansas Day club
supper Thursday night, was Cyrus
Leland But Mr. Leland did not inn
mediately leave the building. He wait
ed in the ante-room until General
Wood appeared, and the two then
walked up the street together to the
/ Copeland hotel. 1t was then midnight
/ They entered the room used by the Ike
publican state central committee, and
had a conference which had been prev
] iously arranged. The conference lasted
until , O'Clock.
Just what happened in the confer
ence and what each of the parties said
/ is not known It has been learned,
however. that as a result OF the confer
ence Governor Bailey will probably go
/ to Washington as soon as the legls-
/ lature adjOurns and have talk with
/ the president. Cyrus Leland and Gov
ernor Bailey viii also lead the move
ment in Kansas for the denomination
! of President Roosevelt in 1904. 1t VIII
not be surprising either, if Kansas
/ leads the other states in this move
ment as it did in the nomination Of
Mckinley IN 1896.
that Senator Burton and National Com
mitteeman Mulvane win have to tag
along after the Leland machine" in
the support of President Roosevelt, or
be left out in the cold.
This does not mean that the Leland
machine" +" which Mr.. Leland's enemies
talk about, Will be a close corporation
in the support Of President Roosevelt
for nomination in 1904 It is said that
the hasty driving OF the band wagon
is over. Governor Bailey and Sena tor
elect Long Will both apply the brakes.
/ and Mr.. Ieland's victory has been 50
ccn@lete that there is no doubt but
! his opponents are thoroughly defeated.
and he can now afford to be thorough
ly magnanimous. The band wagon VIII
now 70 SOW anu al sfiD FdAL ~ Se9AA
grab hold of the end gate and climb in.
but they may not be able to get out Oh
the front seat and help hold the lines.
This is what Senator Burton and his
crowd VIII have do it if they wish to be
/ with the Roosevelt crowd in 1904. They
will have to climb into the band wagon
over the back endgate and viii prob
ably have to hang their feet out behind
Senator Long and Governor Bailey.
and Cyrus Leland and Morton Albaugh
and their friends will tend to the driv-
ing
This will be the outcome of the con
+ ference between General Wood and Cy-
rus Leland between midnight and :
o'clock yesterday morning
In speaking Of the Books Miller deal.
whereby J. D. Miller was seated as the
member Of the legislature from Lincoln
county the Lincoln Republican pub
fishes the following.
las is well known to everybody IN
Lincoln county d. z. Books and J. D.
Miller we're opposing candidates for
the legislature last fall Mr.. Books
was elected by a small majority, but
as securely elected as any other
man in the county to whom a eertif1-
I cate OF election was issued There
was a talk of contest. and Mr.. Miller
did serve notice Of his. purpose to con-
test for the seat.
"A few days before the legislature
met Mr.. Books went to Topeka and
filed a disclaimer or rather a re-
hnquishment of his right, and in due
time Mr.. Miller was seated in his
stead. There was no contest and no
Investigating whatever of the vote IL
any part of the county. The whole
thing was done in such q way as ts
make it savOr strongly of corruption
Subsequent events seem to confirm tn.
first impression. We know no nor e
about the facts than do any of our
readers We only know that Mr.. Nil
Ter has no nermaI right whatever to a
seat in the legislature. and he should
have been too honcrab Die to accept it
till there was proof positive, that tbs,
voters Of the county had by A fair count.
given him a clear majority. The es-
TEEN Of the people Cf Lincoln county
was worth more than all the offices II.
the state
For the present, at least. we MAKE
no charges We deplore the situation
We are sorrv for both the gentlemen
who are subjects of 50 much bitter crit
icism. We want to be charita ble IL our
judgment and Derciful in our treatment
constituency, the people of the count.
We want to aivavs uphold the right
and condemn the wrong and this Just
as much in political matters &c in 9TH
ers- As We have said elsewhere we wait
2 little that we may learn more of the
claims Of the two men whose characters
are at stake in this matter before say
ing more about It.
In another editorial it says:
In commenting on the Books-Miller
legislative deal and the vote of Mr.. Nil
Ter for Long Tor senator. the State Jour
nal of last Saturday evening said that
Curtis had paid AIiNer's election exoen-
Others here. who claim to know. say
that Curtis nut over $500 into the cam
paign in this county last fall Mr. Mil
/ ler's sworn statement on Ele in the