The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-08-08
POLITICAL GOSSIP
State Auditor Wells Joins the
Harmony Movement.
He Thinks State Convention
Should Be Early.
DON'T ELECT SENATOR'S
Thinks That They Should Not
Go as Delegates.
Things Growing Complicated in
ClOud-Republic District.


with capital H in Republican politics
next year. He believes the state ticket
not only ought to be renominated with
out fight-in which opinion all the
other state officers will doubtless agree
with him-but he also believes there
ought to be mutual concessions on the
part of all factions in regard to dele
gates to the Republican national con-
vention and a slate practically agreed
upon beforehand and elected without a
fight
I am in favor of an early conven-
tion,'' said Auditor Wells today. IF
the state convention is going TO turn any
of us down for denomination 1 want to
have the agony over as early as posi-
BILE
'Of course I am not anticipating any
such action ne continued. The state
ticket ought to be renominated without
any opposition, in my humble opinion,
and believe it will be-
You think, then, that the only fight
viii be on the election of delegates to
the national convention he was asked.
Il don't know that there will be any
fight on that score There is no need
of one that 1 know of. L think the ma
tional delegates ought to be chosen
without any scrap either All parties
ought to get together and agree on who
they shall be.
IF there is a fight I imagine that the
state convention will decide it so far as
/ the election OF national committeeman
is concerned. The state convention viii
elect six delegates-at-large and it re-
quires only eleven to control the delega-
/ ton The man who gets the six dele
gates-at-large will probably be able to
control five of those elected by the dis
! tricts.''
what do you think about electing
the United States senators as delegates
I at-large, either one or both of them?"
L don't think it ought to be done"
replied Auditor Wells. Il know it is
the custom of some states to send their
senators to the national conventions, but
don't believe Kansas needs to do it.
/ The senators ought not to aspire to it.
/ They have honor enough and to go as
! a delegate to national convention is
! considered quite an honor among Kan
sas Republicans. Neither Senators,
/ congressman or state officials ought TO
aspire to be national delegates. Those
honors ought to be passed around to
! those who don't hold good Offices"
The district judgeship is likely to en-
ter somewhat into the nomination of the
Republican candidate for state senator
in the Republic district Repub-
lie county has had the senator for the
past four years. and it is now Cloud 5
turn by rights to have the senator with
out Il DSDl. DuL lu6 IltpuDllC County
politicians propose to compel Cloud to
/ concede them the judgeShip nomination.
Cloud and Republic alone compose the
/ senatorial district while the same coun-
ties with Washington make UP the ju-
dicial district Four years ago there
was deadlock over the ju-
dicial nomination, as each county had
| a candidate, and it was finally de-
counties drawing straws to see which
should get the prize. Republic won and
]. F. Close was nominated over Judge
F. r. Sturgis. of Concordia, who was
a candidate for denomination, and who
had served twelve years on the bench,
but so much bitterness had been stirred
up that Mr.. Close was beaten at the
polls by Judge Alexander, the Demo-
cratic nominee.
Next year w. T Dillon will be the
Republic county candidate, and the Re-
public county politicians are making
plans to nominate him. Unless Cloud
and Republic counties combine so as
to make his candidacy useless, F. z.
Rooney. of Washington, will probably
be a candidate and there is some talk
that Judge Sturgis, of Cloud. will again
be a candidate. This last contingency
is what the Republic county politicians
propose to head off. They will insist
that Cloud county endorse their man
for Judge in return for Cloud county
getting the senator without a fight.
Cloud may get the senatorship any
} way, but Republic might fix up a deal
with minority senatorial candidate in
Cloud in order to land the judgeship, in
case Cloud does not cOncede it to them.
If Cloud will endorse Dillon, Republic
will endorse whatever senatorial candi-
date the Cloud county Republicans de-
eide uDon
Here is an item from the Smith Coun-
~ Pioneer which, if true would reflect
somewhat on the probate courts which
: send such people to the asxlums:
Ii.,.- (x-fy, he
: lum at Topeka, tells some Interesting
ones. He says many are there who are
: not crazy at all; sent there to get them
: out of the way. This asylum business
needs shaking UP from top to bottom >
The Lawrence Gazette. c. S. F'inch's
, paper. few days ago published the
! following editorial comment:
They have a millionaire's congress
; sional district in Philadelphia, where
they elect the man who will put VI
the biggest wad for campaign ex-
penses. Philadelphia need not get gay
we shall soon be able to do that same
thing in Kansas"
! Whereupon the Leavenworth Times
! imDertinentlv asks:
Now does the Gazette mean Con.
gresham Curtis or Bowersock? Bow
ersock is the only millionaire congress
man in Kansas. He has his own bar
rel; Curtis has barrels belonging t
other people besides his own"
Representative John w Adams, o
Wichita, called on Governor Bailey Fri
day afternoon to talk over the distric
: judgeship of Sedgwick county. There
: will be a vacancy in that district mex
fall which the governor will have to fill
by appointment There are a number O
candidates. but it is understood that tn
leading ones are Mr.. Adams and T. c
: Wilson, who is chairman of the Seventh
r district Republican central committee
t After his interview with the governO
d Mr.. Adams said:
1T would be useless for any candidate