The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-11-14
NOT TO TIE DELEGATION.
Mr.. Troutman Refuses to Present
Pollock Charges.


Reports from Washington indicate
that James A. Troutman does not in,
tend to make public his charges against
Judge ]. c. Pollock unless h Kansas
delegation should agree upon Pollock
for Judge or unless there should be a
probability that the president will ap-
point Judge Pollock to the federal
judgeShip anyway. A spatc from
Washington in the Kansas City Times
this morning says:
"James A. Troutman declined today
to submit his charges against Judge
Pollock at the meeting of the Kansas
delegation tomorrow. The request was
made by several members of the dele
cation, who thought the Kansas dirty
linen should not be aired at the Wnlte
House. Mr.. Troutman explained tnatlt
might not be necessary to submit the
charges to anyone. If the
agreed on some candidate other lnan
Judge Pollock, he said, he would not
make the charges public. He mas re
duced his charges to Wrlting anu -
ready to present them
s.J1dge Slonecker of Topeka who a
been Endorsed by Representative GURUS
~elegraphed Judge Pollock today ex-
pressing his emphatic disa~pprobation
of the method employed to defeat MN.
| Several of the other candidates IN
private conversation today were equal,
" emphatic. Most of them regar9eu
IN. Treutman exhibition as "a blunoer
II gave the friends of Pollock VINO nave
| heen factional allies of Senator Long
the excuse for pressing lhelT canu
| dates claims all h more aggresslVeiy.
Long is regarded as h keynote Oh lne
situation. While it might not be posi-
bile for him to win if there was ulieeu
delegation against him, no such coh-
tingency could arise.
Yesterday the Times as
serted that Senator Long had endorsed
Pollock, but he seems to back Gown VI
this statement today. The Times us
patch continues:
"Murdock and Campbell will go down
fighting for Pollock and Lons 49,
axes a stand for that candidate o1heI
members of the delegation prooaply win
come TO him. The possibility OF a olVIs-
ion of the state on east ana Wesllu
into northern and southern dlsercls
would give each of the other Candidates
a chance for the northern judgeship n
with this possibility, none of them woulo
care to further antagon1ze senator
Long. The aggressive, pushing UAnu
dacy of N. H. LOOMS mas ln0lITcIy
heen of advantage to Judge Pollock.
Primarily the Loomis candidacy was q
severe jolt for Charles Blood Smi1n. II
is said that LOOMS had indorseo oInltn -
When the movement to bring LOOMS
into the fight was started, Smith releas-
ed him from all obligations 1t was an
unusual and magnanimous thing TO 90,
h1t the friends of Smith did not cease
their efforts in his behalf n II mas
made it difficult for Loomis TO ger, ever
&C second choice, the influences which
are behind the Smith candidacy.
I'm still another direction MT
lI,oomis' candidacy has operated &C
Judge Pollocks advantage by weaken
inc fhe chances of Judge W. A. John
ston. Mr.. Loomis has perhaps as
many friends in the Fifth district as
Judge Johnston, and, while Judge
Johnston has secured more legal IN
dorsements than any other candidate
political and business Endorsements
that might otherwise have been Sc
cured. have beer given Mr.. LOOMS
Judge Johnston's chances are not sc
promising as they were several dayE
ago. His stock has gone down Al