The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-11-24
Effort Will Be Made to Take the
Delegation.
REPUBLICAN LEADS 1T.
Miami County Paper in the Anti
Kelly Movement.
Kelly Has Made Special Effort
to Quiet Things.

against State Treasurer Kelly getting
the delegation from that county to the
Republican state convention. The
Miami County Republican openly says
so.
The Republican asserts that Kelly
will not be able to secure the Miami
county delegation, and it further says
the Miami county delegation will go to
the state convention to fight Kelly for
denomination there.
In answering some questions from
the Sedan Times-Star in which that
paper says 1.-The next convention viii
probably renominate him by acclama-
ton and probably the Miami fellows
will still be howling'' the Miami Coun-
ty Republican says:
kelly will not be nominated by ac-
clamation in the next convention. He
will not be nominated at all. The loss
of the delegation from his home coun-
ty, which is inevitable. will be fatal to
him You can depend upon it the
Miami fellows will be bowling against
Kelly and his ilk. They will not know
ingly stand for thief. embezzler. and
forger.
Mr. Kelly has repeatedly pledged
himself to clear uD the charges against
him; that he would bring criminal ac-
ton against the editor of the Repub-
lican, the commissioners of Miami
county and all concerned in promulgat-
ing the charges against him; that -.e
money which he paid back. etc. He
has not begun such actions. and never
Will. A man of his character never
courts the scrutiny of the law"
This is just what Treasurer Kelly has
been fearing and is preparing against.
To meet this fight he has been building
up machine in Miami county. That
county was overwhelmingly against him
last year after his record was made
public by the county commissioners. and
he has been fearful that he cannot car
ry the primaries unless he builds UP
sentiment in his favor. That is why
he succeeded in making big reduction
in the assessment of Miami county for
state taxes. That is also why he sue
ceeded in turning Colonel G. W. Veale
out of the Office of custodian of the
state house, and got a Miami county
man appointed in his place. OF course
he also has all the power and patronage
that Senator Burton can give him in
building up his machine, and there are
few shrewder politicians in Kansas than
Mr.. Kelly.
Bent Murdock makes the following
observation:
State Auditor Wells report suggests
| that aside from
Some perjurieS;
| Some forgerieS;
Some false impersonations;
The duplication of pay rolls;
| The larceny of records;
The sWiping of furniture;
The looting of the treasury;
Continuous grating;
| And wholesale boodling,
The legislature should be congratu-
lated for not stealing the state house.
| While the federal judgeship is hang
ing fire the prospective candidates for
a place on the supreme bench in case
either Chief Justice Johnston or Jus
tice Pollock should be appointed to the
federal job, are very much on the
anxious seat. They would like to have
it settled whether or not there is to be
a vacancy the supreme bench If
not they can settle down to work, but
as long as there is change that
Johnston or Pollock will be advanced
they can not help making preparations
to ask Governor Bailey to appoint them
to the vacancy.
If N. H. Loomis should land the fed
eral judgeship, the Union Pacific rail-
road company will have a vacancy to
fill instead of Governor Bailey, and
there will be entirely different set of
applicants for the place.
/ Governor Bailey says that a number
of prospective candidates have served
notice upon him that they wish to pre-
sent their claims to the place and their
endorsements in case there is a vacancy
on the supreme bench, SO that there is
likely to be trouble for the governor in
case Pollock or Johnston get the federal
ljudgeship.
In case Joseph L Bristow does not
lhave a place in Roosevelt's next cab
iinet a good many of his Kansas adj
Inirers would like to see him succeed j.
lR. Burton in the United States senate
in 1907.
Problem: If Curtis should accidental
ly be made federal judge, for whor
would Shawnee county be for congress-
man? Answers should be addressed to
the Mary and Ann editor.
Smith county Democrats propose to
, start things early next year. About as
: soon as the calendar announces that
1904 has begun they will open the cam.
paign of that year. A meeting of the
Democratic county central COMMITTEES
was held recently and 1t was decided
| TO secure a Democratic speaker Of ma
. tional reputation and have a big Dem
ocratic blowout at Smith Center on
January 9.
! A Winfield dispatch says that Sena-
: tor l. p King and ex-Warden "DickT
Chase deny that they have turned
Leans
Governor Bailey is scheduled for an
. address before the Mercantile club of
ing and the club is making elaborate
preparations for reception for him.
at is not known what subject he will
choose for his address," says a Kansas
!, City paper. but it is anticipated that
8 ne will talk the situation relative
= to the recent developments of 1egis1a-
e tive and municipal corruption in his
e state"
Il Case Broderick, of Holton, says there
j isn't an Office in the state he would
b work a year for. but he says he may
b get into the congressional race later,