The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-01-26


The Topeka Capital, in crtcisins
AM TEN 0oSe the Hutchinson News for asserting
VI that the antimachine movement is
'oreNA GALL. a movement against Senator Long,
among other things the City Journal
Topeka Capital the strongest influences in Civ
ing him tMr. Long, popular following in Kansas.
Oh yes eve killed the bear-Betsy and me did,"
For downright cheek the averment Of the Capita:
is abnormaly formidable The Topeka Capital and the
Missouri Journal factors in giving Senator Long
popular following in Kansas than the Toxic Daily Cue
This is not mere ps dixit 1t is matter Of history
susceptible of proof and by the record The entire To-
peka combine which included the Capital Curtis Burton
al wichita the last convention
bent on defeating the Long and Bailey forces The
bine which was also backed by Ed. Hoch also for
Trouman, Miller, anybody, to beat Bailey, and for
Curtis anybody beat Long And in this connection
the Eagle wants say and say it emphaticay, thar
when the forces that Of Long and
Bailey, and what accomplished by these in the
two months preceding the Wichita convention
know something.
And The convention Of years ago
having been organized by the BaeyLong following and
ticket nominated which the Topeka combine did not
want, the Eagle, whose Washington correspondent
Mr. Longs private secretary the Eagles editor
Mr. Longs confdante and advisor appeared the
morning after the adjournment of the convention,
with strong editorial capable of writing
declaring that the preferences shown the delegates
composing that convention and the result Of the work OF
the convention only indicated distrst the Bur-
ton-CursHoch combine by the representatives Of the
Republican party the state Enthusiastically point
ed to Long the Kansas champion of both Mckinley
Roosevelt and as the next United States senator
from Thousands of extra copies of that issue of
the Eagle to representative people throughout
the state.
AS for the Missouri paper with which the Capital
afates ITSELF nothing for what stands
against Kansas. But the Capital never Long
first choice, and would not be for him if &
could help itself The Capital believes that Charley Cur
It's is bigger intellectually peristate
politician greater statesman than Long. whom
would replace with Curtis if it were possible.
The News is right. The so-coled bossbusters who
have arrayed themselves against Bailey
his administration lined up for Roch, who dele
gate from Marion county in the Wichita convention stood
out against the Long Bailey and for the Topeka
BurtonCurtis combine, against Long at heart and
would make hand-showing of it only That Long has
i've years from March still to serve.
The Eagle. with the Capitals permission, would sug
gest from which its esteemed contemporary
get whole lot of reliable information Senator
Long and about his understanding of campaign
which led to the election of Bailey for governor and
himself for senator and that Mr. Long himself.
The Capital among other things will find that neither
It the Kansas City Journal had anything do With
Inspiring Mr. Longs candidacy for the senate fur
Their that Senator Long is the fast friend Of Governor
Bailey. of Cy. Leland of Mort Albaugh and of the Re
pubicans generally who factors in downing the
Topeka combine of Burton Curtis Hoch Miller Troumar
the Capital crowd two in the Wichita
venton. And it also time and place find
that Hochs intense promising factonal atti
tude in that convention beat him state printer and
by the men who supported Long and Bailey.