The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-01-25
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Reno county. which was regarded as
a close one. went against Governor
Bailey in the primaries Saturday, and
in favor of Superintendent DayhoT.
This leaves the contest in the primaries
so far as held about equally divided
between Hoeh and Bailey, although
Bailey has captured two counties which
were against him two years ago, and as
an offset has lost Reno.
The Indictment of United States Sen
ator Burton came too late Saturday
evening to have any effect on the con-
test. a strong effort will now be made
to eliminate Burton from the Hoch
crowd
Congressman Curtis, too, who has
been SO strong against Bailey, and who
fought side by side against him in the
Wichita convention. will now make
strong effort to cut loose from the I'M
fortunate senator But Burten's unre-
liabilities were known by all these peo-
pie long ago. The exposure has simply
been made public and there will be
more of them later. Leland and AL
baugh and Long and Bristow and Bal
ley would have nothing to do with Bur
ton.
Everything IndE 1t HAS D6GA pOSS1OtC
to do against Governor Bailey has been
fostered by the Burton people. They
have to be sure succeeded in getting
into their forces a number of good
men who have been deceived, but the
| leaders of the Hoch movement in the
main We're intimate political friends OF
| Senator Burton, coupled with certain
dissatisfied office-seekers who were dis
pleased because the executive office
was not run their way.
When Mr.. Hoch came to Topeka to
consult whether he should tun for gov
ernor or not he was cIoseted with U. S..
Marshal Mackey. Burton's closest po-
/ Iitical advisor sand appointee; T. T.
Kelly, state treasurer, close political
friend of Burton. and for whom Burton
made a tremendous fight at the Wich-
tia convention: Secretary Burrow, an
other strong Burton man; Manager
| Stubs, who has become chief advisor
in the New Jerusalem scheme at st.
Louis. with which Burton had such
an unsavory connection; Frank Grimes,
one of Senator Burton's closest political
friends, committeeman-at-l in
charge of the Hoch movement and as
sistant to Stubbs.
In the present movement
against Bailey, nothing is really
charged against him, yet there is an
effort to stampede the people against
him, by trying to hold him responsible
for the mistakes of the legislature and
others. The governor has been far too
independent in many of his actions to
suit some Republicans.
The senate, which was in control of
different forces, was far more extrava-
giant than the house, and in the house
Mr. Hoch's close political advisor and
friend, Representative Billings of Mar
ion county favored Pringle and the en-
tire slate to which objection is now
made by the Hoch people. If Governor
Bailey should be reelected, he is in a
far better position to be an independent
governor than is Mr.. Hoch.
1t is said that Governor Bailey could
| have held down the appropriations by
vetoes, but it must be remembered that
under the law he could not veto one
appropriate without vetoing all of
them in the bill. Under the new law
the governor will be permitted to veto
single items, and no one viii take more
delight in doing some of this sort of
vetoing than Governor Bailey if he
should ever have the opportunity