The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-01-18

two to one
when Jim Orr, the Democratic rep
resentative of the Missouri Pacific rail-
road at Atchison. was here last sum-
mer trying a lawsuit he was telling
group of local politicians about how
Bailey was defeated in Atchison coun-
ty. Up to the night before the con-
vention.' he said, 'Bailey's friends had
Curtis whipped to standstill The
word came through our Office that our
people wanted Bailey beaten, and the
jig was up with Bailey
Since that time the railroads have
kept UP a bitter fight on Bailey ex-
cept the Missouri Pacific. which road
broke with the combination because
they thought the Rock Island was get
ting the best of the political deal.
As soon as the convention was over
last summer and Bailey had won out
singie-handed and alone against a
set on foot to beat him. They have
harassed him at every turn of the road.
They have abused him, misrepresented
him. and all but blackmailed him.
No sooner had Bailey been elected
than the Kansas City Journal COM
menced its fight on him. Charles Gleed,
a Santa Fe director. is the moving
spirit of the Journal The Journal was
abusing Bailey long before the legis-
lature met
1T has been aided in its fight by the
Topeka Capital, controlled by the Null
vanes. From Bailey's inauguration to
the present tlme they nave never hau
q pleasant word for him.
The railroads are against Bailey, and
they are bound to beat him if pos
sibla.
"A meeting was held In Topeka last
night IN the interest of Ed Hoch for
governor. HOch has refused once to
make the race. He is to be pushed
back in the race again. w. R. Stubbs.
OF Lawrence, railroad contractor, is
the principal puSher.
At the meeting held last night in
Topeka it is fair to presume that near
ly every man who attended it rode on
a pass. Invitations for the meeting
were sent out by W. H. Mackey, United
Tir with these significant words, Will
try and send you transportation next
Tuesday if we cam And there is not
much doubt but that they could. If
there was doubt about it Mackey
would never have added that last little
sentence to his letter.
How do the people of Anderson coun-
| ty like the situation? Shall the rail-
road interests dominate in this county?
Bailey has made one Of the best COVER
nors the state of Kansas ever had. Will
we help the railroads down him?''
The Lyon county Republican central
| committee has called the convention in
that county for February 13. That is
the home of Justice Cunningham, and
while it is in the Fourth congressional
district and the Hoch men claim it, the
Bailey forces also claim it, but the in
dications are that both sides will join
| in the interests of Justice Cunningham.
| An Emporia dispatch says:
Judge E. W. Cunningham spoke to
the committee on his candidacy for as
sociate justice. He said he would be a
candidate if his Lyon county friends
elected a delegation favorable to him.
He asked his friends in. the county to
keep out of factfonal fights and advised
fl1o 6o1n ION fn 1ira ~
other candidates before the state con-
vention. Tt was feared by both fac
| tions here that the other side would try
to inject the Hoch-Bailey fight, but by
promote Cunninghams interest by not
| pushing any resolutions.
Senator Jim Tapp has withdrawn
from the race for denomination for the
state senate in Sedgwick county, but
there are still five candidates after the
place. They are L. F. Noftzger, presi-
dent of the Fourth National bank; c.
H. Brooks, John Davis and T. B. Wall
attorneys, and Lee Nessley OF Null
| vane.
The senatorial committee in the
Mitchell-JeweI district is meeting at
Mankato this Afternoon to call the SEN
atorial convention. Former Senator L
D. Young. of Mitchell, is the only
avowed candidate for the place, al
though it is expected that Hays B.
White. of Jewell. will ask for renom-
nation although it is claimed that the
place was conceded to Mitchell this
time when White was nominated -four
years ago
Frank Grimes was In Kansas City
yesterday to see President Sti1weli and
General Manager Dickinson of the
Orient, and this morning the Kansas
City Journal publishes the following:
Frank Grimes spent yesterday in the
oil iC revival in I11ci
ness in Kansas according to Mr. Grimes
The telephone and telegraph wires are
hot, red hot said Grimes. Frank
Brown will get an extra dividend from
his line this spring. You see the Bailey
fellows and the league fellows are quar-
reling with central all the time for
wires. The state Is covered by phones
and the coin is slipping into the ring
slot OF course, we can beat part of the
machine by nominating Hoch but we
can't beat the Frank Brown end of it
He gets more money-but he should. He
picks out jurymen and operates for the
machine and really the league ought tc
give him some pay by the phone route
- Tt is too bad United States Marsha
Mackay has no phone lines Mr. Grimes
added, but 1 hear Albaugh is going tt
have all federal officials who vote at tht
. primaries ousted from office. There il
: to be no unrighteous butting into vulgar
politics by the federal folks.
"'Of course never talk for publica-
tion, said Grimes nIodestly, but 1 viii
just now Here the train threatened tC
start and Grimes looked Disguised. L
did not start just then and Grimes pro
ceeded. I will just say this: 1 never
saw anything like it; the prairies are
! on fire. You can't go anywhere bu
> you find talk about the machine ant
l the league. It's not confined to the
First district. It's just as bad IN th'
short grass as in the long. Wichita
= county is short enough and it's there
: Jackson is long enough, and iti
! there
. Just here no one saw Grimes take
:. pill but he added: Now get this right
: NV prediction is that in thirty days i
: will be all over but the shouting. HocI
will be nominated by acclamation a
9 the Wichita convention. Jackson coun
= ty will go for Hoch and Curtis Friday
am told Johnson will make Hoch show
: ing Friday. I mean this-Tm not jok