The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-01-28
Kalker-Curtis Forces at HoltOn
Follow a Democrat.
at Least James III. Lowell
Said He Was Not Long Ago.
ASHBAUGH TALKED OF.
May Be Candidate for Railroad
Commissioner.
MRnkatO Monitor COrrectS False
Report from Jewell.

The Walker-Curtis forces in jackson
county have been making a noise about
Democrats voting for Broderick and
Thompson In the recent primaries. 1t
seems to be sort of a stop thief" cry.
for the Thompson-Broderick people say
it is certain that Democrats not only
voted for the Curtis-W Walker delegates,
but there were Democrats among the
Curtis-W Walker delegates.
The floor manager of the Curtis
Walker people in the county convention
before it bolted was a lifelong Demo-
crat. He was Judge James H. Lowell.
Slowed away In letter file left in the
governor office by Governor Stanley
are the applications for places on the
board CT railroad commissioners, and
among them is the application OF James
H. Lowell of Holton for appointment as
the Democratic member of the board.
Lowell got some of the leading Repub-
licans of the First district to endorse
him as a Democrat. One Of his endorse
ments begins as follows:
Judge James H. Lowell Of Holton is
proposed for the appointment as the
Democratic member on the board OF
railroad commissioners"
Another one says: Judge James H
Lowell of Holton desires the appoint
ment as a member of the board of rail-
way commissioners. Mr.. Lowell is a
strong, able lawyer, and is, and has
been, a consistent Democrat. He was
one of the Palmer electors in 1896"
Still another endorsement is as fol-
lows: Judge Lowell is one of the few
stalwart Democrats who have never
bowed the knee to the Baal of Pop
ulism.'
And now the men who followed the
lead of Judge Lowell in Jackson county
are accusing their opponents in the Re-
publican party of using Democrats to
help themi
! S. S. Ashbaugh of Wichita, who has
| been active in some of the most inn
portant cases that have been up before
the board of railroad commissioners, is
now talked of for place on the board
The Wichita Eagle says:
There WAS talk in political circles
yesterday of Judge S. S. Ashbaug h $
becoming a candidate for railroad COM
missioner. His fitness for the position
probably started the talk. He has been
a prime mover in the Wichita case for
better freight rates, and he, together
with the other counsel, has carried
some of these cases to a successful end
and gained many concessions for the
wholesale and other interests. His
connection with the work has made
him capable of judging of the fairness
of rates and the methods by which the
discriminate rates. this would give
Wichita. and the section about her rep
Iresentation on the state board, to which
she is justly entitled as the trade CEN
ter of the southwest.
| Mankato Monitor: A false telegraphic
report was sent out from this county
| to the effect that a resolution favoring
Roosevelt, Reeder and Bailey was voted
down three to one by the county CEN
/ tral ommittee. We happened to be
| present at that meeting, and are pre-
/ pared to say that the report was false.
| The resolution was voted down, but the
| majority was so slight that it took a
! keen ear to discern which side was in
| the majority. and a division was not
/ called The reason it was voted down
was not because the committee was
opposed to Bailey, but because after
discussing the matter it was thought
/ best not to act for the voters of the
| several townships. And some voted
against it because they were opposed
| to Reeder. The facts are that Bailey
had a majority of three in that COM
mittee. Those kind of Sn1isrepresenta-
ticns sent out to the daily Dapers are
made for the express purpose of Great
I ing a stampede to Hoch, but when the
| votes are counted it may result good
| deal like Jackson and Pratt counties
be Overwhelmingly for Bailey.
Does the reader notice that the Dick
| inson county Republican convention
yesterday endorsed Hoch and Burton.
Now suppose it had endorsed Bailey
and RurtOni