The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-05-06
Defeat of Senator Carpenter a
Blow to Burton Forces.
Must Look Elsewhere for Cam
didate for Speaker.
NO ONE YET FOUND.
On Track of Some Leader to
Rally Around.
Wants at All Hazards to Con-
troll the Legislature.

The defeat of Senator Carpenter for
the Republican nomination for repre-
sentative down in Neosho county is
liable to somewhat handicap him in
his race for speaker of the house In
fact, the Burton crowd must now look
for another candidate for speaker.
The Burton crowd had its pins all
set UP to make Carpenter speaker and
thereby control all of the house com
mittees in the next legislature. The
control Of the house committees also
means the control, to a large extent.
Of all legislation or proposed legisla-
ton. 1t also means the control of all
house patronage. which can be traded
for votes for United States senator.
It was openly announced that Sen
atOr Carpenter would be candidate
elected to the house. and when he de-
feated his opponent in the primaries
in Chanute he and his supporters took
his nomination and election as a mat
ing on a dark horse. State Treasurer
Kelly told a friend a week ago that
Carpenter would undoubtedly be nom
mated and elected, and that he would
also be elected speaker.
Therefore the defeat Of Carpenter
for the nomination even, greatly dis
arranges the plans Of the Burton
crowd. It will have to find a new can
didate for speaker, and a man whom
it can elect and also absolutely control
will not be very easy to find
There Will probably be a consider
able amount of important legislation
which the Burton element viii want
to control in the next legislature, and
the speaker, through the committees
which he appoints, is able to do much
toward controlling the legislation.
Hence the importance Of the speaker
ship, in addition to controlling the
patronage and trading for votes for
United States senator. There is like
1 " to be some important railroad leg
/ islation next winter, and the Burton
crowd and the railroads are hand in
hand. There will be another effort
TO reapportion the state into eight
/ congressional districts, and the Bur-
ton crowd viii want to dictate the ap-
I portionment in the interest Of its sup
pOrters- And there will be a large
number of other measures in which
those who are lined up with the Bur
ton element win want to control.
According to the story told BY some
of the members Of the Burton machine
| an effort VIII be made TO defeat as
/ many Of the old machine" member
Of the legislature as possible. This is
/ the purpose that was given out for
raising the Kelly -Burrow private cam
paign fund among the clerks and en-
/ plOyes Of the state house 1t is now
/ alleged that George +. Hayden, who
has just been nominated for state sem
/ atOr in the Nemaha-POttawatOm tonne dis
/ trict is one of the machine men who
have been marked for slaughter And
/ there will be others.
a dispatch from Washington states
/ that the commissions have been for
/ warded to the new federal judges who
were recently appointed for the Indian
/ Territory, and that they will be expect
ed to enter upon their duties next
/ week This will leave an immediate
vacancy in the Eighth judicial district
1 Governor " p
ment to succeed Judge Dickerson.
Ware & Leland" is the name Of a
/ firm doing brokerage business on the
/ Chicago board Of trade. It ought to be
a winning combination
/ When Governor Bailey was in Wash
| ington a few days ago. he and Senator
Long. on behalf of the management Of
/ the ottawa Chautauqua, extended an
! invitation to Senator Dick. the new
/ senator from Ohio, to speak at the OF
! tawa Chautauqua on July A. Word has
just been received that Senator Dick
has accepted the invitation.
Wichita. Kan. May s.-when Repre-
sentative Victor Murdoch returns home
from Washington, he will find that his
| leutenants here have everything in
readiness for the opening Of his cam
paign. Headquarters have been open
| ed in one of the best Office buildings
| in this city ]. H Mcpherson, secre-
! tary of the congressional committee
| already has taken up his quarters in
the new rooms. The work Of fitting out
/ the headquarters was left to him and
o. z. Smith Mr.. Smith was the head
and front of Mr.. A1urdock's campaign
and he declares that his second will be
even a greater victory. The Democrats
will not choose an opponent for Muir
dock until August TO- so that there is
plenty Of time for arranging the de-
tails of the real campaign.