The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-01-23
TEE JAoKsoN PRIMARIES.

The overwhelming victory OF Gov
ernor Bailey in the Jackson county
contest yesterday shows that the gov
ernor is more popular today than he
was two years ago. At that time he
lost jackson county. The delegates
to the Wichita convention We're against
him. Yesterdays vote stood 76 for the
Bailey ticket and 40 for the anti-Bailey
ticket. The result was a great surprise
to the Hoch machine, which had con-
fdently counted upon Jackson county
going against Bailey.
The result of the Jackson county
primaries shelves A. d. Walker as a
candidate for railroad commissioner.
His influence was altogether toward
the railroad companies.
Mr.. Thompson, who was successful in
the contest against Walker. is regard
ed as a man of high ability, strict in
tegrity, and one who would be equally
fair to both the railroad companies and
the shippers and receivers of freight.
Kansas people do not wish a commits
sioner who would be unjust to either
side, but they do demand justice. and
they have not received it from Mr..
Walker.
Coupled with Governor Bailey's vic
tory is the loss to Congressman Curtis
of the very important Jackson county
delegation to the Holton convention,
which will meet a week from next
Tuesday. Mr. Curtis friends had
thrown their chances with the Walker
and the anti-Bailey forces. The result
bears heavily upon Congressman Curtis
chances for the congressional conven-
ton In fact many of his friends think
he is beaten Curtis, too, has been too
thick with Burton.
After the news of the Jackson county
result was received in Topeka last
night there was a scurrying around by
some of Mr. Curtis friends to see what
could be done. 1t was seen that prac-
tically the only county outside of
Shawnee which could be counted upon
for Mr.. Curtis would be Jefferson.
This was not enough. 1t was hoped
that the Leavenworth soldiers home
could be secured for Curtis, but that
was too uncertain. 1t was known that
the Atchison county central committee
had decided to follow the precedent set
by the Shawnee county committee and
name the delegates to the Holton con-
vention. 1t was also ascertained that
| the Atchison county committee was
against Mr.. Curtis by a majority of
about ten.
In the hopes that Atchison county
could be compelled to hold primaries
and a county convention and give Cur
It's a chance at that, a hasty
meeting was summoned last night
after the result from Jackson
county was known. 1t was decided
that a convention ought to be held to
elect delegates which had already been
appointed. A central committee meet
ing was hurriedly called for today in
the hopes that another precedent could
be established which would induce
Atchison to abandon it's determination
to name delegates and call conven-
ton.
After today there are only seven
days, excluding Sunday, before the
Holton convention. OF course, the rea-
sons which induced the action of the
Shawnee committee in naming the del
egates are just as valid today as they
were at that time, except that the
Shawnee machine has discovered that
in taking things into it's own hands it
has now jeopardized the success of ME-.
Curtis.