The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-11-11
WHO WILL 1T Be?
The Speakership Question Al
ready Causing Gossip.
Mr. w. II. Stubbs May Be I'm the
Race.
WANTS LEGISLATION.
Much Interested In Several I'M
portant Measures.
HOch VIII Spend Much Time In
Topeka.
WANTS LEGISLATION.

VINO viii De speaker or the next
| house?
| Thus far three men have been men
| toned. They are A. G. Mead of Mitch
ell, w. r. Stubbs of Douglas, and
Judge Ansel R. Clark of Rice.
| Meads boom was started at Beloit
Immediately after his election was as
sured. 1t is quite probable that some
of his friends had been shaping things
to that end for some time before cleo
ton. Judge Clark's friends also want
him to be speaker and he would
doubtless line up considerable strength
| in the Seventh district. But if w. r.
Stubbs will say the word he can doubt
less have the Speakership without op-
position.
Stubbs was mentioned for the place
months ago. His colleague, j. l..
Brady, editor of the Lawrence World,
soon after the Republican state con-
vention said that Stubbs ought to be
speaker of the house the coming Win
ter. If Stubbs says he won't take it
there will probably be a scramble for
the place. but if Stubbs indicates that
he will take the speakership it will
probably be given him with almost no
opposition.
Stubbs is very much interested in the
legislation to be enacted the coming
winter. He has insisted all during the
campaign that the pledges made in the
Wichita platform must be carried out.
and it may be necessary for him to be
speaker in order to see that these things
are done. There is a bare possibility
that there may be a fight similar to
that over the state craftsmanship un-
less Mr.. Stubbs indicates that he will
take the speakership. After the Wich- |
ita convention he refused the chair
manship of the state committee, and
the RurtOn faction a666 hV KRllV /
and Burrow organized to control the |
committee. Stubbs and Hoch saw how |
things We're drifting and Hoch asked
Stubbs to take the craftsmanship. Then |
he became a candidate but he had to
fight for the place. He won.
The Lawrence World published an ed |
itorial last night insisting upon the
election of Stubbs as speaker, and il |
is not at all improbable that he win
accept the place
Another Democrat has come to light
in the lower house. He is Theo Os-
weller of Sedgwick county. He was
elected without opposition from the
country district The Republicans
named Captain Bauchman for the
place, but he withdrew and the va
cancy was not filled. Mr.. Osweiler was
a member of the house in 1901. Two
years ago he was defeated because of a
mistake in the ballots.
1t is stated that E. W. Hoch, COVER
near future and spend most of his time
here until his Inauguration in January.
Mr.. Hoch will become governor at noon
on January 9, and the legislature will
But before that time Mr.. Hoch will he
a busy man. There will be horde of
hungry politicians who will want to
get next to the pie counter as soon as
possible; the incoming governor will
have his message to write and he will
want to confer with various people con-
cerning it. and for various other rea-
sons his presence in Topeka Nill be nee
essary.
The factionaI fight in the Repub-
lican party caused the defeat of sew
eral members of the legislature, and
came near defeating several more. 1t {
aided in the defeat of Plummer in
Atchison county and Sponable in-John-
probably have been defeated anyway. {
Bale Waggener's popularity would |
have elected him without any factiona1 I
fight to aid him, and the fact that
SDonabIe was the personal representa- '
tive of T. T. Kelly in the senate two
years ago would have defeated him. 1
The machine made fight on H. '
B. Miller in Usage county. Senator Y
Miller's attitude on the garnishment ]
bill in the last legislature cost him a t
good many votes also. 1t is reported
that his majority is only about 100. !
and that there may be a contest. The l
boss busters fought the reelection of S
J. T. Pringle in the north district of Z
Usage, but he received a majority of +
about 500. o
The factional fight defeated Bun L
Adams for the senate in Butler coun- 9
ty. The boss busters showed him un- I
der by about 700 majority. They also 7
defeated the Republican candidate for G
the house in the north.
The machine also defeated at S
least one of the Republican nominees [
might have been defeated anyway, but t
the faction fight elected Ed Perdte, '
the Democratic candidate in the coun- 7
Try district. 1
The boss busters in Reno county
made a fight on both of the Repub-
defeating one of them. w. Y. Morgan
vas elected in spite of the fight.
]. L. Brady, who will be w. r. L
,tubbs' colleague from Douglas coun-
y, was one of Joe Bristow's college
cen years ago. o
]. NJ. Nation tells a funny story from b
Jeosho county He says there is an Ii
Id man down there who is paralyzed n
o that he is unable to get about by e
imself. He has been a. lifelong Dem
crat and the Democrats have been
eeing that he got to the polls to vote
'wo years ago he said he wanted to
asst his last ballot. He cast it for the y
ticket. This year he con- a
luded that he wanted to cast his bal n
ot over again, so the local Democrats d
rent to great pains to get him to the T
oils. When he got there he had not y
efficient use of his hands to mark his "
allot and one of the judges was called
o mark it for him. He had always
cen such a pronounced Democrat that
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