The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-02-19
he GAN NOT WIN.
That Is What Politicians Think
About Bowersock.
Contest Now i'm Allen and An
derson Counties.
M'GREW OR ALLEN.
Believed That One of These
Will Be Nominated.
How Senator Fitzpatrick Sc
cured Nomination.

cured Nomination.
| 1t is the general opinion among the
politicians that Congressman Bowersock
is serving his last term in congress-
There is very little dissent from the
opinion that he is practically out of
the running in the race for the Second
district nomination. The only county
that he has for him to a certainty is his
own, Douglas. 1t is generally supposed
that he could have had Linn if there
was chance for him to be nominated,
but he would have had to fight for it,
and now he may not be able to control
even Linn. He is making a fight in
Anderson to keep Henry Allen from
getting it. but Allen is also fighting.
and since Funston has withdrawn in
Allen county, Mr.. Allen is asking for
well
If Mr.. Allen gets Anderson and Allen
counties there seems to be little doubt
OF his nomination. If he does not get
Inefn, Mr.. BoWersock may be able to
throw the nomination. to Henry Nc
Grew of Wyandotte county. The fight
is now between Allen and McGrew
Mr.. Bowersock does not understand
! Wyandotte county, at least he is said
to have told a friend that on a train
recently.
Il don't understand wyandotte coun-
ty at al1,' Mr.. Bowersock said. 1.-TWO
years ago I backed Silas Porter to
make a race for congress down there
against Nat Barnes. He got licked.
This year I backed Barnes to make the
light as local candidate, and l had
Porter for him, too, and both of them
got licked 1 don't see through it,
Henry McGrew, who defeated Barnes
in the local fight in Wyandotte county,
and who is now the leading candidate
against Henry Allen, is a lawyer of
considerable note in Kansas City He
is the man who defeated the 800, 900
bond issue of Wyandotte county in the
courts a few years ago, for which he is
said to have received a fee of $45, 900.
Wyandotte county voted $700, 600 bonds
for macadam roads. The roads, or
part of them at least. were built, but
a question came up over the validity
ed to defeat them in. the courts, and
he succeeded.
1t is said that Mr. McGrew has built
four hundred houses in Kansas City
Kas., and the adjoining towns in
Wyandotte county in the last three OF
four years. Incidentally he is said tc
have made a quarter OF a million OF
/ dollars as a result of his enterprise in
this direction.
The story has come to Topeka how
Senator w S. Fitzpatrick secured his
denomination as state senator in the
Chautauqua- district this week
Each county had twelve delegates
1t was Elk county's turn to have the
senator-in fact it was Elk county 8
turn four years ago, but Fitzpatrick got
it on promise not to run again this
year. The Elk county candidate was
T. P. Hawkins. over 1900 ballots had
been taken and the convention had
been in session eight days. The Elk
county delegation was positively in
structed to vote for Hawkins as long
as there was chance for his nomina-
! ton, and after that to vote for some
other Elk county man upon whom the
delegation might agree.
On the eighth day G. Y. Miller, OF
Longton, an Elk delegate, went over
} to the Fitzpatrick forces. The secre-
tary of the convention, an Elk county
man, refused to record Miller's vote
contrary to his Instructions Miller and
the twelve Fitzpatrick delegates pro-
ceeded to elect a new secretary, and
then these thirteen nominated F'itzpat-
rick. The other eleven Elk county
; delegates refused to participate in the
convention.
It is said that the Elk county Re-
publicans are extremely wrathy over
the procedure and many of them de-
clare they will not vote for Fitzpatrick
at the election. Chautauqua county
has already had the senator eight years
and If Fitzpatrick is reelected it will
make four years more. The Elk coun-
ty contingent alleges that Fitzpatrick
promised four years ago to support ar
Elk county man this year.
The lola Record publish the follow
ing concerning the Second district sit
uation and the position of Allen coun.
ty:
Three counties have not yet helt
) their conventions. Allen. Anderson anc
Linn. They have a total vote of 20
| Mr.. Bowersock has an uncontested del
egation in Douglas county, his owr
| home, of u votes. If he should carry
all the counties yet to hold primaries
he will have II delegates. If he wins
the contest in Johnson county he viii
have 81. 1t requires so to nominate. Ht
hasn't a chance of getting another del
egate. So it can be seen that Mr.. Bow
ersock is defeated now. It would bt
folly for Allen county to remain true tt
him after he was defeated. 1t would
do him no good nor would it do AlleI
county any good. Allen county ha.
had no hand in Mr.. Bowersock's defeat
He was defeated when he came to thi:
county and his friends cannot con
, sistently ask the Republicans to attaaf
their fortunes to man who is alread.
defeated