The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-03-15

There is not a county in the district
in which Mr.. Bowersock will not lose
heavily, unleS 1t is his own county.
Douglas. Nearly every other county
would give majority against him,
with the possible exception OF Allen,
and he would lose considerably there.
Anderson county would go against
him by an increased majority, as many
of Henry Aliens supporters would vote
for the Democratic nominee in prefer
ence to Bowersock, simply rebuke
to the methods which Bowersock en-
ployed. Miami county, which Bower
sock lost before by only 90 votes. he
would probably lose this year by at
least a thousand, if the present feeling
continues. Linn is more favorable to
Bowersock, but there are Republicans
county will give good majority
against the present congressman.
Johnson county would undoubtedly be
against him. In Bourbon the feeling
is very intense against Bowersock, and
it is asserted that not only would his
518 plurality there be wiped out, but
considerable majority would be given
against him, and the same is undoubt-
edly true in Franklin. Mr.. Aliens
home.
Wyandotte county is quite likely to
give as large majority against Bow
ersock as Douglas is for him, SO the
only question which remains is, Can
BOWerSock hold enough in Allen county
to balance the majorities which would
be rolled up against him in Anderson.
Bourbon, Franklin, Linn, Johnson, and
Miami?
1t therefore appears as though the
Democrats have good grounds for their
| hope that they can elect a Democratic
congressman in the Second district. if
Mr.. Bowersoek is placed on the ticket.
Some of the strongest Republican
papers in the district cannot support
him. since they are now asserting that
his nomination was practically stolen.
| And altogether it looks as though the
honor may be an empty one, even
though Bowersock wins before the
contest board.
If the nomination should be given to
! Henry Allen it might put another
phase on the proposition, as Wyandotte
would stand by Allen, and he would
! hold most of the Republican strength
in the other counties, while his own
would roll up a good big majority for
him.
The probability that Bowersock will
be defeated if Allen persists in contest
ing his nomination is probably the rea-
son why Bcwersock's friends are SO
anxious to persuade Aliens friends TO
get him to withdraw the contest.
The Kansas friends of Fourth Assist
ant Postmaster General Bristow are
not inclined to take seriously the ru-
NOR that he is to be removed as a re-
suit of the outbreak of the lower house
of congress against MN. Bf1SIOW mas
been removed" so often by those
whom he has offended that Kansas peo-
pie are used to it. The trouble with
his removals" is that the president
has never ratified them. and Bristow S
friends refuse to worry about this latest
loutbreak.
And since the press of the country
has taken a second thought on the
matter. many editorial writers are in
clined to the opinion that Bristow is
pretty safe, no matter what the dis
closures in the report may be. In ar
editorial on this subject the Chicago
Record Herald publishes the following:
The most significant thing to be mo-
ted in connection with the hysterica
outbreak occasioned in the house b.
the Bristow report is that the facts
contained in it are not questioned. ThS
report does not accuse congressman o.
illegal acts or of corrupt practices. L
simply cites instances in which mem
bers of congress brought personal in
1uence to bear upon postal officials +
secure favorable postof1ice leases or in
| creased clerk hire. The statements il
each case are specific as to person, tiras
and place They show that in numcI-
Gus instances the congressmen's inter
position resulted in increased expendi
| lures which upon later investigation
had to be cut down.
| (Coutinued on Page Six.)