The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-01-23
STILL HAVE HOPES.
Curtis People Think They May
Yet Win.

Interest in the Jackson county pri-
mar1eS of Friday and the Brown and
jefferson primaries of today is natural
ly Keen in Topeka, the home of Con-
gresham Curtis and the general head
quarters for the politics of the state.
Many Topeka politicians are deeply
concerned in the outcome of the Curtis
campaign, although there are many
different reasons for their interest.
Among them there. are very few to
ADMIT that the unfavorable outcome of
the jackson county primaries was
very serious blow to the Curtis cam
palgn. Major T. J. Anderson is the
only one to say that the victory of
Frederick in Jackson county means Mr..
Curtis defeat He said:
Inc loss of Jackson county will
PROBABLY defeat Curtis. We have had
congressman for the last eight or ten
years, but now the people of his district
nave to knife him. That is about as
long as the people in this state can
STAND II to have good representative.
l hope they elect Anthony over at
LeaVenworth and see how they like it,"
u w. Mulvane said: THE jackson
county loss will not defeat Mr. Curtis.
u course man on the outside is not
able to know exactly how things are
going, but I should say that Mr.. Curtis
made remarkable showing in Jackson
county. Curtis has 80 delegates from
shawnee county and will probably get
II more in Jefferson today. He has
them from. 1 think that the outcome
Of the campaign in Jackson county will
nave no effect on the situation beyond
making Mr.. Curtis work a little harder
IN the other Counties
This is a very liberal statement com
ing from Mr.. Mulvane, %Vho is sup
posed to secretly cherish a hope of Mr.
Curtis defeat. Years of political ex-
perience have, however, taught MIR.
Mulvane to control his emotions when
there is nothing else to be done.
J. G. Slonecker said: 1--WE didn't
need Jackson county. We haven't fig
ured on it, and While we wanted TO
win there, we were in position where
we got more votes in Holton than Mr..
Frederick did, and got some of his
| country precincts besides. The pri-
maries showed that Mr.. Curtis is very
strong in that part of his district. Mr..
| Curtis expects to get the remainder of
| his strength from Jefferson, Brown and
Atchison counties, and I have no doubt
| will do so easily
Postmaster Guthrie said: "Brod-
erick can have jackson county We
have half our delegation right here
and will get the other half without diff
| ficulty. Jefferson is a Curtis strong
hold and in Brown county today ne
| will roll up some more strength. Cur
| tbs only needs 65 votes in the conven-
ton and Shawnee will furnish 80 OF
| Them
A K Rogers, assistant postmaster,
said: Mr. Curtis had not regarded
Jackson county as one of his essential
counties. He made a pretty good dis
play of strength there and he will get
| enough votes in the rest of the district
to get him through. 1t is not altogether
certain that Mr.. Curtis may not find
a few votes in Jackson county after all.
but he is not making any calculation
upon doing so.'
Captain H. M. Philips, chairman OF
the Republican county central commit
tee, has been very busy this morning
about political affairs. He stopped a
minute, however. to say with his GUS
tomary cheerfulness:
Curtis is killed-nothing! Wei
carry Brown and Jefferson today and
Atchison next week. Jackson county's
loss doesn't make any difference. We
hadn't counted on it,
E. D. McKeever, assistant U. S. dis
trict attorney, said: Mr. Broderich
is very strong man in Jackson county
where he has never been defeated ano
it seems to me surprising that Mr. Cur
tbs should make such inroads upon his
strength as he has done. I do not be,
lieve that the result of Fridays pri-
maries materially changes the situation
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