The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-10-27
FLOCK TO LONG.
Harry Bones Friends OyerWhelm
the Senator.
Mr. Dean Has Few Supporters
on Ground.
HOCH SEES MR.. LONG.
Mr. Davidson Says U. S. AttOr-
ney Should be ReappOinted.
Considerable Anti-HOch Senti-
ment Develops.
HOCH SEES MR.. LONG.


land are confident that he has won
his fight for the Office of United States
district attorney. And if Senator Long
makes his decision on the strength of /
the showing made today, he will GER i
tainly have to give the place to Bone. /
Bones friends seemed to be in COM
plete possession of the field. Only |
here and there was there a man whose !
avowed purpose in coming TO Topeka
was to endorse j. S. Dean, whereas
the Seventh district was represented
| by score of its leading politicians,
all there to take their turn before
Senator Long in telling him to ap-
point Bone
This is a young mans fight" said
/ one well known Kansas politician. 1t
| is the young men who are backing up
Bone, and they are the ones who will
/ land him in Office"
The appearance of the hotel lobby
! tended to bear out this statement.
Some of the leaders OF. the Bone move
ment are comparative new to Kan
| sas politics. Mr.. Bone himself is
/ popular with the young men and they
have responded to his appeal for sup
port.
/ E. T. Davidson, representative from
! Marion county. who is one of Mr..
/ Deans chief advocates, said today:
! TT looks as though Mr.. Dean should
have a second term; this is no more
]
has given good service, as Mr. Dean
has. No charge is made that Mr.
Dean has not filed the office accept
ably. Nor d owe say that Mr.. Bone
! of the Office. But Mr.. Bone should
wait; that uor position. We want
/ Mr. Bone to wait and give Mr. Dean
/ the customary second term
About 1890 this morning, Governor
Hoch went to the hotel, and called
upon Senator Long. Governor HOch is
a Dean man; he wrote a letter endorS-
ing Dean, and then had to stand out
from under it to a certain extent when
the Bone people went after him. Gov
eFn0r Hoch explained that the letter
was purely a personal endosement;
that he was taking no part il. the con-
troversy in his of8ciaI capacity. Cow
ernoF Hoch spent a considerable time
in Senator Longs room and dined with
/ him at the Copeland.
One of the state officers, who is not
taking any part in the fight said to-
day: Bone is certain to win. The
fact is that Long has come to the place
where he must shut down on this
double cross business in politics; Dean
can't be the friend of two different
crowds Dean must either line up with
the machine or against it; he can
carry water on both shoulders and win.
! believe that Senator Long knows the
situation as well as anyone, and I ven
ture to say that this whole thing is
simply a bluff, and that Bone is as
good as appointed.
Mr. Dean is still in Oklahoma, and 1t
is likely that he viii not be able to
come to Topeka. this week. Perhaps if
his family troubles had not come just
at this time, he would have his back
ing organized in better shape.
Among those who were at the Cope
land today were the following: James
T. Getty, J. w. Creech, Fred Dumont
Smith, Dave Naill J. n. Dolly, T. B.
MurdOck, Senator Fred Quincy, Sena-
tor J. c. Morrow, Grant Hornaday,
Henry J. Allen, Senator J. NJ. HOmme,
t. A. COrdry, r. F. Hayden, A. New
man, Seth Wells. J. M. Nation w j.
Fitzgerald, NJ. w Sutton, Representa-
tives Geo. B. Cones of Meade, j. s.
Barnes of Pratt, G. M. Beeson of
Ford. E. G. CrOcler of Chase, E. F.
Davidson of Marion, J. W. Adams Of
Sedgwick, 7. j. Curran of COmanche,
E. P. Rochester of Scott, J. w. Berry
/ man of Clark. w P Hackney of Cow
ley. L. 7. Hussey of Usage, Cyrus LIE
land of DoniPhan, W a. T1igg OF An An
derson and w. R. Stubs of Douglas.
Anti-Hoch Talk.
Though the principal topic of con-
5 versation was concerning the United
states district attorneyship, there was
an undercurrent of interest in the
fight which is brewing against Gov
< ernor HOch's denomination. The
crowd of politicians which happened
; to be ia town seemed considerably di-
l vided on the subject There was more
W. A. Trigg, the representative
from Anderson county in the last leg
islature, said:
denomination right now, he could not
{ get the Anderson county delegation.
There is a great deal of dissatisfactiO
with him. OF course people are waiting
to see how he will finish I'D his term
before passing final judgment"
tot i
+ Scott county, said: People are not
saying much about Hoch. But 1 feel
p confident that in the western part of the
\ state, a strong candidate would defeat
: Hoch for the nomination OF course it
s would have to be the right man.
e George 3. Cones, another western
t Kansas representative, from the Mead
. Seward district, said: People are ap-
e parently waiting to see what Hoch will
q do. There is a good deal of dissat tisfac-
ton with his apparent lack Of backbone
Il on various occasions, but they think
= maybe he will come out all right
E. T. Davidson, the representative
from Marion county, where Governor
Hoch lives says: ''Hoch will be renom-
mated without opposition. 7 can't see
anything to this situation but Hoch. He
o is getting bigger all the time.
Senator J. N. Dolly, one of Hoch's
managers. says: Il have canVassed this
crowd to some extent. and find Hoch
y to be all right. Nearly everybody is for
! him..
n senator James F. Getty. of Kansas
:, city, who was the leader Of the anti
d FIoch mass meeting held there few
K nights ago.when resolutions We're passed
leI condemning Hoch for his remarks about
le the condition of Kansas City. said.
r There is not a bit of political sig.
nifcance in either Of those meetings