The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-05


z. z. MARSHALL, Supt.
According to a story going the
rounds of the few politicians who are
about the state house and its adjunct,
the Copeland hotel, these days. as a
result of conference between w R.
Stubs. T. B. Murdoch and J. n. Dol
ley. which has been held off and or
since Monday afternoon, Dolley was
sent as a sort OF an emissary from
Stubs to call on the governor. He
was commissioned to ask the governor
if he intended to take any part in the
coming senatorial fight.
"Oh. no." reports Dolley. Il never
thought of talking to the governor
about such a thing. / merely wanted
to call on him and talk with him about
Dolley made his call and spent about
fifteen minutes with the governor.
When he had gone from the office Gov
ernor Hoch said that Senator Dolley
administration would take any part in
the coming fight.
After Dolley had spared over the
weather for some time he said:
Governor, are you going to take
any hand in the senatorial fight this
winter and if you are going to do some
thing of the kind, on whose side will
you be?"
we were going to take part in that
fight I should try to help my APP
pointee, Judge A. w. Benson. But I
told Judge Benson when I appointed
him that I would not take a part in the
senatorial fight this winter. I told him
that he must make his own fight for
the place if he wanted 1t. Several times
during the recent campaign / have
reiterated this statement in my speech
es and you and Mr.. Stubs might as
we'll learn now that I will have no part
in the coming fight"
Dolley juggled with the questions in
the governor to express some other
preference for senator. The governor
refused TO discuss the situation further
and Senator DOlley left the governors
Stubs who was in the state house
waiting to hear a report from the
Hoch-Dolley conference.
Although the caucus nomination for
senator among the Democrats is only
an honor, there has started considerable
talk about the Democratic headquarters
the Throop hotel, as to where this hon
or should go. It is understood that
'Bill'' Sapp is anxious to have the dis
tinction thrust upon him and that he
has been busy for several days sending
out letters asking Democratic senat
and legislators elect to vote for him.
Sapp, however. Is said not to be max
ing much progress in his campaign be-
cause the word has gone out that the
least the party can do in the light of
the returns from the last election would
be to honor Senator William "A. Harris
with the caucus Democratic nomina-
ton. Colonel Harris has not intimated
that he is a candidate for this vote, but
the party leaders say that he should
have 1t, arguing that it would be
mark of ingratitude to give the caucus
nomination to anyone else.
Friends of Charles Curtis are dis
cI1SSf01 nIan nv which # Is exnpcted
that Curtis will be elected senator. The
idea is not new. but it has been work
ed successfully in other similar con-
tests. The plan is to organize a
stampede" at the right moment in
the balloting. In every legislature
there is always class anxious to be
recorded as having voted for the sue
cessful candidate.
Curtis has the largest number of
members pledged to him and if he al
lowed them to vote irrespective of a
prearranged plan 1t is probable that
he would have fully forty votes of the
necessary sixty-six to elect on the first
ballot. However If the present plan
is adhered to, the Curtis full strength
will not be cast on the first ballot.
Some of his strength in the Seventh,
Fifth and Sixth districts will be dis
tributed among the various other can
didates- This procedure will be ad-
heIed to for a few ballots when the
coup will be sprung In the Third dis
lr1cI there are elSnI or nine Campbell
votes. which Will be ready to go to
Curtis when needed. Probably on the
third or fourth ballot the signal will
be given. Instantly the Third district,
Curtis reserve force will start a cry
for Curtis This will be taken up by
the other real Curtis men-nen who
have been jockeying with Stubs,
Bristow, Benson or Murdoch
The first intimation that the STAN
pede" move was contemplated came
from certain statesmen who had been
in Topeka recently. They have been
known, because Of their railroad lean
ings to be for Curtis body ana soul
Imagine the surprise they created when