The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-09-17
POLITICAL GOSSIP
A. 9. Mead Beaten for the Legis-
lature at 3elOit.
Is a Hard Blow TO Curtis Sena-
tOrial Aspirations.
D. o. MORAY OPENS UP
Attacks Fred Bullene, COrrespon-
dent for Kansas City Star.
ID. w. Blaine Nominated for
D. o. MORAY OPENS UP
D. w. Blaine Nominated for
Legislature In Pratt County.

can county convention here on Saturday
when A. G. Mead was turned down by
the delegates for the nomination for
representative and it was given to B. r.
Bracl1en. Mr.. Mead was member of
the last house of Representatives and has
been looked upon as favoring the election
of Congressman Curtis to the United
States senate. and the Curtis crowd
have been working hard for his renom-
nation. They thought it was assured
Not long ago there was pow WOW Of
Republicans here. among them SENATOR
Long and Governor HOch, and they we're
supposed to lend encouragement to the
denomination of Mead. They left here
satisfied that Mr.. Mead would get the
nomination but this was not to be, for the
anti-Curtis crowd in Mitchell county
controlled the convention and Mr.. Mead
was defeated for the nomination.
The vote in the convention was Mead
so and Bracken Sc Previous to the con-
ventfon, the Mead supporters had
claimed that Mead would win by at
least 10 votes.
In the city of Beloit. Mead had s
votes and Braeken 8. In Cawker City
Mead had 8 and Braeken 8. In Glen
Elder Mead had the solid delegation Of
votes.
The convention was one Of the most
exciting held In the county for years.
The struggle centered in the fight for
representative, and the people who
fought Mead say that this puts him out
of the list of possibilities as a congress
sional candidate two years hence and
leaves a clear field to his rival, I. D.
Young of Beloit.
There were no speeches made at the
convention, but It Is known that Mead
was for Curtis for United States sena-
tor while Bracken is pledged to any
body to beat Curtis
Bracken has been in the furniture
business at Beloit for the past IA years.
He Is a hrother-4n-laW Of state Ac-
eountant J. C. Ganord, and has never
before taken part in politics.
The balance of the ticket nominated
follows: Superintendent, Mis- Ada
Hitchcock; county clerk, Frank gopher;
treasurer. Henry Vantilboerg; probate
judge, Levi Cooper; county attorney, F.
]. Knight; register of deeds, J. ". Nc
Ghee; Sheriff, G. w. Wallace; clerk Of
court, John Hall; surveyor, ]. K.
Thompson; coroner, DR.. E. N. Daniels.
The resolutions Endorsed the admins
tration of President Roosevelt; the leg
islature of 1905; the state ticket; Con-
gresham Reeder. Judge Picker: favors
a direct primary election law; the tax
alton of railroads on the same basis of
other property; 2-cent passenger rate
If shown to be just, and the abolish
ment of all discriminative freight rates.
Medicine Lodge Kan. Sept. 1.-THE
much discussed automobile campaign
tour of Senator Chester I. Long and par
ty through the short grass" section of
the state began this morning and will
continue throughout the week If the
trip is success, automobiles may be
employed by the Kansas senator for fu-
ture campaigning in the state this fall.
Most Of the party started from here
bright and early this morning, few
joining at ColdWa ter, which is the place
for the first meetingN this afternoon.
Those comprising the party are: Senator
Long, c. E. Denton of Attica. nominee
for secretary Of state; w. J. Fitzgerald
of Dodge City, nominee for lieutenant
governor; R. H. B'axon. Senator Longs
secretary; C. @. Chandler of Wichita,
banker and friend of Senator Long, who
formerly resided here; c. L. Davidson
of Wichita, nominee for the legislature;
Lock Davidson, son of c. L. Davidson;
P. G. Walton, the well known banker OF
Anthony, Kansas; WaldrOn Chase of
Medicine Lodge, and W. H. belong, ex-
pert automobilist from Wichita.
Three machines are being employed in
the tour One is that of c. O. Chandler,
another that of c. L. Davidson, and the
third belonging to p. G. Walton. All
are large touring cars, and all have had
use the past summer in lengthy trips,
Mr. Walton having been to Colorado
twice in his car.
Dates for the week are:
Ashland. tonight at p. m; Meade,
Tuesday. 2 p. m; Liberal, Tuesday,
p. m; Hugoton, Wednesday, 2 p m;
Ulysses, Wednesday, p. M: Richfield.
Thursday, ? P. m: Johnson THURSDAY.
p. M; Santa Fe Friday. 2 p m; Buck
lin. Saturday, II a. m; Greensburg, Sat
urday. 1870 p. m.
Since Mrs. Burton opened her guns
on the book trust and Governor Hoch
q
text book commission of the state to
the book trust through the appoint
ment of D. o. McCray to the commits
sion, Mr.. McCray has maintained
rather dignified reserve over the critt-
cisms that have also been hurled at
him. But he has finally made a
statement. It Is the form of a
letter to newspaper and was
brought about by shot that
Col. w. A. Harris. the Democratic
gubernatoriaI nominee, took at Mr. Nc
Cray in speech which he delivered on
Saturday at Randolph. McCray's let
ter IS as follows:
I'm a speech at Randolph Saturday
Colonel w. A. Harris, Democratic
candidate for governor is reported IN
the Kansas City Star as follows:
g Colonel Harris was again ap-
plauded when he told of the appoint
ment of D. 0. McCray, lobbyist for the
school book trust and the Pullman Car
company, as member of the school
text commission when Governor Hoch
knew that McCray was in the employ
of these two monopolies.
IF Colonel Harris made this state
ment he uttered a falsehood- For a
man of Colonel Harris standing in
Kansas to make this charge against a
citizen solely upon the unsupported
stateme nts of unscruputous and ire
sponsible creatures, is little less than
an outrage. 1 brand it as a lie Of the
meanest type.
This persnal attack upon me by a
former United States senator and can
didate for governor was probably in
stigated by the numerous malicious at
tacks that have recently appeared in
the news and editorial columns Of the
Kansas City star which makes it
necessary for me to relate some facts.
Mr. Fred 5. Buliene. Topeka CORE
| snondent Of the star. came here early