The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-20
POLITICAL GOSSIP
A. Q. HITLER Talks of Fight on
CaIderhead.
Will Begin Over for Two Years
From Now.
HESSTN'S BUSTED BOOM
Failed to Gather ANY Enthu-
siasm Over the District.
Judge Flannelly's Victory Stirs
Up Anti-Coleman Feeling.
HESSTN'S BUSTED BOON

A. @. Miller, editor of the Beneville
Telescope, and one of the people who
led the forIorn hope of a fight on ".
A. Calderhead in the Fifth district, was
in Topeka Monday. He said:
Preparations viii begin right away
to bring about the defeat of W. A
Calderhead two years hence. This
year we lacked organization. We
could not get together, and the result
is that Calderhead will be renomina-
ted without opposition. When Hessin
withdrew. it knocked the props out
from under US. and We are still try
ing to get on our feet.
''Hessin's candidacy was disap-
] pointment to US. For some reason the
I people of the district did not warm up
4 to him. We had expected that other
/ candidates would get into the race to
control their respective county dele
cations with the understanding that
the one which had the strongest sup
! port would be accepted as the com
promise candidate. But we could not
/ agree upon such an arrangement. The
result was that the opposition went to
! pieces, and Hessin was left standing
/ alone Had the plan worked out as
/ we thought it would we would have
/ had 6S votes in the convention against
| Calderheads So.
7 am OF the opinion that Calderhead
VIII be candidate for denomination
| two years from now. I do not think
he has any intention of quitting the
fight. Calderhead realizes that the
moment he quits congress he is a dead
/ one, politically. He could not even
/ carry his own county; he would be
! eliminated from politics. Hence it is
his desire to stay in congress just as
1 long as possible.
I am confident that Charles Peck's
4 withdrawal was not the result of a
1 deal with Calderhead, as some have
! intimated. Peck is not the man to
make a deal Of this kind, and I do not
| believe that he has any assurance that
| Calderhead viii not again be a candi-
date. The work Of organizing the
district against Calderhead viii be 60
/ ing on steadily from now on. I don't
I know who viii be the most likely can
! didate for Calderheads place. Peck
/ will probably run; so will Kimball of
saIina. and either Little or Brewer of
Abilene. I do not believe Hessin will
again be candidate"
Attorney General c. c. Coleman is
coming in for a lot Of abuse as well as
! encoIniums for the nart which bs took
+ n he Fourteenth judicial district fight.
( Coleman wrote a letter to the Mont
/ gonsery county people. and told them
that they ought to back up on their
I fight on Judge Flannelly, and call a,
primary to elect delegates to the ju-
dicial convention. as required by the
+ judicial committee
FIannelly's enemies, led by A. 8.
Clark. thought that they could make
trouble for Judge Flannelly by refusing
to comply with, the request Of the ju-
dicial committee for a primary cleo
tion. So they went ahead and called
+ convention. as has been the custom in
ire past. Attorney General Coleman
held that the plan of the Judicial com
mittee should be complied with ard
the primary held. The Independence
Star said:
seThe judiciq1 situation, instead of be-
ing clarified by the letter of the attor-
ney general rpholding Judge Flannelly's
contention, mas beel riled anew In
some quarters the interference of Mr..
Coleman is bitterly reser1ed and in 9th
ers Ii is asserted that 1t does net
amount to any more than the opinion
Of anybody else. as question Of law
was not involved.
"An attorney of recognized abnity.
and friend Of Judge Flanneliy, said
This morning that The opinion Of the
attorney. general had no legaI value be
cause legal point was not involved
Monday aftsrp oon the Montgomery
county central committee held a meet
ing, and decided that it would do as
Coleman advised AM call the primary.
The vote was 13 to 8 on this proposition,
ard was therefore q decisive victory for
Judge FlanDelly. 1t Is not likely thar
Flnnnellv Will have any furt her op-
position for the renomiaation- The
fight on FlannelIy was because of his
strong prohibition sentiments and the
fact that he decided that gas cOuld be
piped away from the gas fields. decis-
ion which was later Sustained by the
supreme court.
The Scott-Allen campaign opened up
Monday night in Kansas City, Kan,
and each Of the rival candidates for
congress made two speeches Every
night this week two speeches Will be
made by each in Wyandotte county
and by the time Of the primaries on
Saturday, the Wyandotte county people
ought to be pretty we'll saturated with
political information
Mr.. Allen spoke at s o'clock in Claf-
/ Inns hall, Mill street and Usage avenue,
I Armourdale. Then he went to the NJ.
& o. hall. Eighth and Washington
streets, where he addressed a crowd
which filed the hall. Congressman
J Scott spoke first at Thirteenth street
and the Il road. He was met by a
large audience and was applauded
many times during his speech. At $50
o'clock he began q speech IN FlaHa-
I gan's hall. Fifth street and Virginia
avenue Tonight Congressman Scott
will again apear at two meetings, first
in Alexander's hall in the Second ward.
] and next in NJ. & O. hall in the Third
| ward Mr.. Allen speaks tonight In
/ METROPOLITAN hall. Argentine The cam
/ paign closes Friday night and the pri-
/ maries throughout the nine cOunueS
IN the Second district viii be held Sat
urdav. This vii be a busy week for
the two candidates. who will devote
their entire energies to Wyandotte
/ county.
| before Mr.. Allen arrived to speak In
CIafin's hall. At o'clock Mr.. Allen
stepped forward on the platform and
the 200 people present gave him a
| rousing welcome. The hall was deco
rated with American flags and bunting.
fsMr. Scott would have you believe