Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1906-11-01

ised all manner of things TO al
manner of communities. In some
parts of the state his henchmer
have promised that IL he is elect
ed he will allow the joints to run,
while in other parts of the state
different class of henchmen
have promised that If Hoch is
elected the state will be as dry rs
a powder horn. A strange thing
has happened in Leavenworth
and Atchison counties. Leading
papers in those counties are fight
ling Harris because he has de-
clared that il elected he will en-
force all the laws. A German
paper in Leavenworth has become
frightened at the assertions made
by Harris and although II was
for Harris in the first place 1t is
now fighting him, solely because
| il is afraid he will enforce the
law. The temperance element OF
the state don't know what to do.
Hoch is a prohibitionists at heart,
and he is also a coward. Before
he was elected governor he used
to say that if he were governor
he would call out the militia ii
necessary to enforce the law, but
since he has been governor he
has been too much of coward to
even tell where he stands. He
promises one thing in one place
and other things in other places.
From all over the state comes
stories of great disaffection in the
Republican ranks, and at this
time il would seem that Hoch is
going to be badly beaten. In
most every town in the state there
has been very light registration,
and this would indicate a big
stay at home vote. 1t is very
probable that this means a big
loss to Hoch. Id Cherokee county
there is a great deal of scrapping
going on, prin> ipally over the
judgeship. Corb Mcneil, the
Republican candidate, has a fight
on his hands simply because he
is the leader of the party in this
county. Some of the old time
Republicans are fighting him
hard. and even the beloved Cher
okee County. Republican has bolt
ed him. Just what effect this
will have on the vote is hard to
determine, but conservative gen.
tlemen in both parties believe the
bolt came too late to do any Sc
rious harm to Mr.. McNeill'S can
didacy. They seem to think that
other things might hurt more.
However, Mr.. McNcil.'s f,iei dS
are not greatly alarmed, and they
claim that unless there is a land
slide that their man will be elected
In fact if he is beaten the whole
Republican ticket will he beaten.
This seems to be logical, too.
An ante-election outlook at this
time would seem to indicate that
Miss Nell Williams will be elect
ed county superintendent and Oh.
Sparks representative from this
district. AL. Majors is going to
run very strong for county attor-
ney, and unless Mr.. Morgan can.
run right along with Mr.. MeNeill,
with the latter gentleman in the
lead on his ticket, Mr.. Majors
will probably be elected. The
Republicans in the north part of
the county are going to swap off
everything in sight in an effort
to elect Jim Hatton sheriff, and
when swapping begins it is
mighty hard to tell where it will
stop. The candidates for the
other county Offices seem to have
no advantage over each other,
and there will probably be sew
eral pretty horse races. The
News has kept out of the fight
as much as possible for the reason
that it is not a political organ,