The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-06-04
at Beloit Is Attracting
Attention.
FOR A CURTIS ORGAN.
Believed Times will Be Made In
to One.
Col. Joe Wright Refuses to Anil
late With Democrats.

lott syndicate has bought the 1iifes'
and the new postmaster will take
charge Of the affairs Of the office, July
l. next, political matters nave peeA
growing more portentious, and those
who pretend to know anything about II
say the chasm is widening. Then, AGAIN
the rurnor is current that one Of the
syndicate has been to washington 10
consult Congressman Curtis about mat
ters pertaining to the Z. s. senatorship,
which if the visit is agreeable viii
make the Times a Curtis organ, besides
swallowing the state ticket, railroads
and all The new Times syndicate is
said to be as follows. Capt ". h
Mitchell, a former Burtonite; A Z.
Mead, present member of the legisia-
ture from Mitchell county, said to be
favorable to Curtis; F. H Burnhan1,
Union Pacific railroad attorney; & l.
Kagey, who is making race rof county
attorney. a splendid good fellow ana q
warm friend of Mitchell and Mead;
John Mcbride, boss buster, VINO IS ex-
pected to take a position on the syhoi-
cate Times as typo, and perhaps assocl-
ate editor, and who has heretofore Deeh
pa ting Curtis on the back and saying
lots Of good things about him Whlie ne
was sole editor of the Times, ana laet
but not least. it is said, that Chan-
Perdue makes the sixth one VINO com
prise the syndicate. Perdue will quit
the Beloit postofice as postmaster july
l. although his successor has asked MIN
to stay and be his deputy There Is no
way to find out for certain how Perdue
stands for u s. senator He also de-
MES that he belongs to the Times syn
dictate.
The new syndicate promise that the
Times will have no axes to grind, nor
enemies to punish, but be a strictly Re-
publican journal which some of them
doubt the Gazette is. There may pc
some fun If all the syndicate get 10
writing political editorials for the new
Times.
There viii be scrap for your life
II the Republicans put up GURUS
candidate for the legislature in Mitch
ell county so the Democrats contend.
any Curtisite with either Nick Eresch
or Tom Rodgers. Since the late Demo
cratic congressional convention held IN
Beloft last week, which failed to noTni-
nate A. r Rodgers, the Tom Rodgers
stock for the legislative nomination mas
gained many points.
An amusing incident took place in
Beloit while the Democrats were trying
to pick out a man who could beat
Reeder for congress. A. 7. Rodgers,
whom they were trying to center on,
approached John B. Rae, and urged him
to accept the nomination, saying here
is 500 I will chip in to help secure your
election" Rea declined to be candi-
date at the time and addressing Rod
gers who had also refused the nomina-
ton. said: Rodgers. will go you one
better if you will accept the place; I
will put up 5000 to help secure your
election" Mr.. Rodgers could have been
nominated if he had said the word. Rea
steadily declined it and finally the pres
sure was SO strong, the majority draft
ed him.
There is so much political interest in
Kansas this year" said a we'll known
Sixth district Republican. and member
of the legislature, that I am glad that
am not on the state ticket this time.
The member of the legislature said that
it looks to him that the people of Kan
sas are going to adopt President Roose-
velt's idea, and have a new deal.
so far Chan. Perdue is the only post
master in the Sixth district who has
been turned out. There may be some
thing better in store for Chan. in the
future What is the matter with elect
ing Perdue for secretary of state, or
something better. He was model post
master. and II civil service is good for
postmasters he ought to have been re-
appointed
4 vel known state official has said
that the Sixth district Republicans are
in worse shape since the state conven-
ton than they are in any other district
in the state And this official gets to
travel all over Kansas. IT believe that
district will be ironed out in good shape
before the campaign really opens said
the we'll known state official. This same
OFFICIAL spoke of Jewell county in par
tfclllar. which he thinks is In worse
shape than any other county in the
Sixth congressional district
Col Joe Wright, of the Smith Center
Messenger. refuses to support the Dem
ocratic state ticket. His paper is gen
uine Populistic. He refused to go to
Beloit and shake hands with his old
time Populist friends who were dele
gates from the several counties in the
sixth district Democratic congressional
convention. Col. Wright is doing all he
can to get his party to place full
ticket in the field, including a congress
sional candidate.
The Republicans of Ellis county are
hunting for somebody who will run
for the legislature and beat the present
incumbent, Henry Oshant. Democrat.
The county is usually good for several
hundred majority for the Democrats.
And the Republicans are looking for
their best man who will have Oshant
to lick. Simon Motz has been sug-
gested as the proper one to do the act.
John r. Connolly, who publishes
the Colby Free Press, a Populist or
gan was a Beloit visitor during the
Dem era tic congress- onal. convention.
His paper publishes an excellent notice
of the nominee. John 3. Rea.. although
he has aIwex7S been an active Demo-
crat. Col Wright will no doubt claim
that the Free Press has gone Demo-
cratic.
K f Willcockson, formerly of
Oakley and a member of the state SEN
ate and later receiver of the Colby land
office, who has been living at Keokuk
Iowa for three or four years. has just
been nominated for district Judge by
the Republicans There are five coun-
ties in his district.
Items From Over the Sixth District.
The commissioners of Trego county
pay out annually over $500 for wolf
scalps- One man alone has received
in the last two months not less than
sS5- The price paid is 81 per scalp.
There IS a suspicion that the old
coyotes are spared Ia order that they
can raise the young ones.
John 3. Rea. Of Jewell county tn
Democratic nominee for congress IN
the Sixth district, received two medals