The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-09-06
sixth District Politicians Find
Ethiopian In WOOdpile.
Big BelOit Rally Arranged in
Curtis Interest.
HOCH AND LONG SPEAK
Rally Only Few Days Preceding
the Primary.
Believe Purpose Is to Help
Curtis Candidate.

Sixth district politicians have figured
it out that the big Hoch-Long political
meeting arranged to take place at Be
1 lott, Mitchell county, on Saturday, Sep
| tember 8, is really move in the in
terests of Curtis candidacy for the
United States senate, intended TO in
huence the result of the Mitchell county
legislative fight between A. G. Mead and
3. F. Bracken
The Mead -Bracken fight is distinctly
Curtis and anti-Curtis affair. Mead is
the recognized Curtis candidate, while
Bracken is supposed to represent the
anti-railroad element, and to be opposed
to Curtis. The fight between these two
factions will take place in Mitchell
county a few days after the meeting Of
| September 8, and it is supposed that the
meeting is for the purpose Of giving
Long and Hoch a chance to line up their
friends for Mead, the Curtis candidate
In spite of the tact that Long has
declared that he has no understanding
with Curtis, and in spite of Governor
HOchs avOWals that he is taking no
part in the senatorial fight. it is be-
lieved that the meeting is to be given
decided Curtis flavor. Governor Hoeh
may be an innocent bystander IN this
plot. dragged IN for the purpose of max
square" but Hoch is known to be On
friendly terms with Mead, and TO
demonstrate that fact to the people OF
Mitchell county is one of the objects OF
the meeting. They figure that it will
help Mead with a certain element of the
voters.
Frank farrell, Of Holton, manager
of the Democratic state central com
mittees press bureau, sends out the
following comment this week on the
Republican senatorial fight:
I'm their efforts to control the 1egis-
Iature the leaders of the several fac
tons in the Republican party nave
much to say about the Square Deal,
but the proposition they all have in
mind Is the election of a United States
( senator.
'sThis contest, though fierce and full
of bitterness. has Its comic opera side.
For Instance, Henry Allen has taken
the management of both Senator Ben
sons and Joe Bristow's campaigns
/ resident of Ottawa, Mr.. Allen If forced
/ to esDouse the cause Of Benson, While
his heart is with his old side partner,
/ Bristow.
''vic Murdock is a candidate for
| senator with little hope at this time.
but he Will have several votes, which
will go to ". R. Stubbs, if the latter
can use them to advantage. Murdock's
plan Is to run against Long two years
hence. and Stubs has agreed to felp
him.
.stubbs pretends that he is not a
candidate in the sense of running, but
/ his ieutenants all over the state are
I booming him for senator. The Stubs
men give it out quietly that they are
| for Charles Curtis for second choice.
/ This is very smooth politics. for Ben
son, Allen, Bristow. Murdock and their
/ crowd are for anybody as against Cur
tbs. When the time comes to perform,
Mr.. Stubs viii send word to the field
| that it will be necessary for him to
/ take the job of senator to keep it away
/ from Curtis, and in that message there
will be a yelled threat that unless the
/ syndicate takes up his candidacy, the
Y -tes he controls in the legislature viii
go to the Tnjun
Long is now making a tour of the
state in an automobile. looking after
/ his fences. He is suspicious of Stubbss
( BristoW Benson Murdock and the
rest, and the story that he and Curtis
have an understanding is generally
/ believed
Then there are Phil Campbell and
! Calderhead with a following in their
respective districts. These men will,
if the lightning misses them, be ready
/ to throw their support wherever they
can gain the best advantage.
80 you see ten or a dozen of the
leading lights in the Republican party
! trying to fool the people with q lot
Of giittering. generalities about the the
Square Deal while at the same time
they are stacking the cards for the
! fated Lane succession
The CowIey- Sumner judicial district
seems to be short on Democratic Ju-
dicial timber. The Wellington Mail
"The Democrats have been making
an unsuccessful effort yesterday and
today to hold a judicial convention.
The convention was called to meet
here yesterday but none of the Cowley
county delegates put In an appearance.
So the few delegates present from this
county got together on the street and
agreed to continue the performance
today.
This morning only one or two Cow
/ ley county Democrats put in an ap-
pearance and they came to Wellington
on other business. There were no del
egates from this county outside the
city present. But there was a greater
scarcity of candidates than Of dele
gates. No Democratic lawyer could be
| found in either county who was will
ing to accept nomination.
The Democrats are a little worried
for fear that Horace Keefer, the Popu-
some votes away from Colonel Harris.
! The following is a statement sent out
todav by the Democratic state COM
mittee.
''The Middle of the Road Populist
committee shortly will give out the
result Of poll OF the Keefer sup
porters. Don't let it fool you. The
poll was prepared in Topeka by q
newspaper man connected with the
/ Republican state committee. A mem
Der Of the Republican committee ad-
mitted the other day that the money
spent in exploiting the middle Of the
road ticket was lost entirely