The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-17

county. in the township where Carr
Taylor lives. Taylor made a des-
perate effort to carry his township for
George in the recent Reno county phi
maries, but failed. The reason is said
to have been that the people in Iay-
lor's township are radically in favor
of prohibition. once when Taylor
was county attorney Of Reno county.
he did something that the prohibitions
lists did not like. and they have been
laying for him ever since. They took
it out on him last Saturday. And Of
course J. s. George was beaten in his
own ward in the same fight
Incidentally IT might be mentioned
that Carr Taylor has not been in Topeka
since the Reno county primaries nor
for about week or two prior to the
primaries. Mr. Taylor's Topeka friends
are thinking of sending him snow
shovel with the suggestion that it might
be useful to him IN digging himself out
Of the Crlft
Another man who has been missing
from his accustomed place at the state
house for a long time Is T. J.. Williams,
the retiring private secretary Of Cover
nor Hoch. Mr.. Williams left Topeka
several days before IT was known that
he contemplated res1gning his position
as private secretary, and has not been
back since. The new private secretary,
Charles Sessions, does not take office
until April I.
one week from today the only real
congressional fight Of the state VIII
take place in the Second district. All
the other congressional fights have been
settled without a bit Of excitement, but
the Second district holds the concentra-
ted enthusiasm of the whole state. Cur
tbs has won in the First, Miller in the
Fourth, Madison in the Seventh ana
Murdoch in the Eighth without oppOsi-
- Ta~r~ all f7a
in the Fifth and Reeder in the Sixth are
certain to be nominated without Tight
But the Allen-Seott fight in the Second
IS raging with great fury.
Both sides are claiming the victory
with much confidence. z. II. Funston,
from SCOTS own town, who has re-
Gently been in all the counties OF the
district exec Wyandottes eStlInates
that Mr. SCOTS majority IN the coun-
ties which he believes Mr.. Scott viii
carry, will aggregate at least $3.50; he
does not believe that, by most liberal
estimate, Mr.. Allen can get $500 ma
jorfty In the counties which ne mas
prospect at all Of carrying. Mr.. Fun
ston SAYS that his estimate of SCOTS
majority in the district Is $50 10
100 and that Scott viii be nominated
beyond a question unless some mighty
sudden changes are made in the senu-
ment Of the voters between now and
the day Of the primary election.
On the other hand Mr.. Aliens
friends are claiming that It is only
question of how big Aliens majority
will be. They say that he has an
even show to carry Douglas county,
which is the home Of Stubs, and they
expect that Wyandotte county will
give Allen several thousand majority.
They say that Allen viii get bigger
majority in Franklin county than
Scott gets in Allen county.
1t has not yet been decided where
the Second district congressional COM
mittee will have its headquarters next
Saturday night for receiving returns,
but it will probably hold forth in kan
sas City Each of the candidates will
likely receive returns at his home
town.
The campaign will wind up next
week in Wyandotte county. Scott has
been putting in full weeks work
there since last Monday. and he will
be there all next week. Allen will join
in the melee Monday, and the fur will
fly for the ensuing five days. Both
candidates seem to be working on the
theory that Wyandotte= is the key to
the situation. II Allen gets as big
majority in Wyandotte as he expects
to get, he Will win. If Scott succeeds
in cutting down that majority ma
terially, the chances favor his nomi-
nation.