The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-18
in SIXTH DISTRICT
Politics Is Warming Up With
the Weather.
Field Is Already Full of Con-
gressiOnal Aspirants.
WHAT OF MIR. HAM.
Something About the Popular
Rocks County Square Dealer.
w. iii. Haskell Hears BuZzing of
GubernatOrial Bee.

| The Sixth district congressional situ-
ation is getting somewhat tangled up
| if Capt. w. II. Mitchell. of Beloit. is
| correct in his opinions. He says there
will be several candidates in the race
to succeed Congressman Reeder. He
also says if State Senator Young is a
candidate, then A. G. Mead will also
be in the race. And Mitchell knows. He
has been put down all along favoring
Mead as against Young Whatever
may be the action of Mitchell and
Mead in the congressional matter, the
friends of Senator /. D. Young insist on
his entering the race, and they are
looking for his open announcement at
any time
Before leaving for six weeks sum-
mer vacation in the east w. B. Ham, of
Rocks county, said to his friends who
are urging him to make the race for
congress, that he feels very grateful to
the friends and newspapers for the
many kind words they have said of him
since lac commenced on his legislative
work, and that he has always felt that
he would rather have the people who
know him feel that he is worthy of an
office than to be nominated to such Of
fee by any unfair means. While his
rame his been frequently mentioned
fer governor. he has never been an
aspirant, and he has felt that if the
people of the Sixth congressional dis
trict are willing for him to represent
them in congress, he has the confidence
that he can and will do so satisfactorily.
He does not conceal the fact that his
mbition is to represent the Sixth dis
trict in congress Mr.. Ham has lived
IN Stockton since 1885, remaining with
him until Smith was elected district
judge.
Jewell county is likely to have a can
didate for congress, Hays Il. White
and DR.. A. B. Peters are said to be in
the lineup. One of hem was heard to
say to the other: If you are not going
TO be a candidate I will be-
Gov. Hoch hasn't forgotten there is
a Sixth district. In his last batch of
appointments he remembered the dis
trict with several. as follows: Dan B.
Dyer, of Smith Center, ex-lieutenant
governor; d. ]. Hanna of Hill City, E.
w. Wellington of Ellsworth, w. A.
Barron of Phillipsburg and John Boyle
of Goodland. These appointees will
represent Kansas in the public lands
meeting to be held in Denver, June IS.
And they were politely told to pay
their own expenses.
Ex-state Senator Frank Lockard of
Sherman county, has become an ex-
pert rustler for newspaper subscrip-
tions that his friends believe he would
make a valuable deputy United States
marshal, and they will some day put
in a claim for his appointment.
In the recent election in Norton,
whereby that town becomes city of
the SGCOuu CLASS ID newspaper HILL
Fred Duvall, editor and publisher OF
the Courier was elected on the coun-
ell. No salary in it. Few newspaper
people would take an office where no
salary is attached to it.
DIR. ]. b. Dykes of Smith county,
who ran for congress in 1900 on the
Populist ticket, and later made a COM
plete change of heart by getting into
the Republican party, and was favored
by the party in his county eIecting him
chairman of the Smith county central
committee commits himself as follows