The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-13
POLITICAL GOSSIP
First Congressional District
Contest Shaping Up.
Ewing Herbert Formally Enters
the Lists.
NOT THE ONLY ONE.
d. II. Anthony Is Actively in
the Campaign.
McKeever of Topeka, Crane Of
HOItOn, and Hayden Waiting.

Arthur Capper. chairman, and w.
L Biddle of Leavenworth. secretary,
have called the Republican congress
sional committee of the First district
together for a meeting at the Copeland
hotel in this city at p. m. March IA.
At this meeting it will be decided
whether the convention system or the
direct primary will be used in select
ing the candidate for congress to sue
coed Charles Curtis.
1t is said that the committee Will
decide to have primary election, and
will place the ANTE" at 81, 600 per can
didate That is what Dan Anthony is
supposed to want. because he figures
that his chances are improved by
keeping down the list of candidates
With a levy of $1,000 per for the ex-
penses of the election not very many
candidates would care to take the
chances.
Ewing Herbert of Fiawatha today
gave out an ofhcial annouhcelleilt %
his candidacy. This announcement is
as follows:
ITO the Republican Voters of the
First Congressional District;
Il desire TO be your representative
in congress as one who believes there
are things to be done which can best
be done by men who are given the
power and opportunity of COMPRESSION
rule-to trusts of all kinds-to unfair
tariffs. The man who can make the
strongest effort to correct the evils the
people feel most should be the nomi-
nee of our party. l hope to be that
man. Sincerely,
$4,000 "EWING HERBERT"
Dan Anthony of Leavenworth is also
a candidate. Anthony expects TO IN
herit the support of the old Curtis ma
chine because of the fact that the
Leavenworth county representatives In
the legislature supported Curtis Tor
United States senator.
peka yesterday, and while here talked
over the situation with some OF his
friends. Crane may decide to get into
the race He will be back in Topeka
Wednesday, and will then announces
his decision. Crane is a radical anti
The removal of W. ]. Bailey from
Nemaha county leaves a clear field for
George Hayden. state senator iron, from
that county, and Hayden Is very likely
to be candidate for congress
In Shawnee county E. D. MckeeVer
is the only man seriously talked OF, anu
while many of MckeeVers 1rlenos are
irving to get him into the race, he mas
not announced in formal way Wnat
he will do about it.
If w. j. Bailey, now of Atchison,
should get into the fight the chances
are that he would be nominated, but
Bailey has Just taken charge of the
bank at Atchison, and is not anxious
to take such an active part In polltcs-
Mr.. Bailey was in Topeka a rev soa i-t >
ago. and at that time was sidestepplng
ali efforts of the newspaper men TO
nut him on record concerning MS con-
gressional aspirations. 1t seems 10 De
the impression that BAILEY VIII not DC
a candidate unless things develop In
such way that he feels reasonably
confident Of winning.
The legislature being over, there Is
considerable gossip about possible can
didates for governor. 1t is evident that
there will be a terrific struggle during
the next two years between the square
dealers and the regulars.
At the present time, Grant Hornaday
and Toe Burrow are the men talked OF
chiefly by the regulars" as possible
candidates To be a regular a man
must be acceptable to the railroads ana
to the political interests
,The SQUARE dealers have several men
in view. Among these are w. B. Ham
of Rocks, ]. N. Dolley of Waubaunsee
and Robert Stone of Topeka. Ham Is
the man who looks most like candi-
date at present. He has come through
two sessions of the legislature with
distinction. He is a big, fine looking
man, with plenty of self-poise and
brains. and he is absolutely honest and
square. Ham is a lawyer by profess
sion. There has been some talk that
W r. Stubs himself might be cam
didate FOR governor, in spite of the fact
that he is usually looked upon as a
senatorial candidate.
n r Miller, of Usage county, may
be a formidable compromise candidate
for governor. He is an able man, and
voted right throughout the session or
the legislature just closed
After the call of the house had been
raised, and the primary election pro
position was dead w. r. Stubos SAID IN
speaking of the result;
IT believe that we have done what is
for the best interests of the people OF
Kansas. 1 know. as we'll as anyone
else. that for my own personal advan-
tape If would have been vastly better
to accept this compromise bill. The
compromise bill provides for those
things in which I am supposed to be
a bill which 1t was thought 1 would
favor. But the bill is wrong in princi-
pie. and opposed it because to accept
it would have been to prejudice the
whole proposition of primary elections
in Kansas"
The last victim selected by the
house to pay fine was Joe Burrow, ex-
secretary of state. Bird of Shawnee
pointed out the prey. He said:
There is on this floor a distinguished
politician, who is said to be getting
ready to be a candidate for governor.
move that Joe Burrow be fined two
bags of oranges"
Burrow bought one bag of oranges
and called it square. The oranges this
year are coming packed in bags about
the size of bran bags.
Brick Mason, who has been acting as
official apple buyer for the house dur
ing the session, has purchased about so
barrels of apples. This is nearly half
a barrel of apples to each member of
the house. In addition to this number
of bags and boxes OF oranges have been
dished up, and a bunch Of well known
politicians was fined a lunch for the
whole house one day during a call of
the house. The house this session was
daffy on the subject of fines of this sort
1t fined nearly every man in the house
who was supposed to have enough
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