The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-12-30
POLITICAL GOSSIP.

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county are supporting Young. and that
| one is on the fence. Three times Mead
| has tried in Mitchell county to win po-
| litical battles and has failed. He tried
| to control the county convention and
| was beaten; he wanted to select the
| delegates to the state convention and
| failed; he wanted to go to the legislature
and failed. That shows pretty clearly
how much strength Mead has in Mitch
ell county. The only thing Mead was
| able to do was to throw his votes In
| the Mead precincts to the Democratic
nominee for the legislature in the last
election, and beat the Republican NOM
inee.
This made one less vote against
Curtis in the last session of the legis-
lature, and it is a noticeable fact that
Mead's son is now holding good job
in the Indian bureau, through Curtis
generosity. Mead has sold out all his
interests in Mitchell county except his
home place and little farm, and has
invested all his property in Oklahoma
and southern Kansas But he is run
ming as the Mitchell county candi-
date.
Chairman Mitchell of the con-
greSsional committee was selected by
Reeder, but he is Mead's best friend.
Mitchell has been quoted as saying
that Mead would be a candidate for
congress if Young is a candidate. He
has denied making the statement. The
fact remains that such a statement Is
the absolute truth. 1t explains the
situation exactly. Mead will be put
into the race for the purpose of ham
pering Young without any expecta-
ton of defeating him.
"They talk about Mead being q
leader in politics. and prominent
man in the legislature. His friends
are always talking about his great
record, and wanting to make him
speaker of the house or something of
that sort. But 1 have not noticed
that he ever received any votes for
such positions.
young is sure to control Mitchell
county and even with three men in
the race-Young, Reeder and Ham
and a direct primary election, we be-
lieve that he will carry the district.
Reeder's strength is very much scat
tered, and it is doubtful whether he
can carry his own county. Young
stands for something, and the people
will stand by him."
There are a good many conflicting
about the possibility of a pri-
mary in the Sixth district. 1t seems
to be generally conceded that w. A.
Reeder talks for a primary all the
time. He says he wants one, and If he
is sincere, he undoubtedly can have
one, for he controls the committee.
But there are plenty Of people in
the Sixth district who say that at the |
proper time the committee will break |
away" from Reeder and call a conven- !,
ton AS far as the fight between |
Mead and Young is concerned. it is
probably that Mr.. Young would be well |
satisfied with the convention plan, for |
the quicker he can get his home con- |
test settled, the better IT will be for |
his chances-provided he wins. Mr.. |
Young very emphatically denies all |
possibility of a combination between |
himself and w. B. Ham which in |
any way involves his retirement from
the race. But many believe that be-
fore the thing is ever, Young and Ham
will fix up some sort of a combination.
OF course, If the fight is to be settled in
it will not be necessary
has begun In case of a pri-
mary however, the combination
would have to be made beforehand
c. L. Kagey, Of Beloit one of the
crowd, has announced him
self as a candidate for the job of dele
gate from the Sixth district to the ma
ional convention. The Sixth district is
entitled to two delegates in the nation
II convention.
In addition to Kagey, the candidates
ire r. NJ. McGonigal, Charles Lands,
Otis Benton, and Geo. Case of Manka-
Mr.. Benton is from Oberlin. and is a
banker of prominence in the Sixth dis
riot. He is a close friend of D. w.
of this city. and while in To-
,eka this week was the guest of Mr..
Mulvane. Mr.. Benton Is also a strong
Curtis man, and did much to line up
he last Sixth district delegation in the
legislature for Curtis.
J. B. Dykes, of Lebanon, wants to be
he Sixth district presidential elector.
md thus far there has been no oppo-
ition announced.