The Goodland republic., 1907-01-18
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sENAToRIAL NOsnEAEIoN on.
FOURTH BALLOT.
Congresman Cor Fourteen Years and
PolitIcis1 Win HandslaEzing
Fame-Hs Career.

Alfred ". Benson.
The final vote was the result OF
gradual gains from the other contest
ants, who were Congressman Camp
bell and MurdOck, ". R Stubs OF
Douglas. J. L BristoW Of Saline.
James F. Getty OF WyandOtte, ". :.
Bailey OF Eemana and United States
Senator A ". Benson
The crucial test was a vote on q mo-
ton to adjourn, which followed the
second ballot and was defeated by "a
to s. A change OF one vote would
have postponed the caucus until Tues
day and might have worked damage
to Curtis It was the feature OF the
caucus and the result was greeted
with Indian yeIls-
There we're 127 members OF the
caucus There are $50 republican
members OF the legislature, but Rep
resentative KinnisOns Dennis and
Warren we're absent Under a rule
adopted before the baIloting began
sixty-six votes were necessary to nomI-
nate the candidate.
On the first ballot Curtis received "a
votes, Campbell 20. Benson 1s, Stubs
Is, BristOW Is, MurdOck y, Getty 3.
Bailey 4. ". A johnson I and Con
gresham Charles F. Scott l.
This number was increased on each
succeeding ballot until the fourth.
when Mr.. Curtis received 81 votes. Sc
being necessary to nominate Five
men who had voted for Congressman
P. P. Campbell Immediately rose and
changed their votes from Campbell to
Curtis. giving the Topeka man a bare
majority.
The fourth ballot was as follows:
For Curtis.
Senators-Betts, Brewer, BuschoT.
ConnOr, Caldwell, Chapman, Carver.
Fitzpatrick. Gilbert, Griffin, Huffman,
Hayden. Hamme. Hughes. Harrison,
Haskell, G. I. Martin. J. l. Martin.
Miller, EOftzger. z. F. Porter, Still /
Iings. Smith, Tucker.
Representatives - Archer, Bird.
Brandon, Briefly. Boggs. Boyle, Cur
ran. Clark. COwan. Cunningham, !
Cottingham, Creeeh, Craddock, Crum- |
ley, Dawson, Elstun, Enright, Finley,
Gesner, Hutcheson, Holdren, ingalls,, !
Jones Leland Lehman, Montee. Mer-
Ger, Miller, McGillivray. Patterson,
Potts. Ryan, Roush, Richmond, Rich, !
Snyder, SOurbeer, Sticher, Stone. |
Schmit. Shepherd, UmhoItz, Wheeler,
Westcott, Woodhouse.
For Campbell.
Senator's. NJ. Porter. Robertson.
WfIkerson-
Representatives - Banks, Fisher, /
HoIdren, Helmick
For BTurdOclz.
Senator-Stewart
Representatives - Chatten, David
son, Guyer. Husey. Leydig, Murphy. /
Rail.
For Stubbs.
Senator-Dolly.
Representatives - Bergman, Ed
wards. Ham. Lander, Mitchell, Ran
som, Stannard, Tredway.
For Bristow
Senators-Getty. Lower, Simons,
Young.
Representatives-Grass. Kirkland.
Morgan, Peter, Rochester. Skinner,
Simmons. Taylor, White, Wells.
For Benson
Senators-Blaker, Fulton, Stannard,
entatives-Fraser, Haskins,
hdilligan, Plumb, Policy, Reynard,
Stubs, stockton
For Getty.
SenatOr-Quincy.
entatives-Beeson, JefTries.
Kin, Meyers, Mayhem, Pomeroy,
Rhodes.
The New Senator.
Congressman Charles Curtis was
born in North Topeka, January %,
1850. So he will be fortyseven years
Of age before he takes his seat in the 4
United States senate. to which he has
Just been chosen His first entrance /
into politics was in 1884 when with i
no more practical experience than
carrying a torch in the famous To-
peka Flambeau club, he was prevailed 1
upon to 20 into a county convention 1
He landed right into the middle Of a 1
fight and stayed the limit He
was nominated for county attorney 1
and elected that fall. In that way he i
was launched in politics He was but /
twenty-fOur. The first thing he found 4
In his once were $50 indictments for /
liquor selling Judge Guthrie, who Il
recently died and was postmaster at /
Topeka for many years by the grace \
OF Curtis, was on the district bench
They grew almost to be like father
and son. Curtis convicted the first
man and the others came in and
pleaded guilty In the two terms that
he held that Ofice he lost five cases
In 1890, ten years after he was ad-
mitted to the bar, he was a candidate
for the congressional nomination and i
lost. Two years later he tried again, /
but It was not the prize OF this day. /
Populists had carried the district /
slecting John c. Otis, a dairyman-
Then Curtis began a handshaking /
campaign, a practice he has never /
abandoned He met probably $4,000 /
people In that campaign And It won /
He served in the Fifty-thirds Fifty /
fourth and Fifty-ffth congresses from /
the Fourth district In 1897 came the /
famous fight in which Shawnee coun- |
ty, Curtis home county was taken out /
of the Fourth and placed In the First /
district But again he was a victor. /
could not defeat /
him. He was elected to the Fifty /
sixth, F'iftyseventh, Fifty-eighth and /
Fffty-ninth CONGRESSES, and last fall /
was elected By q tremendous vote I'm /
the face OF the peculiar returns for
the state ticket. to the Stxtieth con-
gress-
Curtis wealth is estimated at from |
$4,000 70 S7s,e00 by his intimate
friends. The exact amount IS IN
known. Fifteen OF twenty years ago !
he inherited from the estate Of his
mother a part OF the old Curtis home /
stead IN North Topeka. On the lots
there he erected small cottages which /
he rents Under the terms OF the /
allotment OF the land Of the KaW IN /
dian tribe he and each OF his four
children received s20 acres OF land !
This Tead Il valuable and is as good /