East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-08-04
KANSAS TRYING
OREGON s PLAN
FIRST PRIMARIES EVER
HELD IN STATE IN PROGRESS.
Republicans VIII Decide Who Is TO
Be Next State SenatOr-Legislatr
VIII Be Instructed as to Whom the
People Want-Full State Tickets
win BE Named.


Chester /. Long of Medicine Lodge,
senior United States senator from
Kansas, will be returned, or will be
succeeded by Joseph L. Brlstow of
SalIna, country editor, former fourth
assistant postmaster general and foe
OF railroad and corporation domin-
ance in political affairs will be de-
cided by primary today in which
the republican voters of Kansas are
expressing their sovereign will. This
is the first primary election ever
held in Kansas.
Democrats, Prohibtionists and So
cialsts are also taking part in to-
days primary, and all parties will
nominate, in addition to senatorial
candidates, a full state ticket, includ-
ing governor, justice of the supreme
court lieutenant governor, secretary
of state, auditor, treasurer, attorney
general, superintendent OF public in
struction. superintendent Of insur-
ance, state printer, railroad commits
sioner and presidential electors. The
various districts will nominate con-
gresslonal candidates.
Hugh II. Farrelly OF Chanute will
be given the democratic nomination
for United States senator, but the
democrats have little hope Of VIC
tory, and the choice apparently lies
between Long and Bristow. the re-
publican aspirants.
Cyrus Leland, Jr.. OF Troy and w.
r. Stubbs OF Lawrence are the G. o.
p. contestants for the gubernatorial
nomination. w. II. Ryan OF Girard,
jeremiah d. Botkin OF Winwield and
Russell j. Harrison Of Selden are
each seeking to head the democratic
state ticket. George F. Hibner of
Concordia Is unopposed TO the So
cialIst gubernatorial nominee, while
Alfred Hope OF Abilene is hopeful OF
securing the empty honor OF prohibi-
tion nominee for governor OF a pro-
hibtlon state.
The Long-B -Bristow senatorial fight
is the center OF interest In todays
primary, since II affords the voters
their first opportunity to select
senator. The progressive element
which answers the question, Whats
the matter with Kansas7" with the
succinct statement "Chester I. Long"
is confident OF Bristow victory
Evidence is not lacking, in the shape
OF enthusiastic messages presaging
victory from Brlstow men all over
the state. that their hope is well
founded. II Long is defeated, now
ever, he will have gone down fight
ing. for his supporters have waged
political warfare In his behalf that
has seldom been surpassed in the his
tory OF the bleeding state.
The fight on Long has been made
on the allegation that he is a rail-
road senator and that he belongs to
that corporation controlled clique OF
the senate which also includes Al-
drich, Allison, Elkins, Hopkins and
Penrose.
whether or not these charges are
true-and It is alleged that Long has
been even less astute In "hiding the
shells" than his democratic col !
league OF a neighboring state, Stone
OF Missouri who is also fighting for
his political lifelong has admit
tedly played the political game for all
there is in It. Considerable fortunes
such as that possessed by Long, II Is
declared. do not "just happen"
Longs Machine.
Long began his political career
twenty-three years ago, at the age
OF rs. He built up district machine
which was a seven-year wonder and
which enabled him in 1892 to beat
Congressman Jerry Simpson, the gift
ed leader OF the then triumphant but
now morlbund populist movement.
In 1885 Simpson defeated him, but
two years later Long was again sue
cessful, and the sockless statesman
retired from the political arena. In
1908 Long was promoted to n seat
in the senate, where he has but indif-
ferently represented the progressive
spirit Of the Sunflower state.
Joseph Bristow, the candidate of
the reform element of the republican
party of Kansas, is newspaper man
by profession, although he has held
political offices and has for years
been force in Kansas republlcanism.
He belongs to that famous body of
Sunflower journalists which includes
In its ranks William Allen White of
the Emporia Gazette, "Billy" Morgan
OF the Hutchinson News. Ed Howe
of the Atchison Globe and Congress-
man Anthony of the Leavenworth
Times
AS fourth assistant postmaster gen.
eral Bristow made an enviable rec
ord ferreting out many sources of
graft and corruption in the national
postal department and exposing the
malefactors to punishment. He also
acquired considerable fame as an in
vestigator OF affairs in Panama. In
state affairs he has always consis-
tently opposed railroad domination
and has been one of the principal
foes of the lobbyists.
All in all, today's contest for the
toga is an interesting one, and the
result will be awaited with interest
throughout the nation.