The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-08-04
CORPORATION ISSUE
IS DOMINANT FACTOR
6ristow Is Making His Fight Against
Organized wesIth-First Primary
Election Ever Held in kansas--AIl
Parties Participating.
Hearst News Service.

Topeka. Kan, August Whether
Chester l. Long, of Medicine Lodge,
senior United States senator from
Kansas, will be returned, or will be
succeeded by Joseph l.. Bristow, of Sa-
lima, country editor. former fourth as
sfstant postmaster general and foe Of
railroad and corporation dominance in
political affairs, will be decided by a
primary today in which the Republican
voters of Kansas are expressing their
sovereign will. This is the first pri-
mary election ever held in Kansas.
Democrats, Prohibitionists and So;
cialists are also taking part in today's
primary, and all parties.will no
in addition to senatorial candidates.
a full state ticket, including governor,
justice of the supreme court lieutenant
governor, secretary of state, auditor,
treasurer, attorney general, superin-
tendent of public instruction, superin-
tendent of insurance, state printer,
railroad commissioner and presidential
electors. The various. districts wilkl
nominate congressional candidates.
Hugh p. Farrell,y of Chanute. will
l be given the Democratic nomination
for United States senator, but the
Democrats have little hope of victory,
and the choice apparently lies between
Long and Bristow. the Republican as
piran,s.
! Cyrus Leland, Jr., of Troy, and W. R,
Stubs, of Lawrence, are the G. 0. P.
contestants for the gubernatorial
nomination. w. Fl. Ryan, of Girard;
Jeremiah d. Botkin, of Winfield, and
Russell J, Harrison, of Selden, are
each seeking to head the Democratic
state ticket, George F. Hibner, OF
Concordia is unopposed as the Social
list gubernatorial nominee, while AL
, fred Hope, of Abilene, is hopeful of Sc
surfing the empty honor of Prohibition
nominee for governor of prohibition
state.
III The Long-Bristow senatorial fight
= Is the center of interest in today's pri-
! mary, since it affords the voters their
first opportunity to select a senator
The progressive element which ans
wers the question. Whats the matter
= with Kansas?n with the succinct state
ment, Chester I. Long," is confident Of
a Brisfow victory. Evidence is not lack
ling, in the shape of enthusiastic mes
2 sages presaging victory from Bristov
: men all over the state, that their hope
4 is well founded II Long is defeated
/ however he will have gone dow
| fighting, for his supporters hay'
/ waged political warfare in his behal
| that has Seldom been surpassed in thu
/ history Of the bleeding" state.
| The fight on Long has been made OF
| the allegation that he is a srailroa
senator" and that he belongs to tina
corporation-controlled clique of tn
senate which also include Aldrich, A
Ilison, EIkins, Hopkins and Penrose.
Whether or not these charges ar
| true-and 1t is alleged that Long ha
Ibeen even less astute in "hiding tn
shells" than his Democratic co
l|league Of neighboring state, Stone {
Missouri. who is also fighting for 81
| political lifelong has admitted
Z | played the political game for all ther
His In it. Considerable fortunes sue
- as that possessed by Long, It is q
clared do not 'just happen"
III Long began his political career twel
Il ty-three years ago, at the age Of 2
File bs.ilt up district machine whic
was seven-year wonder, and whic
enabled him. in 1892, to defeat Co
/ gresham Perry simpson, the gifte
u leader OF the then triumphant b.
q now moribund Populist movement.
1896 simps10 tied him, but tv
and the sd tatesman retire
from the I'D ena In 1903 LoI
was promot eat in the senat
- where he Il hdifferently repl
sented the i've spirit Of Il
les sunnower
In. Joseph BI candidate Of Y
me reform ellen the Repuolic'