The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-03-16
Will Deliver Forty-four Lee
lures for Lyceum Bureau.
May Mean He Is Out of Senator
ial Race.
WOULD NEED THETIME
Comes Right When Campaign
Would Be On.
Senator Miller Likely to Be in
Governor Race.


Governor Race.
Some things which are now taking
place indicate that Governor Hoch has
fight and allow Senator Long and ].
L. Bristow to fight it out between them.
For one thing, Governor Hoch de-
clines to make any statement of his
intentions, and most people think that
if he intended to get into the fight, he
would lose no time in declaring his
purpose, for every day that he waits
adds strength to Bristow's boom. When
the governor is urged to make state
ment about his plans, he says:
You don't notice that I am getting
any gray hairs worrying about that
business, do your"
Another thing which indicates that
Governor Hoch may not participate in
the fight is that he has signed up
contract with the Ridpath bureau for
series Of A Chautauqua lectures this
summer. He Will begin speaking before
Chautauquas in June, and continue
until August This cuts the heart
out of the time when he would need to
be making his campaign for the Uni
ted States senate. He would have prac-
tically no time left In which to make
political speeches, and unless he should
begin his campaign at once, and push
it as hard as possible, he would not
be able to make any campaign at all.
No doubt the governor will be lot
better off financially at the end OF the
summer than If he put in his time and
money hustling for votes for the Uni
ted States senate. Instead of being out
his railway fare and other campaign
expenses, he would be over $4,000 ahead
of the game.
One Of the men who is most actively
sv,%0 Tod In ffa nrY0
the other day: .I have been of the
opinion for the last two weeks that
Governor Hoch will not go into the
senatorial fight"
Meantime the indications are getting
stronger all the time that H. B. Miller
will be a candidate for the Republican
nomination for governor. Possibly =.
L. Davidson of Wichita will also be in
the fight. The disposition seems to be
to make a free for all scramble out of
it. but the object Of this is not quite
clear.
1t would seem that for a rough and
tumble political campaign, w. r.
Stubs has a little the best Of it.
The Stubs people say that no mat
ter what sort Of a combination Is fixed
up, Stubs will be the high man in the
fight.
urday, Clyde Miller, son Of Senator Mil
Ter said
81 cannot say as to that, as have
not talked with him about the matter
for several days. He may become a
candidate.
IT can say this however: If he does
enter the race he will not go into the
fight as the candidate of any special
faction in the party. He will not be
used to defeat some candidate for an
other office or to help another cand1-
date. He will make fight for the
nomination because he has an ambl-
ton to be the governor OF Kansas, ana
will stand upon his record In the state
senate and as a Republican, as his
claim for support from the republican
voters at the primaries. He will not
base his claim upon the fact that he
is the favorfte of any special element
of the party.
at know that my father is personally
friendly to both Leland and Stubs. II
he gets into the race against them 1t
will be because he believes he has the
same right to aspire to the position
and will be prompted by the same am
bition that prompts the candidacy Of
these two honorable gentlemen"
An important announcement was
made from Beioit Saturday, when A.
G.. Mead withdrew from the race for
the Republican nomination for con-
gress. In giving his reasons for with
drawing Mr.. Mead says: whoever
wins the nomination for congress at
the coming primary election Will do
so at the cost of much time, labor and
money. With four candidates in the
field, the chance is as one to four
and 1 have concluded to let the other
fellows expend their time, labor and
money this time, and possibly they
field the next time. withdraw from
the contest, and I want to publicly
thank my many warm friends for
their proffered assistance"
The next logical move on the Sixth
district checker board will be the
withdrawal of either I. D. Young of
Beloit or w. B. Ham of Stockton from
the congressional fight. thus leaving
only one candidate in the field against
W. A. Reeder.
recognized as being friendly to that
of Reeder Young and Ham are both
square dealers. Both of these candi-
dates have manifested strong deter
mination to stay in the race. 1t Is
now up to them to get together
and iron out their difficulty, for with
both of them running, it is practically
certain that Reeder would win.
Walter Brown, of Blue Rapids, is
a candidate for the state senate from
Marshall county to succeed Senator
E. R. Fulton, who will not be a can
didate Mr.. Brown is a hardware
dealer and a brother of Chan
Brown, who was for many years sup
RENE court reporter. So far there is
no opposition to Mr.. Brown in the
senatorial fight.
c. H Luling, formerly state insur
ance commissioner, has been nomi-
mated by the Second ward Republicans
of Wichita for member of the city
council Mr. Luling was in the
Wichita city council for twelve years
prior to accepting the state office, and
was one Of the leading members of
that body.
Ewing Herbert, in his paper. the