The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-04-25
GUESS ON OTHER, SIDE
C. H. Manley Says Stubs Has
Fight Won.
Representative KinnisOn Says
Long Will Win in Seventh.

In my district Mr.. Leland and Sem
ator Long will each carry a majority
of the counties in the district. 1 be-
| lieve that Senator Longs nomination
is assured, and 1 think that Mr.. Lee
| land is making great gains and very
| likeIy to beat Stubs. 1 have never
been much of a Stubbs man or much
of a Leland man, but between the two
am for Leland heart and soul, and
am doing all 1 can to help him to be
nominated. The same thing is true
of great many other people in this
state.
IT expect that Reeder will beat Ham
and Young without difficulty, and I
anticipate that Calderhead viii also be
renominated in the Fifth because his
opposition is so much divided.
There is a great deal of kicking in
our county about the new ass essment
and taxation law, because it operates
to increase farm values SO much more
than other values. This may be be-
cause farms have been assessed too
low, but it doesn't tend to make the
law popular with the farmers. Mr..
Leland opposed this law, and tried to
get it repealed at the special session,
and his attitude will help him with the
farmers of the State''
c. H. Marley, editor of the Junction
City Republic, who was in town the
other day on his way home from En-
pOrld, tnlnK tndt SIuDDS mas the gov
ernorship fight good as won.
when l was at Emporia," he said,
IT made rather careful inquiry among
the editors to ascertain their senti-
ments in the Stubbs-Leland fight. AS
nearly as 1 can figure out from what
they said to me, about 80 per cent of
the editors at that convention are for
Stubs for governor. And those edf-
tors at the convention comprise the
most active, wide awake newspaper
M b1iSherS in the stat
81 don't know how Geary county
will go, but I think 1t will be for
Stubs. The fight which is attracting
most attention in our county is the
derhead and Smith each will get con-
siderable support in Geary. I don't
know which will come out ahead"
| Mr.. Manley is himself a candidate
county treasurer, and thus far has no
| opposition for the place. The fight In
Geary county on county matters will
be largely on wet" and dry lines.
vocate of the "dry'' element. which
now seems to be in control OF the
| county.
o. A. Smith of the Marshall Coun-
ty News. at Marysville. was in Topeka
| Republican paper in the home town
of Congressman Calderhead. Mr.
Smith is naturally one of the strong
est supporters of that gentleman as
a candidate for congress and feels
| confident of Mr.. Calderhead's nomina-
ton.
ST also feel very confident that Le-
land and Long will carry Marshall
county" said Mr.. Smith. eff they
don't 1 would be willing to sell out
pretty cheap. Everything certainly
looks as though they would carry the
county without much difficulty
/ W. M. Kinnison, OF Garden City
who has been in town for few days
commented as follows on the politi
| ct can't agree with Judge c. E
Lobdell that Stubs will carry the
Seventh district. I believe Leland will
get it. OF course I may be mistaken
but that's my Judgment. Leland il
gaining much strength all the time.
IT think, too. that Long will get the
Seventh district almost solid fol
United States senator. Bristow ma,
get Rice, Rush. Scott, and possibl.
one or two other counties, but cam
see how he expects to go any fur
Their in the Seventh
ct am not going to be a candidat,
Cor the state senate to succeed FREQ
| Dumont Smith. That is certain. TIL,
Republicans have been very kind t.
me in sending me as a delegate t,
|
electing me for representative 70
three terms, and 1 am not asking 70
anything else. The job of state sena
tor does not appeal to me very much
anyway. A senator in that distric
has such a large number of countie
to look after that it is pretty strenu
Gus job which he has on his hands al
the time. There are three or fou
most excellent candidates out for tn
! place: / know some of them person
ally, and don't want to interfere will
them. The district can get a frs
class senator out of the candidate
now in the field"
One of the most picturesque cam
paigns in the state Is that which w. p
Hackney is making for nomination t
the state senate from Cowley county
OF course there will be a big fight Oh
Hackney, because he seems to DELHI
erately set to work to make a lot O
people mad at him. Hackney is
Long man, and is generally counte,
as hostile to Stubs, but while
: member of the legislature he general
l ly stood for the Stubs bills
e Here is a part of "BilI" Hackney
: senatorial announcement:
! Il had not wanted to go to the sen
t ate or run for any other office as
r 1nterferes with my business very ma
: terially. and particularly so now tina
D we have a general primary, whicl
be at this time, under present con
, dftions, that the people of winfiel
e and Cow1ey county never were wors
e In need of able men to go to the mex
: senate and house than now. knoI
what Is good for the people and hox