The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-12-17
New Turn Is Taken in Fourth
Congressional District.
Effort Being Made to Have Sen
atOr Tucker Try Again.
HAS NOT SUCCEEDED.
Still Pretty Certain That Jack
son Will Try for Seat.
Senator Ward of Republic Would
Be Railroad Commissioner.

4 Fourth district statesman who
called at the state house today adj
vanced a unique reason for Attorney
General Jackson's delay in announc-
ing for congress in that district. Said
the visitor: II don't care to have
NV name mentioned, but 1 know why
General Jackson gives that perennial
smile and says nothing definite When
his congressional candidacy is men,
toned. The facts are that General
Jackson and State Senator George
Tucker of Eureka are life long
friends, and long ago, when boys IN
Greenwood county, they laid out plans
together in Greenwood county for
political achievement. Tucker was to
20 to congress and distinguish him
self and Jackson was to climb the
legal ladder to the attorney generals
Office.
of his boyish ambition, while Tucker
only got as far as the state senate on
the way to his goal. If Tucker should
decide to again enter the con,
sure that Jackson would not even
consider the nomination II he was
drafted
The Fourth district statesman tells
a pretty story but his reasoning Is
against Miller and he was lamb led
to the slaughter. There is nothing
left of him to feed to the Fourth
district congressman this year Jack
son is the only man who appears
qualified to give Miller good fight
The square dealers viii either have
to draft Jackson or give up the
Fourth district as a fat slice OF
Canaan to the Philistines.
A few square dealers and all the
machine men want to keep Jackson
out of the Fourth district race in or
der to use him later to make war
upon Gov. Stubs. But there has now
come to be a general belief among
friends and enemies that Jackson
will announce his congressional can
didacy some time between now and
the night Of January 20.
r. B. Ward of Republic county has
been endorsed by the agricultural as
ISOLATION of his county as candidate
for state railroad commissioner and
he will make the race The Cloud
county fair association also endorsed
Mr. Ward at a recent meeting. The
western Kansas farmers seem to have
taken the position that the live stock
interests of the state should have rep
resentation on the state railroad board.
Secretary F. d. Coburn of the state
board of agriculture would naturally
be expected to take deep interest in
culated to be of benefit to the farmers
in hauling to market the big crops
which the secretary exploits to the
world. But the secretary's idea of
making good roads would not seem to
coincide with those of the national as
sociation. accol ding to a story that is
being told in connection with the in
vitation he received to speak during
the sessions of the national association
held in Topeka this week.
over a month ago the officials of the
association asked Secretary Coburn to
make an address on good roads at the
Topeka meeting. The secretary de-
clined the honor. During the progress
of the second days meeting here an
official left the convention hall and
went down to Coburn's Office and in
formed the secretary that there was a
space in the program that afternoon
which they would like him to fill out.
The secretary positively declined to
take the part assigned him and called
the visitors attention to the fact that
he had refused the same invitation a
month ago.
eff you folks will issue call to do
real work on the roads of this state, 81
said the secretary, ST will be the first
man on hand next morning with a
team, a scraper and a shovel. But ]
do not want to take a part in the
building of roads by mouth work and
the agitation of the air with many
Words
In connection with the recent arrest
and conviction of a Lawrence dairymar