The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-29
POLITICAL GOSSIP.
Did Glenn Wait Too Long to
Enter Race?
Two Western Kansas Men of
Equal Merit and Experience.
FOR THE SAME PLACE.
McKinlay Explains That Alaska
Coal Land Deal.
A Voice From Ports Speaks for
Senator Young.
FOR THE SAME PLACE.

1t seems to be the general opinion
that Senator Glenn, of Greeley county.
waited too long to get in the race for
lieutenant governor. Dick Hopkins,
from tho same section of the state, an
nounced his candidacy some three
months ago and his cause has gained
Roadway all over the state, according
to the sentiment expressed in the vari-
Gus newspapers. A state official, who
is prominent machine man, said to-
cay, speaking of the Glenn candidacy:
Personally 1 am for Senator Glenn,
but he waited too long to get into the
race. I cannot see where he stands any
particular chance at this stage. Had
he started out on even terms with Hop
kinS, these two western Kansas law
yers would have made a pretty race of
it. But now Hopkins has too big a
lead to overcome. Had Glenn come
from the eastern section of the state
he might have made Roadway but com
ing from the same section as his rival
and having served. like Hopkins, only
one term in the legislature, it looks like
the advantage would go to the man
who got up earliest to look for the
v orIn.''
Glenn was an INDEPENDENT in the last
senate. taking no particular stand for
either The square dealers or machine
men. but he leaned toward tho latter
induced him to make the race. Hopkins
was a staunch square dealer all through
and male the fight for all the admins
tratiOn measures.
Some of the square deal papers and
politicians have limited pretty plainly
that Congressman Mckinlay of Cali
fcrnia who has just finished a speak
irg campaign in this state for the ma
ticral administration. was mixed up in
the Alaska coal land scandal. In dis
cussing this affair with newspaper men
Congressman Mckinlay told the facts
in connection with the coal lands he
paid for and did not get.
1t seems that he is in about the same
boat in that respect that Governor
Stubs was on an oil land deal in
Oklahoma. 1t will be remembered that
Governor Stubs bought some oil land
IN Oklahoma. He paid hard earned
money for it. Afterward the govern
ment sued to recover back one tract
on the ground that the original deed
was procured through fraud. Governor
Stubs had nothing whatever to do
with the matter. II his title was based |
on deed fraudulently procured years
before, he was the loser.
McKinl2y'S Alaska coal land deal was
q long the same line, although no fraud
plent deed entered into it. Under the |
old law persons were allowed to enter
coal lands in Alaska under certain con- |
A party entered a tract of !
land there and McKinlay afterward |
paid him 5000 for his interest. The |
original entryman had no deed to the |
land from the government, and before |
Mr. McKinlay got his patent, as pro- |
vided by the law. the Washington auth |
critics suspended the issuance of pat
ents in Alaska. No patents to land /
have been issued to anybody there yet !
great Sixth district lies the village of |
Ports is there with the goods for |
ries that very few people in the state
Of Kansas knew was in existence. But
Porthis is there with the goods for |
Senator 1. D. Young for congress. Sen
ator Young may well be proud of
Ports and its voice calling for him us
the chosen one. Congressman Reeder
well to it that this thorn does not en-
ter his side. Hamilcar of Carthage
once despis I'd little old Rome, but in
the end the Romans turned Carthage
into an OWLS nest. Ports may be an
other Rome. Listen to the voice of the
Ports Independent as it greets visit
from Senator Young, candidate for
Reeder's job:
81. D. Young was passenger on Sat
urday mornings train on his way to
He stepped from the cars
at this place and shook the hands of a
number of our people The ex-senator
seems full of hopes for the congress
sional chair from the Sixth district, |
and we are of the opinion that the
voters will see that his hopes are not
in vain
The Abilene Reflector takes some
stock in the Wagstaff candidacy for
governor, according to the following
editorial on the subject:
1.-The announcement that Tom Wag
staff is a candidate for governor means
that Governor Stubs will have some
opposition worth while. Mr.. Wagstaff
is president of the Kansas Day club, IS
as good a campaigner as Stubs and a
clean, clever gentleman. He was coun-
ty attorney of Montgomery county and
was the first county attorney in Kan
sas to clean out the joints. He did it
without any grandstand playing and in
businessIike way that counted. He is
honest and would make good gov
ernor. There are many thousand Re