The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-07-21
POLITICAL GOSSIP.
Glimpse Of the State Situation
as 1t Is.
Stubbs People Confident of a
Big Majority.
HAVE BEEN CHANGES.
Regulars Make Gains I'm Several
Localities.
Three Standpat Congressman
in Danger of Defeat.

With only ten days intervening be-
tween the primary election, every one
VINO taxes any interest at all in politics
is coming forward with guess on the
result. One guess is about as good as
the other, and none of these prophets
speak with any pronounced degree of
confidence Things seem to be so and
so, but things are not always what
they seem. During the past two weeks
both factions of the party have been
raking the state with fine tooth comb.
! Take Usage county, for instance. Three
big political meetings were held there
recently inside of four days, and all of
them drew large crowds. Usage coun-
ty gave Stubs a majority of over
thousand in the last primary.
The return of the Kansas delegation
undoubtedly served to bolster up the
Curtis and Anthony especially in the
First district, came out in the open
strong for Wagstaff. Curtis had moth
ing to lose and everything to gain,
while Anthony probably figured he was
strong enough to carry the burden.
1t seems to be the general idea that
Stubbs will win by about the same ma
jority he had over Leland. At that
time Stubbs carried all the congress
sional districts except the First and
Third Tine StuDDS people are cldluilHs
both these districts now. but admit
they have hard fight in the First.
harder than in the Third. Leland had
a majority of over two thousand over
stubbs in the First. getting the ma
jor portion of his votes from
counties. This year the First hinges
on Shawnee. If Stubbs can carry
Shawnee this year he stands chance
to carry the First district
In the congressional race McNears
chances depend upon how big ma
iority the insurgent can get in his
home county.
In the Second district, which Stubbs
carried by over three thousand over
Leland, there seems to be little change,
with Wyandotte always an unknoWo
quantity Mitchell is making a hard
fight on Charles F. Scott, and it is con-
ceded that he has chance. to win wlt1
a strong square deal sentiment behind
| him. Scott is making thorough cam
paign. and as he is one of the ablest
and best known congressman in the
west. he has a good chance to over
come that three thousand square deal
majority. There are any number OF
Stubbs- Scott Republicans in the Second
district.
In the Third, which is Wagstaff's
home district, it is expected that
Stubbs will have a hard fight. He lost
the district to Leland by only three
hundred ana the HdS lOIS uCSll
considered the machine" district of
the state. The Stubs people are claim
ing the Third and honestly believe they
win carry it. Stubbs had bigger meet
ings in the Third than did Wagstaff,
and there are Republicans in Mont
gomerv county who claim that Stubbs
will carry Wagstaff's home county, but
this claims appears extravagant. Wag-
staff will have to carry the Third by
better than three thousand to get any
where. and it does not look as though
he could do that. A majority of n
thousand or less is fair estimate of
the Wagstaff strength in the Third.
Phil Campbell. standpat congress
man from the Third, should win by
large majority, but he may nave
Democrats say is true. However,
nomination in the Third is equivalent
to an election.
In the Fourth district, which Stubs
carried by over six thousand over Le-
land, winning in every county in the
district by majorities from three hun
dred to over thousand, there seems
to be little change unless it is In Mar
ion county. the s...ae1 heme OF GOV Governor nor
making great claims for this county.
In the other counties their claims en-
brace only a few individual changes.
but there may be slump in Marion.
Stubbs should win the Fourth by five
thousand or better this year.
Miller Has Hard Fight.
There seems to be little doubt but
that Miller in the Fourth faces the
fight of his life. Jackson appears to
have a comfortable lead in all the
counties of the Fourth except three.
The district was Overwhelmingly for
Jackson a few weeks ago. but it was
predicted that when Miller came heme
and took the stump he could win it
back. The State Journal staff corre
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meetings in the district and the ma
jority of those in his audiences appear
ed to be hostile to him. Still. they
have had Miller beaten so often before
that it is not safe to count the chick
ems until they have pipped the shells.
In the Fifth district it really looks
as though Stubbs will get a larger
majority than he did two years ago
when he beat Leland better than two
thousand. All the northern counties
of the district seem to be stronger than
ever for Stubs. The Wagstaff claims
| for Dickinson county may be substan-
| tiated, If so they will cut the Stubbs
total down. but the other counties are
| full of insurgents and square dealers
! In the congressional race Calder
| head has a fight on his hands the like
| of which he never had before. The in
surgents confidently claim the nomina-
| ton of Judge Rees. Now Calderhead
| is one of the oldest and ablest of the
western congressman and served on
the tariff commission. If he is not
beaten it will be a square check on
| the growth of the insurgent movement
| in the heart of Kansas.
| In the Sixth district the Wagstaff
managers made extravagant claims
early in the campaign that were not
| borne out when the fight actually had
begun and the speakers appeared be-
| fore the people. The westerners turn
ed o,at in swarns to hear Stubbs and
his virile speech and manner seemed
to have its old effect as when he car
ried twenty-one out of the twenty-five
| counties in the district by majority
| ltotaling over three thousand. Wag-