The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-04-12
Mr.. Flanagan, OF Decatur, as
Candidate for Congress.
WOULD BE STRONG ONE
Many Democrats Anxious for
the Honor.
Mr.. Hodges Denies RumOr He
Will Withdraw From Race.

Inc uIIeen lawyers VINO had come
here from Saline county to protest
against the appointment of B. F. Ma
son to the place left vacant by the
resignation of Judge Rees, were gath
cred in the governors office talking
1t over. One of them told of how Ma
son attended a meeting in Salina at
which the commission plan of gov
ernment was discussed. Mason did
not express himself for or against the
bian," said this lawyer. "I opposed
the plan on the ground that it was a
concentration of power in the hands
of few persons"
Il do not know about that" re-
piled Gov. Stubbs, "but it seems to
me, from the results of the recent city
elections, that the plan is concen-
tration of power in the hands of the
Democrats"
A prominent Topeka man who has
a wide acquaintance in southern Kan
sas returned this week from a trip
through that section. He tells the
story of farmer friend of his who
met him on the street of a small town
and stopped to talk politics. Il want
TO tell you" said the farmer, that 1
am for this fellow Flagstaff, the new
candidate for governor, and 1 am for
him strong"
are confident of success at the polls
in the event that Congressman Reeder
is re-nominated. They have five re-
ceptive and two active candidates for
congress. One of the Oberlin papers
suggests the unique idea of having the
candidates answer the following list
of questions:
First-Are you an active candidate
for congress from the Sixth district?
Second-What entities you to nom
ination by your party and the sup
port of the voters at election?
Third-What is your occupation?
Among the list of active candidates
is J. d. Flanagan of Decatur county,
member of the last house of represen-
tatives- Flanagan ought to be able
to answer all these questions in a sat
ssfactory manner. Judged from his
record in the last legislature he is ac-
tive in all he undertakes. BY occupa-
tion he is a booster. His delightful
personality entities him to support fer
office.
The other candidates, H. o. Oshant,
]. R. Connolly, r. S. Hendricks, H. o.
Catsre, Fred Robertson and John D.
Rea, are more or less well known, and
are doubtless all estimable gentlemen.
But this man Flanagan is great
character. He can talk the persim-
mons out of a tree without the aid of
a pole at all. He talked the last leg
islature into appropriating money for
a monument for Decatur county.
When any one gets a monument from
a Kansas legislature the achievement
is worth talking about. They tell a
story about how Flanagan put a
German Republican spellbinder from
Milwaukee to flight some ten years
ago, when the latter was sent to save
the Sixth district. Flanagan, in spite
of his name, talks German like a
Rhinelander and what he did to the
imported product from the northern
state was good and plenty 1t looks
like Flanagan will be the man to OPP
pose Reeder in the Sixth and the latter
will have the hardest race of his po-
litical career. The gentleman from
Decatur with the soft voice and the
black whiskers gets up early and
bushes and over the prairie grass he
is in a class by himself.
From some cause or other the report
has gained current in political circles
that Senator Hodges of Olathe was go
ing to withdraw from the race for the
Democratic nomination for governor. It
has been stated that the intimation
came direct from the Olathe statesman
himself The state Journal political
writer talked to Senator Hodges today
about the matter. The senator had been
asked about the report by other people
this week He said: 1.-THE story did not
start from me. Some one has been
Quoting me without authority. 1t is
true ttat my lumber yard was burned
recently and ] have been engrossed
With busipe IS matters to a large extent
for the past few days. But have no
Intention of Withdrawing from the race
/ wish you would deny the report"
A Republican machine politician
makes the following suggestion: "If
we're Tom Wagstaff 1 would propose to
Governor Stubbs that each agree to
support the other for election no mat
ter who was nominated at the primary.
I would make public statement in
which would pledge myself to support
Stubbs for governor in the event he
was nominated. and would place my
services as speaker at the disposal Of
the committee. I would ask the gov
ernor point blank if he would. in the
my election and take the stump in my
behalf"
A. O. Miller and H. C. Sticher, edi-
tors OF the Belleville Telescope, and
County Attorney Vance and ]. P. Cole
man, all of Republic county, were here
Monday in the interest of the candi-
or the bench of the Twelfth judicial
district left vacant by the death of
Judge Dillon. There are three coun-
ties in the Twelfth district, Republic.
Cloud and WASHINGTON. Republic has
agreed upon Hogin and he has the solid
support of the bar and leading citizens
of the county. His supporters advance
the logical argument that as Washing
ton held the judgeship IA years and
Cloud 10 years that it is now the turn
of Republic county. They argue that
Judge Dillon. who had served five years
when he died, and had three years of
his second term yet to serve, was the
choice of the electors of the district,
and that the place should be filled by
appointment from Judge Dillon's home