Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1912-08-25
KANSAS SREELECTS
BUT ONE SENATOR
MINNIE LANE, ONE or THE OLD
TIMERS, ALONE SERVES
OVER SINGLE TERN.
ALL But One. ONE -TERMERS
Remarkable List Of Fatalities In the
Re-eleclion Line Causes stubbs
No Little Worry.

TOPEKA, Kan, Aug, CIV. r.,
Stubbs, governor of Kansas and the
Republican candidate for the United
States senate, has inherited the i'll
fated Lane senatorial succession for
lis candidacy. only one man in all
the line Of United States senators,
from Lane 10 Curtis has never been
reelected to his seat and there has
been remarkable list of fatalities
in official life connected with this
Kansas seat In the senate.
Jim" Lane and s. c. Pomeroy
were the lrst United States senators
from Kansas. Lane was much more
popular and the people generally
wanted him to have the long term,
on account OF his excellent record In
the border wars. But Lane and Pome-
roy drew straws following the usual
custom in deciding which senator
should have the long and short terms
when new state was admitted to
the union. Lane drew the short
straw and that seems to have been
the unlucky omen that has seated
as hoodoo on the line ever since,
and was only broken boy Senator
Plumb.
Lane was reelected in 1865, but
alleged dealings in congress caused
him to commit suicide in Leaven-
worth the following year, Then Gov
ernor Crawford appointed Edmund c.
Ross to fill the unexpired term Of
Lane, and Ross has been charged
ever since with betraying the con-
fidence OF the people Of Kansas in
the impeachment proceedings against
President Johnson.
Next came Alexander Caldwell,
elected in 1871 and forced TO resign
within two years for alleged short
comings in connection with official
business. Robert Crozer was appoint
ed to ill out the unexpred term. He
no sooner became senator than he
mixed In some of the most vicious
political feuds Kansas has ever had,
and never had chance for re-elec-
ton.
James NJ. MurVery, a former gov
ernor was next chosen, but his health
failed and he retired "A physical wreck
and died soon after. Then came the
illustrious Plumb, who served from
1877 until his untimely death in
WASHINGTON in 1892. There were a
few ballots on the Plumb escutcheon
but none to compare with the deals of
those who had served before him
Bishop w. Perkins was appointed
to succeed Plumb, but the alleged
ChOctaw and Cherokee Indian land
steals drove him into private life
John Martin, n Democrat, came next
and served one term without a
single blot recorded against him. Next
came Lucian Baker a Republican,
who always carried a rabbits foot to
ward off the ignomity that seemed to
follow the senatorial line. The rab-
bits foot worked fairly we'll. for him
and then came j. r. Burton, who
was forced to resign near the end Of
his term and compelled to serve
term in Jail for practicing before a
government department to save a get
rich-quick swndle.
A. w. Benson was appointed by
Governor Hoch to succeed Burton. He
served only six months and no word
ever was said against him, and he Is
now an associate justice of the Kans-
as supreme court.
Next came Charles Curtis with one
term, who will be succeeded by w.
r. Stubs or w. II. Thompson, the
Democratic nominee for the place,
one of whom will succeed to the Ill
fated senatorial line.
In the Pomeroy line there have