The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-11-04
Col. Chip .Sapp, Galena, Lat.
est Senatorial Candidate.
He Was Nominee Often In the
Years of H0pelessness.
NOW THERE'S CHANCE TO WIN
viii the Colonel, Who Led
Forlorn Hope, Be HonoredY
Gossip Of Many Candidates.
New and Old.

New and DID,
Col. "Bilr' Sapp, Democratic nationai
committeeman from Kansas. Will De
United States senatorial candidate next
year. according to the dope among state
house Democrats. 1t IL believed that
the well known Galena Democrat Will
enter the senatorial race whether hugh
p. Farrelly of Chanute decides to make
the race for the senate or to take =
chance on defeating Phil r. CampDeh
for congress in the Third district.
There Ia not a Democrat in Kansas
who il more widely known In the east
than Colonel Sapp and among Kansas
political workers Sapp Is known IN ev.
cry section Of the state There mas NOT
been a political campaign In Kansas IN
20 years but that Sapp was found
rirht in the midst Of 1t and he has
formed the acquaintance both OF the
men who do things in the little voting
precincts in Kansas and the men VINO
manipulate things in washington.
Ran at Wrong Time.
In former years when Democratic
nominations in Kansas were LIABILITY
rather than an asset. Sapp has been
the party nominee for senator. Of
course he didn't win. Col. Sapp had no
hopes Of winning and when he was
smothered under something like the
customary Republican majority. ne
went home smiling and began strength
eninR q few of the weak spots in the
Democratic organization in southern
Kansas. But Sapp was always on
the Job. He nursed his Democratic
hopes and ambitions through years OF
adversely and Just when there was the
first big Democratic winning in 81
years, Sapp's name wasn't even on
the state ticket. In fact all the glory
that Col. Bill Sapp garnered from the
1912 election was being an original
Wilson man at the Baltimore conven-
ton and guiding the Democratic ma
tional campaign in Kansas Then he
went back to Galena after the tnaugu-
rations of President Wilson and Gov
ernor Hodges with nothing to show
but his two story silk hat and split
tail coat as remnants of the battle.
But now there il another political
story in Kansas. The Democrats have
returned to their own and there is
real chance to send a Democrat to the
United States to succeed Joseph L.
Bristow. Col. Sapp is standing on the
side lines anxious to be pushed into the
race. But the men who urged Sapp
running was poor. now want a chance
themselves. So Sapp's boom will really
be just about what he makes it.
What Will Farrelly Do?
Yet II Farrelly stays out of the sena-
torial race, Sapp's geographical loca-
ton will be strongly in his favor and
he may be a real stubborn candidate
in the 1914 primaries. The Seventh dis
trict already has one United States SEN
ator. there is strong prospect for two
from the Seventh district
next year, and the First district may
have two candidates in Orr and wag-
gener. Then there is the possibility
that Governor Hodges may run. With
this line up. Col. Sapp would be some
thing Of a contender for the nominal
ton. He would be the lone candidate
from the southeastern section of the
state and his vote in other portions of
Kansas would far from eliminate him
as q possible nominee.
Among the Democrats at the state
house there Is the belief that Sapp
will run. Last fall the colonel never
quite forgave himself for staying out
Of the 1912 fight.
always knew that Stubs would
be beaten" Sapp declared to his
friends both before and after the cleo
ton, and think what a fool I was
for staying out Of this
So. II Sapp looks at the case Of Sem
ator BristOw in something Of the
same light that he looked at the case
OF Governor Stubs. 1t isn't at all i'm
probable that Col. Bill Sapp will be a
real. live. active senatorial candidate
before next spring.
Carey Wilson. first assistant under
Ike s. Lewis. state superintendent of
insurance, will probably be a candi-
date for the Republican nomination as
Insurance superintendent next year.
Wilson Is valuable man in the Office
and knows every detail of the work.
Lewis. who is now serving his second
term, will hardly be a candidate in
the 1914 primaries.
Frank Travis. former state senator
from Allen county, may contest Will
sons right to the nomination as in
surance superintendent. Travis
wanted the nomination in the last
state convention held in 1906, but
was beaten by Charles Barnes. Later
Travis went to the senate and because
It was his vote that saved the sur
frAge amendment from positive de-
feat in the 1911 legislature. the Allen
county man would probably poll more
than the customary number of female
votes in Kansas II nominated for the
once.
Neither Wilson nor Travis have
made formal announcement, but 1t
10 generally believed that both men
will be in the fight in the August
1914 primar1eA
It 10 probable that r. r. Wilson of
New Ulysses. Grant county, may be
appointed as register Of the land Of
nee at Dodge City. Senator Thomp-
son recently told Seventh district
friends, 1t 10 declared, that he would
name two Seventh district men to
land Office jobs. Wilson. who IL q
strong Democrat, will be one OF the
two app0intees, It II claimed.
The Belleville Telescope. edited by
A. Q. Miller. wants w. 7. Morgan of
Hutchinson nominated for lieutenant
governor ON the Republican ticket. The