Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1884-07-20
THE eEpusLucAs TICKET.
of the Men Who Compose !,

Tie following sketches of some of
the gentlemen nominated at Topeka
last Thursday as our state standard
bearers during the coming campaign,
from the Atchison Champion, will be
read with interest:
SECRETARY OF STATE ALLEN.
DIR. Edwin b. Allen, Republican
candidate for secretary of state, is an
"Ohio man." born near Oberlin, a
good locality for Republican TO be
born in. He went thence to the good
Republican state of Iowa. to finish his
political education, ard graduated,
thence to Kansas in 1865. He settled
first in Wabaunsee county and re-
moved to Sedgwick in 1869, When
Wichita grew TO be city he ofiiciated
as the first mayor of the infant me
tropolis. holding the office for two
terms. He served in the legislatures
of 1872, 1874 and 1882. lie early en-
tered upon the practice of medicine,
and occupies an honorable position in
the medical fraternity.
DIR. Allen is a steadfast Republican:
man of fine appearance, winning
manners and fully possesses the confl-
dencc Of the people of his section. His
nomination is IA fitting recognition Of
/ Republicans of the great section en-
bracing the rich and populous counties
of Cowlcy, Sumner and Sedgwi,k,
never before represented III the Re-
publican state ticket.
/ ATTORNEY GENERAL BRADFORD.
/ The livelicst contest of the conyen-
ton was over the attorney gtneralship.
Ii finally fell to 5. Ii. Bradford against
a field full OF lawyers. Mr.. Bradford
bears an historic name connected with
| Plymouth Rock. lia is man in the
prime of life, sturdy and resolute in
mind and body. He has served his
county faithfully as "a law officer, one
of his beneficial acts being to pursue a
fleeing railroad corporation, which
was trying TO skip the county. collar
the same and make it live up to its OBJ
legations. Bradford is brave man,
an honest one, and will do his duiy.
ATTORNEY GENERAL JOHNSTON.
The civil service rules were applied
at Topeka in the case of w. a. John
,ton. Having served faithfully as AT
torney general. an officer who COIN
bncS the functions of counsellor and IA
iudee shaving shown that he knew
the law and was n Just man, he was
nominated for associate justice of the
supreme court Mr.. Johnston's char
acter and career are well known. lie
has proved sound and iudicious pub
lie servant. and the convention said,
alphabetically. We'll done
STATES TREASURER HOWE.
Two wears ago the Champion said
that sam. +. Howe would makca good
State Treasurer. The Champion had
good reasons for its belief. lie was "A
good carpenter 10 begin with. and
made Il good sheriff and good treas
urer for Marion county, and the pco-
pie OF ihat county used him for about
all the offices in their gift. He has
abundan,lv fulfilled all the eXpecta
tions of his friends. All the Marion
county people said about him has
proved true. The state treasury,
formerly constant source of trouble
and Investigation, has been kept up Ia
the John Francis standard. The peo-
pie are satisfied to let Mr.. Howe try
again.
STATE AUDITOR NC CABE.
The Republican state convention
having confidence in the honesty and
capacity Of T.. Z. McCabe. Auditor OF
State. renominated him by acc,ania-
ton. Mr. McCabe's first nominal ion
was the outgrowth of sentiment
His second nomination is that, and
something morc-a recognition of his
business qualities. His first nominal
ton III some sense an experiment. llis
second nom nation is an expression OF
satisfaction with the results of that ex'
pertinent Mr. McCabe has proved
worthy OF his trust: he has conferred
honor on the Republican party and on
his race There was not IA dissenting
voice in the convention, there will moi
: be cpublican vote withheld at tn,
polls.
LIEUT.. GOVERNOR RIDDLE.
The Champion takes especIa
. pleasure in announcing the noln,ua
ton of Hon. A. T. Riddle, for Lieut.
Governor, and for several reasons. IL,
= is, TO begin with, a young man, born
in 1916, and so he is only thirty-cighl
wears old ut present. lie Is Il printer
and journalist, and good i'm botl
calings. He writes good article anC
sets a clean proof. lie is risin.
, man. He came TO Kansas in 1850, anC
workc ed year in the Mirror otlic
at Olathe. but afterwards return
ed 10 Pennsylvania. and did not gc
fairly started with his Girard Pres
until June. 1873. Every day since h'
has made his mark in some way II,
was elected journal clerk of the senate
in 1877, and senator in 1880, and vii
90 from the floor of the senate To th,
: presiding officers chair in January
1885. He is Il student; a thinker: m
admirable parliamen'arian: an excel
lent otl-hand talker, and Il splcndi'
fellow.
In recent issue of the Philadelphia
{ Press this was said of him:
a Among the prominent candidates for III
Republican, nomination for lieutenant gov
: ernor of Kansas we find the name of A. /
Riddle, a native and for long time.a re,
ident of Nenango county, Pa. The Repub
I licans of Kansas have an abundance of first
r class materials for the offices OF that lust
commonwealth, but we doubt gravely
= they have any Of better quality than Nj
Riddle. lie went TO Girard. Kansas man
years ago. when the principal crops Their
= were grasshoppeIs and cyclones; establish
. ed the Girard Press and has ever since bee
eXpounding with effective yigor !l,s beuiti
T cent principles Of pure Republicanism, va
( rying the work with some service in th
legislature, and term or two in the stat
7 senate. If he should now he nominated an
= elected 10 the Lieutenant Goyernorship. il
would be but the legitimate reward Of
long and useful service to the state. an
Kansas would have an officer with about n
much real grit and intellectual pressure I