The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-06-05
THE CANDIDATES.
There Are Forty Four of Them for the
Nine state Offices.

THE CANDIDATES.
There Are FOrty-Four of Them for the
Nine state Offices.
There is small army of candidates.
GOVERNOR.
OMajor Z. n. MorrilPs headquarters
are parlors and d at the Copeland,
and Captain John Schilling is in charge
of his affairs.
George w. Martin, the Kansas City,
Kansas editor who expects to make
showing In the convention that will be
surprise to his opponents, is quartered in
room 30 and sample room No. at the
Copeland and Fred Trigg, his able lieu
tenant Is managing his canvass in detail
Martins name will be presented to the
convention by ]. S. Stambaugh of abb
lene, and his nomination will be seconded
by l. W.. KepHnger of Kansas City,
Kansas.
f. w. Hoch has headquarters at the
National, but he is circulating among the
delegates everywhere, and his name will
be presented to the convention by Lawyer
J. S. Dean of Marion.
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR
For the nomination for lieutenant gov
ernOr there are now six candidates. d.
n. Heizer of Great Bend, who was for
several months talked about as a candi-
date for governor, will be placed in
nomination for lieutenant governor by
ElIery Cole of Barton county.
Ex-State Senator ]. w. Rush of Paw
nee county. Dr.. ID. w. King of Cherokee
county, E. W. Dewey of Elk county. J.
w. Moore of Marion county. and James
A. Troutman Of Shawnee county, are the
other candidates for lieutenant governor.
SECRETARY OF STATE.
There are eight candidates for secre-
tary of state, including Frank l.. Brown,
secretary of the state central committee;
w. c. Edwards of Pawnee, who was on
the ticket for that place two years ago;
Colonel J. w. T. Hughes of Shawnee. the
man who is making his candidacy on the
platform of having saved the Douglass
house; DR.. A. Leigh of Stockton, Rocks
county; Captain 5. Mcdowell of Smith
county who was director of the peni-
tentiary under Governor Martin and of
the Hutchinson reformatory under Gov
ernor Humphrey. DR.. II. S. Roberts of
Manhattan, Riley county, and James
Smythe of Eureka, Greenwood county,
complete the list.
There are ten candidates for this office.
Tom Kelly of Miami; Ii. p. Weyton of
Finney; George E. Cole of Crawford; 5.
w. Gaunt of Rawlins; A. III. Chase of
Leoti, Wichita county; J. l. Cook.
editor of the Cove City Repub-
lican; G. A Hoar, county clerk
of Trego county, George w. Clark
| of BeIoit, ex-county clerk of Mitchell
county; Col. II. L. MilIard, of Rice coun-
| ty, and George w. Jones of Hill City,
Graham county. Jones is the only col
ored candidate to 90 before the conven-
tion. His headquarters are at the office
of Lawyer ]. III. Guy on Kansas avenue
ATTORNEY GENERAL
There are but three candidates for at
torney general: F. B. Dawes of Clay Cen
ter, who has been a candidate ever since
| the close of the last campaign, w. F..
Guthrie, of Atchison, and Oscar Foust of
| lola, Allen county.
STATE TREASURER
There are four candidates: J. Bruce
] Lynch, who was the nominee two years
| ago, wants to try his luck over again; d.
| w. Eastman of Emporia and Otis L. Ath-
| erton of Russell have strong following,
| while w. H. Ellet, the Butler county
| farmer, completes the list
| SUPERINTENDENT PUBLIC INSTRUCTION.
There are four candidates for superin-
| tenkent of public instruction: j. e. Davis
state ticket, wants to be renominated; E.
Stanley of Douglass, A w. Stubbs of
| Finney and d. F. Shirk of Dickinson
! county are the other candidates.
CONGREssMAN-AT-L
The four candidates for Congressman
at-Iarge are Ed p. Greer of Cowley,
George L Douglass of Sedgwick, r. ".
| Blue of Linn and ]. G. Caldwell of Shaw
nee. While Bernard Kelly is not ac-
tually considered candidate yet he is
frequently spoken of as dark horse in
case the convention should have trouble
| in making the nomination.
ASSOCIATE JUSTICE
There is but one candidate for assOci-
ate justice of the supreme court w. A
johnson of Ottawa county The supreme
court is now in session and while the
other candidates are seeing their friends
Judge Johnson is hearing cases