Kansas City daily journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1892-1897, 1896-09-12
REPUBLICAN PRIMARY TO-DAY.
Delegates to County Convention Will
BE Named and Congressional Cam
didates Voted On Direct.


didates Voted On Direct.
The Republican primary election to
choose delegates to the county nominating
convention and to vote directly on con-
gressional candidates, will be held to-day.
the polls being open from l p. m. to p.
M In most of the wards only one dele
cation will be voted On and in the four
wards where there are rival delegations
there will be no bitter contests, such as
marked the recent Democratic fight. but
friendly battle.
Those who go to the polls to vote should
understand clearly that they have to vote
Each man must vote on the delegation
from his ward and then has a vote direct
on the congressional candidates. The con-
gressional candidate who receives a piu.
rality of the votes cast in any one ward
will be entitled to name the delegation
from that ward to the congressional con-
vention which will be held on next Thurs
day.
The congressional candidates who are in
the field are: Hon. Robert T. Van Horn,
of independence: ]. H. Neff, of Kansas
City, and John T. Wellborn, of Lafayette
county.
be made at next Tuesdays convention are:
State senators from the Fifth and Sew
enth senatorial districts,
Representatives from the six representa-
Two judges of the circuit court divisions
Nos. 3 and ~.
Judge of the county court for the East
ern district.
Judge of the county court Tor the West
ern district.
Collector of revenue.
Prosecuting attorney.
Sheriff.
County marshal.
County assessor.
County treasurer.
County surveyor.
Public administrator.
Coroner
Constables from the various townships,
and from the several justice Of the peace
districts of Kaw township.
The Fifth senatorial district is composed
of the First, Second, Third, Sixth, Seventh
and Eighth wards Of Kansas City and all
twelfth street and west of Blue river and
Blue, Fort Usage and Sni-a-Bar townships.
The seventh senatorial district is COM
Tenth wards of Kansas City. all that part
of Kaw township south Of Twelfth street
and west of Blue river and Westport,
Brooking, Prairie. Washington and Van
Buren, townships.
The legislative districts are as follows:
First district-Blue; Fort Usage. Sni-a-
Second district-Washington, Brooking
and Westport townships, the Fifth and
Tenth wards of kansas City s and the south tl
Third district-Fourth and Ninth wards
of Kansas City.
wards Of Kansas city second ana ihro
Fifth district-Sixth and Eighth wards of
Kansas City.
city % and hcg the northern half Of Raw %sas toWns
ship outside the city.
AS far as can be learned, the following is
list Of the candidates who expect to go
though doubtless where there are SO many
candidates some names have been omitted:
Twiss, Henry n. Ess. George R. Thompson,
Powell.
For county marshal-w. NJ. Sloan, w. J..
Phillips and H. ]. Taylor.
For sheriff-C. NJ. Crandall, W. E. Ey-
lar. A. G. Perry. 7. A. Dcdds and Bert L.
Banta
For collector-F. NJ. DeBord, W. H. Car
mody.
For treasurer. Scott Harrison. Jr.. H.
C. Lambert, R. d. Writ.
nahan, DIR. Dunham. c. P. Cathcart B. F..
Rogers, G. z. Dargatz and j. W. Bow
man.
For prosecuting attorney-w. T. Jamison.
George A. Neal, Ben T. Hardin and H. H.
Getman.
For county surveyor--E. Butts. Stanley
Hyer, S. E. Kelsey. o. B. Gum, J. NJ.
Katzmaier, H. B. Abercrombie, F. W. Tut
For public enthusiastically. E. Lathey.
Ira A. Boyer, Owen G. Long.
For assessor-M. B. Wright, F. Simmons.
E. F. Rodgers, R. H. Hunt.
For county judges-Western district,
John n. Smith. F. NJ Darnall. J. G. Stowe.
d. d. Drake and Adam Woolf; Eastern dis
trict. o. P. Gentry c. E. Broughton.
SenatorJFifth district. w. c. Boteler. F.
w. Sears: Seventh district, Elmer Phipps,
Harry Hinde, w. W. Morgan.
The voting places for the ballot primaries
in the city will be:
First ward-16OO West Ninth street and
northwest corner Seventeenth and Wyom-
ing streets.
Second ward-St. James hotel and 3Os
West Fifth street.
Third wardA-1s West Ninth street and
CorGova hotel.
Fourth ward-Sixteenth and Broadway
and Lands court.
Fifth ward-6o9 West Twenty-third street
and 2625 Southwest boulevard.
Sixth ward-5S7 Charlotte street and 214
East Missouri avenue.
Seventh ward-2445 Independence avenue
and southeast corner Fifth and Lydia ave-
nue..
Eighth ward-oo14 East Tenth street and
southeast corner Twelfth and Cherry
streets.
Ninth ward-2aoo East Fifteenth street
and IA East Eighteenth street.
Tenth ward-Southeast corner Twenty
fourth and Olive streets and aoS Holmes
street.
blue Township Primary.
The Republican primaries for Blue town.
shi2 will be held to-day. The polls will
ocen at l o'clock and remain open until 3
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