The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-11-02
KANSAS ELECTION
Fusion Forces Against Straight
Republican Ticket
In the Larg er Number of Kan-
sas Counties.
JUDICIAL ELECTIONS
In Thirteen Judicial Districts
of the State.
National Issues Affecting the
Vote at Wichita.
JUDICIAL ELECTIONS

With very few exceptions the elec@
tion contest in Kansas today isbetweeu
the Republican party and the allied
forces in each county In some OF
the counties the Democrats and silver
forces have endorsed the Populist tick
cts while in ninety counties the Offices
have been divided among the Demo-
Gratis, Populists and silver Republicans
AS usual the chairmen of the two
campaign committees have issued
nanifestoes claiming the election of all
their candidates.
There are 1853 offices to be filled by to-
days election. Seven county officials,
including in each county one commits
sioner, makes a total of 735. There are
thirteen judges to elect and six mem-
bers of the legislature, two senators
and four representatives.
r. T. Andrews Republican and
George w. Click fusionist, aspire to
the position made vacant by the death
of Senator B. F. Wallack OF Effingham.
The district is composed of Atchison
and jackson, and is probably safely
Repu blican.
The resignation of w A Harris who
was elected United States senator
caused vacancy in the Third district.
Jacob Haun, Republican and James c.
Stone Democrat, are rival candidates
for the place.
The vacancies in the representative
districts are as follows:
Forty-seventh-L E. Lambert, re-
signed. Charles Harris Republican
and Robert L. Jones, Populist, candi-
dates.
Seventy-f fourth District-Frank T.
Patton, Populist, resigned Name of
PopuHst nominee, if there is one does
not appear official ballot. W. c.
Miller is the Republican nominee.
One hundred Observation-Disclosures Lob
dell, resigned. Nominees S L. Fill
son, Republican; F. S. Tingley. Popu-
list.
In the 10th district. c. A. Maxwell.
republican died, but the names of the
nominees to fill the vacancies have
not been reported to the political head
quarters in this city.
Election of district judges will take
place as follows:
Ninth district, Mcpherson. Reno ard
Harvey counties, NJ. F. Simpson. .Repub-
Hcan, T. P. Hettinger, fusionist
Tenth district, johnson and Miami
Sperry Baker, Republican, John Z. Bur
ris, fusionist.
Fifteenth district, Mitchell. Osborne,
Jewell and Smith counties, r. NJ. Pick
Ter. Republican, M. r. Sutherland, Pop
ulist
Seventeenth district. Phillips. Norton,
Decatur, Rawlins and Cheyenne coun-
ties. John R. Hamilton. Republican, A.
@. T. Geiger, fusionist.
Nineteenth district, Sumner and Cow
ley counties, c. L. Swartz, Republican,
w. T. Mcbride, fusionist.
Twentieth district, Rice, Barton and
Stafford counties, Ansell 3. Clark, Re
publican, c. F. Foley. fusionist
Twenty-first district, Riley, Marshall.
and Clay counties Robt 3. Spilman.
Republican, w. S. Glass, fusionist
Thirtieth district, Ottawa and Saline
counties r. T. Thompson, Republican,
David Ritchie, fusiOnist.
Thirty-frst district, Comanche, Clark,
Meade, Gray, Ford and KiOwa counties
Francis T. Price, Republican, E. H.
Fisher, fusionist.
Thirty-second district, Seward. Stew
ems, Morton, Haskell, Grant. Stanton
Hutchinson, Republican, A J. Hoskin-
son, fusionist.
Thirty third district. Rush. Ness,
Lane, Scott, Wichita and Greeley coun-
ties. V. H. Grinstead, Republican. J e.
Andrews fusionist
Thirty y-fourth district Rocks Gra-
ham, Sheridan. Thomas and Sherman
counties, Chas. w. Smith. Republican,
w S. WilcoXsOn, POpulist.
Thirty fifth district Pottawatornie.
Wabaunsee and Usage counties VIM
Thompson, Republican, b. F. Martin,
fusionfst.
Fusion failed in the following coun-
ties: Barber, Dickinson, Greeley, Gray,
LeavenWorth, except on state senator.
Ness, Kearny, Pawnee, RawIins,
Thomas, WOOdsOn, and Wallace.
In Leavenworth, and Meade county
the Democrats Outgeneraled the POpu-
lists and nominated the candidates for
all of the county offices. In Haskell
and Thomas county straight PopuIist
tickets are in the field
Complete fusion exists in the re-
naming counties of the state. In these
counties the offices are divided equally
among the POpulists, Democrats ard
Silver Republicans.