The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-04-25
New Timber Suggested For
County Attorney Office.
Democratic Lawyer Who Has
Never Been in Politics.
CAUCUS FOR TONIGHT.
Anti-NichOIs Republicans Will
Discuss Candidates.
Storm of Protest Shows No Sign
of Abating.

John F. Switzer.
George w. Clark.
l. A. Stebbins
The choice of the anti-fraud faction
of the Republicans will fall on one OF
these three for the nomination for coun-
ty attorney and the indications point
strongly in favor of Switzer. A caucus
will be held tonight at which the matter
will probably be determined. Mr.
Switzer is a Democrat. and the other
two are Populists.
Major A NJ. Harvey has positively de-
clined to be a candidate, although he
was the first choice of q large number
of the boiling faction. The pins are set
for his denomination as lieutenant gov
ernor on the fusion ticket, and he pre-
fers that to the county attorneyship In
Shawnee county. Notwithstanding Ma
Jor HarVey'S announcement, numper
of the boilers have insisted that he be-
come a candidate anyway
George w. Clark was mentioned as
soon as it became evident that Galen
Nichols would be kept on the Republi-
can ticket He is recognized as a good
lawyer, and he is the choice of Judge
Carver and a number of others for the
place. He was assistant attorney gen
eral under John N Ives. and when the
court of appeals was created he was
appointed by Governor Morrill, as the
Populist judge for the northern depart
ment. He was also appointed by the
late Judge Foster as referee in the ia
nous stock yards litigation in the fed
era1 court, and has been United States
commissioner for a number of years.
Judge Clark is straight Populist,
and will head the Shawnee county dele
cation to the Fort Scott convention in
the interest of John W. Breidenthal. He
and Breidenthal are close friends.
| L. A. Stebbins has been urged by
some of the a-prohibitionists as the
| proper man to run against Nichols. He
| is a POpulist and socialist, but he is
also an uncompromising prOhibitionist,
and it is urged against him that the
| Democrats would not support him and
he would also be distasteful to the lib
/ eral Republicans who have bolted Mich
OILS because they wish to rebuke frau
dulent methods in primaries.
The leaders of the fight on Nichols
are not so anxious to elect prohibit
| ZIONIST as they are to rebuke the meth
DDS which were employed to secure the
| nomination of Nichols, and also to re-
buke the Republican county central
| committee for apparently placing its
| stamp of approval upon the fraud
which it is charged was practiced in the
| primaries.
Mr. Switzer is a new man in the race
| He has only been among the mention
| ed for a day or two, but a large num-
her of people are taking up his candi-
dacy. Even the Nichols men admit that
| he will make a strong candidate. He is
| a Democrat, but he has never entered
into offensive partisanship. The only
thing urged against him is that he has
always attended to his law practice in
stead of entering into politics and be-
coming a mixer" He is ranked as one
of the best real estate attorneys in this
state, but has never had much to dc
with criminal practice
The caucus of the boiling Republicans
to select a candidate will be held to-
night in the Office of Robert Stone il
the Crawford building. At that meet
ing the various candidates will be dis
cussed, and it is probable that mas:
meeting will be called to nominate tn,
man who seems to the leaders to be tn,
most available. He will be nominated
as an Independent candidate, and it viii
be left for the Democrats and Popu
lists to endorse his candidacy
When the anti-Nichols bolt first tool
place it was prophesied among tn
Nichols men that it would last only ;
few days and would amount to nothing
but the boilers claim that they ar
gaining force instead of losing it. The,
have been quietly at work securing
tangible evidence to use in the cam
paign against Nichols. to prove that h
is not really the candidate of the Re
publicans of Shawnee county