The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-05-16

in the administration. He is At years
FOR TREASURER, FRANK E.
GRIMES.-Frank Grimes is the best
ball player in the state house and is
the only man in the administration who
IS seriously considering proposition
TO learn to play golf Mr. Grimes is an
Ohio product, but he was developed in
Wichita county Kansas. His first step
IN the pathway of statesman was IN
the house of representatives. He is
now state treasurer, and in more than
the ordinary sense of the term 1t has
been customary in some Republican adj
ministrations to divide the administra-
ton OF the treasury department. all
around but Mr. Grimes runs his Office
as he thinks it should be run, and he
has given a million dollar bond to Sc
cure the state against any chance
which might be taken with him
Grimes has earned the title of the man
who never sleeps This is the second
nomination for a state office for Grimes,
being chosen to succeed himself If the
Republicans carry the state. His home
is in Leoti, in the short grass country
FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL. A. A.
/ GODARD.-A A GODDARD landed in
Holton from Pennsylvania in 1879. He
had 30 cents in his pocket when he
struck the state line, and after working
on farm for a year saved money
| enough to start out as @ lawyer. Be
! tween Work on the farm, JedcnnB
! school and an occasional client he saved
/ enough money to move and went from
! Holton to Clay Center opening a law
| office. In 1893 he moved to Topeka to
| serve as assistant attorney general un-
/ der T. 3. Dawes. He was nominated
| and elected to the office of attorney
! general by the Republicans in the last
! campaign. Mr.. GODDARD lives in To-
peka, where he is a member of the firm
of Valentine, GODDARD & Valentine.
lawyers.
FOR STATE SUPERINTENDENT,
FRANK NELSON.-When the Kansas
Day club held a meeting in Topeka
three years ago Frank Nelson was a
teacher of elocution at Lindsborg. He
made a speech which earned for him
| the title of the eloquent Swede," and
later rewarded him with the office OF
state superintendent. Mr.. Nelson is a
finished orator. Nelson spent three
| weeks making speeches under the di-
rection of the national Republican com
| nittee. His experience in school work
| of advanced degrees fitted him for the
work of the present position, to which a
record Of little more than a year Sc
! cured a denomination. Mr.. Nelson was
the prize orator of Iowa when he was a
student at the Iowa state university.
FOR SUPERINTENDENT OF IN
SURANCE, w. Y. CHURCH.-New
| York furnishes one state officer in the
person of w. V. Church, superintendent
of insurance, who is for the first time
nominated, receiving also the first NOM
ination ever accorded to this official.
This is because the legislature made
this office elective instead of appointive.
Mr.. Church was clerk of Marion county
in 18S3-'97. having been chosen for two
terms. In 1876 Mr.. Church with his
brother established the Peabody Ga
zette, but he retired later and engaged
in other business. Mr.. Church has
some proportion of sporting blood in
his veins, being a great admirer OF
horses, having raised several fast ones
Mr.. Church was confirmed by the sen
ate as superintendent of insurance or
the forty-sixth anniversary of his birth
There was no opposition to the nominal
ton Of Mr.. Church.
FOR CONGRESSMAN AT LARGE
CHARLES F. SCOTT.-Charles f
Scott is an earnest, Christian man, moi
only in profession but in daily life. lie
is reputed to be lone Of Kansas best
young men; one who is not on the side
of the man who deals in unfair or in
decent political methods, but on the sidt
of those who believe that it is possible
to maintain a partisan organization
clean and honorable. Mr.. Scott is th'
successful publisher of the lola Daily
, Register. which is an example of Thu
l theory which he himself advances tina
a daily paper will pay in a, town of eco
inhabitants Mr.. Scott is a Kansas uni
versity man and is one of the mos
popular Republicans in the state
which is proven by the handsome Vot
he received in tOday'S convention.