The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-11-23
Local Republicans Figuring on
the State Delegation.
Quiet Movement to Prevent All
- Instructions.
HINT OF AGREEMENT.
Liquor Interests in Big COun-
ties May Combine.
Would Force Nomination OF
Candidates Of Their Choice.

There is a move on foot in local Re
publican circles to send delegation 10
the Republican state convention mex
year which shall be uninstructeo lor
any candidate for any office.
Three different influences are at work
to bring about this result In the hrsl
place the wet element of the party
is in control of the party machinery III
Shawnee county. 1t is running Ile
county central committee, and 1t VIII
make an effort to prevent any lnstruc-
tions for James A. Troutman, Shawnee
county's candidate for governor. Trout
man is recognized as an extreme pro-
hibitionist.
In the second place there are three
attorneys in Topeka who would like 10
be nominated for place on the SUI
preme bench Each viii probably nave
friends in the convention ana an eitOi
to instruct for any one would preclpi-
tate a fight from the supporters OF the
other two. In order to avoid nghl
effort will be made to head OH any
instructions for associate justice can
didates
In the third place Arthur Capper is
a candidate for state printer If Shaw
nee county should go into the state
convention and make a hard nght 1or
q place on the state ticket it would
lessen Mr.. Capper5 chances TOR tne
state partnership, while II the shawnee
delegation is uninstructed there is a
possibility that it would be able to
make trades that could be turned ad-
vantageously later on The same might
be said of Congressman Curtis Sena-
tOrial boom, but locality will not enter
into that contest to the same degree
that 1t will into the contest over the
state partnership.
There is anOher reason why the wet
element of the Shawnee Republicans
does not wish to have an instructed del
egation to the state convention There
ina
ton among the wet counties of the
state to see that no candidates inimical
to the liquor interests shall secure
places on the state ticket where they
have been opened with other counties,
and 1t is expected that Leavenworth,
Wyandotte, Cloud. Marshall. Bourbon.
Sedgwick, and Atchison counties will
join Shawnee in this plan.
These are eight of the largest counties
of the state, and those back of the
movement argue that if they hang to-
gether they will be powerful enough to
name whoever they want for the offices
in which they are interested. These Off
ces are associate justice, governor and
attorney general None of these coun-
ties have active candidates for either
of these offices with the exception of
Wyandotte and Shawnee. Judge West,
now assistant attorney general is from
Wyandotte county, and he is gathering
considerab BILE force as a candidate to
succeed Attorney General GODDARD
1t is said that the combination even
expects to try to take the scalp of one
or more of the candidates for renom-
tnatic7 to the supreme bench, to whom
denominations have thus far been con-
ceded
It is expected that the appointment of
E. D. Mckeeyer to be assistant United
States district attorney will be forth
coming within a few days, probably
about December L ]. s. Dean, United
States district attorney, expected to
forward his nomination to Washington
about ten days ago.
Lyman Naugle, formerly editor of the
Wellington Voice and one of the big
men in the Populist party in Kansas
but who went wrong about two or three
years ago and went to Australia is
now located in California and is doing
Well hnanclaily- He is publishing a
paper at Richmond, the terminus of the
Santa Fe, near San Francisco He
owns a block of real estate in the busi-
ness center of the town, on which he
is building a two-story brick business
block. and he recently sold small lot
for 81, 500.
1.-THE Sixth district will come to the
next Republican state convention linar5
UP SOlidly for Dave Hanna for lierta,,
ant governor and for J. S Burrow for
secretary of State-' This is the state
ment made today by Otis L. Atherton
eX-state treasurer. who is down from
Russell hobnobbing with the politicians
The Sixth Will ask for these two
places on the state ticket and it will nut
up a solid fight for them," continued
Mr. Atherton- Both of these candidates
are good men and we propose to nomi-
nate them. If We can make anv hon
Orable trades to help matters along T
suppose 1t will be DONE but we will in
SiSt on these two officers Tnciden+aJI1-
Judge Atherton is saying a good word
to help along the congressional boom of
E W. Wellington, of Ellsworth. when
ever he thinks there is a chance for
the seed to fall on good soil. ..Wellinp-
ton will go to the congressionai con-
vention with the delegations from all
the seven counties along the main line
of the Union Pacific" said Mr. Ather-
ton ton nat VIII make d very strong
showing for him. The convention will
probably be made up of about 156 dele
gates, and If so these seven counties
VIII give him about 40 delegates Then
he viii have some of the counties in
tne northern part of the district and the
balance Will be divided between Reeder
and Hayes White of Jewell White vii
go into the convention with 40 or- N
delegates, and Reeder will have tba
res res me northern part of the district
VIII nave the candidat teS for both the
places on the state ticket and thew x-i1I
owe IL TO the southern part of fl,e dis
tr1ct to give Wellington some sI1Dnort
rms VIII make Wellington a very form
liable candidate" Mr. Atherton sa1-s
1t is quite dry in Russell county ana
good rain would benefit the wheat sreat-
~ There has not been a rain To a1oo11n+
to anything in that section for five
weeks Farmers in the southern not -
Russell cou lty are pasf11rir1p p"t 49, VI
wneat, put In the northern part If is TOO
ory TO do so without damaging il
Down in Barber county co,,n+,
printer was elected this fan unds-.
special election law passed last winter
xof tnaL one county. The Barber