The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-06-26
Fusion Nominees Selected With
out Reference to Location.
Fifth District Didn't Get Place
on Ticket.
THIRD AND FIRST, ONE.
Second and Seventh Have More
Than Half of Candidates.
Why Judge DOster Was Named
For Four Year Term.

The Second and Seventh congression-
al districts got the big end of the fu-
sion ticket. They secured four cand1-
dates each, or the two together filed up
more than half of the places On the
ticket. The Fifth district. on the other
hand. secured no places at all, and the
Third and First We're given one place
each. The Fourth and Sixth were each
given two places.
The Fifth district was not left out
intentionally. George NJ. Culver, of
Concordia, might have had the nomina-
ton for attorney general, but he de-
clined it. After Culver declined Frank
Brady of Labette in the Third district,
might have had it, but he too declined.
The First district, too, might have mad
more places. Judge Allen. who was
slated for one of the supreme court
places, started the fashion Of declining.
The nominees are divided among the
various districts as follows
First-F. NJ. Pearl of Brown county,
for attorney general.
Second-John c. Cannon of Linn, and
J. d. AIcCleVerty of Bourbon for JUS
tees, W. H. Craddock of Wyandotte for
governor, D. H. Hefebower of Miami
for treasurer
Third D. Botkin of Cowley for con-
gressman-at-l large
Fourth-Frank Doster of Marion and
Ed S. Waterbury of Lyon for justices.
Fifth-None.
Sixth-Fred J. Close of Ellis for lieu
tenant governor, and Dan Hart Of Nor
ton for superintendent of insurance.
Seventh-B r. Milton Of Ford for JUS
tice. Claude Duval of Reno for seeFe-
tary of state J. NJ. Lewis of Edwards
for state auditor, and 2. c. Powell Of
Reno for superintendent of schools
When Chief Justice Doster's name
was presented for the four-year term tor
LIST
4 most people though that Judge Dos
! ters friend, T. H. Grisham, was max
ing a mistake in his eagerness to place
! Judge Doster's name before the con
I vention, as it has always been sup
! posed that Judge Doster would be
/ nominated for a siX-year term. It Is
now claimed, however, that it was the
purpose of Judge Doster'S friends &c
name him to run against Judge Ellis
as they believe that it viii be easier to
| defeat Ellis than any of the other Re
/ publican nominees Dcster is one of the
strongest men on the fusion ticket, anc
the Populists believe there is a gooc
chance for electing him.
Reno county seems to be getting it:
share of political pie. The Republicans
have given it the state printer, railroad
/ commissioner and a place on the state
/ ticket the nominee for Superintendent
of schools. Now the fusionists come tt
the front and give it two places on theil
ticket-secretary of state and superlD
tendent of schools.
The opposing candidates for lieutenan
governor live in cornering counties il
the Sixth district D. J. Hanna, Repub
lican, comes from Graham county ant
F. J. Close, fusion, comes from Ellis.
Dave and I are good friends" saiC
Close today. and I will treat him al
right when I am elected 1 will invit,
him down and let him sit beside M
sometimes when I preside over tn
senate"
1t is possible, though, that Hanna ma.
be in a position to do the inviting him
self