The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-07-17

raising warrants will square the affair
with the mass of voters. They will want
to be shown. Until he squares this mat
ter we set his name out of the ticket
as published in the Imprint"
Bale Waggener is again considering
the idea of going into race against
John Seaton for member of the legls-
lature from the city district of Atchi-
son county. 1t would be. one of the
most interesting races in the state IL
he should go into it. AS general attor-
ney for the Missouri Pacific and other
large interests Mr.. Waggener has been
prom inent in the proceedings OF the
third house during the same time tina
Captain Seaton has been member OF
the lower house, but he has never had
his name on the roll nor occupied
seat on the floor, and this experience
would be something of a novelty to
him. In speaking of the possibility OF
his becoming a candidate on the Demo-
cratic ticket against Captain Seaton.
he said:
There has been talk a good many
years of a legislative race between Cap
tain John Seaton and myself If MIR.
SeatOn will put up a bond not to leave
town in case of defeat, I will do the
same thing and become candidate.
would like to be a member of the leg1S-
lature- There are a lot of things due
Atchison from the legislature, and l be-
lieve l can get some of them would
like to make good natured race
against Seaton, but he has me 'bluffed
about leaving town in case of defeat,
and possibly others are in the same fix
In that event 1 would not have a fair
show. People would vote against me
if they feared the town would lose d
he will put up the bond 1 suggest,
will put UP similar one, and will
| shake hands and go at it,
u r Anthony Jr turned over the
Leavenworth postoffice to F. w. Will
lard Tuesday night. Mr.. Willard re-
tains ]. w. Gilges as assistant post
n aster. The salary paid by the Leaven-
| worth office is $1,000 a year, only $10o
! less than the governor of Kansas re-
| ceives.
G. G. Clemens has filed the official
| state ticket of the Socialist party with
! the secretary of state and also the party
! emblem. The emblem is a picture of
a world with two hands Joined across
| Senator Burton absolutely denied the
| story that he is the author of the senate
resolution creating the special commit
| tee to go to Hawaii. The story has
| been told that Senator Burton wanted
| to take the trip and got Sena tor Mitch
| ell to introduce the resolution. In
| speaking of the report Mr.. Burton said
| last night on his return from Joplin:
| "Of course there is no truth in the stor-
| les. 1 never talked with Senator Mitch
! ell before the introduction of that reSo-
| luton. 1t is very funny, when you stop
| to think of it, that 1 could influence a
| man who is serving his fourth term in
! the senate and compel him to introduce
! that resolution. No, the fact of the
| would not go when the commission was
| named The others will go, or at least
| they SO declared themselves at our last
meeting. 1 intend to go ahead of the
| other members. I intended to take
| sea voyage this summer and prOba bly,
| would have gone to the islands had
| not been appointed member of the
| commission. If I can get over there and
| get into the mountains and with my
! bare hands, at the most nothing more
| than a knife. kill one of those wild
| boarS and wild dog and probably
| wild bull, and establish the fact, can
| not be hurt with the president by enc
! mics. 1 will have established a reputa-
ton as a hunter of prominence then
The Ford county Republican conven-
| ton will be held in three weeks The
| present county officers will probably be
| renominated. For representative ]. M.
! Burson is the only man now in the
field and he will probably be nominated.
| His opponent on the fusion ticket will
| probably be A. B. Reeves. For the Re
publican nomination for sheriff there
| are two candidates, Joseph Miller and
NJ. Sweeney. Grant Hale, a Democrat,
| L. M. Axline friend of Congress-
| man Long, has been offered the place
| of chief deputy United States marshal
in the new Indian Territory district, but
he has turned down the offer. Mr.. Long
| will recommend another man for the
| place. Congressman Curtis secured the
| appointment of w. F. Gilluly, of JEFF
ferson county as United States COM
| missioner in the new district, and Judge
| Wilkins, of Brown, as a deputy marshal.
Frank Adams, a Leland man in Brown
| county, will also be appointed as
commissioner. and Senator Burton will
| have two places to fill. The creation of
the new district was a pretty good
thing for Kansas Republicans, even if
they did not land the chief marshall
ship.
The Washington, D. c., Post remarks:
The Hon. Joseph Ralph Burton is out
| in Kansas and hard at work trying to
get the anti-administrationk kinks out of
his record
AS foretold in the State Journals dis
| pa tches last evening, Andrew Shearer
was nominated by the fusionists of the
Fifth district for congress in their con-
vention at Junction City late yester-
day afternoon. c. A. Hitler of Salina
| was made chairman of the Democra tic
convention and B. L. Strother of Dick
inson county secretary. H M. Brod-
erick of Republic was assistant secre-
| ldIy III lnc IOpullSl CON 6IlllOIl M
Spaulding of Cloud was made chairman
and J.. D. Whelan of Geary secretary
The nomination was conceded to the
Populists, but the two conventions met
in joint caucus to select the nominee.
Andrew Shearer Of Marshall and F. c..
Johnson of Ottawa county were placed
in nomination The vote stood SO for
Shearer and 81 for johnson. The Dem
ocrats then formally nominated Shearer
but the Populists pursued the same
plan as the state convention some time
! ago and adjourned till after midnight
Then they met again and went through
the motions of nominating Shearer as
the Populist candidate. The records
by the Democrats on July 16 and by the