The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-09-04
Says Calderhead Has Fourteen
Votes for Senator.
Will Have as Many as Other
Candidates in the Caucus.
ARE AFTER CRADDOCK.
Republican Committee Looking
Up His Record.
Claim He Pays No Taxes and
Ignores Old Soldiers.

w. H. Smith, secretary of the state
board of railroad commissioners, VINO
does the talking for Congressman CAL
derhead in his senatorial race, says that
when the Republican caucus is held IN
the legislature next winter Calderhead
will have just as many votes as the
other senatorial candidates He claims
! that Calderhead has fourteen legislative
candidates uD to date, and that they
will all be elected. while some of those
who have been instructed for the other
| candidates, Stanley. Curtis and Long,
are in districts which always elect a
/ fusion;st.
| Mr. Calderhead himself is not pushing
| his senatorial candidacy very hard. He
is running Tor congress just now. and
will make his senatorial campaign after
! he is reelected to congress.
Il see.'' said Mr.. Smith. that the
managers of the other senatorial candi-
dates give Calderhead two votes thus
! far. That is very kind of them, but the
| fact is that he has fourteen. and they
/ viii all be elected. The most of them
are in the Fifth district, of course, but
not all. The Fifth district will probably
be the only district in the state which
will send solid Republican delegation
to the legislature. We figure on electing
! every Republican representative in the
! district
There have been ninety three candi-
! dates for the legislature nominated up
| to date Stanley, Long and Curtis each
| claim about thirty. There are thirty
Others has instructions in several coun-
| ties where the fusionists will elect.
After eliminating the Republican nomi-
nees who will be defeated, Stanley, Long
| and Curtis will have no more votes than
p, Calderhead. Everybody comedies this
except the managers Of the other can
didates. Calderhead is not tangled up
in in any rows with ANYBODY He is In
| candidates. and he stands a better
chance to win than any of them"
w. H. Weldon has been nominated for
representative by the Republicans of
| Clark county, and instructed for Con-
gresham Long for United States SEN
! ator.
! Dodge City is attracting the politi-
clans this week because of the reunion
there. Governor Stanley spoke there
speaks today. Mr.. Long went through
Topeka last night on his way from the
Sixth district to Dodge City.
The woodson county Republicans yes
terday nominated a county ticket by a
primary election. ]. L. Martin was NOM
mated for representative His prefer
ence for senator is unknown. The bal
ance of the ticket is as follows: Treas
urer, Henry Schlichting; superintendent
E. e. Kelley: sheriff, S. L. Patterson;
torney Fo Geery re eenney at T,
| deeds. Silas Naylor: clerk of the court
A. c. Woodruff: county clerk. J. p
Kelley; surveyor. L. N. Tallman; coro-
| ner, Otis Orendorf: commissioner First
district, J. w. Quick.
The Republican state central commit
tee is looking up the record of w H,
Craddock fusion candidate for cover
nor, both as citizen and as mayor OF
Kansas City, Kan, and it looks as
though it might give Mr.. Craddock a
job of explaining. In the first place
Chairman Albaugh dug up the tax rolls
of Wyandotte county and found, he
says, that Mr.. Craddock pays no taxes
whatever Last year, however, he found
that Mrs. Craddock paid taxes on their
homestead and considerab BILE
amount of personal property This
year, according to Mr.. Albaugh Mrs
Craddock again pays taxes on the real
estate, but there is no record of a per-
sonal property assessment. Now Secre-
tary Raney comes out with the record
of Mayor Craddock's appointments to
municipal jobs in Kansas City, Kan,
and he alleges that Mr.. Craddock gave
only three places to old soldiers out OF
254 appointments which he made This
statement is to offset Mr.. Craddock's
charges that the Republican party has
never complied with the law which pro-
vides that old soldiers shall be given
the preference in public offices, other
qualifications being equal.
Atchison Globe: B. p Waggener
Democrat, is said to have virtually
made two Republican chief justices OF
the Kansas supreme court. The story
is that just after Judge Kingman re-
signed in 1877, Governor Osborn and
Waggener were together at ST. Joe. .Os-
born took a shine to the Atchson at
torney and said if he wasn't a Demo
crat he would appoint him to Kingman's
place, and later said that, inasmuch az
he couldn't appoint him, he would al
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