The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-03-06

| of the Seventh, although he lives in the
First spoke for perhaps ten minutes, il
which he distributed a lot of bouquets
around among Seventh district states.
men.
"I want to congratulate the Seventh
district he said, ION having furnished
the state with some of the best public
men the state has ever known. You
have given the state governor who
has given the state an administration
SO pure that he is closer to the hearts
of the people today than any governor
has been since the days of John A. Mar
tin. You have given the national house
of representatives congressman whose
ability is SO great that he has won his
way to national prominence"
Mr. Bailey spoke at length of Longs
work and then branched out into eulo-
giving Republicanism in general. Just
before he closed Governor Stanley came
in, but was too late to hear what Bailey
said about him. As soon as Bailey got
through there were cries for Stanley.
The governor arose in his seat and pro-
tested that there were Other candidates
for state offices present and that they
should be given chance to speak, but
this did not satisfy the crowd and they
insisted on hearing from Stanley, and
finally the governor climbed from a box
on to the stage and made talk. Some
body had told him that Bailey had been
throwing bouquets at him, and he re-
turned the compliment. Stanley's hold
on the Seventh district was evidenced
by the fact that he received an ovation
fully equal to that of Bailey
BY the time Stanley had finished the
committees were roady to report and
the rest of the candidates were shut
out temporarily After the committees
had reported Senator T. A. Noftzger got
up on the stage and nominated Long
for congress in a speech which was ex-
cellent in it's brevity. Then there was a
rush for a chance to second the nominal
ton, and more than half of the thirty
eight counties in the district did a
GoOnndinO nf
them were of the me too order, but a
few branched out and did a little adj
vertising for their respective counties.
The seconding speeches were finally
shut off by delegate moving that the
nomination be made unanimous.
When the other work of the conven-
ton had been disposed of the candidates
were given another chance. Cole and
Richter were called for but Cole had
left town and Richter was not in the
convention. Enright was the only can
didate for governor who spoke. Dayhoff
and Nelson, candidates for Superintend-
ent, and McColloch for attorney general
We're called out, but all of them spoke
so long that the other candidates; Bone.
were shut out, because the convention
got restless and adjourned.
The following is the new congressional
committee by counties:
Clark; Clark, U. G. Stephenson;
Comanche, B. o. Butcher; Edwards, G.
w. Watson; Ffnney, o. B. Colson; Ford,
C. w. Stout; Grant, T. w. Swinney;
Greeley, George L. Reid; Gray, F. N.
Kelly; Hamilton, r. D. Rogers; Harper,
John Burke; Harvey, S. r. Peters; Has
kell, -; Hodgeman, L. A. Dockum;
Kearney. L. P. Kimball; Kingman,
Frank Harlow; Kiowa, ]. 1. Parcel:
Lane, H. B. Niles; Mcpherson. L. c.
McMurray; Meade, Frank Fuhr; Nor
ton, G. p. Craddock; Ness, John S.
Leighton; Pawnee. A. c. Frey; Pratt.
G. W. Stewart; Reno, J. Q. Patton;
Rice, M. L. Grimes; Rush, A c. White
man: Scott, d. D. Beck; Sedgwick, J.
NJ. Knapp; Seward, L. A. Etzold; Stat
ford, H. F. Cornwell; Stevens, w. A.
Thornburg; Stanton, J. B. Reynolds:
Sumner. Levi Ferguson; Wichita, FL. H.
Johnson.
Following the adjournment of the
convention the committee organized by
electing Frank Harlow to be chairman;
l. N. Axline, secretary, and ]. c. o.
Morse, treasurer. The same men were
in charge of the campaign in 1900