The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-09-30


matter sao. and If Kelly is innocent
it would have put an end to the fight
against him oufssse Of Miami and ad-
The vote OF the Republican state COM
mitsse m & Witch R 5ssnltsd a. IN domination
Leland Lei D and Burts4S | S1Rs Judge r1gu lso@s Mons
roe's fatal mixtAke WAS in allowing
himself to become the ersds5ate of the
Burton faction. The Leland contingent
was divided until the Burton element
united on Monroe. IT was divided
among four different candidates. and II
did not get together until the fifth bal
lot. Then the vote stood 20 for Burch
to 10 for Monroe. with one scattering.
The Salina delegation which landed
Justice Burch on the supreme bench
went home last evening feeling jubilant.
The delegation consisted of James A.
Kimball. member of the state central
committee; T. d. Fitzpatrick, postmas-
ter of Safina; F. H. Quincy, president of
the Planters State bank, and John L.
Bishop. chairman of the Saline county
Republican central committee. Mr..
Burch himself has for years been the
Saline county member of Congressman
Calderheads congressional committee,
and is warm friend of the Fifth dis
trict congressman.
William Stryker, of wellington, was
last night named for the vacancy on
the fusion state ticket caused by the
withdrawal of F. M. Powell, of Nicker-
son, as.candidate for superintendent of
public instruction. The vacancy was
filed by the Populist and Democratic
state committees.
The Populist committee, following the
action of the state convention, first sug-
gested the name of Stryker to the Dem
ocrats. Then the Democratic committee
formally nominated Stryker, after which
the Populist committee did the same
thing.
The fusionists have had a hard time
getting nominee to stick for state
superintendent. First the Democrats
nominated William Sence, of Wichita.
but he Immediately refused to run. Then
the Populist state convention took a
guess at it and nominated F. M. Powell
of Nickerson. Not half a dozen persons
in the convention had ever heard of
Powell and he wasn't there to refuse,
so the nomina ton was showed on to him.
Later it was discovered that he is now
a Republican and he announced that
he wouldn't stand for Popu1ist NOM
ination. He did not formally withdraw.
however. until short time ago.
Stryker has been near the edges of
the Populist reservation for some time.
He objected to being swallowed by the
Democrats and there were fears that he
might follow the action of Conner
Davies, so he was given this nomination.
He was superintendent under the Leedy
administration and had much to do with
che passage of the first state text book
law. Since his retirement from Office
he has been editing the Wellington
Voice, one of the leading Populist papers
of southern Kansas. est
Judge W. l. Stuart, of Troy, has filed
a protest with the secretary of state
against the name of A. R. May being
placed on the official ballot as the Dem
ocratic candidate for judge in the ju-
dicial district comprised of Nemaha,
Rv-ny md Do1 1iv,I1 II a1
leges that no notice of any Democratic
convention was ever given and that no
convention was held, but that John
White and C. w. Duerson, who signed
Mays nonIina ton papers, got together
and fixed them up without a convention.
The matter will be Investigated by the
state election board.
]. H. Reeder, of Hays City, candi-
date for district Judge in the Twenty
third judicial district, composed of Rus
sell. Ellis, Cove, Trego. Logan. and Wal
lace counties, was in Topeka yesterday.
His opponent is w. E. Saum, Demo-
crat. Judge Lee Monroe has been elect
ed in this district for the past eight
years, but the opposition was then -di-
vided between two candidates. This
year the Democrats and Populists are
united on Saum. but Mr.. Reeder be-
lieves that he will win iust.the same.
Charles N. Peck, Republican nominee
for the legislature in Cloud county, was
among those who attended the state
committee meeting yesterday. Although
Kansas, Mr. Peck is new in state. pol
itics. Cloud county has always been u
close county Two years ago the Re-
publican candidate for the legislature
was elected by only 81 majority but this
year Mr.. Peck's election is conceded by
n good majority. The action of Conner
Davies in turning to the Republicans
has made the fusionists all kinds of
trouble in Cloud county. and the day
following Davies announcement some of
the nominees on the fusion county
ticket withdrew. Among them was H.
NJ. Spaulding, chairman of the Populist
been nominated for the legislature
against, Peck. He is probably the
strongest candidate the fusionists have.
but he saw no hope of election after
| fusion county ticket, and he therefore
declined to run. Two other candidates
followed his example. This means tina t
the fusionists will have hard Shedding in
| the county. Mr.. Peck is unp1edged on
| the senatorial question, and will not
express a preference. IAN effort was
made to get me to run as the candidate
of some particular senatorial candi-
date" said Mr.. Peck. but I refused ]
propose TO come down here in the in
terest Of Cloud county and not in the
| interest of some one man who wants to
| go to the United States senate. Who
ever tiie hepuUllcdHS OIL OlOuu county
want me to vote for when the time
comes I will support did not propose
to surrender all my independence before
1 was even nominated. told them it
was not necessary for me to go to the
| legislature, and If couldn't go withou,
being tied up and free to act in the in
terests of my county, would stay at
| home.
| Congressman Scott says he will be
glad to debate with J. d. Botkin in ac-
cordance with the challenge issued by
the PoDulist state committee.
| Senator Harry Pestana, of Russell,
says ne proposes to vote for OZARK
Morse" for United States senator next
winter, but he declined to say who it
would be.
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