The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-05-14
STANLEY'S PLAN.
New Scheme of Dividing the
State Ticket.
Supreme Court Justices to Be
Placed at the Top.
EQUAL TO 3 OFFICERS.
Length of Term Taken Into
Consideration.
Morrow and Wilson Dwelling in
Peace and Harmony.
EQUAL TO 3 OFFICERS.

D 2 Wilson, candidate for state au-
ditor, and Senator j. c. Morrow, can
didate for state treasurer, both from
the Fifth district, came to Topeka yes
terday and spent considerable time to
gether. When Morrow first announced
his candidacy Wilson did not like it,
because it Iessened the chances OF the
other Fifth district candidates who had
already spent considerable time and
money in making a canvass, but if VIII
son has any enmity against Morrow
now it isn't apparent on the surface.
They visited Governor Stanley's Office
together, and seemed to be on the best
of terms.
During their visit to the governor they
spent considerable time in discussing a
distribution of the state ticket by con
gressional districts SO that the Fifth
district should get as many candidates
as possible.
See here" said Governor Stanley, Il
have a new idea about counting the
value of the various offices. A supreme
court justice holds on for six years, so
on the state ticket a justice ought to
count for just as much as three state
officers whose terms are two years
each. That viii simplify matters q
good deal You Fifth district fellows
haven't any candidate for the supreme
bench, so that would let in more two
year candidates.
"Of course that would be a little hard
on the First district; but 1 don't know
either" he continued, the First district
has federal judge who holds for life.
That's worth a whole lot Of these other
offices. Then, let's see. The Second
district has a pension agent who holds
for four years, and the Third district
has United States marshal
Ft0n
torney,' said Senator Morrow.
And the First has &. United States
/ commissioner of pensions" said Mr..
| Wilson.
But nobody remembered that the Sew
! enth has 3 collector of internal revenue.
You Fifth district people have a Uni
! ted States senator, commented Cover
/ nor Stanley, whose mind has habit OF
thinking OF a United States senator
| ship
Senator Morrow intimated that the
! Fifth was just as sorry about it as the
rest of the state.
We won't count that in said vii
/ son.
We'll. supposing we count on a differ
! ent basis. suggested the governor.
/ Now, there are Il places on the state
! ticket. That would be approximately
one for every eight counties. Why
| wouldn't that be good"
Hold on, governor" exclaimed Sen
| ator Morrow. We can't count that
/ way 1He S6N60Iu Q1Slf1CI WOulQ get
about half of the ticket and the Sixth
would get a good share of the rest That
/ isn't any way to count.
I suggest that we count by Repub-
liean majorities,' suggested Wilson.
1t is not at all 1mDrOba bic that the
! politicians will take up Governor Stan
j ley's suggestion to count a supreme
! court judge who gets a six-year term as
worth three other officers at two years
each. This would make considera bic
difference. It might do considera BILE
/ towards solving the question of which
! candidates for justices shall take the
/ short terms. For instance if Justice
Green should be given the fOur-year
/ term and Henry Mason the tWO-year
/ term, both of whom are Seventh district
candidates, they would just equal Jus-
tiee Pollock of the Third. or Justice
! Cunningham of the Fourth, if each of
/ these should be given a six-year term.
! Or, if the Sixth district is given both
/ secretary of state and lieutenant COVER
nor. Justice Ellis might be given the
J fOur-y year term, which would be the
J same as giving the Sixth district four
! two-year places on the state ticket
This sort of count would make q two
year places on the state ticket, or three
! to each district According to this If
the Third and the Fourth each lands a
six-year term supreme justice it will be
their prOportionate share of the ticket.
As was expected. the Greenwood
! county Republican convention yesterday
! instructed for Senator Miller for gov
ernor- The convention was attended by
! all the candidates for attorney general
except H. J. Bone. who is i'll. and by T.
/ L. Dayhoff. candidate for state superin-
| tendent, and w. A. Germany and w
w Glenn. candidates for lieutenant
governor The delegates are: W 5.
! Marlin, D. B. Fuller, r. z. Swegle. w.
c. Hover, r. B. Anderson, William
Bays, c. @. Pierce, B. M Brown E. N
| Ladd, c. S. Hail. J. E Rossel. r q.
] A "a fns--
G. E. Tucker. E. V. Horton. E L.
/ Striple, William Nesbitt, jr., z. Green
galgh. B. B. Finch. J. E Shacklett J.
! H. Kirkpatrick. G. W Burt G. H John
son, J. NJ Smyth-
Charles Sessions. the Topeka CORE
spondent Of the Kansas City Journal.
has nominated the following ticket for
the fusionists:
Judges supreme court-Frank Doster.
Populist. Marion; S H Allen Populist.
Shawnee: John Madden, Populist Lyon
]. E. Andrews. Populist, Rush; Ed
Sapp, Democrat. Cherokee.
Governor-David Overmyer, Demo-
crat Shawnee
Lieutenant governor-George Hanna,
Populist, Clay.
| Auditor-Frank. Holdcomb, Democrat
Treasurer-John R. MeRea. Democrat,
Jewell
Attorney. general-Manford Schoon-
| over. Democrat Anderson.
Secretary of state-Grant Harrington,
Populist Brown
Superintendent of insurance-W. L.
Brown, Populist Kingrnan.
Superintendent of schooIs-Levi Hum
barger, Populist. Dickinson
Congressman an-at-large-Jerry BOtkin
Populist, Cowley.
This gives the Pops nine places and
the Democrats five on the state ticket
It gives the First district places; Sec
ond. 2; Third, ?; Fourth ?; Fifth 2;