The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-12-30
IN A SCRAMBLE.
Teachers Have Many Aspirants
for President.
C. V. Norman, Cyrus Leland's s
Son-in-Law Is One.
PROF. OLIN IN RACE.
These Are the Leaders but
There Are Others.
Many Interesting Papers and
Discussions at Meetings.

There is more politics to the square
inch around the corridors of the state
house today than there has been in
Copeland county in the past six months,
and it isn't state politics either. 1t is
teachers association politics.
1t is all over who shall be president
of the state teachers association the
coming year. You may talk about Le-
land and Curtis and other state politic-
ians, but for smooth political schemes
and wire-pulling they cannot begin to
compare with the manipulators who are
doing the political end of the state
| teachers association.
The two leading candidates are Prof.
W. H. Olin of the State university and
C. v. Norman, county superintendent of
Doniphan county. Norman is a son-in-
law of Cyrus Leland. but this is one
political fight in which Leland does not
figure.
But these are not the only candidates.
Incidentally a half dozen more have
been brought out. In the first place F.
NJ. Baker, of Norton county, has broken
into the race of his own accord and is
trying to line up the Sixth district be-
hind him. He is the orator from Norton
county who made a f1owery speech at
the last banquet of the Kansas Day
club
1t was formerly the custom for the
state educational institutions to have
the presidency of the state associa ton
one year and the public school the next,
but the public schools have not had the
presidency for several years. Last year
there was hard fight between the
state university and the state normal
| for the place, and the latter won Dy
| electing Prof J. H. Hill over Prof. Olin,
who was a candidate at that time This
year Prof. Hill is inclined to be mag
unanimous and to favor Olln'S candidacy.
+ The supporters of superintendent Nor
/ man discovered it and they brought out
A. B. Carney. superintendent of the
Concordia schools. who is very strong
with the state normalites. This was to
keep the state normal people from lin
i ing ur for Olin. and the normal people
are the strongest single force i'll tire
/ state association.
Another move of the anti-Oiiu people
this morning was to bring out Chancei-
I lor Strong as a candidate for president
4 in order to divide the state university
vote. This was one of the shrewd po-
litical moves and it had more or less eff
feet for a time
i The OIin supporters, on the other
hand, have brought out B. F. Martin,
1 of Strong City, in order to detract from
Norman's strength.
Norman has the support of the county
superintendents and many of the public
school teachers. On the other hand most
of the city superintendents are either
from the state university or state nor
NAL and line up with those influences.
OF course there is a fight over Shaw
nee county, which has a big represen-
tation in the state association. and an
effort is being made to divide the coun-
ty between O. P. NJ. McClintock, who is
a normal man, and Harry Miller, a uni
| versity man.
Taken altogether the fight for the
presidency of the state teachers associ-
alton far overshadows that for United
State senator today.