The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-04-17
Reported That Harry Richter's
Friends Have Eyes Open.
Compromise by RenOminating
Him For Old Place.
RUMOR is DISCREDITED
Bailey's Friends Say He Doesn't
Have to Make Deals.
May Be New Candidate For State
Treasurer.

rumor is floating around in the po-
litical atmosphere that there is move
ment on foot to give Harry Richter
third term as lieutenant governor The
move IS said to have been started by
Mr.. Richter's friends.
Where the report originated no one
seems to know, but it has gained con-
siderable circulation. One version IS
that there is a deal on foot whereby the
friends of WI Bailey viii give Richter
the second place on the ticket in return
for Richter's retirement from the trace,
but this is denied by some Of Bailey's
supporters.
Bailey doesn't have to make any
deals TO get anybody to withdraw, said
a Bailey man today. He will be NOM
mated anyway and he doesn't have to
make any agreements with anybody He
can paddle his own canoe and let the
candidates for the other Offices fight It
out among themselves. I think Elcnter
would like to make a deal of that kind.
In fact, understand some of his friends
have minated as much, and when the
Bailey fellows make no response to II
Richter comes around and tells Wnat a
terrific fight he is going to put up
Mr.. Richter himself denied the rumor
today. He said he is a candidate for
governor and nothing else He admitted
having heard the report about the lieu
tenant goVernOrShip, but said 1t mad no
foundation other than the fact that sew
eral state senators have said they would
ike TO see MN PRESIDE over AiS SEldtC
again the coming winter.
Few Republican politicians have look
ed upon Mr.. Richter's candidacy for
governor with any degree of seriousness.
The renewal of the fight on Tom
Kelly has set the politicians to dis
cussing the probability of new cand1-
date for state treasurer. If Mr.. Kelly
is forced out of the race, it is possible
that there may be new candidate for
the place. J. r. Rhodes, the Anderson
county candidate, seems to be taking
things very quietly, and his friends give
it out that he Will be nominated.
But speculation is rife as to who the
new candidate will be, in case a new one
is brought out One guess is that 1t may
be H. B. Miller. the Usage county cam
didate for governor. Miller is conceded
to be q first-class man and he is strong
wherever he IS wen known, but the ma
jority Of the politicians do not think he
has any show of winning the guberna-
torial nomination. while he might get
that of state treasurer. Another guess
is that it may be George E. Cole, who
has made an exceptionally fine record as
state auditor and who recently withdrew
from the gubernatorfar race after he had
/ a fine string of delegates to his credit.
but who believedF Bailey was bound to
win.
William Thomson for several years
| on the bench in the Thirty-fifth judi
| cia1 district, composed of Usage, Wa
I baunS6e ana GOlldWaLOII1G COOAAl4SSf
| and who was turned down by Governor
| Stanley for the appointment, will be a
/ candidate for the nomination for judge
| this year against r. c. Heller, Gov
] ernor Stanley's appOintee. Judge
! Thomson has a strong following, and
! believes he can win the nomination.
Notwithstanding the fact that Governor
Stanley and the supreme court went
/ against him.
Judge c. w Smith was renominated
! by the Republican judicial convention
in the Thirty-fourth Judicial district at
! Goodland yesterday. He is the only
judge the district ever had. He was
( first appointed to the place by Governor
/ Humphrey back in the eighties, and
has been elected three times since, and
yesterday was nominated for another
/ four years term. His district has been
! largely Populist in the past. but he has
1 never failed to receive a big majority.
George J. Barker has announced him
self for denomination to the legislature
from Douglas county. J. L. Brady, ed
| itOr of the Lawrence World, and z. T.
Killing are candidates against him.. If
he wins Barker will be a candidate for
speaker again this year.
Governor Stanley attended the judi
/ cial convention at GoOdland yesterday.
! He is renewing his acquaintance over
the state and incidentally acting nice
to probable Republican candidates for
| the legislature