The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-03-22


day. The rest win string along all the
time until within a day or two of the
state convention. The last one will be
Marion county on May 20, two days be-
fore the state convention. The list and
dates of conventions yet to be held, so
far as called, are as follows:
Chautauqua, April 5.
Cloud, May 90
Crawford, May p.
Ellis, March %.
Ellsworth, April IL
Cove, March 81.
Greenwood, May 20.
Jewell, March &c.
Kiowa, May II.
Labette March %
Leavenworth. May ;.
Logan, April z.
Marion. May &c.
Mitchell, March 29.~
Rice. May 20.
Rocks, April 3.
Trego. April u.
Wallace, April 10.
Wabaunsee, May 20
There are two big events in Repub-
lican politics the coming week. The
first will be the Fifth district congress
sional convention at Clay Center on
Tuesday, which will renominate Con-
gresham Calderhead by reclamation.
The other will be the annual banquet
of the Young Republican club of Cloud
county, which will be held at Concor
dia on Wednesday evening. The pro-
mOIe1S are making preparations TOT
big time. Plates for four hundred will
be spread, and Senator Burton and
most of the candidates for state offices
will be present. The music will be fur
nished by Miller's orchestra, of Abilene,
and by the Concordia male quartette.
1t will be largely Fifth district affair.
and will approach the Kansas Day
banquet in size.
The Stafford County Republican puts
the name of James A. Troutman at the
head of it's editorial column under the
head Our Choice for Governor" and
editorially the paper says:
THE editor of this paper has had a
choice for governor before every Re
publican convention in sixteen years.
Once he lost out-only once Our choice
was defeated by Governor Morrill, We
don't pay any attention to what might
help our side in future contests, but
our policy has been to go for the best
understanding to our notion. This
time We are for James A. Troutman
of Shawnee county. We have raised
his name in this paper as our choice,
and while we are only very humble
yeoman of the guard we will stand for
him and talk for him until the contest
is ended"
Reports from Clay county indicate
that there is a possibility of trouble in
the county convention there today. w.
S Bradbury, who once represented
Clay county in the legislature, wants
to head C c. Coleman's delegation in
the state convention from Clay county.
Bradbury was convicted of assaulting
an old man and his wife a few months
ago, and he now wants to head the
Clay county delegation as a "vindica-
tom. Coleman was one of the attor-
neys in the case against Bradbury, and
he pictured Bradbury as politically
dead at the time. Bradbury claims that
he is a mighty lively corpse, and he
proposes to prove it. If Coleman won't
aDDOint him on the delegation he has
been threatening to make a fight in the
convention today. Mr.. Coleman has
promised to make w. Z. Dunaway
chairman of the delegation, and he isn't
anxious to have Bradbury among his
delegates anyway.
Personal experience item from the
HoltOn Recorder: The only time we
ever got into a scrap at school was on
an occasion when three or four boys
jumped onto one fellow and attempted
to pound the stuffin' out of him. Be
fore we knew or had time to consider
what might be the result we were put
ting in our best ticks on the side of the
minority. We are little that way yet
and that is one reason why we are for
W. ]. Bailey for governor.
The Lincoln Republican claims that
the Lincoln county convention today
will stand 10S for Reeder to 20 for
Wellington. Wellington carried only
four precincts in the county.
The Clyde Republican lines up good
and hard for Bailey. 1t claims that the
opposition to Bailey is almost ready to
fuse with the Populists in order to beat
him
w. NJ. Sinclair. who is running for
state superintendent down in Butler
county. has a just grievance against a
good many of the newspapers over the
state. They spell his name st. Clair.