The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-10-19
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Announces His Candidacy for
Federal Judgeship.
Action Follows Release by
Charles Blood Smith.
HIS ROAD OBJECTED.
Company Wanted Mr. Smith in
the Position.
Fourteen State officers to Be
Elected Next Year.

will be made vacant by the advancement
of Judge William c. Hook to the circuit
bench.
As matter of fact. Mr.. Loomis has
been in the race for months because a
lot of his friends have been booming
him. Mr., Loomis himself. however, hau
endorsed Charles Blood Smith for the
place and refused to become an active
candidate until it became evident that
Smith could not get it. He did uor say
that ne would not be candidate under
these conditions. and therefore a lot of
his friends have been working Tor him,
especially in the Sixth district.
When Mr.. Smith went to Senator
Long last Friday and stated tnat Mr.
Loomis was no longer under Obligations
to him. it cleared the way for Loomis
to get actively into the race for himself,
but even then he refused to announce
himself as an active. candidate, al
though a number of his supporters were
here urging his candidacy for the place.
Today Mr.. Loomis decided 10 make an
active lace for the appointment.
A peculiar feature of the matter is
/ that while Loomis is the general attor-
ney for the Union Pacific railroad, the
Union Pacific interests have been in
sisting that he keep out of the judge
Uniont Pacific was for Smith. What
effect Loomis' action today will have is
not known.
This announcement will probably
have little effect upon the judgeship
situation, for it has been realized for
several weeks that Loomis would al
most inevitably be a candidate, and
the politicians have been reckoning
with his BOOM A good many think the
chances for his appointment are better
/ than those candidate for
the congressional delegation can doubt
less unite upon him more easily than
upon any other man. He was largely
instrumental in the election of Senator
Long as United States sena toE. but he
is not obnoxious even to the extremists
of the Burton element.
There will be fourteen places to be
filed on the state ticket next year, and
if either Johnston or Pollock of the
supreme court are appointed TO the
federal bench, there will be ffteen
places. All elective officers Will be up
preme court justices. or only four If
either of the justices named resign to
take the federal sob.
Leaving this extra place out of the
question there will be the same num-
ber of places on the state ticket as
there were last year, when five supreme
court justices had to be chosen. Next
year only two justices will be regularly
iCnOS6n. DuC the three IdllfOdu COIlllllS-
sioners have been added to the list.
which brings the number up to the
same as last year
Including all elective offices. they are
by no means evenly divided among the
congressional districts. The Fourth for
/ instance. has only one. while the Sew
enth has five. The division by districts
| is follows:
| F1rst-GOvernOr Bailey and Railroad
| Commissioner Walker.
/ SecOnd-COngreSS reSSmaO-at-IaFge Scott
Treasurer Kelly, Justice Smith.
Third-AuGitor Wells, Railroad Com
missioner Wheatley. Justice Pollock.
Pollock viii hold over unless he is ap-
pointed to the federal bench. in which
case some one will be nominated to
1 fill the vacancy.
Fourth-Justice Cunningham.
Fifth-Attorney General Coleman.
Chief Justice Johnston and Justice
Burch- Johnston and Burch viii hold
over unless Johnston is appointed to the
federal bench, which would make va
cancy.
Sixth-Lieutenant Governor Hanna.
Secretary of State Burrow.
Seventh-Superinten of Public
Instruction Dayhoff, superintendent of
Insurance Luling, Railroad Commission
er Morse, Justices Greene and Mason.
Greene and Mason will hold over.
A list of alleged machine and "anti-
! machine papers is going the rounds of
| probably complete by any means, an
| analysis of the anti list shows some
peculiarities. The introduction states
that there are 50 papers on the list, but
a count shows only As names, and to get
these 48 the Concordia Kansan is count
| ed twice. The list also includes the OF
tawa Republic, Tom Morgan's paper
one of the most pronounced Democratic
| papers in the state The Lindsborg
News. Lyons Republican and Marys-
vile News are also named, all of whom
| will probably resent the statement
The machine" list, too, contains the
names of papers which should not be
| there, although only 26 are named. One
| OF them is the. MankatO Advertiser, but
there is no such paper. The Topeka
State Journal is also named in this list
| which may be intended as & joke 1t is
well known that the State Journal is
neither machine or anti-maehine, but it
is a newspaper and proposes to give the
news independent of factions.
It seems to be generally conceded tina,
Wabaunsee county will get the state
senator in the district composed OF
Riley, Geary and Wabaunsee counties
The Manhattan Nationalist says that
| Riley is willing to concede it 10 Wa
baunsee, and it also says that Senator
Mcknight of Junction City has said that
he will think of asking a denomination
| A rotation agreement is in effect IN thai
I district and next year will be WaDaun-
sees turn to name the senator. Thus
Maple Hill is the only candidate men
toned
Here is a jar for Representative
Stubbs of Douglas county from one o1
his home papers. the Lawrence World:
..The statement of Mr.. Stubps that the
last legislature was extravagant may be
true. Let US see. Mr.. Stubbs aided and
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