The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-07-17
Politicians Are Quietly Arrang-
ing Local States in Advance.
Plenty of Receptive Candidates
for All Offices.
EYES ON JUDGESHIP,
j. b. Larimer and A. w. Dana
in Training for Race.
Lively Contest Anticipated in
Choosing Successor to Hazen.

Shawnee county political leaders are
outlining their business for the next
county campaign. The ticket for county
offices is pretty well understood already
and the politicians are figuring on how
they will trim their sails in order to car
ry things over the rough places. The
rough places are of course on the ap-
proach to the offices of district judge
and county attorney. 1t is figured that
it will be easier to reflect Sheriff Lu-
cas- than it was to put him in office the
first time as, up to date, he has made
good showing as an officer Trouble is
likely to be precipitated on the probate
judgeship and a three cornered fight
there is not an impossibility.
What the temperance element will do
is yet a mystery which has showed no
signs of revealing itself. The people
who went off on the independent
tangent in the last county election will
become active in time to figure in the
next county primaries without a doubt.
In that event they will exert an infiu-
ence that will make itself felt.
j. B. Larimer will probably be the
temperance candidate for district judge
TO succeed Z. 7. Hazen. whose friends
say he will not be out for reelection.
Judge Hazen is probably as strong po-
litically as he ever was. His record on
the Shawnee county district bench as
jurist has probably never been exeelled
but he recognizes that he has occupied
the office for as long a period as is COM
monty allotted to one man. An oTgani-
zatiOn is already being formed 10 push
the candidacy of A. w. Dana for the Of
fee. Chairman H. Ward Page. of the
Republican city central committee, viii
probably take an active part in DanaS S
campaign. A strenuous effort will be
made to keep the liquor issue out of the
district judgeShip contest. Mr.. Dana has
never been up for political office in
manner by which he would be placed ON
record. The expoaents of Larimers
candidacy will probably endeavor to
make it appear that Dana represents
the wet" ring in Shawnee politics and
will certainly make their fight on
strictly wet and dry" issue.
The wet and dry fight will appear
in connection with the campaign for the
Office of county attorney. Police Judge
Clad Hamilton is the accredited pros
pective candidate of the prohibition peo-
pie. Otis Hungate will probably have to
make his campaign in-the face of that
sort of opposition exclusively. Mr.. Hun
gate has been active in Shawnee county
politics and has many friends. No pub
lie criticism has been made of his conduct
OF the OIIlC6 OIL county attorney Sl1lCG ne
succeeded Galen Nichols. There is no
prospect or probability that a third
candidate will be run in on the county
attorneyship fight because popular opin-
ion as to the standing of the two as
pirants is already so we'll defined.
There is more chance that three cam
didates may get into the race for pro-
bate judge. Judge Hayden will be a
candidate for reelection. Charles D.
Welch was candidate for appointment
70 of IIIdUP
Hayden was named for the Office by
Governor Bailey, but he did not push
his claims because Hayden's appoint
ment was from the first regarded as a
certainty The office is a good one and
Mr.. Welch would probably have been
candidate to succeed Judge Pagan had
the latter lived to serve out his term
Under the circumstances Mr.. WEIGH
may not see fit to make a fight against
Hayden. There is a probability of the
appearance of a strictly dry cand1-
date for the office when the campaign
opens. The control of the liquor selling
drug stores rests almost exclusively in
the hands of the probate judge and the
fact has come to be pretty thoroughly
understood. In the next election the
temperance people of the county Will
leave no effort unmade TO get that Of
fee under their control. In any event
they will have a candidate up for the
office. G. p. Bolmar has been mentioned
as a possibility. 1t is not impossible
that Judge G. A. Huron or ]. G. Wood
may be put into the field as the repre-
sentative of the dry" people.
The local political oracles have made
no utterance, however Delphic, upon
the situation of the sheriffs office. That
A t Lucas will be a candidate for re-
election is as certain as any political
certainty can be now. and his friends
anticipate no serious difficulty in put
ting him again in office. But what sort
of a fight he will have to make to keep
it no one is prognosticating-
Harry G. I4arimer and T A McNeal
will probably take it upon themselves
to keep up the stage movement IN the
Thirty eighth representative district
which is comprised of most of that part
of the city south of the Kansas river
No objection is likely to be made by the
temperance people to either candidate
and it is not foreseen that the ring
will take a very active part in the pro-
ceedings. McNeal will be a candidate
for the speake-ship of the house of rep
resentatives if he secures the election
1t is principally that motive that is said
to inspire his candidacy.
While it has been asserted that Rep
resentative ]. B. Belts of North Tooe-
ka may become candidate for state
torshi9 from Shawnee county. Mr..
Belts has not announced that ne VIII
make the race against John CLANCY.
who will come uD for reelection Ar
effort will be made to induce Mr. Belts
to run for reelection as representative
If ne shows any signs OF becoming
restless. 1t is expected that he will dc
that anyway. Representative Sims of
the south side country district viii
probably be a candidate for reelection
without fight.
The city political situation is in as
placid a condition as it could we'll be at
this or any time No aspirants for
election TO the city council have ele-
waited their hands but there is occss-
ionly little talk about the next may
o- w 6 RPrCrndfha1 iS exDacIed to
try for reelection c. Y. Wolf and s
"A Swendson, representatives of the
Third and Sixth wards respectively.
are said to have the mayoralty virus