The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-01-28
NOPOLITICS There
AtchisOn Shows How 3 City
Should Be Run.
No Partisanship Is Permitted
in the Administration.
MIXED TICKET NAMED.
Republicans and Democrats Di-
vide the Positions.
An Interesting Account of How
1t Was Done.
TICKET NAMED.

While Topeka Is on the threshold of a
bitter partisan struggle over who is to
be mayor it is interesting to know that
there is one city in Kansas where the
people have put aside partisan consider
atoms and are united for the best in
terests of the city. This place is Atchi-
son where a few days ago, Democrats,
Popuhsts. Republicans and Prohibition
lists met in mass meeting and nomina-
ted a ticket and it viii be the only one
voted for at the spring election. The
people elected will therefore not have to
consider whether their action will help
or hurt this or that faction or party.
The good of the whole people viii be the
paramount consideration and such
situation ought to make Atchison a bet-
ter city
The report of the mass convention
which nominated the city ticket is here
given as published in the Globe. It is
worth consideration:
All the city officials, Republicans and
Democrats. whose terms of office expire
in the spring. were renominated by &C
clamation last night, at a citizens mass
convention called through the united
dGLlOH Oh the central committees OIL Int
two parties, which parties have agreed,
through the committees to put up no
other candidates.
The officers renominated are as fol-
lows
Mayor-James W. Orr. Democrat
Attorney. F. Martin. Republican.
Clerk-A. c. TruebIood, Republican.
Observation-Disclosures Mangelsdorf, Dem
ocrat
Police judge. E. Jackson. RepubH-
Judge City Court-W. D. Casey. Re
publican.
Marshal City Court-John Flynn. Dem
ocrat.
Councilmen-Wm. Daley Republican;
E. H Berry, Republican; DR.. ALBANIAN,
Democrat A H. Moore. Republican; A.
Carrico, Democrat.
School Board-C. S. Osborn. L. ].
WOodhouse, H. H Hackney, Hugo Bill
mex and Fred SCANNED, Republicans
and Amos Howell. Democrat.
Justices of the Peace-David Baker
and George Graves.
Constable-A. c. Clora.
It was the largest convention ever
held in Atchison. Turner hall was
crowded to its utmost capacity. and
many We're unable to gain admission.
Political lines We're obliterated: it was
q great parliament of united citizens.
Republicans and Democrats sat side by
side for the Endorsement of the present
city administration. and the best senti
ment prevailed. The ticket was renom-
mated with only one dissenting vote in
that great gathering. A tiny little voice
in the rear end of the hall replied NO
when the question was put and it coca
stoned an instantaneous and hearty
laugh from nearly a thousand people.
Ed DOnnellan. chairman of the Re
publican central committee. called the
meeting to order, explaining that the
Republican and Democratic city central
committees had decided to make no
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united IN a call for a citizens mass
meeting under the name of the Munic :
ipal party of Atchison He was accom-
panied on the stage by Tom MOxcey, OF
the DernOcra tic central committee, and
MOxcey read the call.
VIM. Kiff. sheriff. was elected per-
manent chairman. and Oscar Polk and
George Dardis secretaries. Kiff evil
IDENTIFY anticipated trouble from those
OPPOSED to the single ticket measure
He said there had been lot of hot
talk, and that he wanted to say on the
start that the chair would not recOg-
speeches, but who had no intention OF
standing by the nominees of the con-
vention. Abram Hooper, Amos Hinkle.
D. e. FarnSWOrth, Judge Bland. I'D
DOnnellan and DR.. Mitchell took seats
on the stage as vice presidents.
S. H Kelsey moved that all city Off
GERS, whose terms expire in the spring,
be declared the nominees of the con-
strange and unusual one. but that nine
tenths of the voters favored a nom
partisan ticket. He read a list of the
nominees, and each name was cheered.
Judge Bland, in seconding the nom
nation, said, This is a mighty good
day for Atchison. and a mighty poor
day for the chronic leg puller." Bland
said this would not be his first time to
vote for Republicans, but the first time
to do it 50 publicly. He complimented
the present administration, and said
that, instead of accepting the thanks
of the officials for their denomination,
the people ought to thank them for
taking up their burdens. Atchison, he
said. is now making the onward march
in commercial way that it should
/ have made years ago; that with the
united front it is now presenting it
There were calls of question" and
when Judge Bland took his seat, Mr.
kelsey's motion was put and adopted.
Mayor Orr being called for. took the
platform and stated that he had clear
~ made up his mind that he could not
become a candidate for mayor again
and engage in another braWl, but that
no man could resist a call of citizens
so unltedly made q call from his
friends. and from the city wherein his
best interests lie. He considered a noa-
partisan ticket the best thing Atchison
ever did: to be unfettered by political
turmoil, and said the fact which will
go out over the state and nation, viii
place Atchison before the country as
a united people. and result in great
good tAtchison.' he said. "is already
a good city, and has more miles of
paved streets than any of equal size
in the United States. It has the best
lot of people under the sun They agree
to reasonable things and It will he a
pleasure to put on the armor and do
the best I can for them" Mr.. Orr in
pointing out the achievements of the
administration, did not take the credit
upon himself but gave it to the cOuu-
Gil He said the administration took
charge of the city three years ago.
with overdrafts in three accounts
! amounting to nearly $4,000, and that
the city now has a balance of $4,000
in all funds, and doesn't owe q cent.
He referred of course to current in
debtedness, as the bonds are stiT out
standing. The MAYOR said that last
vaar for the first Tine in f1vanfv the