The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-01-13

machine politics as anything the Lee
land faction ever did in state politics.
Commenting on it the Hutchinson
News says:
s.The action of the Shawnee county
central committee in selecting the dele
gates to the congressional convention
is going to make trouble-breeding
precedent. We are surprised that such
smooth politicians as Capper and Null
vane should do this, but the case may
have been extra pressing. The Shaw
nee county political machine, which is
owned by MulVane, has been driving
hard lately and there are indications OF
trouble. 1t would cost Mulvane thou
sands of dollars to carry the primaries
and the central committee way was
quick and easy. The minority in the
committee which fought for county
convention was run over and a COM
plete set of NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. ma
chire-delegates chosen by the com
mittee.
I'VE suppose this is legal but it is
unfair and wrong. 1t would not be
legal in the Seventh district, for that
very trouble was anticipated last
spring and the call provided against
it The Topeka crowd simply paid no
attention to the principle or the looks
of things and have made a precedent
which is likely to come back and haunt
them some time 1t would be just as
legal and just as fair for the Repuo-
lican county central committee OF
Reno or any other county to elect a
state delegation. The Topeka Capital
talks a great deal about machine
methods of other people, but this deal
right in Shawnee county out-machlnes
any machine that ever came down the
pike in Kansas"
The Lawrence Gazette says: in the
apportionment of delegates to the state
convention, Douglas county has been
cut from IS to 13 by the Republican
| committee. That is what the Douglas
county Republicans get for refusing TO
stand up for the machine
OF course the reason for the decrease
in Douglas county's representation is
that the Republican vote in the last
election was much smaller than TWO
years before, and the editor OF the ia
zette being a man of more than ordi-
nary discernment must know that his
statement is not true.
1t is stated that chicken-plain Kan
sas chicken-will be the main item on
the Kansas Day bill of fare this year.
| This announcement will meet with aD-
prevail from those who intend to at
| tend the banquet. for there IS nothing
much better than Kansas chicken 1oI
! edible purposes
1t is the intention to hold the ban
| quet in Representative hall, the same
as was done two years ago. Tickets
! for the spread are now being sold. and
! it is said that they will be limited TIC
| 400, although 500 were sold to the ban
/ quet two years ago.
| A dispatch from Washington states
| that Representative Cushman, of the
state of washington. will not be able
to be present at the banquet as eX-
pected. Legislation of Importance &c
him will come up in congress- about
that time. Congressman Murdoch, who
is president of the Kansas Day club
will have to secure some one else as
| the foreign representative
The senatorial convention in the
First senatorial district. composed OF
Brown and Doniphan counties, will be
held in Troy on February 5. James l.
Allen is the present senator. but as he
| has moved to Kansas City. kas.. he
will not be a candidate for renomina-
! ton.