The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-01-07
ARE LINING UP.
Local Politicians Are Beginning
to Be Active.
Will Center Around Contest for
District Judge.
FOR A SINGLE PRIMARY
Talk of Combining County and
State.
Would Force a Disposal of NOM
inatiOns Very Fairly.
FOR A SINGLE PRIMARY


Chairman H. M. Philips, of the Shaw
nee county Republican central commit
tee, has issued the official call for the
! committee to meet at the old court
house Saturday afternoon, January g.
at o'clock
Some of the candidates are waiting
until after the date of the county pri-
maries is set before making official an
nouncement of their candidacy. The
question of the most interest that will
come before the committee at next Sat
urdays meeting will be the date to be
agreed upon for the county primaries.
Many of the candidates. who will be
up for denomination, are anxious for
early primaries. J. B. Larimer, candi-
date for judge of the district court, and
few others who are entering the con-
test for Office for the first time, are
anxious for late primaries in order that
they will have longer time to cam
paign in the county.
In connection with the selection of a
date for the primaries will come up the
question of combining the primaries
Tor the Shawnee county Republican
nominations and the primaries for the
selection of the delegates to the county
convention which will be the conVen-
llon that viii name the Shawnee county
delegation to the Republican state con-
vention at Wichita, March 8.
II the effort to combine the two pri-
mares is carried, under the plea that
the expenses of the double primary
VIII be half what two separate primar-
les would be, it will force an early
primary for the selection of the Shaw
nee county Republican ticket for coun-
ty offices, as the Shawnee county con-
ventlon must be held not later than
Monday, March z, two days before the
state convention.
There will be some opposition to the
combining of the primaries by those
VINO stand with the candidates who de-
| sire an early primary.
The principal contest in the campaign
before the primaries will be on the
district judgeship. So far there is no
contest on any of the county offices
where the present incumbents are ask
ing for second term. The question
In the campaign which is still undecid-
ed is: what will the prohibitionists do?
They will support J. 3. Larimer Solidly
for the nomination as district Judge
| against A. W. Dana. That has been
settled, but so far that is the only con-
test Otis E. Hungate up to date has
no opposition for nomination as county
attorney. Clad Hamilton was looked
upon as the candidate who would be
| against him at the primaries but Ham
| ilton declined. Charles D. WEIGH was
also talked of but he has not announced
that he will or will not be a candidate
| for the nomination as county attorney.
The fact is that Mr.. Hungate is making
an official record which would make
| his defeat impossible. There is talk
of running Frank H. Foster for the
nomination as county attorney, not so
much with hopes of electing Mr.. Foster
| as for keeping the prohibition voters
together and preventing the supporters
| of Dana and Hungate from having
too little to do. The prohibitionists
Dana would allow the Dana supporters
| too great an opportunity to center their
efforts and the prohibitionists wish to
divide this work by forcing part of it
to Hungate by giving Hungate opposi-
| ton in the candidacy of Mr.. Foster
Foster was once a candidate for nomi-
nation as county attorney. He was
| defeated by Ben Curtis.
named to oppose Sheriff Lucas, Proba te
Judge Hayden, County Clerk Newman,
Register of Deeds Marshall, County
Treasurer Bowen, County Commissioner
Sterne, Clerk of the Court Curtis.
In the representative districts there is
the Thirty-seventh district. north of the
Kansas river, there is a scramble for the
nomination to succeed ]. b Belts. John
Howerton, George Stewart, DR.. L. a.
Ryder, Mort Hutchins, Ed Ward and H.
A. Euler are all mentioned.
In the Thirty-eighth district, the city
district which was represented in the last
legislature by Archie F. Williams, who
TeSgned to beeoms United Rrd 1 States 4P
rams, Charles K. Holiday and w. G.
Fairchild are talked of.
In the Thirty-ninth district, which John
B. Sims has represented for two terms,
Robert Stone and w. w. Harvey are the
two candidates now mentioned.
! In the race for the nomination as state
senator from Shawnee county, John I.
Clancy is asking denomination for his
second term and J. B. Belts who was
representative from the Thirty-seventh
district, is out to defeat CLANCY. c. p
Bolmar, who has served as representative
from Shawnee county. is the third candi-
date for senatorial honors.
! There is quite a contest for the nolni-
nation of county superintendent on the
Republican ticket. 1t is understood that
s. F. Wright will not be a candidate for a
third term. c. H. Kutz, John F. Carter
or 10 candidates