The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-05-16
Vindicition b. III. Tracy Sought
Not to His Liking.
Only Delegates He Got Was
Half WamegO Delegation.
BRIsTOW is COMING.
He Will Be in Topeka on Wed
nesday.
Judge Benson Is Nominated for
Legislature.

p. H. Tracy does not seem to have
Jared extra we'll in his race for repre-
sentative in Pottawatomie county. The
primaries were held in that county Sat
urday, and reports indicate that the
only delegates Tracy secured were
half of the Wamego delegation and ne
got that on a compromise with anoth-
er Wamego man, F. S. Haacke, who
is running for a third term for regis
ter of deeds
T. I. Eddy seems to have secured the
best of it in the legislative fight, al
though there are other candidates. In
some precincts an anti-Tracy ticket
was elected-not especially for any
other one candidate, but primarily
against Tracy.
Tracy wants the nomination as a
''vindication.' He thinks a vindica-
ton would be a good thing to have
around since President Roosevelt turn
ed him down for United States district
attorney, when he was endorsed by
Senator Burton. Therefore Mr.. Tracy
announced himself as a candidate for
representative. 1t looked as though he
ton to the county convention from
Wamego, because Mr.. Haacke wanted
1t for a third nomination, so he per-
suaded Haacke to give him half the
delegation without a fight. That will
be IL votes. With these as a basis
for trading Mr.. Tracy may be able to
secure a few more, but the chances are
strongly in favor of the nomination Of
Eddy.
J. II. Ransom and Judge A w. Ben
son were nominated for the legislature
in Franklin county Saturday. A strong
effort was made to defeat Ransom be-
cause he was a friend of Governor
Bailey, but the fight on him was I'M
successful. Judge Benson was not
thought of as a candidate until the day
of the convention, but he was easily
nominated. He will be strong mem
Der of the legislature. In fact, it looks
as though the next house will have a
considerable number of strong mem
bers in it.
Joseph L. Bristow will arrive in To-
peka Tuesday afternoon or Wednes-
| day He went to Salina from Ottawa
/ last Saturday, and after spending q
day or two there he will come TO To-
peka for a brief visit,
ED. Rfdgley, former congressman from
the Third district and one of the old
| time Populists of Kansas, will shortly
give up Kansas and move to Kansas
/ CITY. Holm w. Rreidenthal always said
that Ridgely is the man who was re-
sponsible for I.Coinis Financial school,
the book which did much towards ere
ating the silver issue of. 1896, Brelden-
/ tnal SAYS that Ridgely- and Coin
Harvey, the author of the book We're
| associated for a while. and during the
time Ridgely instilled Narvey. with ms
/ financial theories and gave him the
ideas for his book.
! E.W. Hoch is with the Kansas news
paper men who are visiting the st
Louis fair this week.
CONGRESSMAN P. P. Campbell called
on President Roosevelt Saturday and
told him Congressman Hit of Illinois
would probably be acceptable to Kan
sas Republicans for vice president
It is said there is talk Of another
Democratic paper for Fort Scott The
Tribune there is a Democratic paper,
but it is too independent for some OF
the Democrats.
The Democratic judicial convention
for the Twelfth district has been call
ed to meet at Belleville on June g.
Judge Hugh Alexander of Concordia
viii doubtless be renominated- The
/ district is made UP of Cloud, Republic
and Washington counties The Re
publican nominee is w. T. Dillon of
Belleville.
d. G. Fraser of Clifton is a candi-
date for the Republican nomination
for representative in Clay county
Senator Fred Dumont Smith, who is
looked upon as pretty good lawyer,
! discusses the First and Second district
conversational contests this week IN
/ his Daper the Kinsley Mercury. He
seems to think that the contest board
/ is of" In speaking of the appeals
to the supreme court ne says;
ssThe findings of the board are at
tackled on several grounds: That the
board acted corruptly and fraudulent