The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-07-25

Sional district are holding their con-
gressiona1 convention in Leavenworth
this afternoon. There is some talk of
nominating John F. Willis of Jeffer-
son county. the first Populist nominee
for governor, if he will accept the
nomination. If he declines Major A.
NJ. Harvey may be endorsed.
The Democrats of Harvey county en-
dorsed Judge D. NJ. Dale, of Wichita
for governor.
]. NJ. Simpson. who headed the Me-
Pherson delegation in the recent Re-
publican judicial fight in the Ninth
district says that while the Reno coun-
ty delegates felt little "sore" at first
over the defeat of their candidate,
Judge c. M. Williams, by the time
they went home they were feeling all
right and would give P. ]. Gale, who
won the nomination, hearty support.
The way the nomination was de-
cided was this Harvey county was
very much opposed to allowing Reno
to win, and finally Harvey and Nc
Pherson agreed to nominate the can
didate from one of those counties. 1t
was checked up to Reno county to
choose between p. J. Gale of MePher-
son and G. f. Branine of Harvey.
Reno county refused to choose Then
as the two counties had to settle it
between themselves, thirty slips of pa
per were prepared, on one of which
the word judge was written. The
others were all blank. The slips were
placed in a hat and shaken up. 1t
was agreed that Judge S. r, Peters,
chairman of the Harvey delegation
and J. NJ. Simpson, chairman of the
Mcpherson delegation, should draw
the slips from the hat, and if Peters
got the slip with Judge" on it Branine
was to be the candidate, but if Simp-
son got it Gale was to be nominated.
Each drew several blanks and then
IL s.I IL
drew the coveted slip, and at the next
session of the convention Harvey
county voted for Gale, nominating
him.
Bent Murdoch is responsible for
this: walter Roscoe Stubs. who
will be the next United States senator,
from Kansas, has three votes in his
home county to start with-proVided
he votes for himself-the nominee for
the state senate. Mr.. Griffin. from the
Douglas-Jefferson district, having
pledged himself to stand for Mr.
Stubs. A solid home delegation is a
good thing to have and Mr.. Stubs
is to be congratulated 1881
Charles w. Barnes, assistant super
intendent of insurance, has a boom
for the Republican nomination for SUI
perintendent of insurance on his
hands already. 1t has been launched
by c. A. Kimball. editor of the Court
lana Register. 1nClQSnJdIlV MI Kim
ball is a candidate for county attorney
of Republic county: Here is what
Kimball says about Barnes:
THE writer had some business to
transact in the office of the state in
surance s Iperintendent the other day.
The chief was absent, but his assist
ant, Mr.. Barnes was in, and a finer
fellow is seldom found. Notwfth-
standing the closing hour arrived as
soon as we did. he stayed in the Office
with us long after the clerks and stem
ographers had gone and until long
past supper. He didn't grumble nor
cuss about it, either, but was courte-
Gus and pleasant, even joviaI, all the
way through and at the same time
gave our business the closest attention,
even into details and coaching us with
many valua BILE suggestions We were
strangers to him when we went there |
and were his friends when we left |
and if Barnes ever wants to be insur-
ance commissioner or governor we are
for him. 1t may be a good deal of |
both er to put ones self out to accom- |
modate somebody else, but often times |
these little acts of courtesy yield a
big interest on the investment"