The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-03-07
ON TO WICHITA.
Republican Politicians Are Now
Turning Southward.
State Convention VIII Be Held
Wednesday.
TAYLOR FOR CHAIRMAN
Reno County Nan Will Probably
Be Chosen.
H. e. Richter, of Council Grove,
for Temporary Place.


ticians have been leaving for Wichita
yesterday and today. About fifty were
registered last night and most of the
balance went today. The Shawnee
county delegation, however, does not go
until tomorrow afternoon on the Rock
Island.
The most of the workers are already
there on the ground. The headquarters
of the anti" people are at the Manhat-
tan, while Chairman Albaugh and his
friends have headquarters at the Carey.
The Shawnee delegation will stop at the
Hamilton D. w. Mulvane, however,
has headquarters at the Carey also.
The first thing of interest will be the
caucus to be held by the anti-machine
people tomorrow night. 1t is given out
that the only purpose of this caucus will
be to decide upon the preliminary or
ganlzat1on, and that the interests of no
special candidate will be considered.
carr w. Taylor OF Reno county will
probably be chairman of the caucus 1t
is generally expected that H. E. Richter
of Council Grove will be chosen tenn
porary chairman of the convention
| There will be considerable interest in
| the decision of the committee on Gre
dentials concerning the various contest
| ing delegations. In fact, this will be
one os the big fights of the convention.
There will be at least three. and prob
ably four, contests filed. There are con-
testing delegations from Atchison and
Jackson counties in the First district
and Miami in the Second. and probably
| Wyandotte also. The Wyandotte con-
test however, has not much force be-
hind it,
The Jackson and Atchison contests
| grow out of the Curtis fight in the First
congressional district. but in the state
convention they are specially in the in
terests of A. D. Walker for railroad
commissioner Unless he succeeds in
getting his contesting delegation from
jackson county seated Walker will not
stand any show for denomination.
Therefore the railroad influences which
are behind him will make every efforc
possible to have his delegation seated
although there is not a particle of doubt
that Mr.. Walker was fairly and square
ly defeated the day after the primaries.
but afterwards organized a bolt in the
county convention, getting Al delegates
to 76 for his opponent, w. A Thomp-
son.
In Atchison county the contesting
delegation was secured by a bolt OF
OF the AZ members of the county central
committee who called primaries apart
from those called by the majority Of
the committee and elected contestinS
delegations to both the state and con-
gressional conventions
In Miami county, as has been repeat
edly told, the contesting delegation
was secured by t. T. Kelly and his
friends, knowing they would be over
whelmingly defeated in the regular
Republican primaries, organized a new
county committee and called "rump''
primaries and a trump county con-
Mr.. Hoch is quoted as saying: Il
want delgateS seated at Wichita who
are entitled to them, no matter who 1t
cuts. I am for the fair, honest and
right things"
. If the committee on credentials act
on this principle there is no doubt but
what the Thompson delegation will be
1fxr tH, ar1ff-
kelly delegation from Miami, the anti
fChisham delegation from Atchison, and
/ the anti-Barnes delegation from Wyan-
dotte.
fight on George w. Wheatley for rail-
road commissioner. He is the newest
member of the present board, but he is
, the only one on whom there Is not a
fight. ]. c. o. Morse has withdrawn as
a candidate, and Walkers hopes are
based on the seating of his delegation
from Jackson county,
The principal candidates for railroad
commissioner are J. w. Robson of But
Ter county, J. T. White of Ottawa coun-
ty J. S. George of Hutchinson. and w.
A Thompson of Jackson. There are
also numerous other candidates, among
them Farmer A W. Smith of Nc
Pherson. S. S. Ashbaugh of Wichita
John w. Haughey of Wellington, and
others.
! Although there is not at present any
; candidate against T. T. Kelly for state
frea s1rer it does not mean that there
+ will be no opposition to Kelly's renom-
I ination. There are a large number or
: delegates who believe Kelly is dishon-
est and who will not vote for him, even
+ / if there is no candidate presented
: against him. They will register their
opposition by refusing to vote at all, If
, they cannot vote for someone else.
1t is not impossible, however, that a
candidate may yet be found against
q Kelly, for whom those who stand for
= honesty in state offices may vote
c Kelly has seen the handwriting on the
wall and has come out at the last mo-
T ment in a statement declaring for q
f state depository law. 1t is quite pos
= law will be embodied In the state plat
q form, and Mr.. Kelly wanted to be in at
: the front The next legislature, too is
;, | almost certain to pass such law any
4 way.
u u Mr.. Kelly denies that he opposed such
a a measure last winter, but those who
: were on the ground and who knew the
| history of both the Goebel bill and the
! Francis amendment, know that it was
Kelly's influence alone that killed both
!, measures in the senate. 1t was openly
= stated by one member that he -did not
= wish to interfere with the prerogatives
= of the state treasurer" and one of the
:. objections to the Francis amendment
= was that it gave the state auditor too
= great a check on the treasurer.
= Mr.. Kelly'S statement is as follows:
= Now that the state treasurer fight
- is over, and the opposition to me ffz-
zled out, and my denomination by ac-
clamation assured, l desire to put my
self on record as favoring a state de-
lpository law I could not say this
l. while my enemies were fighting me be-