The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-03-14
jewell Republican and Garden
City Imprint Speak Out.
ARE NOT FOR KELLY
Neither Will Support the Nom.
inee for Treasurer.
Senator Mcmillan Suggested for
Railroad Commissioner.

Republican papers went to press this
last week too early to comment on the
action of the Republican state conven-
tion, some of them have already, bolted
the nomination of T. T. Kelly for state
treasurer. A considerable number will
doubtless do so next week.
Some of the Republican dailies have
lined up against Kelly, but the Jewell
Republican and the Garden City Ita-
print are the first of the weekly pa
pers to do so. The Jewell Republican
says:
''lFhos. Kelly will probably be elected
treasurer of Kansas again this fall. but
it will not be with the help of one vote
We know of. The charges against Mr.
Kelly have not convinced everybody
that he is not a proper person to be
treasurer of Kansas, but they have
convinced us. The fact that his inttl-
ence defeated the bill to leave the tax
money in the county treasures until'
needed by the state, is enough of itself
to show that Kelly is a grafter-bank-
ing On state money and using his power
to prevent any laws being enacted to
correct the evil practice He excuses
himself for receiving interest on half
a million of state money, on the plea
that there is no law to prevent it, and
when a law to prevent is proposed, KEEL
ly and his henchmen dubbed it to
death. Twice it passed tide house and
was twice killed in the senate, where
kelly's influence dominated"
The Garden City Imprint refuses to
place Kelly's name on its ticket, and in
commenting on the action of the state
convention it says:
THE convention is now over. Against
the wishes of a large portion of the
Republican party and against the pro-
test of nearly 20 Republican papers,
including the Herald and the Imprint,
IT. T,ra
placed on the ticket. How does it look
now to US Hochites? Have We got
clean ticket with every rogue and graf
ter that was on the former ticket stun
on? We wonder if in this campaign
the reform orators will have the nerve
to say, Vote the ticket straight VIII
they say, Take the treasurer just as he
is, no matter what he did as county
clerk; take him even if he has received
interest on state funds?' Will they do
this? If they do, their courage has inn
proved.
THE ticket at the head of our edi-
torial column, with the addition of I.
T. Kelly for state treasurer. was NOM
mated The nominations were made
by acclamation with the exception of
the state treasurer and the judge of
the supreme court for the four-year
term. Thirty-two counties cast votes
against Kelly sixteen of them, in
GLIDING Finney, Grant, Scott, Kearny
and Seward. casting their solid vote
against MIN. In so doing the Finney
county delegation expressed the senti-
ment in this section, as the returns at
the next election will show
The La Crosse Chieftain announces
that it viii next week contain the Off
cial announcement of Charles w. Kyle
for the Democratic nomination for
state treasurer.
Senator Harry Mcmillan, of ottawa
county, is now being doomed for one
of the Democratic nominations for
railroad commissioner. He is president
of the Federation of Commercial Inter
ests, and would doubtless have the
support of that organization
There seems likely to be a scramble
among the Democrats of the Second
district for the congressional nomina-
ton. The row between Henry Allen
and j. D. Bowersock leads the Demo-
Gratis to believe that they may elect
Democrat to congress this year, and
number of candidates are appearing
Wyandotte county Democrats on Sat
urday endorsed c. +. HutchingS, while
the Bourbon county Democratic con-
vention endorsed J. l. Sheppard of Fort
Scott. Noah Bowman of Garnett, who
made the race two years ago, and Sam
Bishop of Lawrence also have boomS
for the Democratic nomination.
In the Third district Charles W.
Maier, a railroad man of Parsons, is
doomed for the Democratic congress
sional nomination against Congressman
Phil Campbell. Maier is vice president
of the Brotherhood of Firemen at Par
sons, and is said to be popular among
the labor union people.
The Edwards County Democrats have
instructed for John H. Atwood of Leav-
enworth for national committeeman.
1t is said that E. W. Hoch proposed
a number of planks for the Republican
state platform to the resolutions COM
nittee at Wichita which We're turned
down. One is said to have been for the
enactment of a railroad law like the
Texas law, which is the most strin-
gent known, but of course a commit
tee in q convention which was COM
pletelyf under railroad domination
would hardly stand for that sort of a
plank Another of his planks favored
spoke of in his speech of acceptance,
and a third favored the state owner
ship of the state printing plant. Mr.
Hoch can suggest these things in lis
message to the legislature anyway
Emporia Gazette: The people of Kan
sa,s will be glad to learn that L. T.
Murdock. who was stricken blind at the
Wichita convention is recovering. The
main has left his head and he hopes that
with the pain his blindness will go also
All Republicans, most of the Populists
and many Democrats sympathize with
Mr. Murdoch in his affliction.
Ice Is Feet Thick.
Wilkesbarre. Pa. March 14.-Efforts
quehanna river about the city were
made today by dynamite. The railroad
companies have hundreds of men at
work, clearing the railroad tracks ana