The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-01-29
ANTHONY WON IT
Had Decisive Victory in
LeavenWorth County.
Two Primaries Are Held at the
Soldiers Home.
CONVENTION TODAY.
Will Be for Bailey
and Anthony.
Governor Bailey Also Carreis
Ellis County.

Leavenworth. Kan, Jan. 29-D. R.
Anthony. jr. carried the Leavenworth
county primaries over Charles Curtis by
a sweeping majority Thursday afternoon
and evening. Two tickets We're run in
every ward of the city, one with in
structions for Curtis and the other
with instructions for Roosevelt for
president, Bailey for governor and An
thony for congress. The contest was
on congress. The vote by wards was as
follows:
First ward-Anthony 155, Curtis 28.
Second ward-Anthony 205, Curtis IL
Third Ward-Anthony 1876, Curtis 10S.
Fourth ward-Anthony POS, Curtis SO.
Fifth ward-Anthony 116, Curtis 20.
Sixth ward--Anthony-29S Curtis 126.
In three of the wards a few of the
Curtis men attempted to set up separate
primaries. In the First ward four Cur
It's men tried to have primary of their
own In the Fourth ward seven Curtis
men tried to hold a separate primary in
a barber shop.
OF the townships heard from Anthony
carried Delaware and Stranger and the
regular primary at the Soldiers home.
Curtis carried F'airmount and High
Prairie Six townships are to be heard
from. Anthony has about 100 delegates
of the 126 to the county convention.
The segregated primary at the Sol
diers' home to select separate congress
sional delegates was disorderly. An
thony paid no attention to this, but
Major j. L. Prichard, and others ran
an Independent Roosevelt ticket
against the Curtis instructed ticket.
There was almost a riot at the open
ing over the selection of judges The
Soldiers home officials finally came
down and restored order. It is said that
no roll was kept at first of the voters.
The vote as finally given was 667, less
than one-fourth of the number of vet
Grams at the Soldiers home. OF these
Curtis ticket received 531. The county
convention today will instruct for
Roosevelt for president, Bailey for gov
ernor and Anthony for congress.
Hays, Kan, Jan 29.-At the Republi-
can primaries in Ellis county today the
delegates to the county convention of
next Saturday were elected favorable
to denomination of all the present state
officers, believing that they are all en-
titled to the usual second term. The
three newspapers in the county and
most of the people are favorable to Mr..
Hoch and will gladly support him two
years from now, but consider it a los
ing game to have any war within the
ranks this year when the Republicans
are renominating Roosevelt, w. A.
Reeder and Senator Buschow.
1u6 nine 1urllS-t1OCn DO1I6TS out Oh
the Al on the Atchison county Repubi
can central committee, held Curtis
primaries yesterday, and are now
claiming the county for Curtis. This
was under the bolt which W. T. F.
Donald, leader of the Hoch movement
in Atchison, says was made because
S. H. Kelsey, chairman of the county
central committee, refused to allow the
nine Curtis members to dictate the ap-
pointment of the committee to make
a 1.1.a cra1 for the urinary election
here today The Bailey-Wite Repub-
licans refused to take part in the
''rump' primaries held yesterday.
A rousing Bailey meeting was held at
Winfield last night. 1t was attended
by 800 people, while a Hoch meeting
the night before was attended by only
300. These figures are given by an anti
Bailey organ, although the first figures
for the Hoch meeting were 200. dis
patch from Winfield says:
1.-THE supporters of Governor Bailey
held an enthusiastic meeting at the
opera house last night. Professor So r
Weeks of the Methodist college, of this
city; Judge G. H. Buckman and W. P.
Hackney We're the speakers. Canaan 8
band furnished the music. The meet
ing was called by Hackney and Buck
man as an offset to the one called by
E. P. Greer at the court house Wednes-
day night, when about 300 persons
heard Mr.. Greer and others on behalf
of Ed Koch. Nearly 800 people We're
present at the Bailey meeting, which
was an enthusiastic one.
1.-The Republican county central COM
mittee met here and called a delegate
| convention for February 20, to be held
in Winfield, also county nominating
convention to be held in Arkansas City
| on April 16."
This seems to indicate that Cowley
county will probably be for Governor
Bailey.
Hutchinson, Kan, Jan. 29.-The Reno
| county convention here yesterday af-
ternoon, which was controlled by the
Hoch faction by vote of 121 to 19. not
only passed resolutions favoring E. w.
| HOch for governor, but also endorsed
/ Senator Burton. This was something
/ of a surprise in view of BurtonS s Well
known character and the recent bribery
! indictment against him for federal
| authorities in ST. Louis.
The convention was entirely in the
control of the Hoch men a Hoch dele
cation of sixteen was elected to the
/ state convention and delegation OF
! seventeen to the congressional cOnVen-
/ ton. The convention hardly permitted
/ the Bailey men to express an opinion.
/ In addition to indorsing Hoch for gov
ernor, the convention indOrsed l. L.
/ Dayhoff of this county for superintend-
ent of public instruction and placed j.
! H George. a wholesale grocer of this
! citv. in the race for railroad commits
/ sioner in place of ]. c. O. Morse, the
/ present member of the board from this
| county. In taking this action a num-
/ Der of Hoch's delegates elected from
| the First ward of this city ticket
/ containing Morse's name repudiated
their instructions and voted for George.
The first contest between the Bailey
and Hoch men came up when the report
of the committee on resolutions was
made. W. Y Morgan, speaking for the
! Bailey men, asked that the several reso-
lutions be voted on separately so that
the Bailey men could join in the vote
for the resolutions indorsing Roosevelt
and Dayhoff, but the anti-machine,