The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-04-16
POLITICAL GOSSIP
Election Board VIII Give De-
cisiOn Monday.
Much interest CeHters in These
Contests.
CURTTS Ann ANTHONV
CURTIS AND ANTHONY.
One Will Be Declared Nominee
for Congress.
Allen Says Board viii Decide
on Merits.

On Monday afternoon the state cleo
ton board Will render its decision in
both the First and Second district
congressional contests.
A great amount of interest centers
in these contests and on the decision
of the board depends the attitude of
a large number of voters in both dis
tricts towards the Republican ticket
in the coming election.
Politicians around the state house
are guessing that the board will give
Henry ]. Allen the Republican .nomfn-
alton in the Second district over J.
D. Bowersock, and Congressman Cur
tbs the nomination in the First district
over D. r. Anthony.
The members of the board, of
course. insist that the contests will be
decided strictly on their merits as pre-
sented to the board. There has been
no meeting of the board. however,
since the hearing of the Second dis
trict contest was concluded and the
members have not conferred concern
ing it.
IT is argued by the politicians that
the rejection of the nomination of o.
J. Nugent as state senator in the
BrOWn-DOniphan district was to pave
the way for giving the congressional
nomination to Curtis. Some of the
politicians argue that Nugent was re-
Jeeted in order to Dacify the oppon-
ents of Curtis. and Nugent belongs to
the Curtis faction in Brown county
and there is still a chance for him to
get the nomination.
It is alleged that the anti-Curtis
feeling is just as stong as ever in
Jackson. Nemaha, Atchison and Don
iphan counties. and among the op-
ponents of Mr.. Curtis in Leavenworth
and Brown counties, but if he is placed
on off ia1 41..-
can nominee he VIII doubtless be
elected.
In the Second district tits different.
ana It IS this condition. Combined with
the strong showing which was made
by Mr.. Allen before THE election board,
which makes 4Allen's5 friends hopeful
that the board viii give him the nom
inationZ IF Mr.. BoWersock goes on
the official ballot the chances are thar
he would be defeated. and he would
also weaken the balance of the Re
publican ticket. The feeling is espec-
tally strong against him in Wyandotte
and Miami counties. and there is also
conSidera bic feeling of the same kind
in most of the other counties of the
Second district And as the Second
district. is not very overwhelmingly
Republican the detection might elect
Democratic congressman.
OF course these guesses as to what
| the board viii do are simply made by
the politicians from a political stand
point. So far as is known no member
of the board has intimated how he
stands The decision will be rendered
at O'Clock next Monday afternoon
Mr. Allen himself says he believes
the Second district contest will be de-
clded strictly on its merits and that he
vii %et the nomination. Mr.. An
thOny who is cOnteStinS Mr. Curtis
domination is not so confident. al
though he believes he has a strong
case.
There are three daily papers at Law
renee. The World, one of them, has
heard that a man has been looking UP
the field there with a view of starting
a fourth, to be a machine" organ. IN
commenting on this report it says:
IF there is one thing above another
that Lawrence needs it is another
newspaper. First the Journal strug-
gled along for years to give the people
a newspaper. Then the World concIud-
ed to try its hand and has been slosh-
ing around for more than a dozen
years. The Gazette became dfsgusted
at the failure the other papers were.
town paper. Finch has not done any
better than the rest of US. In fact he
has met the same failure. At any rate
a man has been in town for two DAYS
trying to get aid and comfort to start
another paper. The funny part of it
is. he wants to start a machine paper
He says that the machine has so
many followers here that they ought to
have an organ"
The row in the Eighth judicial dis
trict seems to be growing and there
/ seems to be every indication that the
state contest board will have to de-
/ eide whether Judge Dickerson of Mar
4 ion or JudfF Moore of Abilene Will be
the nomin te. Moore will probably be
nominated at a judicial convention at
/ White City, Morris county, next Mon
day. while Diclxerson Will be nominated
at a primary election later. Each side
/ is accusing the other of practicing
machine politics" e. w. Hoch- led
Lof with this charge last week against
i the Moore crowd in Morris county, and
now the Junction City Union makes
the same charge against the Dicker-
son crowd and says that Mr. .Hoch is
aiding and abetting it.
! Most of the newspapers of the dis
| trict seem to be on the Moore side.
/ The Junction City Union says:
| 'sgThe Republicans of the Eighth ju-
dicial district are called upon to ignore
the primary election for judge The
| accordance with the law, for a majori-
l ty of the judicial committee has called
/ a delegate convention for April IL, at
| White City The minority of the COM
I mitteemen have attempted the worst
! piece of machine politics that has been
! perpetrated in the state and there is
no law to uphold them in their action.
And what is worse they are aided and
1 Dickerson Geary, Dickinson and Nor
ris counties were authorized to select
delegates for the judicial convention,
and it is a delegate convention that is
/ going to name the Republican candl-
date for juGge in this district
\ Good, loyal Republicans of this
/ county viii ignore the call for a pri-
mary election for judge Fully SO per
cent of the Republicans of this county
are loval to Judge 0. l. Moore The
/ Ia rff Hnan