The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-01-13
ALL COME EARLY.
Congressional Convention Will
Preeede the State.
Contests May Thus BE Disposed
of Soon.
FIRST WILL LEAD OFF
To Be Followed Very Soon by
the Fourth.
Things Are Rapidly Approach
ing a Climax.
WILL LEAD OFF

It looks as though most of the i'm
portant Republican conventions in the
state will be held before the state con-
vention. If so, this will dispose of the
fractional fights within the Republican
party within the next two months.
Thus far four of the seven congress
sional conventions have been called to
meet before the state convention, and
1t is quite likely that the other three
will follow along the same line. At
each of these congressional conventions,
unless it is in the Seventh, it is quite
likely that there will be a lively con-
test over delegates to the national con-
Vention. This will be the chief question
In those districts where there is no OPP
position to the denomination of the
present congressman. Each congress
sional district will also nominate
presidential elector, but this is largely
an honorary position
The First district will lead off with
its convention at Holton on February
2. This is more than two weeks in ad-
vance of any other convention. The
next, according to the present schedule,
+ will be in the Fourth district, which
will be held on February IS.
The Third district committee met at
date and place for the convention in
that district at Coffeyville on March
4. The Seventh district convention will
meet at Wichita four days later, on
the day preceding the state convention.
The places and dates for these district
conventions in their order are as fol-
lows
First district at Holton on February
Third district at CoffeyviIle on March
Fourth district at Emporia on Febru-
airy Is.
Seventh district at Wichita on March
In the Second district the congress
sional committee will meet next Satur-
day at Kansas City, Kan, to fix the
time and place for the congressional
convention, while in the Fifth and
Sixth districts the committee has not
yet been called together.
The state convention, in addition to
nominating the state ticket and elect
ing six delegates at-large to the ma
tionalA convention, will also nominate
three presidential electors-at-large
Each state is entitled to as many cleo
tors as it has senators and representa-
tives. This gives one to each congress
siOnal district, corresponding to the
congressman for that district. But as
Kansas has congI essman-at-large, in
addition to the two senators, there will
by the state convention. No candidates
for these places have yet been men
toned.
Three different dates have been given
for the date of the Fourth district con-
greSsional convention. One morning pa
per this morning stated that it will be
on February a. and another gave the
date as February "a. The right date is
February IS, as given in the State Jour-
nal Tuesday afternoon.
The primaries up in Jackson county
will be held on January %. The Curtis
people propose to make a fight on Brod-
erick in his home county in order to
save A. D. Walker if possible. Walker
IS a candidate for another term as rail-
road commissioner, and is being OPP
posed by County Treasurer Thompson
of jackson county.
It has been stated that if Congress-
man Curtis carries Jackson county in
addition to Jefferson and the soldiers
home, the fight on him will probably
be dropped. This conclusion is hardly
warranted. as Mr.. Curtis would still
lack two of having enough delegates to
nominate him. And as there Is a fight
in every county in the district except
Shawnee, Nemaha and DOniphan, the
delegates will all be against Curtis ex-
cept in Shawnee and in those counties
which he wins in a fight. If therefore
he fails to win either Brown, Atchison
or 1eavenwOrth counties, but should
get the delegations from Jefferson
Jackson and the soldiers home. the
convention would stand So for him and
Sc against. and the Sc would be enough
TO nominate some other candidate. if it
can be combined.
It is stated again that T. D. Fitzpat-
rick. of Salina. will not be a candidate
against Congressman Calderhead this
year. Mr.. Fitzpatrick had practically
T-ic a.
ago.
Up in Doniphan county primaries to
elect delegates to the county conven-
ton which viii, in turn, select dele
gates to state, congressional and sena-
torial conventions, will be held next
Saturday. These will be the first pri-
maries to be held in the state The
Doniphan county Republican central
committee met yesterday and decided
onethis action. The following resolution
was also adopted by the committee:
we urge that no delegate be elected
10 the state convention who is not well
known to be in favor of electing dele
gates from this state to the national
Republican convention who will work
for us and use all honorable means to
secure the nomination of that gallant
soldier and statesman, Theodore Roose-
welt, for the Republican candidate for
president"
The action of the Shawnee county
machine in deciding to name the CON
gressional delegation without the for
1na1ity Of holding primaries and con-
sulting the Republican rank and file OF
the subject, is given as a reason why
the same thing might be done in Other
counties, where the Leland faction is in
control, but it probably will not be
done For instance, in Mr.. Leland's
own county primaries have been called
to aaxne these delegates. In Atchisor
county, where there will be a contest
the county committee could easily fol
low the precedent laid down in Shaw.
nee by the MuIvane machine and name
an anti-Curtfs delegation from thai
county. The county committee is sait