The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-01-02
MAY Be BUT ONE.
County Primary May Be Com
bined With State.
Committee Meeting Called for
Jan. 8 to Decide.
NOT ALL FAVOR 1T
Prohibition Wing Would Prefer
Later Date.
Rumblings of Rebellion Against
Gone Man Power"

Chairman H NJ. Philips. of the Shaw
nee county Republican central COM
mittee. will call a meeting of the COM
mittee> for Saturday. January 9. to de-
ternine the date of the Republican pri-
r,ar1es In Shawnee county
The Republican state central COM
mittee will meet on Tuesday. January
5, to set the date for the state ReDub-
lican convention. Immediately after
that meeting Chairman Philips will is
sue his call for the meeting of the
county committee.
The present Republican county Off
GERS are DESTROYS of an early primary
| in order that the camoaign will be
short. Many of the new candidates who
are out for nominations are willing to
have early primaries. but a few are
anxious to have them set at as lata
date as possible
For some time many of the members
of the prohibition wing of the party
ing the county primaries and the pri-
maries for the selection of the dele
gates to the county convention which
Will choose the delegates to the state
convention. at different times. The
idea was advanced that by holding the
primaries separately that the state
politics would not be mixed up with
the county politics and outside inf1u-
l
contests, as might be the case if the
Two primaries are combined, as has
been suggested.
The more liberal element and the
present county officers are urging that
the primaries be combined. They give
as reason that the expense of holding
the two primaries at the same time
will be just half of what the expense
would be for two separate primaries.
BESIDES that If it is decided to hold the
primaries at the Same time the date
for the holding of the double primary
] will necessarily be early as the Republi-
can state convention will be held at an
early date, probably early in March.
! This will necessitate the holding of the
| Republican primaries in Shawnee
county not later than the latter part of
February or the first week in March.
Holding the Shawnee primaries the
latter part Of February or early in
March will be a date early enough to
suit those who are anxious for early
primaries
Many of the members of the prohibi-
ton wing, who were anxious for sep
arate primaries in order that the dele
gates to the county convention could
| be chosen early enough allow the coun-
ty convention to select the Shawnee
delegation to the state convention, are
now willing for the primaries to be
combined and held at an early date.
J. B. Larimer, candidate for the Re-
publican nomination as judge of the
! Shawnee district, is anxious for late
primaries. He at first announced that
Saturday, June 4, would be agreeable
to him but when a short campaign and
earlier primaries We're urged he con-
scented to May T. which is two months
later than the time the advocates of
early primaries desire for the date of
the Shawnee county primaries.
At the present the only fight the
prohibitionists are making is over the
district judgeship. No one is out as the
prohibitionists' candidate for county
attorney or for any county office ex-
ceptirig Judge of the district court in
the instance of Mr.. Larimer's can
dfdacy. A. W. Dana, candidate for the
! judgeship, is willing to have early
primaries and A. J. McCabe is not
| strongly opposed to an earlier date
than Mr.. Larimer wishes.
H NJ Philips. present chairman OF
! the Republican county central COM
mittee, will remain as chairman filling
the committee is elected at the DriTna-
ries for the next term. At the Drima-
ries the Republican county central COM
mitteemen will be elected from the 70
precincts in the county.
Some contests over the places on the
county committee will arise. Those
| who are credited to the prohibition
wing of the party candidacy are not
satisfied with the manner in which
| Chairman Philips conducted the last
| campaign. They object to the running
of the county campaign entirely by the
! chairman. Chairman Philips did not
| call the er.tire central committee to-
after the last Republican primaries
were held and the campaign was under