The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-02-08

Ottawa county Republican central COM
mittee has signed the following en-
dorsement of him:
Whereas, The Confederated Com
merciaI Clubs of Kansas have seen fit
to recommend the nomination of John
T White of Ada of our county as a
candidate for railroad commissioner on
the Republican ticket at the coming
state convention. we, the undersigned,
as members of the Ottawa county Re-
publican central committee, hereby
heartily endorse his candidacy, and
recommend him as being competent
and worthy Of the nomination
The indications are that there will
be a three-cornered scrap in Shawnee
county as to who shall receive the sup
port of the Shawnee county delegation
for Justice of the supreme court 1t is
said that J. @. Slonecker intends to be-
come a candidate, in addition to Judge
J. S. West and George H. Whitcomb.
West can probably get the largest sup
port outside of Shawnee county, just
as he had for the appointment a few
weeks ago. Senator Fred DumOnt
Smith is lining up the southwest part
of the state for West. Slonecker has
generally had his way in Shawnee
county, however.
Justice Atkinson won in a local fight
in Labette county Saturday, which will
doubtless give him a good share of that
portion of the state, while Clark A
Smith will doubtless have most of the
Sixth district behind him. SO that the
indications are that there will be a
hard contest for the nomination when
the state convention meets.
Senator Harry Mcmillan spoke before
the Ellsworth County Livestock asso-
citation Saturday afternoon by special
invitation. Mcmillan was recently
elected president of the Federation of
Al fr1faraCfG for the CnT9iTP
year.
E. w. Hoch's dates for the coming
week are as follows:
Tuesday-Garnett.
Wednesday-For Scott.
Thursday-Paola.
Friday-Osborne in the afternoon and
Downs at night.
Bent Murdoch has not been very sue
cessful in defeating ]. NJ. Miller down
in his own congressional district. and
now he is going over into the Second
and telling the Republicans there they
ought to defeat Henry Allen
In the south legislative district of
Cowley county Charles S. Beekman OF
Arkansas City has been nominated for
representative. He is only % years old.
Young Beekman is a son of ]. V. Beck
man, who was prominent in Kansas a
brilliant orators in the west.
Scott county has instructed its dele
gates to the state convention against
T. r Kelly if there is any other can
didate for state treasurer to vote for.
A Scott City dispatch says:
cat a mass convention of Scott cOun-
ty Republicans Saturday afternoon
resolutions were adopted endorsing
Roosevelt HOch and Judge West (fOT
associate inGtiPpl and ir1SfPnCfine the
two delegates to the state convention
Harley Nicholson and A. B. Daugherty
against T. T. Kelly if there should be
another candidate. Victor Murdoch was
endorsed for a denomination"
I4akin, Kan, Feb. S.-The Kearney. coun-
ty Republican convention held a harmoni-
Gus convention here Saturday afternoon
and selected G. H. Tate jr., of I4al1in,
and George Hill of Kendall as delegates
to the state convention One is an orig
inaI Hoch man and the other rides in
the Hoch chariot after the Bailey wagon
was smashed.
ton at every move and passed a resolu-
ton indorsing the Bailey administration.
WaKeeney, Kan, Feb. s-The Trego
county Republican convention to elect
delegates to the state, congressional and
senatorial conventions was held here Sat
urday. DR.. A. B. Jones, member of the
trict: G. G. Yetter and / NJ. WALDORF are
the delegates elected to the state cOnven-
ton. The delegates to the congressional
and senatorial conventions presumably
are favorable to Reeder and Buschow. A
motion that the state delegation be in
structed was defeated, only a very few
of the delegates voting for the motion.
This shows the true sentiment in this
county, which is strongly against the
.anti-machine" machine.
Great Bend people have quit drinking
water. They claim that 500 Leadville
citizens caught the typhoid from alb
sorbing the Arkansas river fluid.