The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-09-20
POLITICAL GOSSIP
Sidelights on the Convention at
LeaVenwOrth.
Resolutions Demanding New
Primary System Adopted.
NO MENTION OF CURTIS.
His Supporters in Convention
Number Only 20.
Senatorial Nominee Was Form
erIy a Curtis Supporter.

The Leavenworth county Repub-
lican convention Monday afternoon
passed some remarkable resolutions.
One resolution endorsed the candidacy
| of e. w. Hoch for governor, and the
next Governor Bailey and expressed
the belief that he ought to have been
renominated.
The name of Congressman Curtis
was not mentioned, but a resolution
declaring for a new primary law
amounts to a criticism of the state
election board for putting Curtis
name on the official ballot as the Re-
publican congressional nominee in the
First district. The resolution says that
under the present system three state
officers "are allowed to exercise their
personal and partisan prejudices with
out the Intervention of COURTS and
it asks for the passage of a primary
law that will insure the majority vote
of the people being respected in the
selection of party nominations"
There were only twenty friends OF
Congressman Curtis in the convention,
while the friends of D. R. Anthony,
| jr., were in control of 1875. The An
thony crowd did not force the county
however, but allowed their opponents
a showing in the interest of harmony
in the county.
There was a slight clash over the
nominations for representatives. Leav-
enworth county is entitled to three,
and it was proposed that they should
be nominated by the county conven-
ton, but some of the delegates from
the southern district objected and they
will hold a separate legislative con-
vention at Tonganoxie this afternoon.
the county convention passed reso-
luton, however, doing away with
district committees and district con-
ventions in the future.
Vinton Stillings was nominated for
state senator over Louis Wulfekuhler
by vote of S3 to 43. Stillings is said
to have been friendly to Mr.. Curtis at
one time but he is now counted among
the Anthony supporters.
The nominees for representatives i'm
the Sixth and Seventh legislative dis
tricts are S. c. Winters and Frank
Ohlhausen. '+t' - - -r-
The resolutions. aside from those
pertaining to county AFFAIRS, were as
1--WE, the Republicans of Leaven-
worth county, in convention assem-
bled, desire to express our unbound
ed satisfaction with the splendid ad-
ministration of Theodore Roosevelt as
president of the United States. He has
fulfilled in every particular the re-
quirements of this high office, and
stands today before the people of the
United States and of the entire world
as the exponent of typical American
ism and American manhood. We
pledge Roosevelt and Fairbanks the
vote of Leavenworth county by fully
5000 majority.
1--WE hereby endorse the candidacy of
Hon. E. w. Hoch for governor of Kan
sas. In Ed Hoch the people of Kansas
have a man of the highest type OF
ideals and of public morality.
I'VE desire to declare our confidence
in and admiration for the personal
worth and public services of Hon. w.
T Of Kansas
ministration of the executive affairs or
Kansas during the past two years, has
been above criticism. No breath OF
scandal has marred his magnificent ad-
minstration, and we believe, and with
all fairness to the other candidates,
that he should have been again the
nominee of the Republican party for
governor.
1--WE hereby request our senator and
representatives nominated in this con-
vention, to work for and assist in Sc
Kansas relating to party primary cleo
tions, that will eliminate the control or
party nominations from the hands of
a board, three state officers who, under
the present system, are allowed to ex-
ercise their personal and partisan pre-
judices without the Intervention Of
courts of justice, We demand that the
supreme court of Kansas be made the
court of final resort for the adjustment
of contested party nominations. We
believe it to be for the best interests Of
the Republican party of this county, of
this congressional district and of the
state of Kansas that such laws be en-
acted as will insure the majority vote
of the people being respected in the Sc
lection of party nominations"
A rumor is floating around that Col
onel E G. Little of Abilene will re
turn to the Republican party this fall
Those who are close to Mr.. Little say
that he will not return" for the reason
that he has already done so. 1t is
stated, in fact, that Colonel Little voted
he has since supported Republican
nominees.
Colonel Little has repeatedly refused
to take part in the fusion conventions
in the Fifth congressional district dur
ing the past four years, although he has
been urged to run for congress. It is
stated that he had a conference with
E. w. Hoch at Enterprise few days
ago.
Colonel Little left The Republican
party in 1896 because of It's attitude on
the silver question. He made speech
at the Populist state convention that
year. declaring his allegiance to the
Populists because the Republicans had
declared for the gold standard. Gov
ernor Ileedy selected Mr.. Little for mis-
secretary, hut at the breaking out of
the Spanish war Mr.. Little resigned
and Governor Leedy appointed him
lieutenant colonel of the Twentieth
Kansas regiment.
w. E. Ward has resigned as register
of the Colby land office, and it is stated
that no successor for him may be ap-
as there is a move on foot to
consolidate the Colby and WaKeeney
land offices. Mr.. Ward has been in
terested for some time in looking after
Union Pacific lands in western Kansas,