The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-07-26

rotary. Mr. Rugh was nominated by
Reclamation. The district includes
Morris, Geary, Dickinson and Marion
counties.
State Auditor Wells, i'm commenting
on the recent supreme court decision
in the Second district contest case, pub
fishes the following in the Erie Record:
The refusal of the supreme court 10
go into the merits of the Allen-Bower-
sock contest case in the Second con-
/ greSSional district, means, in plain Eng
/ lish. that a man does not need a ma
Jority of the legal delegates in a con-
Vention to secure nomination. All he
needs is the committee-they will Go
the balance
w. p. FEEDER, of Great Bend, whose
candidacy for the fusion nomination for
state treasurer, has just been announc-
ed, is now serving his second term as
probate judge of Barton county He
/ was elected to that office in 1900 by a
majority of 719 and again in 1902 by a
/ majority of 200, out of a total vote of
about 5000. He has carried the city of
Great Bend, a Republican stronghold,
each time. His friends say he is a
knights of Columbus, the A. o. U. w,
the Woodmen of the World, the An
nuity Union, the Eagles. and the Sons
of Veterans He is German and one
of the proprietors of the Barton Coun-
ty Democrat and the Great Bend Daily
Rustler. In 1897 he was division COM
mander of the Kansas division of the
Sons of Veterans.
William Stryker. who was state sup
erintendent of public instruction during
the Leedy administration. seems to be
forming 4 neWSpape trust. He has
owned papers at Wellington and Win
field for some time, and now he has
purchased another at Tulsa, 1. T., the
Tulsa Democrat.
Primaries are being held today in
Gray and Haskell counties to elect del
egates to the Republican legislative
ron next Saturday. These two counties
form the >123d representative district.
The candidates for the nomination are
j. F. Josserand, w. A. Curtis and Ellis
S. Garten. Garten is editor of the CT
marion Jacksonian and is the member
of the Republican state central COM
mittee from that judicial district
ment in Missouri politics seems to pre-
sent some unmistakable evidences of
genuineness; one of these is the nom
ination of 'Rube'' Oglesby for railroad
commissioner. Oglesby was a railroad
trainman a number of years ago. He
was trying to set brakes on a runaway
train one icy day, being the only brake |
man on the train who dared to respond |
to the call for brakes. A car broke in !
two; Oglesby was thrown to the track, |
pinioned for two hours to the frozen |
ground, and suffered the loss of a leg. |
He was awarded $4,000 damages by |
district court and the supreme court |
the case three times in sub |
seQuent hearing on various grounds. |
Finally the supreme court reversed /
itself and Mr.. Oglesby after ten years |
fight lost and the railroad company /
paid him nothing for the injuries sus-
tanned in its service. A paper in Ogles- |
by'S home town criticised the supreme |
court for its decision depriving OgleS- |
O
fined the editor $4,000 for the criticism. |
The people of Oglesby's town paid the |
editors fine by public subscriptions. |
OgleSby, who is intelligent and COM
petent, became a candidate for railroad |
He had the railroads
against him but he won over the rail-
road candidate We've had a reform
in Kansas. but we'd like to |
ask any Republican who attended the
last convention at Wichita what chance |
one legged victim of railroad COM
oany would have had for the nomina-
ion of railroad commissioner, or any
)ther nomination which the railroads
1idn't want him to have.
The fusionists of the Johnson Miami
senatorial district will probably NOM
nate John T. Little, ex-attorney gen
eral, for state senator to run against
?. w. Sponable. the Republican NOM
nee, VINO is a candidate for reelection.
Potter Kansan: H. H. Huntsberger,
leading Curtis man of Leavenworth,
las called us down because we are
Importing Bale Waggener for state
enator. Don't you know Waggener's
lection means a vote against Curtis for
United States senator?" he growled at
is as we walked along Delaware, in
attending strictly to our
,wn business. We informed Mr.. Hunt
trouble that we hold that it is better
o send men to the legislature who can
md will do so1lething for the people
md district they represent rather than
end men there whose sole purpose is
o vote for candidate for United States
enator Men of this latter class usual
y possess no creditable characteristic,
nd are purchasable. We also informed
'1r. Huntstrouble that it is to Atchison
ounty's interests to send Mr.. Wag-
-ener to the state senate, and this pa
,er intends to stand up for Atchison
ounty if it does nothing else.
Jim Orr says he will take a bathing
uit when he goes to Esopus to in
orm Judge Parker of his nomination. |
Then if the Democratic nominee is in
in the Hudson, the Atchison !
nan will be ready for the occasion. {
dr. Orr will leave for New York on
Friday of next week. ,
W. T. F. Donald left Atchison for
he east Sunday night to tell President
ion did. Mr.. Donald is the Kansas
member of the notification committee.
PURSE FROM WINDOW. 5
Philadelphia Woman Tramp
ed Seven Miles for Her Property a..
Denver, July 26,-While attempting !
o raise a window in one of the cars :
IN the Colorado Northwestern, going I
o Boulder Mrs. William H. Richter
# Philadelphia dropped her purse {