The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-10-10
DANA CLEAR FIELD
w. e. AtchisOn Withdraws from
Race for Judge.
District Court Bench to Be Fill.
ed Without Contest.
OTHERSHAVEDECLINED
Several Township Candidates
Refuse to Make the Race.
May Be More Withdrawals
from County Ticket.

! w. E. Atchison, Democratic nominee
for judge of the Shawnee district court.
has Withdrawn his name from the ticket
and there will be no candidate for judge
against A. w. Dana, the Republican
nominee.
So little interest is being taken in
politics in Shawnee county that the
party managers are having trouble in
keeping candidates for some offices on
the tickets. 1t is rumored that other
Democratic candidates will withdraw
before the election. The candidates
have until twenty days before the cleo
ton, November s, in which to file their
withdrawal papers with the county
clerk.
| Mr.. Atchison's withdrawal came as a
surprise to many and as it was not filed
until late Saturday, the last day on
which nominations could be filed, the
| Democrats have no opportunity to put
up a candidate against Dana.
| Nomination papers had to be filed
with the county clerk thirty days before
election and the last day for filing was
Saturday. The number of candidates
to decline nominations and the number
of independent candidates, to get their
names on the official ballot by petition,
are unusually numerous in this cam
paign.
and have filed the declination and had
their names removed from the ballots,
are:
w. E. Atchison, Democratic candi-
date for judge of the Shawnee district
court.
J. E. Guild. Republican candidate for
justice of the peace, Silver Lake town
ship.
George Kemble Democratic candidate
for justice of the peace, Dover township.
]. B. Harrington, Democratic candi-
date for road overseer, Silver Lake
township.
u G. Stewart, Democratic candidate
for justice of the peace, Rossville town
ship.
The list of Independent candidates
whose names will go on the official bal
lot by reason of their filing petitions
containing more than five per cent of
the legal voters in their districts, is
much longer than the list of withdraw
ais. Those who have been nominated
by petition are:
c. P. Bolmar, independent candidate
for state senator from Shawnee county
against the Republican nominee, ]. B.
Belts.
Sam Bass, Independent candidate for
road overseer in Mission township
against the Republican nominee, o. B.
Eddy.
]. D. Brown, independent candidate
for trustee of Topeka township,
against J. B. Rowles. the Republican
nominee.
t. D. Ballard, independent candidate
against the Republican nominee, r. G.
Bradshaw.
An entire independent ticket has
been nominated by petition in Mon
mouth township as follows:
John Dawley, township trustee,
against the Republican nominee. V. E.
Costa.
D. R. Beam. township treasurer,
against the Republican nominee, w. L.
Tevis.
Albert Griffith, township clerk,
against the Republican nominee, ]. A
Daley.
J. T. Harris, road overseer, against
the Republican candidate, William
Schneider.
Gus Brown, constable, against the
Republican nominee, John Wagstaff.
L. B. Clark, constable, against the
Republican nominee, Jerry Cummings.
Saturday afternoon the Republicans
Then it was discovered that following
the primaries in February the nomina-
ton papers of the Republican candi-
dates were filed with the county clerk
and certified to by H. M Philips,
chairman, and J. w. Gardner. secre-
tary of the Republican county central
committee. The point was raised that
the certificate of nomination had to be
signed by a majority of the members
of the old county central committee
There was great excitement in Re
publican ranks for a while and Sheriff
Lucas and County Clerk Newman hur-
riedly secured forty signatures of the
old committee and filed the nomination
papers in the county clerks office at s
o clock Saturday night.