The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-05-13

is a very busy time and help is scarce
and hard to get, but Notwithstanding
all this the women Of Topeka are GO
ing 10 do their utmost to give their
visitors a royal welcome and take
care Of them in the most gracious
manner possible"
Every recent election in the state
federation has revived an old row
about the respective claims of the diff
ferent districts of the state to- furnish
the president. The federation dis
tricts have been the same as the CON
gregaional districts, although no ac-
ton has been taken by the federation
since the state legislature last winter
passed a e-appordonment bill Great
ing a new Eighth district out of part
of the old Seventh and Fourth. OF
these all except the Third and Sixth
have been represented by a president,
and some have had q. number of presi-
dents Two years ago when Mrs J. NJ
Lewis Of kinsley, Seventh district, and
Mrs. Florence COwley of Columbus,
Third district, were candidates Mrs.
Lewis friends were claiming that the
western part of the state had not had
its share of recognition and the other
faction said the west had had too
many presidents and cited Mrs. Noble
PrentlS, who lived in Newton at the
time of her election, Mrs. Willis Lord
Moore of Hutchinson, Mrs. S. R.
Peters of Newton, Mrs. L. B. Kellogg
of Emporia, and Mrs. W. A. Johnston
of Minneapolis. Mrs JOhnstOn's legal
residence is Minneapolis. Fifth dis
trict, from which her husband, Chief
Justice w. A. Johnston, was elected
to the supreme court, but she lived in
Topeka during her entire term of Of
fee. Then the Seventh district candi-
dates friends said that Mrs. Johnston
was a Topeka woman. Now the sup
porters of Mrs. Eustace Brown of
Olathe are saying she was from the
Fifth district, Mrs. May Bellevllle
Brown s district and the other faction
has also Topped on this question. But,
although most of the club women
seem to have lost sight of that fact,
there are other officers to be elected
beside president. So far, however, no
other places. The Parsons Sun article
said the Third district would present
the name of Mrs. George w. Wheatley
of Galena for secretary of the fedora
ton, unless a candidate for president
from that district were presented at
the last minute. There has been q
good bit of talk to the effect that the
Third would have a, candidate, brought
out by the friends of the Salina Mrs.
Brown in order to divert the support
of the Third, now claimed for the
SenOnd districts candidate, from the
latter. Mrs. H. B. Asher of Lawrence has
also been mentioned for the office of
treasurer but of course her name viii
not be presented If Mrs. Eustace
Brown is elected president as they
are from the same district In case of
Mrs. May BelIeville Browns election
Mrs. Asher might be given the Office
Of treasurer. Another woman who
has been mentioned" as a candidate
for secretary, by the Salina Mrs.
Browns friends, is Mrs. Grace L.
Snyder of Hays City. Her district,
the Sixth. will certainly receive some
sort of recognition and the lightning
is likely enough to strike Mrs SNYDER.
who has a strong following up there.
However, none of these ladies has
declared her candidacy, and no slate
has been announced by either faction.