The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-12
CURTIS HAS EASY TIME
Was No Opposition TO His
denomination
w. S. Biddle Scores Decisive
Victory in LeavenWOrth.


Saturday e. IL. Madison secured a com
handing lead in the race for the nomi-
nation in the Seventh district. and w A.
Calderhead's opposition liz the Fifth all
melted away at the Clay Center meet
1nc.
The only congressional fight remaining
to be settled is thar of Scott VS.. Allen
in the Second district. which VIII Ds
fought out on March q
OF the counties in the Seventh district
which held conventions on Saturday, II
elected Delegates favorable to Judge y.
H. Madison. of Dodge City, and nine
elected decorations favorable to > uGee
w r. Hutchinson. Of Garden City. Inc
IL A1acisct. counties had total OF u
delegates and the rlre AutcAlSOn eo1h-
ties have 20 delegates.
delegates instructed for him from
counties which had held their conVen-
tons earlier, giving him a total OF
nnety-one delegates to date or nine
teen more than enough to nominate
him. The twelve counties which elect
ed Madison delegates Were- Barton.
with 10 votes; Edwards, q Harper, r;
bingman. g I1i0wa, 8; Meade, 8 Ness
Pauuec 5 Pratt. 6; Rush. .; Scott,
2. Wichita. .; total. 81
The nine counties which elected
Eutchison delegates were: Finney. 4,
Grant 2: Hamilton, ?; Haskell =
Kearny, 2; Morton. .; Seward. ?;
Stevens ., total 20. The counties
previously carried by Madison were:
Barber, 5; Clark, .; Comanche. .;
Ford 6; Gray. 2. Greeley 2; Hodge
man. 8 stafford. z; total 20 This
leaves only Lane of the counties that
have elected to date to hear from. It
is likely 20 be for Hutchinson.
Rice and Reno hold their conventions
today The primaries indicate that
they also VIII be for Madison. although
on account of having candidates for
state Offices neither may instruct HaT-
per county instructed its state delegation
for c. e. Denton, Of Attica for secretary
Of state.
Williams lost in Clay Center.
What is said to have been a meeting
called for the purpose Of starting a
boom fer T. j.. Williams for congress IN
the Fifth district was held at Clay Cen
Ter saturday Afternoon, but ii uldn
accomplish anything. Instead of endors-
ing Williams, the meeting endorsed cal
derhead by vote eff "a 10 6.
Williams was the only remaining hope
OF the -Calderhead Republicans,
since the withdrawal of John Hessin OF
Manhattan on Saturday. Hessin's with
draWal was predicted about week ago
In the state Journal, but was emphat-
cally denied by Hessin at that time.
Later events, however, demonstrated that
the State journals Information was cor
rect.
G. NJ. -Stratton was chairman of the
Clay Center meeting, and Del Valentine
and his friends, who are opposed 70
Calderhead. did not have much to do
with the meeting. David Russell, OF
Union township made a motion to en-
dorse Williams for congress, but TINS &C
ton did not meet with favor because
they feared that a failure to pass such
q motion would injUre Williams. How
ever. the motion was insisted upon, ana
finally on vote was beaten
Curtis Nominated without Opposition
Congressman Charles Curtis YVES re-
nominated in the First district without
opposition. This is the first time In the
history of the state that either OK the
big parties selected a congressional can
didate by primary election.
w T. Biddle, who was fought by the
Curtis people in LeaVe1ToTth county,
was nominated by 500 majority for the
office of congressional committeeman.
In Jackson county, John Nuzman, the
anti-Curtis candidate for committeeman
beat j. NJ. Baker, Curtis man Dy q
vote Of 572 to 304. In Nemaha county
T. p Stevenson beat w. H Jordan. Vim.
walker was elected committeeman IN
Atchison county. and he is anti-Curtls-
IT, S Griffin was elected to the commit
tee from Jefferson county Arthur zap
per in Shawnee; John Wetmer IN
Brown Charles Norman in Doniphan
The fight between w. /. stuart ana
w Is. Means Of Hiawatha for the dis
trict Judge nomination in Doniphah'
Brown and Nemaha counties was won
by Stuart by about 500 majority
One Of the surprises was the de
feat of Brown Of Brown Tor rehofal-
nation to the legislature. He was de-
feated by s. L. Ryan W c. Archer
of Brown has no opposition s 3.
Brown. the Brown county representa-
tive made himself famous in the last
house for his persistent advocacy OF
good roads bills. Both Ryan and
Archer are Curtis men.
Lyon County Convention.
At the Lyon county Republican con-
vention Saturday afternoon 1t was
unanimously voted that the county
ticket two years from now shall be
nominated by the Crawford county
primary system and that only dele
gates to the state and congressional
conventions shall be chosen In conven-
ton. The platform indorses the ad-
ministration of President RooseVell
and inEtructs the delegates for Gov
ernOr Hoch, Judge C. 3. Graves for
the supreme bench, and J. M Miller
for congress. A section of the plat
form relative to the Topeka semicen-
Iennial celebration reads IS follows:
Resolved. That we believe Igor
county should withhold her support tc
the Topeka semicentennial until this
capital city of this state shall show
the state that the laws OF the state
are obeyed IN the capital city and no
hagrantly disobeyed and Intentionally
ignored
The convention expressed senti
nent in favor Of the nomination Of
instead Of by the legislature and rec
commended that the state convention
name Its choice for senator to be pre-
scented to the state legislature.
The county ticket nominated FOL
lows: For county clerk, Charles Pan
tie; for treasurer, j. J. Morris; fol
register of deeds. G. c. Regain; pro
bate judge. w. N smelser; clerk O
the court. J. G. Stewart sheriff. Stew,
Hinshaw: county attorney, ". c. Rob.
arfe- county s14perfute rdauf Robe-
Henderson; surveyor, Harrison Park
man; coroner, o. J. Corbett; county
commissioner, First district FL
Fowler: representative Of the FiftietI
representative district. @. A Sennard
representative Fifty-nrst district
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