The Topeka state journal., 1906-02-17
TURN IN A LIST.
!" Vets VIII Try to Capture
City Central Committee.
Make Nominations in Every One
Of Precincts.
MR.. GREEN IN IT.
Asks to Be Entered as Candidate
4s for Councilman.
Friends Advise Him to Go Into
Republican Primary.

The wet and dry issue will be fought
out at the local Republican city pri-
maries. For an off year in municipal
politics the fight promises to be an
interesting one.
Efforts are being bent to capture the
city central committee for the ''wets-"
This is in anticipation of the mayoralty
campaign in 1907.
At present the committee is in con-
troll of the "drys." The city central
committee is not ordinarily a scene of
interesting conflict, but it promises to
be different this year. Even the mem
beTs of the present committee had not
a whisper that there would be much
of a contest to secure control OF the
whip hand of the city central COM
mittee.
A few minutes before u o'clock this
noon, when the entries for candidates
on the Republican ticket closed, A. u.
Bauer came into the Office of e. H.
Ralston, the secretary of the commit
tee, and submitted a list of the candl-
dates for committeeman and also
planked down the total sum of the
fees. The plan was conceived and car
ried out like machine work.
With but four exceptions there are
contests on in every precinct in every
ward of the city. These four are IN
wards or precincts which would be
placed in the doubtful column by the
party managers of the ''wets." /"
A number Of names of substantial
and respected business men appear on
the list Of the committeeman submitted
by Mr.. Bauer and this tends to dis
sipate suspicion along the line of a
wet or dry contest. When asked
for an explanation Mr.. Bauer said:
1T simply means that there is going to
be a turn out of the present committee
and that there is going to be new
committee"
Mr.. Bauer IS the mouth piece Of the
jointists," said II. G. Larimer, chairman
of the present city central committee.
The contest for councilman narrows
down to the Third and Fourth wards :
In the Third ward, A. L. Harvey and
William Green are opposing each other.
In the Fourth ward, S. S. Rice, the
present incumbent nd E. Montgomery
are the candidates.
The other candidates for council are;
First ward c. E. Jordan; Second ward,
c. K. Holiday; Fifth ward, S T. Howe;
Sixth ward. J. W. F. Hughes.
William Green, councilman from the
Third ward. usually considered as
Democrat and who has held nominal
allegiance to that party started a rip
pie of surprise by coming into the Re-
publican ranks and paying his assess
nent of S54 to C--H. Ralston, the secre-
tary of the city Republican central com
plating running on an independent tick
ct but on the advice of his friends De
cided Yesterday to run on the Repub-
lfcan ticket The party lines are not
closely drawn in city elections. L th1nk
that [ am as good as Republican as A:
M Harvey or c. x. Holiday, both OF
whom are candidates for council, salo
he. Il cast my first vote for Abraham
lincoln in 1864 I voted also for Grant
Mckinley. and Roosevelt and have not
voted for Democratic candlqate ioI
president since Cleveland was electeu.
"T hold myself independent or Simply
,,artv lines [ have voted as l have teiJ
my conscience dictated. nave ny neNsl -
been a strong partisan man. eApecll 70 "
make the fight for councilman interesting
7 bad though of running upon an inde-
pendent ticket but upon the aoNlce VI ny NY
friends who considered. that my chances
for election would pc DelleIes9 s u sot o.,a D.l
the Republican ticket 1 declded TO coias
over and pay my assessment.
MY record as councilman VIII s9n. slanu tI son
itself I have no apologies to offer for
What have done there don know
what action the Republican city ceileId i d
committee may take upon my eaheluaeS
[ shall await their pleasure. - =,
Major Harvey says that ne pecalng {t - d
ceTdfIafe only after being assured by MI
Green that he would not go INTO tHe NJ
publican primary -, - a1,o,,+
NJ Green !" said H. G. Larimer, cn4lI-
man of the Republican central colIlilsi sonny 80
ssT understand that he has entered, pus
I can't say now whethe4 we Nh aTSSP 1S1 :
matter viii have to be decl9eo l AZ d
ing of the committee me c1rrisi1e tiIls l,e5 sS
meeting will be called TOT soiiie 'ii'i0
= Montgomery in tie Fourth ward
said- IT was induced to get IN oy soils s
of my friends, though haq ,,,3dsTsfanti llO
that the contest II. my ward wiz De sli0iis
the wet and dry issue.