The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-04-02
POLITICAL GOSSIP
Prize Resolutions Adopted in
Trego County.
Contained But One Pithy, Point
ed Sentence.
HOLLAND GETS ONE.
Home County Endorses His Con-
gressional Aspirations.
Other Counties Hold Conyen-
tions and Choose Delegates.


enough alone"
The above resolutions. adopted Sat
urday at the Trego county Republican
convention at Wa-Keeney, take the
prize for brevIty and concentration.
By leaving well enough alone, the
convention gave its endorsement to w.
A. Reeder for congress. J. H. Reeder
for judge of the Twenty third judicial
district, and E. ". Hoch for governor.
The following were the delegations cho-
sen:
state-F. W. King, J. G. Hixon and
J. H. DIETRICH.
/ Congressional-C. F. Folkers. W. P.
Harmon, S. S. Harvey.
judicial. A Nelson. c. c. Yetter,
J. R. Guilbert.
The instructions for the convention
were positive for the two Reeders. This
4 is of considerable Importance, because
! It takes away another chance which
Geo. w. Holland has of starting
stampede from W. A Reeder in the
! Sixth district convention to be held
April 10 at Lincoln.
Although Holland was beaten in Tre-
go county he won q decisive victory in
his home county, Russell The primaries
/ Saturday resulted in a complete victory
for the Holland forces over the Reeder-
Boyd-Hill- -Dawson-Fleck combination.
In the city of Russell the vote was 204
for Holland and 65 for Reeder. Nearly
every precinct in the country went for
I Holland by good sized majorities- The
! fight was a hard one, however. The
/ convention will be held in Russell
Tuesday, at which delegates to the
! state, congressional and judicial con-
ventions viii be chosen.
Congressman Reeder also secured an
instructed delegation in Norton coun-
! ty Saturday.
4 There seems to be sorae doubt about
the status of the Logan county dele
cation It was reported in the dis
patches that Logan had endorsed Hol-
land for congress. A personal letter
from one of the congressional delegates
states that this is incorrect; that the
delegation IS for Reeder-
Norton county on Saturday tied the
Seventeenth judicial district fight into
a hard knot by endorsing Judge r. R.
Hamilton for district judge against A
Q. T. Geiger. Phillips county has al
ready endorsed Judge Pratt, and as
Judge Geiger has the three west coun-
ties of the district he has more votes
pledged than either Hamilton or Pratt.
By making combination, Norton and
Phillips counties could control the con-
vention, but there does not seem to be
much talk of compromise yet.
The convention endorsed J. c. Brown
for secretary of state, and requested
Brown to name delegates to the state
convention and Hamilton to name
judicial delegates. The delegates as
Named DY Ln6 convention at the Sug-
gestion of the candidates follows:
State delegation-F. M. Lockard, E. E.
Ames, c. N Cope. C. E. Lowe, J. c.
Cornell, c. E. Palmer. G. ". Bressler,
Judicial delegates=T A. Simmons,
E. L. Railsback. Spencer Bordot, c. D.
Jones, J. H. Main, E L. Burnapp, VIII
liam Gray.
The congressional delegates were in
structed for Reeder and they are: r.
S. HaZelton, J. W. Vining. c. E. Elder,
John Bieber, Horace Russ r. D. Nor
rison. J. N Underwood, D. w Folio
som.
The resolutions after endorsing home
men are strong for President Roose-
velt. Senator Long, Governor Hoch and
Congressman Reeder-
The Third district convention is to
be held at Sedan on Thursday Con-
gresham P P. Campbell will be nomi-
mated by acclamatiOn, and it is prob
able that he will also be given strong
endorsement in his senatorial fight.
It is not expected that Campbell viii
attend the convention He is very busy
in Washington, and as everything is
fixed UP to run along smoothly, he
feels there is no need of leaving his
official duties.
I D. Young, Of Beloit. is likely to
cut more OF q figure before the Re-
publican state convention than some
people seem to be expecting Young
has the advantage of the endorsemen ent
of the shippers and anti-railroad in
terests; he is also the only candidate
for railroad commissioner from the
northern part of the state. Mr. Young
5 has given out this statement of his po-
sition on the railroad question:
ssI am emphatical1y In sympathy
with President Roosevelt in his efforts
; to compel unwilling railroads and
public carriers to deal alike and fair
" with all men, in handling the COM
$50
s'In my Judgment the time has come,
! and the people are asking for not only
entire fairness, but are demanding OF
: them. in the spirit of right and justice.
an exact square deal, in deed and in
truth to the public-the farmer, the
merchant. the stockman and the ship
pers generally. and alike to all men
who are forced by the very condition
of things to be their patrons.
s"That the public has long borne the
: burden of extensive discrimina tions
rebates. excessive charges and made
ouate service by the public carriers is
admitted by all.
Il ITO right these wrongs. we should
! approach them in the spirit of a JUS
and fair settlement. for as has beer
n I said by an eminent railroad man
: : the best assets a railroad can have is
: the good will Of its patrons
FAILING in that course, then lei
ali such wrongs be righted by the due
: course of law. vigorously administered
# with justice to all
!. The Republican county convention
s of Crawford county was held in Pitts
burg Saturday for the purpoTe O
nominating candidate for Judge O.
the Thirtv-eighth judicial district an
r the election of delegates to represen
d Crawford county in the state and con
st Eressionai conventions. There wer'
close to 500 delegates present and har