The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-21


( ance commissioner to succeed Charles
F. Luling. The only opposition which
/ seems to show signs or developing
much strength is out in the Sixth dis
4 trict in the person of ex-Insurance
/ Commissioner Web McNalI. McNaI
( viii jump in if there is any show.
/ but the Sixth is already overloaded
with candidates for state Offices. A1r.
Barnes is personally popular and It
would be a deserved compliment II
the nomination could go to him with
out opposition
d. Y. Wilson of Republic county
has Withdrawn from the race for state
auditor, and 5. c. drummer, also OF
/ Republic county, has been entered IN
i his stead as a full 1edged candidate.
! It seems that this is the result of a
little factional fight up in Republic
/ county. Wilson had the field to him
/ self in his county for a time, but some
of his political adversaries fixed 1t up
/ to drive him to cover by the introduce
ton of another candidate. They seem
/ to have carried their point
( There is one thing which is likely to-
work to the disadvantage of drummer,
I or any other candidate for auditor
! from the Fifth district, and that is the
4 fact that Justice johnson and Justice
Burch are both candidates for re-
nomination for the supreme court.
There is no doubt that they viii win,
and whether the convention will stand
for a third man from that district re-
mains to be seen.
Mr. drummer has for the past five
T years been deputy bank commissioner
/ under Morton Albaugh and John @.
Z Royce. His work takes him to all
parts of the state, and he has secured
/ a large acquaintance There is no
4 doubt that he will be a strong candi-
/ date for the Office of auditor.
Every day the Atchison Globe runs
a catch line across the top of its first
] paf PIl in
tells a great deal in a few words. This
is the line which appeared Friday:
1.-THE trouble with Kansas is that it
has a state treasurer with too much
nerve and a governor who hasn't nerve
enough
State Senator J. L Martin. who was
1 in the legislature last session as the
senatorial representative of the Allen
I WOodson district, has announced that
he will not be a candidate for reelec-
/ ton Mr.. Martins term does not eX-
/ pire, however. until after the next ses-
sion of the legislature. His reason for
/ announcing his retirement is that his
private business conflicts with his SEN
atorial duties. Mr. Martin is an Allen
county man, and according to the
agreement which exists, it will be
/ Woodson's turn to name the man for
the next senator.
Congressman Charles F. Scott has
gained one in his fight for renomina-
tion in. the election of Senator B. F.
/ Baker of Pleasanton to succeed A. S.
/ Duckworth as member of the Second
district congressional committee. Mr..
-Duckworth has represented Linn county
| on the committee for some time, but has
now moved away from the county.
L. T. Hussey, of Usage county, state
/ oil inspector; J. S. Simmons of Lane
/ county, member of the state reforma-
tory board, and W. H. Haskell, warden
/ of the state penitentiary, will accord
ing to present CALCULATIONS, all be can
didates for reelection to the legislature
in spite of their appointive positions
under the present state administration.
MI Haskell IS senator from the
Phillips-NOrtOn district, and
the other two are members of the house
from their respective counties. Mr.. Sim
mons. who was in Topeka few days
/ ago said:
4 don't want to be a candidate if it
would in any way embarrass the ad-
! ministration. But it seems that there
is no objection to my being a candi-
date. and I expect I win run
Mr. Hussey expressed himself in
much the same way. ttThere seems to
be no opposition to me so far in my
county" he added
Prof William Tecumseh Vernon, the
newly appointed registrar of the Unit
ed States treasury, is now the big man
of his race, politically speaking, in the
STATE he mas SUITE EOO0 JOBS 70 give
out, and there is already fight of
large size coming up for the position
of his assistant.
w. w. Fisher of Topeka, one of the
state house messengers, is looked upon
as a possible candidate. r. B. Nc
Williams and Fred Stone of Lawrence
are also pushing their claims. It is
possible, however, that political ex-
fgencies may demand that the appoint
ment be given to some one outside of
the state.
Morton Albaugh, in his paper, the
Kingman COurier-Leader, takes Chair
man Stubs of the state central com
mittee to task for not calling meet
ing of the state central committee. Mr..
Albaugh says:
"a great many people are wondering
why State Chairman Stubs does not.
call the state committee together. An
early meeting of the committee does
not imply an early convention, but the
committee and not the chairman
should have the selection of the date.
Unless the committee is convened soon
a late convention will have to be held.
Should the committee decide to include
the nomination of a United States SEN
atOr in the call, there should be an
unusually long interval between the
issuance of the call and the holding
of the convention. Already Shawnee
county has called her county conven-
ton for March 10 at which a county
ticket viii be nominated and state and
congressional delegates named. other
counties viii follow this lead They
have fOrstalled the action of the state
committee and in case the nomination
of United States senator is includ-
ed in the state call that very i'm
portant matter can have little or no
! consideration in Shawnee county.
1T is true Mr.. Stubs is a candi-
date for the senate himself but he
should not permit his personal ambi-
lions to lead him 10 do the party an
injury or be grossly unfair to other
candidates.
George w Kanavel who has an
nounced his candidacy for member Of
the state board of railroad commits
sioners. NAV have to f1ght for his