The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-07
One Side Favored April THE
Other Feb. II.
HAVE LIVELY TILT.
Members of Committee We're
Nearly Unanimous, However.
Candidates Must Pay High for
Their Privilege.

primary viii be held on March 10.
The voting precincts will be open
all over the county from L to Z o'clock.
March u was designated as the day
on which the delegates 20 the state
convention would be elected.
The chairman of the county central
committee viii hereafter be elected by
the committee and not by the people
These are the salient things accom-
plished by a meeting of the Shawnee
county Republican central committee
on Saturday afternoon. Their accom-
plishment was characterized by fire.
quent harmless windstorms, much
confusion as to parliamentary action,
stiff but friendly passages at arms, ana
a considerable waste of time.
The meeting was called together at
o'clock Saturday afternoon IN the
city court room at the Shawnee county
court house. So many were standing
that a motion for adjournment to the
county superintendent's institute room
on the third floor of the building was
called for Even then, though this
room contains 40 seats, the walls We're
adorned with a lot of people VINO
drifted in to see what was going on.
Roll call showed 4 present, 6 alb
sent and nine represented by proxies.
The county has "A committeeman AZ
i'm Topeka and 81 from over the
county.
New Committeeman.
The calling of the roster brought out
the usual number of removals by com
rnitteemen from their precincts. and
enforced the election of successors. j.
b. Marshall, register OF deeds, mas
moved from the First ward. A petl-
ton siPped by a number OF RepuDh-
cans from MarshaIl's former precinct
bore the name Of Ralph v wilson as
his successor. He was elected by lhe
committee. John Alexander Of the
Second ward has also moved ana ms
place was given to r. W. Eaton. A.
w Bradshaw of the Second ward re-
lfnuuished his seat in the committee TO
e. u. Witchey. In the Third ward Os-
car Swayze's place was given to W. f.
Sterne.
man acting for W. II. ROssi'1gtOn-
Harry Nichols who was n commute
teeman from the First ward, resigned
b his seat because he is now candidate
for office. DR.. L. A. Ryder was elected
i'm Nichols place
Many Dates Suggested.
The most important subject was of
course the setting of a date for the
primary and the committee plunged
into this at once without any prelimi-
nary skirmishing.
q. W. smith was on his feet at once
upon Chairman Philips call for mo-
tons and moved that March 10 be
the date Smith had scarcely fin
ished a lit.ie argument in favor of
his motion when Jerry Cummins got
the attention of the chairman and
offered February II.
Some little verbal scufiing was
put on right then and there, when
A. ID. Bauer interjected his voice into
the melee. got the attention of the
chair. and proceeded to read the fol-
lowing: 81 move as a substitute for
both of these motions that the pri-
mary be held on Saturday. March 10,
sr7e frTIr rfr7rr off
GERS: Representative Thirty-seventh
district, representative Thirty-eighth
district commissioner First district
county attorney, sheriff. probate judge,
county clerk, treasurer register Of
deeds. district clerk, coroner. county
superintendent surveyor; also dele
gates to a county convention to be
held March u. Each precinct shall
be entitled to one delegate for each
so voters or major fraction thereof
cast for secretary of state at the last
election"
In support of his motion Mr.. Bauer
said March 10 is better than Feb
ruary IL. The state convention will
have been called before that time We
viii know better what to do. If we
have a double primary we win have
double the expenses.
Chairman Philips happened to think
that it might be wise to consult the
candidates for commissioner and rep
resentative as to whether they would
be willing to have their primary with
the one for the regular county Offices.
ward Haynes. Stewart, Euler Dick
fnson Stone, Bird. and a number of
others were called for expressions,
and all stated that such a move
would be perfectly satisfactory to
them.
about March the 10TH" he said. "a
great many farmers in the country
change their residences. That is the
regular time for their moving To
have the primary on March i 0 would
cut lots of them out of their vote [
move that February "a be the date
of the primary.
Bunce's motion, substitution.
amendment. or whatever he called it
Ono one seemed to know or care par
ficularly at that stage Of the camel
had hardly been seconded when c. S.
Elliott flung another castor into the
fight. FEBRUARY or March is too
early he shouted above the din.
"and move or amend that Satur-
dav. April z. he chosen as the day for
the primary" His motion was sec
Peter Hell said There is nothing
to bring in as an argument for early
primaries except the convenience to
some people.
"A. Newman, county clerk said. early
primaries have been the faVOrites witt
farmers. If we put the date off the ex-
pense to the candidates viii be i'm
mense."
Similar talk started up and with them
came arguments in favor Of certain of
the suggested dates until Chairman
pbi1fps declared. There are numerous
motions on tap. You must particularize
If you want me to know what you are
talking about
Mort Hutchinson took up the cudgel
AZ, favor of March TO- He said: Il viii
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