The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-04-11
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joke
The political "nuence" was also
/ brought to bear on the Union Pacific
| to get a special train out of Lincoln
I for the delegates after the convention
| adjourned. E. A. Mcfarland, of Lin
/ coin, chairman of the local committee,
had been using his best efforts to get
such a train, but had been turned
down. He told the delegates they
would have to stay in Lincoln until
I the regular train Wednesday morning.
AS soon as the big politicians heard of
it they got busy, and by noon 1t was
all fixed to have a special train leave
Lincoln at IL p. m.
One of the interesting facts of the
convention is that George ". Wheat
( ley was given a favorable mention by
J. L. Bristow- Wheatley IS a member
of the board of railroad commission
ers and wants denomination. Bristow
says that Wheatley Is the best man on
the board, and should be given full
credit for the things which he claimed
he was willing to do. Wheatley made
a catchy speech to the delegates, and
many people commented favorably
upon it, But the fact that Wheatley
has the commentator Of Joe" Bris-
tow will count for a good deal.
There are no joints in Lincoln, and
the convention was a very sober affair.
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their booze departments about two
weeks ago at the earnest solicitation
OF the county attorney. One druggist
was arrested for selling liquor Rather
than stay and face the music he skip
ped out and left his stock to his
creditors. He was heavily involved.
and the stock VIII probably not pay
his debts. There was very little doing
to relieve the long dry spell for some
CT the delegates except the attractions
offered in Room II of one of the
| hotels.
While Lincoln goes dry on liquor. it
| refreshes itself with music There is
probably no town in the state outside
of Ltndsborg where there is so much
music to the square inch. There is a
first class brass band and orchestra
under the charge of d young nan
named McCandless, a ladies' chorus d.
rected by Mrs. Eft Mink, and a mems
Glee club and quartette, besides a very
creditable high school orchestra.
In this connection it is only fair to
mention a sweet faced Young girl nv
the name of Minnie Hulet who sang a
solo accompanied by the ladies' chorus
at the Tuesday evening meeting. She
has voice as clear and hmpid as q
mountain brook, and if she hasn't al
ready been discovered by some great
music master, she ought to be.
McCandless' orchestra is q strong or
sanization for a town the size of Lin
coin, but it is shy on reeds and violins.
At least that seemed to be the impress
sion Of some of the delegates who pro
fessed to know something about music.
The claim is made by the friends of
Reeder that the new congressional com
mittee contains % Reeder men and only
5 anti-Reeder men
J. B. Dykes. of smith county. who
was chairman Of the permanent organic
alton committee in the Republican con
vention, was a Populist up to a year
ago Four years ago he was a fusion
candidate for congress against Reeder.
Ellis county delegates say that ne
Democrats have decided to nominate F.
Burleigh Johnson of that county for
congress in the Sixth district.
George W. Dart: Camping on Bill
Reeder's Trail for Nomination in 1908"
This is the inscription on a card which
was handed about to the delegates by a
mild hammered Quakerish looking little
man with a crop of dark brown excel
sior on his chin Geo w Dart is from
near Weber. Kan, but his postoffice
address is Montrose. If anybody wants
to communicate with Mr.. Dart about
prospective postofice appointments this
ton.
J. n. David, the man who, like Mr.
Dart, had boom for congress some
weeks ago, did not attend the conven-
ton. This fact was regretted by nearly
everybody. There was a general de-
sire to get acquainted with Mr.. David.
David's boom lasted about two weeks.
D. z. McCullom is in business at
Lincoln. He is 2 brother of a E. Nc
Cullom, the somewhat celebrated ex-
chief of police of the city of Topeka.
D. E. McCullom is president of the Lin
coin Commercial club. and one of the
leading citizens of that town.
Though it is not very generally
known, the Sixth district has two ac-
tive candidates for the Republican
nomination for state superintendent of
public instruction. One is E. T. Fair
child of Ellsworth. The other has not
been much heard Of but he was at
Lincoln Tuesday. His name is J. F.
Smith, and he lives at Stockton. where
he is superint of the city schools
Smith is a graduate of Baker university
and the Kansas State Normal. He was