The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-12
TRY TO FIX 1T UP.
Law and Order People Want One
Candidate Less.
Either F. H. Foster or II. B. Gill
luly in Way.
HAVE PLAN TO DECIDE.
They Would Leave 1t to the
Committee.
Report Belts Was Offered 81 900
to Quit Sheriff Race.
lave PLAN TO DECIDE.

The most peculiar plan ever hit upon
to solve the complicated political situa-
ton in Shawnee county is now being
evolved to eliminate either Frank H.
Foster or Ross B. Gilluly from the
fight for the Republican nomination
for county attorney and center the law
and order strength on one man.
At long and tedious session of the
executive committee of the law and
order organization at DR.. S. G.. Stew
arts Office on Sunday Afternoon, the two
candidates each agreed to have five of
their adherents meet at the same place
at $3.50 o'clock this afternoon to de-
termine upon some agreeable solution
The terms Of this protocol are: Let
each candidate select twenty-five Re
publican voters, naturally his friends
Have some one, probably DR.. w. c.
Evans of the First Methodist church
go to these fifty men and let them
drop a ballot into a closed box. Nat
urally there will be Is Foster votes ana
% Gilluly votes cast, for both of the
men Will select in their list of rs their
own adherents. Then at a meeting OF
this special committee of ten to be
held as soon as the ballots are all taken
up, one ballot will be drawn from the
box and destroyed. That viii leave
40. Twenty-Five of these viii be for
one of the candidates and "a for the
other The latter vii then withdraw.
That is the scheme. The committee
may adopt it at its session late this
afternoon and it may not. Suppose 1t
does. Then the candidates still may
balk. It is questionable whether either
is willing to be eliminated by lot
Both men are in the hands of their
friends" These friends are the COM
mittee of ten which viii meet this
evening. Frank H. Foster says that he
HEs anTnf
Cilluly viii say nothing. Let the
committee make the announcement,
is his reply.
At yesterdays meeting poll was
sprung On Saturday afternoon E. R.
Simon, a GlIluly adherent, made
canvass of Kansas avenue between
Ninth and Fourth streets. One hum
dred and siXty-fOur men were pOlied-
OF this number SO voted for Gilluly,
so for Foster and "a for McNary.
Gilluly came close to getting ma
jority But Foster placed no con-
hdence in this poll He pointed out
that it was taken by Gilluly's friends
and was not completed. Il could go
out" he said, land take poll on
Kansas avenue which would show up
just as we'll for me against McNary
and Gilluly- McNary could do the
same thing against CfiUuly and myself
If this poll had been taken by a COM
mittee of three, one appointed by each
candidate and would have been com
plete, then its value would be worth
considering"
Seven GilIuIy adherents appeared
before the committee meeting on sun
day afternoon and urged that roster
be Withdrawn by the law and order
element and the strength be cenIered
on their man because of the strength
he was showing. They cited their
poll But that didn't settle the mat
ter with the committee
DR.. W. c. Evans wanted to know II
the Giliully supporters had any pro-
position to make by which their can
didate or Foster was to be eliminated
and the entire strength of the two be
centered on one in the interests of law
II think not replied Tom McNeaI.
Then DR.. Evans said: I'VE must
have a proposition from you. we
must be united on this matter The
Ministerial union wants one or the
other to get out of the race, the weak
el. of course I have 3 young men
banded together who will go out ana
work which ever way L tell lhem-
This rather stirred up matters, and
the CillUlv supporters withdrew TO
confer with their man. When they re-
turned they agreed to have commit
tee of five from each man meet this
afternoon and think up some plan;
The one of polling fifty voters and
withd rawing one name was suggested
and was looked upon favorably, but
whether it viii hold out or not is de-
cidedly problematical-
A story is in circulation that
paddy" Belts has been offered
money consideration of a cool one
thousand dollars to get out of the
sheriff race.
Newman, who is working hard for
Paddy says there is nothing in it.
81 had a long conference with Belts
this morning" said Newman, "and he
didn't say anything to me about it. I
think he would have told me all
right
a CoIvin supporter in whose favor
Belts is wanted out of the way, said:
There is nothing to the money story
except that we would like to have
Petts out of the way, and I suppose
would be willing to stand for the ex-
penses which he has incurred so far
That would be perfectly right. But
he won't do it. His brother and some
of his friends are sore and want re-
venge because Lucas and his crowd
have cut away from him and gone to
Colvin No, I am sure that Belts
won't withdraw"
The politicians in general seem to
be very much up in the air over
the sheriff fight. None of them are
able to account in any way for the
status of affairs. Wilkerson seems to
be running strong. one Colvin man
SAYS that their only hope OF beating
Wilkerson is to keep Belts in the fight
IF we don't do that" he said, Will
kerson Will get it. Belts and Wilker-
son are dividing certain strength
which would go to either one were
they footing it alone.
BeIated DevIin Checks.
The checks Of the deposftors who failed
to make a proof of claim when the first
proofs were filed will be received by Re
ceiver James 7. Bradley of the First Ma
tional bank the middle Of this week from
Washington There are about fifty Of