The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-24
NOW LINING UP.
City Candidates Are Fast Enter
Ing Arena.
C. h. Holiday Has Not Yet Made
Formal Announcement.
NOT YET SIMPLIFIED.
Both Mr.. Green and Mr.. Swend-
son on Track.
Letters to Law and Order Com
mittee Explaining Position.

c. x. Holiday still maintains his
elusive position as to his candidacy for
mayor and says that he is unprepared
| to say anything at this time.
Candidates for ceuncilmen from the
various wards are actively entering in
to the race.
From the First ward. DR.. o. p. Davis
and E. r. Hayes will enter with S. r.
Kutz, a. former councilman, as a prob
ability
In the Second ward Joseph Griley will
come for office again. So far no onc
has announced himself to run against
Mr.. Griley.
In the Third ward Councilman F. e.
Nipps' term expires. He refuses to say
whether he will run for a second term
or not Mr. Nipps has been one of the
most able councilrnen elected within the
past six years. Thus far he has no OPP
ponent if he cares to run again.
In the Fourth ward c, w. Horn will
run for a second term and, has so an
nounced. No one has been announced
against him.
In the Fifth ward A. NJ. Leslie and c.
H Kutz both will enter the race. W.
E. Gibbs is a possibility.
In the Sixth ward T. NJ. Euwer and
w. Bolinger will run with A. E.
Jones and j. F. McLatchey prospective
Hamilton and L. c. Bailey.
c. B. Burge, Robert Tasker and J. H.
Squires are candidates for city clerk,
NJ. NJ. Hale and Solomon Watkins for
city treasurer.
F. G. Dreaming as city attorney has
no opponent at present but it is stated
someone will be brought out against
him.
Arthur McCabe will be candidate
for another term as judge of the Tope-
ka court with Ernest r. Simon as sec
ond candidate.
Edward O'Neill is up as clerk for the
court with no one against him.
J. T Wintrode and Bob Miller are re-
spectively candidates for marshal of
the same court.
w. H. Wilson today paid his assess
ment as candidate for member of the
school board. A little fight will occur on
election of members to the city central
committee and an attempt to swing it
out of the present control of the law
and order element. sc
An offer to let a popular canvass
determine which candidate is the
stronger as candidate for mayor,
the weaker to withdraw was made by
Councilman William Greer. but reject
ed by Councilman S. A. Swendson.
Two propositions were made, both
the interests of harmony and an I'M
divided law and order vote. The first
proposition covered a canvass of the
law and order vote in Mr.. Swendson'S
own ward the canvass to take in that
portion of the Sixth ward lying north
OF Fifth street. This was rejected.
Mr.. Green then suggested that his OPP
ponent pick out any two wards in the
and order vote and take a similar can
vass Mr.. Green stated that he was
willing to abide by the vote. This was
rejected.
a letter to ]. C. Smith, chairman of a
committee which was appointed to
secure harmony of interests. The let
ter follows:
Mr.. Green's Letter.
J. c. Smith, Topeka, Kansas.
Dear Sir:-In accordance with your
request that I reduce to writing the
verbal propositions made by me to MI.
S. A Swendson,. looking to compro-
mise between us in the contest for the
office of mayor, make the following
statement:
NY candidacy was the result of Pc
tition signed by many of the best bust
ness and professional men of the city,
the earnest solicitation of army COM
rades, and the endorsement of organiza-
tions that stand for everything that is
clean, honest and decent In municipal
affairs have felt that l could not,
from the contest without some good
reason.
Ny desire, however. that man be
elected mayor who Will use the full
power of his office for the suppression
of joints and disorderly houses Is para
mount to any personal ambition / may
have. Hence, in spite of the fact that
nv candidacy has the pledged support
business men. of the three daily news
papers and of organizations that stand
for good government, was willing to
go more than half way in reaching a
with Mr.. Swendson,- and it
seemed to me that the only fair and
equitable basis on which a compromise
could be made was the wish of a
of the people who are in ia
vor of law enforcement. .-c=
l proposed to Mr.. SwendSon that the
matter be left to that portion of the
Sixth ward--the ward he has represent
ed in the council for seven years-lyinS
north of Fifth. street. If a majority of
the law and order people of that part
Of the city should. on an unbiased can
vass, prefer Mr. SwendsOn to myself as
a candidate for mayor, 1 agreed to re-
tire, provided Mr.. Swendson would |
agree to retire should majority pre- /
fer me- Mr. Swendson refused to con- |
slider this plan of compromise.
1 then proposed that Mr.. Swendson |
select any two. adjacent blocks in the |
city where the law enforcement senti- |
ment is as strong as in the part of the |
and 1 offered to leave it to the law and |
order people of those two blocks to de- |
eide whether Mr.. Swendson or 1 should |
remain in the contest. This proposal |
also was absolutely rejected by Mr.. /
Swendson. fe-
consider that in the two PROPOSE |
ions above referred to gave Mr.
Swendson every reasonable chance and |
vent more than half way in an I
attempt to reach compromise between
is. Very truly yours,
WILLIAM GREEN