The Topeka state journal., 1908-03-20

county Republicans have had stam-
pede for several years, and unless we
mill one way we can accomplish very
little" If this hint is accepted by the
Russell county political stampeders it
will put that county in the Republican
column in the future.
1t begins to look as if the Thirty
fourth senatorial district is going to
have a big time getting successor to
the present incumbent, D. B. Harrison,
of Osborne county. There ought to
be fairness in politics, and if so then
Lincoln county is entitled to the honor.
Russell, Ellsworth and Osborne coun-
ties have each had the senator. Lin
coin county has endorsed E. A. Nc
F'arland and Russell county has
spoken out plainly for her choice, R.
T. Fowler. Both of these candidates
are going after the office. and neither
one will let it come their way without
doing hard work to secure it. Petit
tions are being circulated by the
friends of the two candidates. The
contest promises to be exciting as any
one can be. And, by the way. Russell
county is liable to furnish a Demo-
crat to make the race. That man is
J. W. Morphy, editor and publisher
of the Russell Reformer. If he gets
into the race the other fellows will
learn during the counting of the bal
lots that Morphy was in the race.
One of the best known Democrats
in the Sixth district says: There is
a general belief prevalent among the
Democrats of the district that the new
primary election law will help their
party by arousing a greater interest
among the rank and file than has
existed heretofore. The leaders have
complained of the apathy in the past,
as we'll as the difficulty Of getting
more than a few of the old wheel
horses and committeeman to attend
caucuses and conventions. They
think that all the voting Democrats
will turn out to the primary elections
now and take part in the nominations
and thus make them representative
of the body of the party rather than
of a few leaders and politicians. They
think also that it will almost utterly
eliminate the old style conservative
influence"
j. T. Hill, of Logan, ex-clerk of
court of Phillips county, will attend
the Denver national Democratic con-
vention. He hopes to be one of the
assistant sergeantS at arms. If he
succeeds he will remember his Sixth
district friends who will be there.
A we'll known Sixth district Re-
publican who is seeking an office,
spells it "politicks. re-
Some of the Ellis county Demo-
cratic politicians fear that the new
primary law will result in all the
nominations in the Demo ocratic party
for county officers going to the Rus
sians who are in a big majority in
their party in Ellis county. They
claim that in conventions the leaders
saw to it that the places were divided
between the Russians and other
Democrats. but that this control will
be absent in the primaries.
The Democrats of the Sixth dis
trict are still hunting for a man to
beat Congressman Reeder with. Now
the friends of Frank A. Lutz, of
Mitchell county, promise to draft
him if he declines to allow his name
to go before the primaries He is
popular and a successful attorney of
his section of the state Lutz would
make a great race for congress.
While the Democrats are searching
for a man to nominate for state SEN
ator in the Mitchell-Jcwell district, now
represented by F. D. Young, of Beloit
the friends of J. c. Eresch, ex-sherif
of Mitchell county, and one of the na-
tional delegates elected from the Sixth