The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-02-04
law, and now they are sorry they
did it,

| law, and now they are sorry tney
did it,
enough to defeat the guaranty deposit
Yesterday afternoon Governor Hoch
was for over an hour in conference
with Senators Waggener. Fitzpatrick,
Wukerson, Smith and S. M. Porter,
and at that time the proposition told
of in Mondays State Journal was
made to him. Governor Hoch gave
the senators to understand that there
was no use trying to compromise with
him on such basis.
The only thing left to do is to force
both the senate and house members to
come back to Topeka and start in with
a clean slate for the purpose of enact
ing some real bank deposit guarantee
legislation. And this is the thing
which is not likely to be done, be-
cause it involves a very elaborate
parliamentary procedure, and a great
deal of delay, trouble and expense.
1t seems that under the new pri-
mary election law, judges of courts are
prohibited from being candidates for
any Office while holding the office OF
judge.
IF Chief Justice Johnston of the
supreme court and District Judge
Charles E. Lobdell of Larned make
the race for United States senator, and
District Judge r. r. Rees of Mime
in the Fifth district at the Republi-
can primary in August, they must re-
sign their respective offices before the
primary is held. Unless they retire
from the present positions which they
hold the judges and clerks of the pri-
mary are forbidden by law to count
any votes cast for them.
Subdivision 8 of section 20 of the
new primary law provides that any
act declared an offense by the general
oil -I leo
a like case be an offense in all prt-
maries, ect.
Paragraphs 2767 and 276s of the
general statutes of Kansas for 1905
read:
"Au ballots or votes cast at any
election for any person holding the
office of judge of the district court or
justice of the supreme court except
for judicial office. shall be held void
and shall not be counted by the judges
and clerks at any election or by any
canvassing board nor shall any record
of the same be made by any canvass
ing board or any certificate of election
issued. Any person violating the pro-
visions of this act shall be imprisoned
in the county Jail not less than thirty
days nor more than six months
There will be no change in the time
for the selection of delegates to the
national convention and presidential
elector in the First congressional dis
trict as a result of the passage of the
primary election law. The date for
selecting these officers is February %,
and the method is by a primary.
The time for filing as candidates un-
der the committee call, twenty days
before February %. has expired. The
candidates who sent their names to
w. l. Biddle, secretary of the COM
mittee. are: Judge Case Broderick of
Jackson county for presidential cleo
tor; Cyrus Leland, jr.. of Doniphan
county, and Arthur Capper of Shawnee
county for national delegates; J. L.
Berry of Doniphan county, and T. E.
Bell, -colored, of Leavenworth for al
ternates. The delegates and alter
mates are for the nomination of Judge
w. H. Taft for president. Leland and
Capper stated in writing in their no.
mittee that they favor the nomination
of Judge Taft. Bell, who is presi-
dent of the Kansas Colored Voters
league. recently organized, also states
that he Is for the nomination of Judge
Taft.
Judge Broderick in sending in his
notices, says: IT am for Judge Taft for
president
With no opposition to the election of
Leland and Capper, Judge Taft is as
sured of two supporters in the dele
gates from the First congressional dis
trict
After the passage of the new primary
law postponing the nomination of
candidate for congress until August,
Representative D. r. Anthony, Jr., tel
egraphed to a member of the congress
sional committee requesting that there
be no delay in selecting delegates and
asking that it be done not later than
March 4. Mr.. Anthony is in favor of
having Taft delegates elected from this
district as early possible.
Bent Murdoch, in Ell Dorado Repub-
lican: Il am still of the opinion that
the Republican square dealers should
run Stubbs for senator against G. Isaac
Long and that every one of half a dozen
or dozen men should be put on the
ticket for governor. Senatorial timber
is scarce, while gubernatoriaL timber is
more or less plentiful. And while the
people are ordering what shall be done
at the primaries I hope they will not
forget to nominate and elect a first
class board of railway commissioners.
We have a good railway law and all
that is required is a board of COM
missioners that is not owned by the
corporations and is not afraid to do
it's duty