The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-02-01
Judge r. r. Rees Puts End to a
RumOr.
Has No Intention of Withdraw
!. ing From Congressional Race.
STARTED BY ENEMIES.
Finds Much Encouragement
Where He Has Visited.
Reports That Fight On ID. w.
Mulvane Will Be Organized.

Judge R. r. Rees, who is in Topeka
attending the meeting of the distrlct
Judges of Kansas, denies the report that
ne is going to withdraw from the con-
test for the Republican nomination for
congress in the Fifth district.
The Manhattan Nationalist with
drew" Judge Rees from the race a few
days ago in the following manner:
1T is understood that Judge Rees is
about to withdraw his name from the
congressional race. For the past lew
weeks he has not been pushing his IN
ferests very hard, for his managers
have found it impossible to arouse the
slightest degree of enthusiasm. The
thing which has absolutely killed the
Rees movement at this time is the fact
that his candidacy is now everywhere
known to be unconstitutional. A judge
cannot legally hold any other Office I'M
til after the expiration of the term for
which he was elected. In the case OF
Judge Rees his term runs until 1910.
He might run for congress two years
from now, and have a right to hold
the office if elected. But if the Repub-
Hcans of the district were foolish
enough to nominate and elect him this
year, he could not qualify for the Of
flee, vacancy would be declared, and
a Democrat would get the job"
Judge Rees says: This announce
ment in the Manhattan paper is in
tended as a knock on my candidacy
and that's all there is to it. 1 have
not Withdrawn and am not expecting
to withdraw from the congressional
race. have been greatly en-
couraged in the belief that 1 will be
nominated, and Furthermore, believe
that 1 will carry Riley county where
this hostile report started.
"In every county that I have visited
/ find much nti-Calderhead senti-
ic a xpa i've
for Rees, but people are dissatisfied
with CaIderhead. This IS not because
of any personal objection to Mr.. Cal
derhead. Personally, Mr.. Calderhead
is we'll liked by nearly everybody, but
the people of the district don't like his
views on public matters. He does not
represent the real sentiment OF the
district.
81 am glad the primary election law
was passed, for I believe that is the
right way to nominate officers. Per-
sonally, however, 1 do not think it
will be any advantage to me in the
congressional contest because with the
number Of candidates now in the race.
! think I would have better chance
under a convention
The Fourth district congressional
committee is holding a meeting to-
day at Emporia, and the report is that
the committee will make an effort
to elect the delegates to the national
convention today without calling a
convention. The committee can, if it
sees fit, name the delegates to the
national convention, and while there
is no opposition to the naming of Taft
delegates, there is much opposition in
the Fourth district to the naming of
delegates friendly to the reelection OF
d. w .Mulvane as Republican nation
al committeeman from Kansas
Fourth dis
trict, is probably a candidate for the
job of national committeeman.
1t is said that a fight will be made in
Shawnee county against the sending CT
a "Mulvane" delegation to the state and
congressional conventions. The anti
machine crowd in this county is trying
to organize a fight on Mulvane, but
whether the effort will reach large di-
mansions remains to be seen.
Literature friendly to the candidacy
of Robert M La Toilette is being sent
into Topeka and other Kansas points
in large quantities, La Toilette hardly
hopes to control the Kansas delegation.
but he would like to steal away some of
the delegates which are otherwise GER
tain to go to Taft.
The letters received here are sent
out of the La Toilette headquarters at
Madison, Wis, and contain besides an
extract of the senator's speech on GER
tain national reforms, various news
paper clippings. heralding the senator
as the next president. Numerous or
ganizations seem to be behind this
boom and it is constantly increasing
in size It is claimed that the people
of the states of Nevada and Washing
ton will not have delegate for anyone
else save La Toilette. He will also
have Wisconsin, as we'll as many south
ern states.