The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-05-18
Isn't Alarmed About New Can
didates for Honor.
MINERS IN CONTROL.
Believes That Whoever They
Support Will Win.
Meeting at Salina to Arrange
State Ticket.

w. H. Ryan, of Girard, Democratic
candidate for the governor nomination,
is in Topeka on his way to Salina to
attend the meeting of the Democratic
state committee to be held there Tues
day evening, and the state convention
of Bryan clubs to be held Wednesday.
''The meeting on Wednesday," says
Mr.. Ryan, lis practically a state Dem
ocratic convention. 1t will be decided
at this convention just what sort OF
a state campaign will be made. Ar
rangements will be made for raising
funds, and we will see to 1t that petit
tons are put in circulation for all the
various candidates for state offices.
Il now have my petitions for COVER
nor out in 40 counties. 1 am in this
race to stay. Talk about a new cand1-
date getting into the race does not
alarm me. My prediction is that the
candidate who gets the labortng vote,
the vote of the miners especially, Will
win this fight both in the primary and
in the election. There are 5000 miners
down in my section of the state, and
believe that I will get most OF them,
both in the primary and in the cleo
ton. The miners have been without
work for 60 days, and they are rest
less. They don't like the way things
are going. OF recent years they have
been Republicans because the times
have been good, and they We're salts
fed I think they are ready for
change now
Leland and Stubs is coming on.
Stubs made a lot of friends when he
was speaking down in the Third dis
trict-there's no doubt about that. 1
think the western and central por-
tions of the state will be for Stubs,
and Leland will probably carry the
city vote.
1.-The Democratic meeting at Salina
will be a most important one. / be-
lieve that the Democrats have good
chance to elect the state ticket. The
people of this state are ready for a
change in the old system of govern
ment, or I am very much mistaken.
Before I became a candidate for gov
ernor, I went to Hodges, Breidenthal
and Harris and asked each of them to
get into the race. told them I would
support any one of them. They all re-
fused to be candidates, and I think
they will stand by that declaration.
After they refused, I became a candi-
date myself. The only new candidate
I have heard mentioned is John H. At
wood of Leavenworth. Outside of To-
peka, the First district Is very strong
for me, and is really in better shape
than any place else in the state.
'I will continue to be chairman of
the Democratic state committee until
after the August primary, when the
will elect a new chairman.
81 don't look for anything startling
to happen at Salina, except the COM
pletion of arrangements for filling the
state ticket, and arranging for the
campaign"
The following are the men who have
been mentioned, either officially or 9TH
erwise for places on the Democratic
| ticket:
Governor-W. H. Ryan, Girard; ]. T.
Botkin, Winfield; Russell Harrison
| Selden.
IdeutenantG overnor-HarryMcM fllan
Minneapolis.
Secretary of State-J. NJ. Lewis
Kinsley.
Treasurer. H Shields, Garrett;
DR.. ]. D. Hamilton, Butler.
Attorney GeneraEJoseph Taggart
Wyandotte; Henderson Martin, Mar
| ion
State Printer-H. N. Gaines, Topeka
Justices-A. E. Helm, Wichita; E. E
| Sapp, Galena; J. P. Rossiter, Coffey-
vile; NJ. B. Nicholson, Council Grove
Candidates for auditor, superintend-
ent of public instruction and superin.
| tendent of insurance have not yet beer
mentioned.