The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-11-20
Busy Entering Their
Names in the Lists.
FAVORED POSITIONS.
Many Would Be Register o.
Deeds and Sheriff.
Also a Lively Scramble for
Judgeship of City Court.

are coming out these days. On the
contrary there are candidates enough
for county office to make the campaign
before the primaries next summer one
of the hveliest on record. And through
it all can be seen the hand of fhe
younger Republicans organization
which, two years ago. started. mild
upheaval at the court house. For only
three of the Offices does there remain
at this time. a scarcity of candidates
and it is not likely that contest will
be made in any of these.
For register of deeds. the offic-. which
will be vacated by S. ]. Hodgins next
year. there are number of candidates.
Among them are w. w. Harris, Of the
santa Fe offices. Luther Bailey, Ralph
Squires, Robert Tasker. and a number
of others. There will be at least half
a dozen candidates for the Republican
nomination for this place.
John M. Wright will be opposed by
Matt Weightrnan and w. S. Eberle for
the nomination for county treasurer,
according to the stories now being told
IN the court house corridors. Wright
is at present deputy in the office I'M
Ger Stanley Medlicott.
o. K. SWayZe. who was a deputy I'M
der S. G. Zimmerman in the county
clerks office until a few months ago
will make the race for the place him
self. c. Is. Bulge, present city clerk.
is being boosted for the place by his
friends and will likely be a candidate
for the Republican nomination. w. R.
Faulkner is to be a candidate for the
nomination according to his friends.
Many Would Be Judge City Court.
For judge. of the city court there
promises to be a pretty fight. This Of
fee is really city Office but the court
al,o
ted at the court house and the court
has grown to be mentioned as a county
office although the judge is elected at
the city election and by city voters
alone. The present judge, E. r. Sim
mon, will retire at the spring election
and devote himself to furthering his
candidacy for county attorney. Among
those who would succeed him are Jas.
w. Clark, now assistant city attorney.
Phil c. Wilson, formerly police court
prosecutor, S. S. Urmy. judge of the
police court. and Robert D. Carver
well known young Topeka lawyer.
Carver is the latest attorney to be en-
tered into the fight by his friends and
is causing considerable worry in the
camps of other candidates to whom
the action of GarverS friends was a
complete surprise.
For the nomination for county attor-
ney there promises to be fight which
will equal the one made four years ago
which resulted in the nomination Of
Frank Foster Mr. Foster will again
be a candidate. it is declared and so.
will T. D. Humphreys, the Republican
nominee of last year. +. G. Dreaming,
formerly city attorney anu a canpal gn-
er who always stirs up a lot of en-
thusiasm will add to the hvenness OF
the contest and Judge e. r. Simon,
row of the city court. has been a
candidate for the Republican nomina-
ton for county attorney for some time.
Contest for Sheriff.
There is little that is new in the
preparations for the fight for the office
of sheriff. a few days ago a rumor was
prevalent that J. B. Belts formerly
state senator, had decided to become
candidate. 1t was declared that ex-
Sheriff J. NJ. WilkerSon, angered be-
cause of the failure of Sheriff j. l..
Norton to give him place as deputy,
would throw all of the support possible
to Belts. Rome Colvin may get into
the race but many of his friends doubt
this There is a story which some OF
the wise ones tell as to an agreement
between Belts Colvin and H. H. Keith,
who has wanted to be a candidate for
several years, that one of them should
get into the race. That more than one
of them should get in seems to be I'M
likely as it would split all of the vote
against ]. D. Norton, the present
sheriff who will be up for renomina
ton Wilkerson will throw his sup
port, it is declared, to either Colvin &r
Belts, but in case Belts and Colvin de-,
eide not to enter Wilkerson'S hands
would be tied as he cannot we'll support
either Keith or Norton. r. w. Eaton,
who was groomed for the place by the
leaders of the young Republican Or
ganiZation, is said to have given up the
idea of becoming a candidate at the
next election City politics figure in
this withdrawal 1t is declared that
Eaton has been promised that his job
,of chief of police could continue under
the commission plan provided he kept
we'll out of the race for sheriff. Ira
Orner will also seek the Republican
nomination for sheriff.
No Opposition.
So far no one seems to have been
brought out by the Republicans to run
against Frank Sinnms, the county COM
missioner who will be UP for re-elec-
ton next year. For county superin-
tendent the present incumbent will
probably have no opposition and 1t is
hardly likely that either w F. Schocn
or r. L Thomas will be opposed for
the nomination for probate judge and
clerk of the district court.
Two years ago the younger Repub-
iicans decided that they were not prop
erly represented in the county Offices
and began a campaign toward filling
the court house with younger members
of the party. Only a few offices were
at first sought and these were acquired.
This wear however there is young
Republican candidate out for every Of
fee in which there viii be contest for
the nomination R. W. Eaton was to
have been the candidate of this tactic
for sheriff and his reported withdrawal
leaves them without a candidate, tenn
porily, for this place. In all of the
other Offices in which there is con-