The Topeka state journal., 1909-01-28

the city. The fight between these three
men grew so ferOci0us for time tnat
several people have granted the elTc. so
tion to the Democratic candidate ~ho
was thrown out today. saying that tne
| split of the Republican ticket WOULD
elect the Democrat But tins was
doubtful The Democratic Mr. BroWn
I IS out now and the race viii continue
between the three hard working can
dfdates Police judge Is position
that one cannot think of without con-
Meeting with it the name Of Judge >
: TTru1y and this election Of the Dem
trouble in the primaries The city
attorney tight is between Hugh Nc
FarIand and Assistant City Attorney
PaIs+On both Republicans. The pre-
cfuct committeeman have always been
selected by the board and their cleo
ton was not looked forward to with
very much expectation On the School
board the fight was rather tense but
die down 10 a little 5cratchiug Of thapen-
ell or pushing Of the voting machine
Busy Mr.. Burge-
II is thought thai City Clerk Burge
has known of this trouble for day
or So He has been working on the Pc
tftious for the last few days, day and
night and the first of the week ne
asked if it would not be advisable for
the city TO appoint a regular board OF
approval 70 pass on the petitions He
did not feel as though the worth of a
bunch Of petitions should be left Win
one man But the attorney general and
the mayor assured him that he was the
man to pass the official opinion and he
proceeded with the work
Today he sent out the letters to the
petitioners telling them of their in
accuracy. 1t has been q hard duty for
the city clerk to perform and as he
told the State Journal reporter this
morning It was with the greatest re-
gret that he was called upon to write
7frTa NT
Burge did not pass his own opinion
on the petitions without first consult
ing the attorney general OF kansas,
Fred : Jackson, VINO said that the
matter was a very serious one and
there was nothing else TO do but IN
form the candidates of their careless
ness or rather the carelessuess Of their
campaign managers Mr. jackson told
the cftv clerk Of Z n incident that hap
pened in Independence just the other
dav when the candidate for mayor
warm personal friend OF ms was
thrown from the race on his decision
he hated to do it but It was the law
and he had TO enforce it
Mavor Green also expressed regret
at the condition of affairs this morn
ing and said that the matter might
BE- taken to the court and it would
then be possible to hold it over until
after the eIectfOn-and then 1t would
not be probable that IL would be
taken 70 the higher courts and QueS-
toned. He mentioned the fact that
It would still be possible for the men
TO run as independents and thus
make their fight over again but IN
some cases it would require a
scratching Of the tickets and this
would be a great disadvantage TO
some OF the petitioners
The whole affair is an unfortunate
one and il viii mean a good deal OF
hard steady thinking before the mat
ter can be cleared up TO the satisfac-
ton Of the pe0pIe-and then 1t
nav never be settled II is Just an
other case where the primary law IS
substituted for an easy lesson IN the
school Of politics and the text book
has proven too tedious for the aver
age politician