The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-08-16
STATE WIDE PRIMARIES.
Both Nebraska and California Are
Voting on Candidates.

Omaha, Neb., Aug. ia state
wide primary election is being held
throughout Nebraska today to nomin-
ate officials from United States sena-
tor down to the smallest county office.
While Omaha and Lincoln are the two
principal centers of interest, the voting
in the less thickly populated sections
of the state will be distinct factor
in the general result. Definite figures
are hardly expected before Wednes-
day night, although in the cities the
count will be completed much earlier.
Mayor Dahlman wound up an ag-
gressive campaign in this city with a
dozen speeches, the last of which was
not finished until late in the night.
Other candidates put the finishing
touches on their canvass in less spec
tacular fashion but with equal enthus-
! iasm.
The congressional race in the First
and Second districts has been the most
interesting. Secretary Hayward of the
Republican national committee is a
candidate in the First district and
some profess to believe that the Re
publican following of Democratic can
didates for state Offices will impair his
chances since many consider the state
offices of greater Importance. In the
Second district Judge Abraham Lin
coin Sutton, progressive Republican,
| threatens the chances of Charles L.
Saunders for similar reasons.
With both parties divided on the
| question of county option and the in
surgent strength showing itself in the
| Republican party new conditions have
arisen which prevent either side from
making serious prediction of the final
| results.
Big Registration in California.
San Francisco, Aug. 16.-Voting
| California is devoting itself today to
selecting its party candidates for state
offices who will oppose each other at
| IL ~ nx- fanr
| is the first direct primary held
throughout the state and nominees for
every state Office, many county and
municipal offices and for CALIFORNIA;
! By far the greatest registration for
| the primaries ever recorded in the
state has been reported and the great
| ma jority have declared themselves Re
publicans. The figuring would be mis-
| leading as indicating the true strength
| of the parties. however, as the har-
mony in the Democratic party has re-
| moved the need of voting strength and
| many Democrats are registered as Re
publicans in order to participate in the
| f1ve-cornered gubernatorial contest be-
| ing fought out today.
/ Theodore Bell, the only Democratic
| candidate for governor, unquest1onably
will lead his party in the general cleo
! ton. The rest of the ticket, with the
| exception of the Fourth congressional
| district presents but one name for
| each office to the voters.
Interest in the Republican fight for
| the gubernatoria1 nominations has
been worked to a high pitch. Of the
five men whose names appear on the
| ballots it is virtually conceded today
that the race lies between Charles F.
Curry, present secretary of state, and
i Hiram w. Johnson, who leads the in
surgent'' element of the party. The
| candidate of the regulars" Alden An
derson. state superintendent of banks,
has made a strong fight, but with Cur
ry, Philip A. Stanton, speaker of the
assembly, and Nathaniel Ellery, state
engineer, making strong personal cam
paigns, besides Johnson's fight on ma
tional issues, the odds are against him.
Of the eight congressional districts
the struggle between William Kent and
| Duncan McKinlay in the Second is the
| most interesting. Kent is million
aire of "insurgent'' tendencies and has
made his campaign on conservation
and similar issues. McKinlay is the
incumbent. The incumbents also are
out for denomination in the other
seven districts.
An advisory vote for United States
senator to succeed Frank P. Flint is
being taken. Three Republicans are in
the race, Flint having refused to run.
They are Edwin A. Meserve, A. G.
Spalding and John D. Works. No
Democratic aspirant has been named.