The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-08
POLITICAL GOSSIP.
Candidates Are Cautiously Com
ing Out of Brush.
Three Men Have Designs on Lieu
tenant Governors Chair.
HERE ON KANSAS DAY
Plan to Give Candidates Chance
to Be Heard.
Notes of Interest Concerning
Matters of State.

| congressional candidates for Office will
| likely be made at the Kansas Day BAN
quet January 29 but by certain signs
and tokens and the talk of friends the
. Intentions or ambitions of these can
didates are known beforehand. There
are fewer avowed candidates than usual
| considering that this is a wide open
year on all state offices except for gov
ernor. At least five state officers will
run for third terms, the governor will
run Tor second term and three depu-
ties VIII run for the positions as head
OF their departments. There is not
mad scramble from over the state TO
Wrest the state house from the hands
OF Its present occupants. Very few
definite announcements have been made
| outside of these of the third termers
| and the deputies.
Here is list of avowed and prospec-
| tive candidates compiled from the talk
of politicians and newspaper announce
| ments during the past two or three
months:
| For governor-w. r. Stubs will run
for a second term. Has no opposition
up to date.
Lieutenant governor-No avowed can
Hopkins of Garden City. Senator E. F
| Porter OF Pittsburg, and Senator W.
| M. Glenn of Tribune, Greeley county,are
all talked of and all are considering
/ the proposition of entering the race.
| Secretary of State-Charlie Sessions
| of Topeka is an avowed candidate. Tom
| Botkin, assistant secretary Of state, VIII
| probably be candidate, but has not
yet made announcement of the fact.
| AUDITORIUM Davis. assistant audi
| tor, is an avowed candidate. No oppo-
| sition up to this time.
| Treasurer-Mark Tulley, present treas
| urer, will run again. F. ]. Atswager or
| Hutchinson. DR.. F. o. Lewis of CraW-
TT TTY D 1--17
county, are all talked of as candidates
for the place. but have not yet made
up their minds.
Superintendent of insurance-Ike
Lewis, assistant. is candidate for GER
tain. Van H. King, Metropolitan Lie
man of Salina. and Senator Frank L.
Travis of lola. are considering the ques-
ton of making the race.
| Attorney general-John Dawson OF
Topeka, present attorney for the rail-
road board. is a candidate. Senator S.
NJ. Brewster of Trov, A. E. Jordan of
Beloit, c. L. Kagey of Mitchell county
and c. W. Trickett of Kansas City, are
talked of in their localities for the place,
and will likely run.
SUPERINTENDENT Of public instruction
e. G. Fairchild, present superintend.
ent will run again. A H. Bushey OF
Pittsburg. A. ]. Stanley of Lincoln
county, H. P. Butcher of Argentine E.
! L. Payne of Emporia are all figuring
there may also be a candidate from
the short grass country.
| Justices supreme court-(two places
/ to filD-C. B. Graves and S1las Porter,
| present incumbents, are candidates for
reelection. There is rumor that j.
1 S. West, assistant United States attor-
4 ney, may enter the race.
/ Railroad missioners-(Three to
elect)-Charles Ryker, George Kanavel
Il and Frank Ryan, present fncumbents,
/ all candidates for reelection. John S.
| White of ottawa, George Plumb of
! Emporia, Carr Taylor of Reno county,
w. L. Cunningham of Arkansas City,
Il and E. H. Johnson of Atchison. are all
II considered as candidates for places on
the railroad board.
state printer-Tom Brown, present
foreman of the plant is candidate as
are also Tom Cordry of Parsons. w. G
II Austin of Chase county, and VIII
ToWnsIey of Barton county.
There are doubtless other candidates
for state office. the talk of whose can
didacy has not yet drifted into Topeka.
Some Of those talked of at this time are
II likely to get cold feet before they fin
II ish supper the night of the 18th. (The
Man of the management of the KAN
sas Day banquet is to have all candi-
II dates for state and congressional offices
make five minute talks in launching
their candidacy after the regular pro-
gram has been hnished).
TT will cost lot of money and time
and energy to make thorough cam
i naign for state nomination and only
the boys with the coin. or the reputas
ton or the nerve or the recognized
ability or fitness are going to tackle the
ioh Everybody will have fair and
Square run for his effort and there will
be. no swapping of candidates or pack
ed delegations.
Here are a few of the improvements
planned for the boys reformatory at
Hutchinson, according to the report
of Dick Hopkins, one of the directors,
to Gov. Stubs:
Make the institution as near self
sustaining as possible.
Build model roads leading up to
and around the farm and line them
with trees.
install a poultry farm and dairy.
Dig fish ponds and stock them with
fish.
Build green house and raise cut
flowers for the institution and also to
sell. The report of the Indiana re-
fornatory recently showed that none
of the inmates were so well equipped
to make their way in the world after
leaving the institution as those who
had mastered the profession of florti-
culture.
Es1ablish a stock farm and raise
hogs and sheep to furnish meat for
the institution.
Have an engineer make a report on
the plan of installing burners for fuel
oil or gas instead of coal The re-
formatory now uses about $4,000
worth of coal per year, and by The
change of fuel it is hoped to save
from $4,000 to $4,000 per year.
Out of his very strength may devel-
Cd the weakness of Dan Anthony, con-
gresham and candidate to succeed
himself The fight for the postoffice
in Atchison is getting hot and some
1 a.
the city are involved. anthony a short
time ago tried to avert hostilities by