The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-01-20
Date Is Fixed for
March IA.
HUTCHINSON is CHOSEN
No Opposition to Seventh Dis
trict Town for Meeting.
Barney Sheridan Candidate for
Delegate at Large.

state convention and Hutchinson as
the place. The committee meeting was
/ armonious, all differences apparently
having been ironed out during the day
before the meeting. The names of
presidential candidates were not men
toned at the meeting. The Clark men
were in the large majority and they
decided that March IA would be about
the right time for the convention.
It was decided that the representa-
ton by cou mites should be one delegate
at large from each county and a dele
gate for each $50 population. This
would mean about 600 delegates to the
convention.
There was no opposition to Hutchin-
sor as the meeting place. Recognition
for the Medley victory gave the Sew
enth district metropolis the plum. The
Seventh was strongly represented at
the meeting.
The county conventions Will have to
be held by March to select state del
egates. The county committees viii not
be allowed to name delegates. The
state is entitled to 20 delegates to the
national convention 1t was the opin-
ion of the committeeman present at the
meeting that the Kansas delegation will
not be instructed for any one. But
there are some Clark men who viii
fight for an instructed Clark delega-
ton. It is conceded that a large ma
JOTlIy OIL the WOIklHSs uuSllllAB DtAlC-
cratic leaders of the state aye fCT CLARK.
Nearly all the party leaders Of the
state were present at the meeting ana
held many conferences in the Throop
parlors. Hugh Farfeley of ChanUte,
Senator Hodges of Olatne. State Chair
man Martin of Marion w L. Brown
Of Kingulan, Judge w. H. Thompson
of Garden City, Jim Orr of Atchison,
Barney Sheridan of PaOla, George Hell
vering Of Marysville, a. B. Carney Of
Cloud county and the only Bill Sapp
of Galena, all conferred together in
peace and concord
The many friends of Barney Sheridan,
prince of good fellows and newspaper
man par excellence, will be glad to
know that the man from Dublin will
get into the political game again. Bar
ney is a candidate for delegate-at-large
to the national convention. He is big
enough &c be one OF he Big -Four If mis-
r. d. McLinan, of Seneca. was a new
candidate boosted at the meeting for
state treasurer. He is well known in
the First district as a business and
lodge man.
Judge J. c. Ruppenthal. of Russell
writes the state Journal to declare his |
intention of not being a candidate for
congress from the Sixth district. The |
Judge lives in the same county with |
Frank Rockefeller, the Democrat who |
r1aie the race against Young last time
He believes that Rockefeller will make |
the race again. The judge, who has |
many friends all over the district. writes /
as follows:
Editor State Journal: The always |
interesting Sixth district notes. in yes
terday's State Journal, put me- in the
light of being a candidate for congress
in this district. I am not and shall not
be for several reasons.
I live in the same district with F. s.
Rockefeller who ran in 1910 and who is
said to wish to run again. though J. am
hi 70 II 70 hi n
he is absent somewhere in the south
just now. A preferential vote is not
possible under our laws, and I would
not get into a local contest with pos
Sible bitterness for any office, to seek a
nomination. even if I wished to run
(Which I do not.)
I have three years yet to serve in an
office which suits my tastes and in
which by five years experience I can
do good, rapid wOrk-an office which
the people evidently wanted me to
work in. judging by their vote.
I seriously doubt whether when the
people have clearly called man to one
office, he should plan to throw up his
job to take something else. even If bet
ter. Certainly he owes them some duty
in this respect.
I would not resign the place in which
I am desired in order to run for
place where the people may not wish
at all to put me, and it would not be
right to the people of this judicial dis
trict nor to the taxpayers Of the state
to slight court work for campaigning.
nor just to the party that might nomi-
nate me, to stick to court work and ne
glect to campaign.
To hold one office and actively seek
another always exposes a person 10
charges of inordinate ambition. greed
neglect of duty, etc. which may all be
false. yet are hurtful in their pIausi-
bility.
The office of congressman seems
without allurement. He is lost in =
mob: He has to waste his life on spoiIs
instead of devoting it to statesman
ship. Before he has had time to show
one element of merit, possibly before
he actually takes his seat IL months
after his first election. he must be ac-
tive on his second campaign The tern,
of two years is entirely too short TO ac
cOmplsh anything except under tha
most fortunate of circumstances This
district is one-fOurth of the territory
in Kansas, an enormous empire to cam
paign every two years. without one
north and south railroad The official
his people and gets him out of touch
with the vast ramifcation Of public life
at home, where one in a state or lesser
office can. If he will. do so much 10
promote the common veal in MANY
fields beyond his own Immediate most
next fall. will end within a few DAYS
after the term which I am now serving
as Judge.
These ara a few Of the reasons why
I shall not be a candidate for nornina-
ton. and why the press should not
after.
]. c. RUPPENTHAL.
Money in Her Stocking.