The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-07-27

IL. L. Kiene, SchoOlmaSter and Editor,
Now Candidate for Sheriff.
urally have prediction for brother
editor whose courtesy and friendliness
have always been so marked as is the
case with Mr.. Kiene. The newspaper
mel and printers of Topeka, those
working with Mr.. Kiene and those
working on the rival sheet, have only
words of warm praise and admiration
for his qualities of heart and mind.
And the Herald would add it's mite to
the crowded page
Raised on Mission Creek.
Few men in Shawnee county are in
better position to appeal to the voters
for an office than Lou Kiene. He was
a country school teacher in Shawnee
county before he entered the newspa-
per busin ess. His father, F. A. Kiene,
one of the best known and respected
farmers on Mission creek, came to
Shawnee county. from, Ohio thirty
years ago when Lou Kiene was a lit
tie boy. The elder Kiene fought
through the Civil war in an Ohio regi-
ment and to this day carries a shat
tered arm as a memento of battle.
{ When the younger Kiene had served
a few years as country teacher, he
went to Topeka to get into the news
paper game. He worked as reporter
on the Capital and State Journal and
was soon rewarded with the editorship
of the latter paper which he has held
to this time, reSigning in a few days
ito make an active campaign for the
Republican nomination for sheriff.
Kiene's experience as a reporter and
editor in Topeka for eighteen years
has been invaluable to him. He has
been in close touch with all the public
events of the county and state. He has
worked at his profession at the court
house, the police station, the city hall,
the Commercial club headquarters and
the state house. The friends he made
during nearly twenty years of active
h ORC n lie mr.
are, to quote their. own words, For
Kiene strong
His Friends.
Kiene's friends come from every
walk of life in the city and country.
He is built that way. He does not
have to start in now to be polite and
courteous to people. He has always
been that way to every one with whom
he has come in contact. For ten years
or more Kiene has been as welcome a
visitor at the little stores and shops
up the side streets as he has been in
the lawyers offices and the big build
ingS on the avenue. Not since the time
of the late lamented "Bert" Lucas, has
a man with so many warm friends
from every walk in life run for Office
in Shawnee county as has Mr.. Kiene.
Then he is a man of parts, ranking In
the first fight of the fine array of
newspaper men of Kansas. His papers
before press associations and addresses
before educational institutions are
well known. He is public speaker
of force and ability. His private life
and character are above reproach, and
more than this, when the office of sher-
iff is in question he is man of force
of character and strength of mind.
Fair and Broad as an Editor.
AS editor of an Independent Repub
lican paper of the influence and state
wide scope of the State Journal for so
many years, he has handled all impor-
tant issues and local fights and fac
tions with fairness, giving both sides
of the question always and giving
every man a show, big or little, rich or
poor.
The voters of Shawnee county are
fortunate in having a man of Mr..
Kiene's caliber and standing to select
from in making a choice for the inn
portant position of sheriff of large
and rich county.
Mr.. Kiene has left his newspaper
work and is in the thick of the cam
paign and expects to visit and speak
in every precinct and school district
in the county. He enters the fight on
the proposition that the state consti-
tuition forbids man from holding
more than two consecutive terms in
the sheriff's Office and that it is to the
party's interest to nominate a man
who could serve if elected.
He stands for good citizenship, in
tegrity in Office and the enforcement
nf all laws and isn't afraid to saw 60