The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-05-03
Roosevelt Headquarters in
Topeka Are Closed.
Managers Say Their Work
Here Is Done.
SAY THEY HAVE 80 COUNTIES
Will Control State Convention
by Big Majority.
Dave Leahy May Be in Race for
State Senator.

Roosevelt carried eighty counties in
Kansas and there are sixteen yet to
near from. Taft has carried eight
counties and there is a contest over
the Dickinson delegation. Roosevelt
has 716 delegates in the clear and Taft
has 1T. There are "a to elect and 1S
contested.
The Roosevelt state headquarters at
Topeka have been closed. The work
on hand has been finished. Henry
Allen, president of the state crganiza-
ton, has gone back to his home in
Wichita Charlie Gibbs and Charlie
Harris, secretaries, have gone back to
their regular work, the former In the
board of control offices at the state
house and the latter to his newspaper
In ottawa. The call for state head
quarters organization in the interest
of Roosevelt was sent out Immediately
after the state committee meeting IN
Topeka. 1t will be remembered that
the state committee turned down the
primary proposition and endorsed
President Taft in strong resolutions
The state Roosevelt club was the an
Ewer of the progressives to the coup
carried by the regulars at the state
committee meeting. The Roosevelt
men have won the state by an over
whelming majority in every congress
sionaI district except the First.
The Syracuse Republican lines upl
the fight for the congressional noml-
nation in the Seventh district between
Gordon Finley of Dodge CITY ana |
Dick Hopkins of Garden City as fight
between Roosevelt and Taft An Ell
fort was made to draw the lines IN
this fight last winter but HOPKINS was
the last man in the race. Inc re re- |
publican declares that Finley is TART
man and has the support OF the TaIt
leaders in the district and that Hop-1
1xins is a Roosevelt man, training Win
the Roosevelt crowd; The ea RePuOnf fbe
only county in the Seventh district
that has gone for Taft SO far. The
RepubIican comes out for Finley as
follows:
no lines as to which man should be its
choice. but believes that 1t has founo
in Judge Finley this man. He is the
only candidate who has mace
it known that he stands for
the denomination of President Taft
That's lust what this paper has been
holding back for. The announcement
will accumulate a bunch OF SUPPORT
it's bound to, and this paper believes
# clears the congressional situation.
President Taft has more than mace
good. has more than fulhlled ms
promise to the people of the nation"
The Fifth district congressional con-
Vention at Manhattan elected two
Roosevelt delegates to the national
convention at Chicago and passed
Roosevelt resolutions. The 100 delegates
present were solid for the colonel The
committee named delegates from Dick
enson county did not show up at the
convention and the convention named
delegates from that county were seat
ed without a contest. E. A. McGregor
of Washington and A. NJ Story of Ri
ley were elected delegates and J. G.
of Marshall and w. N. Hawley
of Dickinson alternates.
Earl Akers, the Stafford editor, will
enter the race for state treas.-~er form
ally next week, say his friends. He is
being urged by friends all over the
state to make the race. He will an
sfounce his candidacy at the state con-
vention at Independence next week.
Walter Payne is the only candidate so
far for that office. He will likely have
the race. Buff Akers does get in
the race. Buff Aker's does get in
the race Payne will have a big chunk
of the liveliest kind of opposition. This
young man -Akers is a live one and
has strong support from every congress
sional district.
It is significant to note that Neosho
at its state convention repudia-
ted Phil Campbell and endorsed N. M,
Gray of Chanute. a favorite son, for
congress \. len Roosevelt came TO
Kansas he jumped on Campbell with
both feet over the latter's "umpire
and bleachers speech. The Third dis
trict, Campbell's district, and ALWAYS
as regular, has gone for, the
colonel. Judge Flannelley of Independ-
ence, is being groomed by the progress
sives to take Campbell's measure NEXT
August. Neosho is the first county TO
make expression on the congressman | 1
matter and endorsed a home man. If
is a straw that indicates Can,---I1 will
have a hard fight to keep his place. /
IL senator stewart, of Wichita, makes :
the race again for the state senate he