The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-05-20
POLITICAL GOSSIP
w. p. FEEDER of Great Bend
Would Be State Printer.
He Is After the Democratic
Nomination.
PAYNE FILES HIS PAPER
Treasurer Candidate Has Petit
tons From IS Counties.
Frank Ryan Quoted as Favor
ing |HOme Rule"

w. P. FEEDER, the Great Bend editor,
has announced his candidacy for the
Democratic nomination for state
printer. FEEDER las been a member
of the Kansas house for the past two
sessions. He was talked of last win
ter as a candidate for lieutenant gov
ernor and later for the state senate
from his district. He is one of the
party leaders in the Seventh district.
Walter Payne. candidate for state
treasurer, has file nominating petit
tions from 65 counties. He is well sat
isf1ed with the progress of his cam
paign. Payne has been a candidate for
treasurer for nearly a year. He is
secretary of the Kansas Day club and
has been in the treasurers Office for
many years.
Frank Ryan, Republican candidate
for governor, has been quoted as IA
voring home rule Cor the cities in the
matter of the prohibitory law. Ryan's
idea is as follows: IF 1 can be of use
in it 1 would advocate a change in the
prohibitory law that would give the
cities of Kansas the right to govern
themselves in every particular and
especially regarding the prohibitory
law. 1 think the cities of the first sec
ond and third class are large enough
and important enough in themselves
to decide entirely the question of
whether or not they want saloons and
how they want to handle them with
out interference from Topeka or any
other outside point
The Sedan Times-Star is authority
for the story that Senator Denton will
have opposition for a second term on
the grounds that he is a regular. The
Times-Star says:
"a movement is under way to put
out a progressive candidate against
Senator Denton .f Grenola, who is
asking the usual second term. 1t
seems that at the state convention
progressive, was put on the griddle be-
fore the Chautauqua and Elk county
delegations and catechised rather Sc
yerely. His answers as to his political
orthodoxy suited some but did not suit
others. AS result several of the
progressive leaders are urging a new
candidate. If the movement comes to
head it is very probable tat Edgar
]. Fisher, formerly representative from
this county. will he Mr.. Denton's OPP
ponent."
In spite of the fact that w. NJ
district convention as the choice of
the progressives for congress to op-
pose Phil Campbell, there does not
appear to be complete harmony in the
progressive ranks in the Third dis
trict. The Cherryvale Journal COM
lows:
The endorsement of Gray for the
congressional nomination by the Re-
publican district convention at indie
pendence is the same thing as endors-
ing Phil Campbell said a Cherryva1e
man when the convention returns
came last evening. I don't intend any
disrespect to Mr.. Gray, who is nice
man, but he'll never get anywhere in
the race for the nomination. And if
y CE1 H. Sv1raf ton 1xr a
circumstances, any Democrat would
beat him at the polls"
The general opinion in this sec
ton was that either Tom Cordry or
Charlie Kerr should have had the con-
vention's endorsement, since it was
progressive gathering and both men
are not only good politicians, but stand
high among the progressives.
IF the Democrats put up strong |
man as their candidate there will be
a merry fight in the Big Third dis |
trict for the election of congressman |
The Republican delegation to the ma
tional convention at Chicago is now
complete. and the roll call and post |
office address of the delegates reads rs
follows:
At large-Henry Allen, Wichita: |
Ralph Harris, Ottawa; John M. Lam
don. Independence; Ansel r. Clark, |
Sterling.
First district-w. J. Bailey, Atchison; |
A. z. Crane, Holton.
Second district-U. S. Sartin, Kansas
City, Kan; c. o. Bolinger, lola
Third district-Nelson Case, Parsons; |
Norman Hay, Sedan.
Fourth district-A. w. Logan, Quen- |
emo; John Greer, Marion.
Fifth district-E. A. McGregor, Wash |
ington; A. NJ. Story. Manhattan.
Sixth district-Ed. Mullaney, HAl |
City; r. s. Bower, Lincoln.
Seventh district-Carl Moore, Kins- |
ley: J. S. George, Hutchinson.
Eighth district-C. L. Davidson
Harry Woods, Wellington.
Everybody read the State Journal