The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-03
Five Out of Six Ward Caucuses
for President,
Insures a Shawnee Delegation
to Independence.
MAJORITIES ARE HEAV
All Wards but Sixth Strong for
Taft.
The CaucuSes Were on the
Level and Well Attended.

BY a vote of to 1. Taft supporters
last night swept the city caucuses IN
Topeka and named A of the So dele
gates to the county convention. Roose-
welt men carried all the township eau
cuses except two. Five of the SIX
wards in Topeka city were carried Tor
Taft and his followers landed two oil
the five precincts in Topeka township
With reports from today's caucuses
to be received the Taft crowd already
has a strangle hold on the complexion
of the county convention Thursday ana
are confident that today's voting VIII
show an even break for the Taft con-
tingent When the six wards of the
city reported last night Taft was IN
possession of As of the 81 delegates-or
five more than the number necessary
10 control the convention. In the First
and Second wards, friends of the
president won without opposition. II
was in the Fifth and Sixth wards Where
the Taft enthusiasts received the re~
scare. BY majority of one vote, tne
Taft following controlled the SlXth
ward caucus In the Fifth, many peo-
pie who attended the meeting we're un-
able to find standing room in the niue
building at 1925 Kansas avenue anu
when the voters were counted, ROoSe-
Welt was IN charge VI the NAGAAh 49,
gates by a vote of 10S to 30. by ma
Jorities of two and three to one, u
Taft delegates were elected from the
Third and Fourth wards Returns from
all precincts in the city and Iopeka
township showed that Taft deceived SUZ
votes against 461 cast Tor the fOOseNSi'
delegations.
In the First ward the Roosevelt
sentiment could round up but four sup
porters of the two times president
Against this mild enthusiasm, the Tart
forces took charge of the meeting py
a vote of 10 to l. No Roosevelt sldte
was offered in the First The six dele
sates-an for Taft-were named as tol-
lows. w. H Thomas, w. H. Williams
V R. Parkhurst. M. c. Holman, J. j.
Holman, and Phillip Wilson. Alternates
are: I. E Anderson, Bert Fisher L. L
Jones, H. MOODY, h - OloSii' am
Charles tones.
over in the Second ward, the Taft
enthusiasm was uncorked and equaHed
that of the followers north of the river
Perhaps q dozen Roosevelt men were
herded to the caucus by the men VINO
snent the day arousing Roosevelt sup
porters James Gibbons and Cyrus
Guthrie presided at. the meeting and
Gibbons himself announced the names
of the Taft delegates who were elected
without opposition 81 c.. K. Hol1day'
James Mullen, George Adamson. and z.
H. Coney defended the Taft admins
tration in a talkfest while John Alex
ander told of the rough riders virtues,
but did not offer a list of prospective
delegates The delegation from the
second was named as follows: P H.
Coney, James Mullen, George w.
Charles, Dan Lane, George A. Adam
son. A D. Bauer, Cyrus Guthrie, Jesse
Smelser John Russell. c. K. Holiday
and ]. w. Gibbons. Alternates are; Ed
Hawer. John Isaacson. Jeff Johnson,
William Kay, Silas Wright. George NJ.
MAY. William B. Brier, John Fritts, |
Henry Scales, Otto Larson, and W. A. |
Stanfield. Probably $50 voters attended |
the Second ward caucus, with the SEN
timent 10 to 1 for Taft
In the Third it was not so easy, al |
though the Taft organization was
nicely oiled and controlled the delega- |
ton by something better than to ]. !
More than $50 people attended the
meeting in the basement of the state
house and no oratory was wasted in
the naming of the men who will go to
the convention. With least possible |
formality, DR.. L. A. Ryder, chairman of
the county committee. outlined the pur-
pose Of the caucus and two sets of dele
gates were offered by friends of the op-
posing presidential candidates. Then |
Albert T. Reid counted noses. He saw |
1875 Republicans in the Taft row, while !
IS men had answered the call for final
stand for Teddy. Following is the dele |
John NJ. Stanton, ]. T. McDermott, |
Richard Hall. F. E. Nipps. r. F. Hay
den, Ben Bear, A. T. Reid. w. c. Rails |
ton, Ulysses Graham. w P. Wilcox, |
d. w. Mulvane. Alternates are c. J. |
McAloon. F. c. Bowen, Frank sSturges |
William Collinson. Charles -Joslin, L r. |
Spencer, Stanley Medlicott, Henry |
Monroe, A. NJ. Harvey, N. 3. Burge, w. |
D. Ferguson, w. N. Johnson.
Long after the Third ward event |
II
Repu blicans were wasting valuable |
time at the National hotel. They in |
sisted that the meeting should be |