The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-12-18
Be Nine Candidates for Places
on Supreme Bench.
Three Placss to FinLThree
South II Conventions.
on 4 NON partisan BALLOT
Ingalls,, Progressive
Candidate for Governor.
Harmony Meeting at Emporia
Feature for Friday.

There will be an Interesting contest
in Kansas next year Tor places on the
supreme bonch, according to present
indications. Already there are nine
probable candidates for the three
places to be filled and it Is considered
probable that the number will be ma
terially increased before the formal
opening Of the campaign.
A dispatch from Atchison. IngaH6
home town, indicates that he may run
as the Progressive candidate for
United States States senator. The ois-
patch says:
Although he evades the question by
simply saying that II am not q canol-
date for any office just now," there
il q well founded conviction among his
friends that Sheffield Ingalls,, lieutenant
governor, will be q candidate for United
States senator ON the Progressive TICK
ct should Senator Bristow decide to ask
for reelection as q Republican
ingalls, would not oppose Bristow
should the latter run as Progressive.
Considerable pressure is being brought
to bear on ingalls, to persuade him 10
become the Progressive candidate Tor
governor but it is known here that ne
personally is inclined to the senatorial
race. 1t Is well known in Atchison tnat
ingalls, has had a lifelong ambition to
follow in the footsteps of his father. the
late John J. ingalls,. and represent Kan
sas in the senate.
Among the candidates already In
the race are Justices Benson. Mason
and Smith. whose terms OF office ex-
pire in January, 1915. Justice Mason
was the first to announce his candi-
dacy. Then came Justice Smith, with
Justice Benson only Few DAYS ne-
hind. Names of all candidates Tor the
judiciary, regardless Of individual po-
Itical affiliation, will be printed on
the nonpartisan judiciary ballot In the
August primaries. The six candidates
receiving the highest number OF votes
will be nominated and their names
win be printed in the Independent
column Of the general election ballot
in November.
In addition to the three justices
seeking reelection. Judge G. III. Buck
man Of Winfield had announced his
candidacy. He is a Republican, was
candidate for Republican nomination
as associate Justice in the 1912 pri-
Judge A. e. Reeves Of Dodge City.
q lifelong Democrat and one OF the
most widely known lawyers in Kan
sas. is now al. avowed candidate for
a place as supreme court judge.
Chauncey b. Little of Olathe, last year
Democratic nominee for attorney gen.
eral., also aspires to the supreme
bench. Judge C. w. Smith of Stock
ton. Rocks county. is also in the race
under the nonpartisan judiciary law.
He has served nearly Is years as dis
trfct judge in the Twenty-fourth dis
trict and has a large following In the
western part of the state.
Then there is Attorney General John
q. Dawson. His friends expect him to
become candidate, although nothing
has been said about the matter by
Dawson. And Dawson has a power OF
strength that his oppoents would find
necessary to reckon with in the cam
pafgn.
And on the list is John F. Hanson.
the eccentric insanity lawyer, who has
announced in court briefs and through
personal letters that he is sure
enough candidate.
That EmpOria Harmony Meeting.
Fourth district Republicans who
want harmony in Fred s. Jackson's for
mer district. will travel to Emporia
Friday, pass resolutions. make speeches
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