The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-12-23

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Auditor.
For nearly a month the Fifth dis
trict Republicans have been working
to make their harmony meeting one
Of the most important political events
in the state. Already the COMMITTEES
has been insured of representation
from every county in the district ana
II is believed that q crowd equal to
the one which attended the First dis
trict conference at Atchison will at
tend the meeting.
ing place, Fifth district harmony pro.
motors followed the plan Of the
Fourth district enthusiasts in calling
their meeting for Emporia- For Riley
county is in about tho Same political
condition in the Fifth district as il
Lyon county in the Fourth district.
Last year Riley county gave Capper
more than 1000 majority and Stubbs
carried the county by more than 700.
In fact, Riley stood out as one OF tho
strongest Of the Bull Moose strong
holds In the state. Now the Taft and
Roosevelt Republicans are going to
Manhattan. the hotbed Of Progressive
ideas, to build a platform on which
the voters can stand In the next cleo
ton.
The call provides for the following
apportionment Of representation from
the counties Of the district: Clay, 8;
Cloud. 8; Dickinson IL; Geary. s:
Marshall. IL; Ottawa. s; Republic, 8;
Riley, z: Saline. 9; Washington. IL.
Members of the Fifth district har-
mony committee are Fred w. Parrot.
Clay Center: ]. c. Strong. Blue Rap
ids: Miss Fife Loader. Clay Center.
and A. C. Pierce. junction City. >:
Clemans Is Candidate.
Perry Clenans, Of Hamilton, has an
nourced his candidacy for the Demo-
cratic nomination for state auditor and
win probably be the Only Democratic
candidate for state Office from the
Fourth district. He was nominated for
auditor by the Democrats last year.
but was defeated by Auditor w. E.
Davis.
Clemens is cashier Of the First Ma
tional bank ir Hamilton. Gree 1wood
county. He went to Greenwood from
Linn county 20 years ..gO. spent several
years as q school teacher and was
twice elected county clerk in a county
which has a nominal majority of 500
to 100. When Clemana entered the
campaign last year he was an unknown
quantity in stat. politics. The Kansas
politicians knew lust as little abouz
Clemans as Clemans knew about the
Kansas political game. But before the
close OF the fight. the Democratic
scouts were singing Clemans' praise In
the state headquarters.
The few things in which Clemans Is
different frt m the average Kansas poll
tfcan commended him to the voters and
made him strong. Somehow Clemans
couldn't learn the trick Of talking end
less vap brings into the ears of the vot-
ers ana he didn't know how to strad-
die or play the finer points of the DO
ltical game. He merely walked into
the fight with both eyes open ana
10 ight for all the votes that were loose
He went into the fight but little known
outside hts own county and closed the
campaign with a fighting following in
every county IN the state. On election
Gay he gathered 24.3S6 more votes than
did Jonathan G. Miller. the Democratic
nominee for auditor in 1910; and he re-
duced the Davis majority OF 1882 In
1910 to 19,173
Next year Clemans expects to begin
hts fight early and will visit almost
every county in the state before the
primaries.
Optimistic DR.. Dykes.
DR. John B. Dykes Of Lebanon Ioo,e.
at the political future with hone and
good cheer. He doesn't pretend to
know much about the state at large.
Dut up In the Sixth district DR.. Dykes
says Republican harmony Is spelled
with q capital II and Is genuine. The
Smith county physician Is q candidates
for the congressional honors in the
Sixth district and the men who know
Sixth district politics the best declare
that Congressman John r. Connolly
will have the Tight OF his life In de-
f3ating the Lebanon man in the No
vembef election.
s'Of course II ann not saying there
win not be three tickets ID the field In
the Sixth distftot said DR.. Dykes.
hut conditions Ntn change Z. sreat
strength in that part OF the state. Tho
men who voted for Taft and the men