The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-01-05

(COnt1nueQ from rage One.)
Chanute-are the avowed senatorial
candidates. There is still talk among
the Democrats that Governor Hodges
will get in the race. but the wise ones
are inclined to shake their heads and
| question the governors senatorial
candidacy.
Col. "Bill'' sapp Of Galena is also
mentioned as senatorial possibility.
Yet Sapp himself has made no def
mite statement.
One Fight Ironed Out.
Late last night the Democrats sue
! ceeded in ironing OUT the probable
Clemans-Schlicher fight for the state
i Schlfcher Of Sheridan county an
nouncing his candidacy for secretary
of state. He will probably land the
nomination without opposition and
go to Perry Clemans of Greenwood
county-the Democratic nominee in
1S12-without the necessity of a pre-
primary campaign.
The authorship scrap was one of
the troubles that confronted the
| Democrats In making UP their state
ticket In the compromise agree
ment, brought about by friends of the
i two men, both candidates will prob
! ably win nominations in August with
| out a fight.
Gibson In Congressional Race.
! o. s. Gibson confirmed. the report
from the Third district. to the effect
! that he will seek the Democratic con-
gressional nomination and made for
i NAL announcement Of his candidacy
| Gibson was a member Of the 1913
legislature and one of the Democrats
! who left a really strong impression rs
q member Of more than passing abil-
! fty. The Arkansas City man was in
! the most important measures offered
! during the session and voted consist
entity with his party organization on
political measures.
debtors court bill, one of the strongest
| measures enacted by the recent Leg
| islature. He also fought through the
house the bill for support Of INDECENT
parents by their children. the measure
, giving the public utilities commission
! Jurisdiction over navigab1e streams
! relative to the building Of dams and
! bridges, and also q bill permitting the
utilities commission to fix telephone
rates in Kansas. Gibson has lived in
Kansas 40 years and has a strong fol-
| lowing in the Third district.
Judge Reeves Will Run.
Judge A. b. Reeves of Dodge City
today announced his candidacy for as
sociate justice Ct the supreme court
| on the nonpartisan judiciary ballot
1912 and polled $4,000 votes. The
| fact that Reeves was q Democrat
| didn't make much difference out in
the Seventh district where people
| know the man and respect his legal
ability. Next year. with tho judiciary
running free from political affiliation,
the Ford county jurist believes he will
! be able to win.
| was an advocate of equal suffrage and
| cast his ballot for the amendment. He
Is one Of the most able and widely
known of western Kansas lawyers and
| t.. %t~0vn
ability. In his opinion the state SUI
preme court should inaugurate GER
| tain reforms in procedure and rules OF
/ evidence and he expects to make this
campaign.
| Britton win Run Again.
| Frank L. Britton. Of Usage county.
today announced his candidacy for lieu
tenant governor in the Democratic pri-
maries. John e. Wagner, a Larned
banker. is also an avowed candidate for
| In the 1912 campaign, Britton was tho
Democratic nominee and made an ex-
cellent campaign. He Is popular with
, his party's leaders and believes that II
/ he can secure the nomination in August
, that his second campaign will result in
| Sheffield ingalls,. who defeated Brit
ton in 1912, Is now q Bull Moose leader
and may become q candidate for the
| Progressive gubernatorial nomination.
| Hendricks Sees Trouble Ahead.
| Representative Robert Hendricks Of
Rawltns county scents trouble for the
Democrats in the senatorial fight II
his party fails to nominate a man who
4 Is q known advocate Of progressive
legislation. Failure to nominate such
a man. Hendricks believes. may re-
suit In the election Of CONGRESSMAN
! Victor Murdoch, the Progressive sena-
| torial candidate.
/; "This Murdock-Bristow fight may
! not be such q snap for the Democrats
after ALL" said Hendricks. "Bristow
| will be beaten by Curtis in the Repub-