The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-03-31
Reitzel Of Washington Candi.
date for Congress.
Would Be Republican Nominee
in the Fifth.
JOHNSON COUNTY MOOSERS
Announce List Candidates for
All Offices.
Branine Predicts Hot Fight in
the Eighth.

In their fight to regain control of the
Fifth district it Is probable that M. o.
Reitzel of Washington will be given the
Republican congressional nomination
without opposition. Reitzel is in To-
peka today and has made public his
announcement as a candidate for the
congressional nomination in the Repub-
Ncan primaries.
There will be a three cornered fight
IN the Fifth district this year and thus
far Reitzel is the only man who has
asked for the Republican congressional
nomination. Senator Walter E. Will
son of Washington county was consid-
cred, but he declined to run when
State Senator Loring Trott of Geary
county announced his candidacy on
the Progressive ticket. Reitzel is st
present state representative from
washington county, formerly served
-FOUR years as probate Judge Of his
nome county and was for eight years
Judge of the Washington city court.
Two years ago the Fifth district sent
Guy T. Helvering, a Marysville Demo
crat, to congress to succeed r. Fl.
Rees. who two years earlier had beaten
w. "A. Calderhead, dean of the Kansas
congressional delegation. for a renom-
nation. Rees came home from WASH
1ngton two years to find new and un-
expected trouble because Of his vote
against the Stone resolution in the
party council. Then there were post
on1ce rows and disputes that split the
Eees Following and gave Helvering the
election by majority of 1870. This
year fdelvering faces more postoffice
rows than perhaps any member of the
Kansas delegation in WASHINGTON. It
Is freely charged in the district that
Helvering has distributed more prom
1ses than he has had Jobs at his dis
posa1 Some Of these promises have
matured and unredeemed pledges are
trict.
Yet. with a three cornered fight in
IIe district. the chances for defeating
delivering for reelection are not ex-
ceeding good. 1t was for that reason
That Walter Wilson refused to make
the race. But Reitzel is hopeful and
confident. He is hard worker and
an aggressive campaigner and has TAX
Helvering's scalp.
Scott Demands Firm Stand
IF any convention written pre-pri-
mary platform is adopted at all, it
should be drawn up by men that really
are representative-that have been Sc
lected by the members of the party in
their home counties. These might be
able to speak with authority
Estate House Republican" in morning
paper.
Referring to which Charles F. Scott
in his lola Register gently but firmly
remarks:
'1nasmuch as nobody ever suggest
ed that a pre-primary platform be
drawn up in any other way than by
regularly selected delegates, chosen
by the rank and file of the party in
the various counties for that particu-
lar purpose, the patronizing conces-
sion by which this particular inter-
viewer attempts to let himself down
easy becomes a trifle absurd. 1t is
apparently dawning upon the State
cans outside the state house are going
to insists THIS year upon knowing
where they stand BEFORE the pri-
mary"
The First Moose Ticket.
johnson county is the first county
in the state to announce a full list of
candidates for county offices. Prob
ably SO counties in the state have
made arrangements for placing full or
partial county tickets in the field this
nor Hodges is the first to come for
ward with a list of men and women
candidates for the court house jobs on
the Bull Moose ticket. The candidates
for the various offices are: S. T. Aist-
ter, Edgerton, sheriff; William Allison.
Stanley, county clerk; Prof. Towe.
Spring Hill. probate judge; II. Roy
Payne, county superintendent: c. c.
Hoge, Olathe, county attorney; Jennie
Rose, Olathe, clerk district court;
Frank Lyon, Gardner. county treasur-
er; Mrs. c. B. Wizard, DeSoto. register
of deeds.
Hard Fight in the Eighth.
Ezra Branine, of Newton, Republic
can candidate for congress in the
Eighth district, is in Topeka today to
- -<o 70 fr0
committee and incidentally to exchange
views with political leaders regarding
the outlook for the harmony cause in
Kansas. Ezra Branine Is q brother OF
Judge c. E. Branine. former judge OF
the Ninth judicial district. In making
the race for congress this year. Branine
expects hard fight in the November
election, altough it is probable that he
will be nominated without opposition.
If nominated. Branine will make an
automobile trip through the district in
his automobile and expects to visit
every town and voting precinct in the
district. composed of Mcpherson, Har-
vey, Butler, Sedgwick and Sumner
counties. 1t Is probable that Judge w.
A. Ayers. of Wichita, will be the DEM
ocratic congressional nominee in the
Eighth district, while c. E. Davidson. q
prominent Wichita banker and former
members of the state legislature, will
probably be nominated by the Progress
sives
New Work for Women.
Mrs. Eva Morley Murphy. of Good
land. Progressive candidate for con-
gress in the Sixth district is coming to
Topeka Thursday and will discuss
Some of the Water Problems of Kan
sas.' at meeting Of the Federation Of
women. Mrs. Murphy is a prominent
temperance advocate, was one OF the
speakers at tho reCont PrOprocuivA hon
quet in Topeka and is prominent in
club work in Kansas. Speaking of her
uties as a club woman, however. a
morning paper refers to Mrs. Murphy
as chairman OF the conversation de-
partment of the Kansas state fedora