The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-08-01
Shawnee County's Favorite
Sons Ready for the Race.
Tuesday, August 4, Will Decide
All Party Representation.
SOME INTERESTING FIGHTS
Important Contests for County
Places Among Republicans.
Democrats and Pr0gressives
Ready With Their Tickets.

There is list Of very classy entrants
in the elimination events preliminary to
the races for the cash prizes offered the
political aspirants by Shawnee county.
The eliminations will take place Tues
day. August 4. This Is the day the pri-
mary elections will be held. The con-
tests are in three main divisions-Re-
publican. Democratic, and Progressive,
with all the hot ones in the first
Naturally as the Republicans have a
longer list of victories to their credit
in this county than have the other par
ties interest centers around Republican
training quarters. There are Repupn-
can contests in the race for register
Of deeds. probate judge. county treas
urer, Judge of the court OF Topeka,
county surveyor, county commlssio n,,s
of the first district. and representative
in the legislature from the three dis
tricts in Shawnee county.
ebert F. ~e-ker, Ralph w. SQuires.
Roland Medlicott, and Harry v. Whit
low, all want to be register of deeds.
and each expects to win. Tasker Is
counting On his record. Squires Is
campaigning against third term and
believes he should get the nomination
because he finished a good second In
the race two years ago. But both
Medlicott and WhitlOw are widely &C
quainted and believe they can finish
just little better than anyone else.
The most Interesting political ad-
vertising CT the campaign-that of the
biff, bling and bang kinds that Of
bling" Bartell, clerk Of the court OF
Topeka, and Hugh Mcfarland. pres
ent probate judge. for the nomination
for the office now held by MacFar-
land. Mcfarland was elected on a
campaign of "all fees to the county,"
and claims he has carried out his pre-
election promises Bartell charges
that these promises have not been
kept. and the two have been going at
each other hammer and tongs," Bar
tell now using the same slogan Mac
Farland used two years ago.
Other Competitions.
E. A. (Pat) Campbell, deputy in the
county treasurer's office; Thomas B.
Boyd, Santa Fe accountant, and Art
Hargis, druggist, are all advancing
their qualifications for the office OF
county treasurer. The honor and pay
for being judge of the court o- To-
peka is attractive to Paul Heinz, Tink-
ham Veale and Hugh T. Fisher.
There are five aspirants for the Of
flee Of clerk of the court of Topeka.
They are A. N. (Mike) Alt, E. p. WILLIE
pigue, Ronald Smith. Douglas Graham
and Lee r. Samuel.
j. A. Campbell the present county
surveyor, Is being opposed by ". r.
Parkhurst.
There are five candidates for the Re-
publican nomination for county COLI
missioner of the First commissioner
and all the county north Of the Kaw.
A Democrat. F. B. Simms, is at pres
ent holding down the job. The Repub-
leans who want Simms' position are
s. c. Lands. M. w. Overton. Sam
Martin. Boyd E Polfum, and o. F. Win
ner.
]. ]. King, North Topeka real estate
dealer. end L. H. Neiswender. q farmer.
are each DESTROYS Of having a voice in
the MAXI and unmaking OF the laws
of the state. Each desires the nominal
ton for representative in the legislature
from the Thirty third district. In the
Thirty-f fourth district w. A. s. Bird IL
and ]. Edward Hazen and Allison Little
would like 20 take the nomination from
Robert Stone in the Thirty-fifth dis
trict.
There are a number Of Republican
candidates who will receive their nomi-
nations without opposition. They are
L. L. Keine. sheriff; John F. Eby,
county superintendent of schools; c. w.
Bower. clerk of the district court; John
H. Rinehart, coroner: s. H. Haynes.
county assessor; George Frost, marshal
Of the court of Topeka. and o. X.
Swayze, county clerk, all present ONCE
holders and candidates for reelection.
A. J. Bolinger il also without OPPOSE
ton for the nomination for county at
torney to run against w. e. Atchison.
tho Democratic candidate, and present
Incumbent Of the office.
In Democratic Division.
There IL not a great deal OF rivalry
in the Democratic division, there be-
ing only five contests for nominations.
Dora d. Kerle and B. G. Walker want
the Democratic nomination for regis
ter Of deeds. George Wagner. John
M. Pugh and J. M. Cleveland seek
the honor OF carrying the Democratic
colors in the race for clerk of the dis
trict court.
F. B. Simms. Democratic commits
sioner from the First district, has