The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-20

MARCH 20, 1916
predicted But the convention will
take no further action, according to
opinions today by a number of party
leaders.
It is hardly probable that the con-
ventiOn will nominate electors Such
action is not required under the call
and the delegates show little DISPOSE
ton to take on unnecessary troubles
and responsibilities
Delegates to the national conven-
ton will go without instructions as to
the Kansas choice for the presidency.
In the hotel Hobbies today was not one
man who urged an instruction. Con-
Venuons have been held in seven of
the eight congressional districts and
no instructions have been given
Observers do not anticipate the
mention of the national committee
man contest on the floor of the con-
Vent1on. With the Mulvane issue with
drawn, there is little chance of a con-
test A committeeman will be elected
IN Chicago in June by the twenty
delegates from this state.
W. j. Fitzgerald of Dodge City,
former lieutenant governor. arrived
today with Ford county delegates.
The Seventh district will be strongly
IN the Republican column this year
and will send a Republican to congress
to succeed Jouett Shouse, Democrat
said Fitzgerald.
Willis J. Bailey of Atchison came to-
day with the Atchison county delega-
ton Bailey has been mentioned as
j a possible candidate for delegate at
large the national convention. His
candidacy has been urged by friends
OF }. r. Burrow. Il am not a candi-
date Bailey said. Would the former
governors name be placed before the
convention? Bailey said he did not
know. He will not, however, seek a
place on the delegation.
In the hotel Hobbies was a decided
absence of the men who led the pro-
sressive cause in 1912 and 1914. None
of the men who were actively in the
fight with White, Allen and Murdoch
in 1914 seem to have landed places on
delegations to the state convention.
B. I. Litowich of Salina is a delegate
from Joseph L Bristow's home county
Rosseau A. Burch. He is also a prob
able candidate for the state senate
from his district.
with the delegates from Sherman
county. Evans is a candidate for the
nomination for state treasurer and is
making an active campaign for the
nomination.
Frank Grimes former state treas
urer, is most active in the Hobbies.
Grimes, who carried the Mulvane ban
ner before the district convention, ia
vors a harmony meeting in Topeka
Tuesday.
The fact that he is not a candidate
for national committeeman, did not
keep D. w. Mulvane at home today
Mulvane was one of the really active
men in the lobbies. He was in every
conference of importance and will be
one of the factors in working out the
program for Tuesdays convention.
Delegates who arrived this after
noon from Fifth district counties
showed strong tendencies to lineup be-
hind the George w. Hanna candidacy
With Hannas endorsement from the
Fifth district convention, delegates
from Joseph l. Bristow's home district
are showing a decided inclination to
get behind the Clay Center man who
in 1912 voted for Roosevelt.
L. ]. Pettyjohn of Dodge City came
today to attend the state convention.
He will leave Tuesday night for
Hutchinson to attend the Seventh dis
trict convention. Pettyjohn, who is a
member of the legislature from Ford
county, is candidate for district dele
gate to Chicago from the Seventh dis
trict. 1t is probable that he will go
into the Hutchinson convention with
virtually the solid support of his
district.
w. D. Casey came with the delegates
from Atchison. Casey is one of the
delegates to Chicago from the First
district. Like thirteen other district
delegates thus far elected, he is de-
cidedly regular in factional align
ment
Peter Foley, he who bore the brunt
of the battle in Parsons when La
bette county progressives sought to
break the Mulvane hold on the coun-
ty, is here to attend the state conven-
ton. Foley has not missed a state
convention or Republican gathering in
Topeka in years and his fight in the
Parsons primaries made him a promi-
nent character in the pre-convention
contests.
Neosho county is ready for the con-
vention. Herbert Cavaness, editor of
the Chanute Tribune, and Seth G.
Wells, former state auditor and editor
of the Erie Record, are here. Wells
came with a brand new red tie and
Cavaness is wearing a green one.
Eighth district Republicans who
last week walloped J. w. Stewart of
Wichita in his fight for delegate to the
national convention, may now show a
feeling of kindness toward Sedgwick
county. The fight in the Wellington
convention was a fight of the district
against Wichita and Sedgwick coun-
ty. In the hotels today was a senti-
ment for the election of E. B. Jewett
of Wichita, former state prison war
den, as an alternate at large to the
national convention.
Bert p Walker of Osborne was
among the first delegates to arrive
from the Sixth district. The Osborne