The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-11
Get Together Spirit Seems to
Pervade Republican Ranks.
Indications That State COnven-
ton Will Be Peaceful.
WILL BE NO INSTRUCTIONS
No Member of Big Four Likely
to Have Opposition.
The Slate Is: Morgan, Scott,
Williams and Smith.

Regardless of the noise and faction
al threats of the last few weeks. Re
publican harmony plans worked out
in 1914 are quite certain to be OBJ
served when the state convention is
held in Topeka March 81. Delegates
elected in go of tie 105 counties of the
state show a fair division among Pro-
gressives and standpatters. Based on
these returns and the attitude OF lead
ers in every section of the state, it is
now quite certain that Kansas will
send a strong, well balanced delegation
to the national convention in Chicago.
There will be no instructions.
In six of the eight congressional dis
tricts delegates to the national conven-
ton will be elected next Tuesday and
Wednesday. The personnel of district
delegates is in the main quite uncer-
tain. In view of the attitude of coun-
ty conventions and primaries, however.
reports sent to Topeka indicate that
men strong in the councils of the party
in all districts will be chosen.
From every district in the state has
come reports indicating party leaders
will this year work for a victory rath-
er than a personal or fractional gain.
This spirit was indicated in the selec-
ton of a majority of the delegations.
In the main split delegations have
been chosen to represent the counties
in the coming state convention. At
the state convention four delegates a
large to the national convention will
be named None Of the prominent
state leaders. however, has indicated a
disposition to ask for instructions.
Even leaders who a few weeks ago
urged a bound delegation. now advo-
cate delegation of strong party lead
ers who will support the most logical
presidential possibility before the con-
vention.
First District Led.
First district Republicans took first
action in tie selection of delegates.
Every county in the district last week
sent conservative Republican delega-
tons to the Atchison convention. The
convention, however, showed no ten
dency in the binding of w. D. Casey
of Atchison ard Ira X. Wells of SEN
eca, the two district delegates
Next Tuesday. conventions will be
held in the Second, Third, Fifth.
Sixth and Eighth congressional dis
tricts- With the conventions three
days away and virtually the entife
county delegations named, there is lit
tie indication of a serious split The
fight for national committeeman has
occasioned concern in a number of
counties, but in the main there has
been tendency to give representa-
ton to both factions.
In the conventions next week the
L
most apparent in the Second, Third
and Eighth districts, with an even di-
vision in the Fourth and Fifth dis
tricts The Sixth, divided as to party
factions, is ready for delivery to ]. R.
! Burrow for national committeeman.
/ Charles F. Scott of lola will in all
probability win a strong endorsemen
/ for delegate at large when Second dis
] trict Republicans meet in Ottawa
Tuesday. Scott is regarded as quite
certain of a place on the Big Four
and every county in his district is ex-
| pected to send a delegation to Topeka
/ March q to boost for his election. The
/ lola editor also has strong followings
/ in all eastern districts and his election
I is regarded as quite certain.
In the second.
4 Conservative Republicans have won
, in the Second. All counties except
/ Douglas, Allen and Franklin have held
/ their conventions. The question of in
dividual district delegates in the dis
+ trict, though, is far from settled Can
didates before the Ottawa convention
will be T. A. Bigger, Kansas City; Dr.
z. IT. Jones Olathe; T. T. Kelley,
/ PaoIa, and Charles Tucker, Lawrence.
Third district Republicans will meet
( Tuesday in Independence. County
conventions have been held in all ex-
cept Montgomery county and the con-
servatives have won every contest.
i Three men-A. H Denton, Arkansas
City; W. H. Sproul, Sedan, and S. F.
1 Fitzpatrick, ndependence-will fight
for the two places on the Third dis
/ trict delegation.
The Fourth district convention will
I be a toss up for control Just at this
time, with conventions to be held in
! Chase, Woodson and Coffey counties,
an even division is apparent between
! conservative and progressive voters
selected from the various counties.
( The convention will be held Wednes-
! day in Emporia- Charles E. Moore.
+ Eureka; A. H. Haughawaut, Onaga-
and DR.. c. F. Fisher, Reading, are
candidates for delegates. Moore and
ments from their counties and were
! given booster delegations.
Anybody's Fight in Fifth.
/ Almost anyone can venture guess
/ on the delegates from the Fifth dis
trict. With delegations elected from
all counties in the district except
! Riley, Clay, Republic and Ottawa, the
personnel of the delegation is as I'M
certain as the Mexican situation. The
Fifth district convention will be held
Tuesday in Manhattan
There will be a bumper crop of can
/ didates before the Manhattan conven-
/ ton. Here are a few of the men in
the race for a place on the national
I delegation: A. H. Fulton, Marysvilie;
/ A H Spence. Washington county;
/ Fred Sturgis. Concordia; Samuel Fitz-
( patrick Salina: W. H. Thompson,
Junction City, and George W. Hanna.
/ Clay Center. Political leaders and
wise men give it up 1t is anybody's
battle.
Out in the Sixth district, though, It is
/ different Convention plans which were
1 cut a week or ten DAYS ago. have been
nicely dried and will be fed to dele
gates at the Colby convention Tues
day The Sixth district program is the
settlement of row of 4 years stand
ing which will leave friends of J. r.
Burrow of Topeka and Otis L Benton
/ of Oberlin on a limb.
I Burrow and Benton have stored
Lsnnlities since the famous Nnrtor, con-