The Topeka state journal., 1916-08-02
ms BEAT OUTS
IN STATE FIGHT
FOR NOMINATION
State House Crowd Won Out. 1t
Is Apparent Today.
Organ, Cook, Ross and BOtkin
Probable Winners.
LITTLE INTEREST OVER STATE
Only Local Contests Were Able
to Bring Out Votes.
Miller, Guyer, Benton and Sim
mons Lead for Congress.
WARM FIGHT FOR TREASURER
Payne, Cook and Weightman In
3-COrnered Draw Now.
Lizzie Wooster Is Crawling up
on Superintendent Ross.
Miller, Guyer, Benton and Sim
mons Lead for Congress.
WARM FIGHT FOR TREASURER
Payne, Cook and Weightman in
3-COrnered Draw Now.
Lizzie Wooster Is Crawling VI
on superintendent Ross.
RennhIican Nominees.

(HOVernOr-ArInur OdppSA.
Supreme court justices udson D
West Topeka Silas Porter, Kansas
Lieutenant governor-W. Y. Nor
gan. Hutchinson
Secretary of State l. botkin'
state Treasurer - Wylie w. Cook
Kansas City: Walter L. Payne. Bur-
lingame (unsettledl-
State Auditor-Frank Organ. How
ard. leading. .A.o,,
W d. Ross, Topeka. leading.
Attorney Generals. NJ Brewster
Troy o,
Superintendent Insurance - Carey
J. Wilson. Topeka.
Congressional Nominees.
First District-D. r. Anthony Jr,
second District-U S Guyer. Kan
sas City. probably nominated
Fourth District-Clyde W. Miller,
Miller. leading.
Fifth District-CharIes N. M9..-.l.7ssls, ftsar ger,
Abilene.
sixth District-Otis L. Benton. Ober-
lin, leading -..-...---.--
Seventh District-John S. Simmons,
Hutchinson, leading.
Eighth District-Thomas e WILSON,
Wichita
Democratic Nominees.
There are three contested Offices
governor and congressman in the
First and Third districts w c. Lans-
don holds slight lead over Ben 8.
GaitslSiu for governor. Dr. Eva Hard
ifez leads over Rev. H. j. Corwine in
the First W. s. Hyatt, Parsons, leads
r. j. Karr. Girard, for congress in the
Third.
Incomplete returns from more than
half of the counties which participated
in Tuesdays state wide primary add
to the uncertainty of results on state
treasurer, auditor and superintendent
of public instruction. Wylie w. Cook
and Walter L. Payne are in the hottest
sort of a fight for treasurer Frank
organs early lead for auditor has been
reduced by Dan Dyer and Fred Knapp
while Lizzie Wooster is running w
d. Ross dizzy in his effort to perpetu-
ate himself in the state superinten-
dents office.
The lineup in the state primary fight
+his afternoon apparently leaves the
..ins" better entrenched than the
"outs" But the fight is decidedly hot.
The official count may be necessary
TO settle several contests. In the race
for secretary of state J. T. Botk1n is
renominated. although he has lost sew
eraI important trenches. Justice Silas
Porter is renominated. Final returns.
though. will show that the public's
slight acquaintance with the judiciary
cost Judge Porter several counties
The big fight of the primaries was
the contest of the ms for suprem-
rcy over the outs. This fight
carried a combination of interests of
assistants in office who asp1red to
first place, and present officials who
desired denomination. These interests
were thrown against the outs who
wanted to get in. Four congressional
fights brought out heavy Republican
votes in the Second, Fourth. Sixth and
Seventh districts The Democrat
vote was unusually small. Local con-
tests whetted interest of the voters
in many counties. But the vote for
state and congressional candidates
fell far short of the vote on county
candidates.
Ross Has Fight of Life.
With returns from all counties far
from complete, w. D. Ross is having
the fight of his life to stay in office.
Miss Lizzie Wooster has piled up a
plurality in a big bunch of counties
listed in the Ross column. Apparent
Nv Rosu is holding a slight lead on the
face of returns reported
Big Wooster votes came this after
noon from Riley, Dickinson, Saline,
Republic, MltCnell, Geary, WaDdun-
see Reno, Bourbon and otner cOun-
ties putting the Salina woman strong
ly in the race. Eli Payne has appa-
rently carried Lyon, his home county,
with Miss Wooster second IN the run
ming.
The strong showing which Frank
organ made in the early reports of
state auditor has been reduced until
the result is a matter of speculation.
organ is in the lead But both Dan
Oyer and Fred Knapp are right at
his heels on returns reported. The
Knapp vote is one of the surprises in
the primary He has carried a num-
her of counties. while Dyer is making
a strong fight for the nomination.
Treasurer Much in Doubt
There is a chance for a shake-up in
the returns on state treasurer, al
though Wylie w. Cook of Kansas
City, is in the lead and politicians be-
lieve the returns indicate his nomina-
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