The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-02-18
DELEGATES CHOSEN
Those Who VIII Make Up the Repub-
lican County Convention.


gates to the Shawnee county Republic
can convention were held Thursday in
all wards of the city and townships in
the county with the exception of Ross
Vile and Auburn townships. The
/ caucuses in the two latter townships
were made impossible on account of
/ bad roads. The only thing unusual
in either city wards or rural town
ships was the selection of Robert Tas-
ker, former register of deeds, as dole
gate from both the Fifth and Sixth
wards. Recently Tasker moved from
the Sixth to thl Fifth ward and his
friends in the Sixth did not know of
his leaving.
Following are the delegates elected:
Dover township. Dover precinct
Captain H NJ. Philips, delegate; Will
lard precinct-F. L. Stone, delegate
and A. l. Rodgers alternate.
Williamsport township Lewis p.
Stahl and L. NJ. Chaulk. delegates; O.
w. Neil and J. E. McCauley, alter
mates.
Monmouth township. RichIand pre-
cinct-Victor Costa and Walter Tib-
belts, delegates.
Topeka township, Oakland precinct
Mrs. E. NJ. Goodell and Scott KEEL
sey, delegates; ]. T. Liggett and 1. NJ.
Orner, alternates.
Highland Park precinct-Delegate
E. E. lille and G. A. Bigbee; alter
mates, Mrs. N. NJ. Ferguson and Y. E.
| White
Sutherin and Hartsock precincts
John Jones and James Noel dele
gates; w. c. Christensen and H. Ray
burn, alternates.
Shunganunga and College Hill pre-
cincts-E. c. Backenstoce and J. H
Owen, delegates; c. n. Reed and H. c.
Ericsson, alternates.
Soldier township-Vernon Wilson,
P. NJ. Holcomb. Peter Spatts and
Ralph Skinner, delegates; J. r. Ores
1n1
and A. R. Tiffany, alternates.
Silver Lake township. Silver Lake
precinct-W. W. Page and William
Mcke1vey, delegates; Elmer Witter
and Jesse Harrington, a1ternates
Those reported from the city pre-
cincts are as follows:
First Ward
Delegates. NJ. Baird, w. M. Ear
ker, w. H. Williams Grin Layton, v
R. Parkhurst, Ben Payne, M V. Over
ton.
Al. Alter r It s5MG9eorge Carey, W: M. G.
H Wilkie, Tom Wins. Dan Roche.
l. Second Ward.
Delegates-P. H Coney, James
Mullen, D. D. Mote, John Alexander
A. D. Bauer. Cyrus Guthrie, Dan
Lane, Dr. e: c. Lull, W. A. stanfield
Laison, Geo. W Charles ''0
Isaacson, Earl Lowe, Mrs ]. Alexan-
der, VIM Stewart, H. c. Snyder, John
wilson. W: r. kuykendan. John Fritz.
Clarence Bradshaw. L. c. Kay, ]. W.
Gibbons, Jr, r. NJ. Frazier.
Third Ward
Delegates. E. House, Charles H
Sessions, Mrs. A. v. LindeI, Albert T.
Reid. George NJ. Crawford, Miss Eta
Dr. L. A. Ryder. D. w Muivane'
George Mitchell, George A Clark,
Spencer Hall, S. c. Nichols, George
Smith, ]. S. Dean, A. w. Smith, Ed
Ransom, Mrs. A. A. Sharpe, j. H
Jensen, F r Sturges, Maj. A. M. Har-
vey.
Alternates-Miss Gertrude Wyatt.
r. B. Wallace, B. G. Akers, Fred
Ware, Rufus Knott, r. L. Thomas
Henry Edmonds, Capt. w P Wilcox,
George Wiley, c. B. Burge, F. c. Bow
en-. F. E. Nipps, L. NJ. Jones, ]. F.
Stanton, George B. Hayden, Hugh
MacFarland, W 1. Jamison, c. B.
Mitchell, E. A. Thrill, Frank Crane.
Fourth Ward
Delcgates-John T. CLANCY, w. F.
Schoch, S. S. Rice, F. NJ. Sheila barger,
L. NJ. Carter, j. G. Slonecker, w. F.
Weber, Frank E. Grimes, E. H. Helms,
James Cuthbert, T. F. Doran, John NJ.
Wright, James Nelson.
AlternateS-George D. Greenough,
j. G. Stoneback, Charles McGaw, G.
M Goshorn, F. NJ. Bonebrake, r. F.
Hodgins. P. c. Chamberlain, 1 Snat-
finger, Josiah Ross, Ed Rooney, B. F.
Flenniken, Arthur Charles, w. A. L.
Thompson.
Fifth Ward.
elegates-Richard Wilson, w. R.
Neiswanger, Chas. S. Elliott, w. L. Os-
borne, DR.. o. A. Taylor, F. E. Parr, A.
w. Green, U. S. Graham, Matt earle,
H. E. Hagan, Mrs. Alice Grice, NJ.
Simmonds, Josiah Jordan. Bert Grice,
Fred Howe, Tom Boyd. NJ. Sawyer.
Alternates-R. F. Tasker, A. A
!. GODDARD, Fred Bonebrake, Mrs. H.
Hunter, j. Hardy, w. F. Sheahan, c.
A. Smith, Hollie Searcie, L. c. Kay, DR..
]. L. Ransom, NJ. c. MAYOR, II. Ran
kins, James Sinner, Sam Jones, John
Mccartney, Roy Van Orman. B. G.
Williams.
Delegates. A. Troutraan, Roy
Bone, E. M hamburg, w. E. Connel-
ley, A. ]. Whitmore, Kenneth Raub
Mrs. Martha Kelley, Elisha Scott, H.
S. Hallock, Ernest Lester, S. A. Swend-
, son, J. W. Priddy.
Alternates-W. A. Myers, DR.. A A
Raub. Mrs. Theodore Courtney, W. r.
Barrett, Geo. Finley r. D. Payne, Mrs
; Flora Eakin, Prof. Geo. Jackson, E.
? S. Stanley, Ralph Squires, R. F. Tas-
! ker, E A Campbell
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