The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-06-21
WHITNEY, THOMAS ROW ON
Democrat Chairman Must Fight
for Committeeman.
Finds Frank Thomas Has En-
tered List of Candidates.

Tor Otf1ce in Shawnee county had filed
at 1 o'clock this afternoon. There will
be a few more petitions filed, but not
many. Most of the late candidates
will file by putting up the entrance
fee instead of petitions that have been
The office of o. K. Swayze, county
clerk, will be open until midnight to-
night and petitions will be received up
to that time. Mr.. Swayze said today
that he did not expect many more
petitions and that he believed prac-
tically all of them would be in by 6
o'clock this evening.
There was one surprise in the petit
lions filed today. 1t was not known
generally that WILDER Galloway was
in the race for county clerk. His petit
tons were filed at 1880 o'clock to-
day.
Montgomery to File Tonight.
w. P. Montgomery, who is making
a campaign for county attorney. has
not filed his petitions but he has until
midnight tonight to do so.
E. L. O'Neil, who announced a week
ago that he would be a candidate for
judge of the court of Topeka, has not
yet filed his petitions but stated to-
day that he would do so.
Frank Whitney, chairman of one of
the Democrat county central commit
tees, is expected to bring in a list of
petitions for committeeman in all the
county precincts before the books close
tonight. He filed the petitions of all
the candidates for office Tuesday
afternoon, bringing them to the court
house in a grip. When he made the
filing he discovered that Frank
Thomas, chairman of the "other'
county committee, had filed a list of
candidates for Democrat committee
men and he left the court house with
the intention of getting out another
list of candidates for committeeman.
Republican Candidates.
The Republican candidates who had
filed on offices this afternoon are:
For sheriff-James E. Wilson, Hugh
Larimer. H. A Hodgins. G. w. Belts,
George B. Frost, r. w. Eaton, H. c.
Ericsson. w. 7. Dawson.
For county commissioner Second
district. H. FOUGHT, A. A. Rodgers,
F. E. Nipps.
For county commissioner, Third dis
trict-Ed Buchanan, George c. Pritch-
ard, Henry W. McAfee, John L. Trout
man, J. K. Duncan.
For representatives,. H Neiswen-
der, Thirty-third district; w. A. S.
Bird, Thirty-fourth district; c. b.
Hypes, Thirty-fourth district; W. A
Myers. Thirty-fifth district; Robert
Stone, Thirty-fifth district.
For judge of first division Shawnee
county district court-A w. Dana.
For judge of second division Shaw
nee county district court-George H.
Whitcomb.
For county treasurer-E. A. Camp
bell.
For county clerk-John NJ. Wright,
Kenneth Raub, H. I. Monroe, WILDER
Galloway.
For county assessors. H. Haynes,
Frank c. Bowen.
For county SUPPLEMENTARY M.
Edna Corbett. d. H Wallace Will Van
Orsdol.
For clerk of the district court-W.
w. Harris, Mary E. Chaplin
For coroner-H- w. Bomgardner, O.
F. Narcotic.
For marshal of the, court of Topeka
]. H. Lambertson, Frank w. Leach,
Thomas j. Hurley, Arthur M. Allison,
Fred M. Stonestreet.
For judge of the court of Topeka
Rad M. Lee, Douglas D. Mote.
For county attorney-Robert D.
For register of deeds-Ralph w.
Squires.
For probate judge-Ralph H. Cav.
D. H. Branaman.
Township Officers.
Silver Lake township: Trustee,
Taylor Kennett; clerk. j. B. Harring-
ton; treasurer, G. E. Tibbs.
n.
Ream; clerk, Albert Wooster; treas
urer, Ernest Cheney.
Topeka township: Trustee. Ira Or
ner, G. ]. Lepper, T. F. Wells; clerk,
John Jones; treasurer, Fred Luding-
tor.
Tecumseh township: Trustee,
George K. Bunce. L. p Presgrove;
treasurer, o. N. Norris. w. o. Bunker
Monmouth township: Trustee,
Lawrence Sims, B. A Mckee; clerk,
p Howbert, Charles E. Dis
ney; treasurer, w. L. Saunders, Jerry
Williamsport township: Trns-ce,
Albert Eberhart; clerk, C. H. Jordan;
treasurer, NJ. NJ. Foltz.
Auburn township: Trustee, II. L.
Buckley; clerk, Jacob n. Keck; treas
urer, Will S. Kelly.
Dover township: Clerk, Fred Van
Dorp. Abe Rogers; treasurer. Joseph
Mission township: Trustee, Fred
Engler, Charles Riker; treasurer,
Jesse NJ. Buchanan
Republican Committeeman.
Republican precinct committee
of Sixth ward; John C. Russell, Third
precinct of Second ward; Curtis w.
Myers, Second precinct of Fifth ward
w. c. Christensen, Sutherin precinct;
John O'Gara, Hartsock precinct; o. w.
Neil, South Williamsport precinct:
red M. SnelldDdTSeT, second precinct
of Fourth ward; s. s. Rice, Third pre-
cinct of Fourth ward; Frank M. Bone
brake, First Precinct of Fourth ward
w. w. Smith, Third precinct of Third
ward; Harry Perkins, Dover precinct:
j. o. Niccum, Tecumseh precinct; w.
A. Luthye, Silver Lake precinct; H. O.
Joslin. Shunganunga precinct: Wal
lace Tibbitts. Richland precinct; J. s.
Chiles, Third precinct of Fifth ward;
William r. Russell. Third precinct of
Fifth ward; G. A. Bigbee, Pierce pre-
cinct; Mark Costa, Richland precinct;
Charles A. Smith, Third precinct of
Fifth ward; l. H. Barnes, Fourth pre-
cinct of Sixth ward; L. B. Beal. Sixth
precinct of Third ward; H. L. Steward,
East Soldier precinct; Richard Binns.