The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-08
Attorney General and Secretary
State Contest in Doubt.
County Counts Friday Will De.
eide Winners in Primary.
DRENNING IN A GREAT SPURT
Topeka Attorney Shows Good
Eleventh Hour Returns.
Ryan and PettijOhn Still Close
for Secretary of State.

Complete and partial returns from
nearly sixty of the los counties fail
to untangle the Republican contests
for secretary of state and attorney
general. On the returns received
/ late this afternoon, Frank J. RYAN
holds a slight lead over L. J. Petit
john for secretary of state Richard
]. Hopkins has jumped to the front
! in the race TO- attorney general, with
S. N. Hawkes. second and F. G. Dren-
ming and Tom D. Smith fighting for
third place.
Margins on state superintendent of
public instruction narrowed this after
noon and Miss Lizzie E Wooster's
vote was leading w. D. Ross by less
than 500. Frank L. Travis holds ten
aciously to first place for superin-
tendent of insurance, while Fred
Knapp held his lead over W. w. Cook
for auditor
Returns from more than 40 counties
are missing. None of the "a army
| camps have reported final votes.
After recording the vote for sena-
tor and governor, many election
| boards sealed their books and sent
them to the county ERIK. Now Kan
sas will await the meeting of the coun-
ty canvassing boards Friday afternoon
| before several contests below COVER
nor are decided definitely. Republi-
| can contests for attorney general and
| secretary of state will doubtless await
| the official count.
Frank L. Travis, lieutenant colonel
of the 5as Ammunition train in
France, has suddenly jumped to front
position i'll the race for state superin-
tendent of insurance. His big lead
came from western and southeastern
counties and it is certain that he will.
be q contender for the nomination and
Of 1000 to 4,500 over w. ]. Dryden
and c. w. Ding an, who are contend
| ing for second place.
It is .-obable that only the official
| count-including returns from tWen-
| ty-four army camps-wili settle the
/ fight for attorney general and prob
| ably for secretary of state. The at ,r-
new general contest may be won by
any of four candidates who started
| in a field of six. s. N. Hawkes.. as
sistant attorney general. Frank g.
Drenning of Topeka. Richard j. Hop
kins of Garden City. and T. D. Sml:n c
| of Hiawatha are running in bunch.
! c. S. Denison of Pittsburg polled
heavy vote in the southeastern section
| of the state. but Slumped when ne
struck the western territory.
| Frank J. Ryan of Leavenworth ano
L. J. Pettijohn of Dodge City, are IN
| a close race for secretary of state
J RYAN leads and it is proba BILE he may
| land the nomination, altho returns
| from western counties may put Petit
! john ahead.
Miss Wooster in Lead.
! The race for state superintendent OF
publc instruction seems settled in ia
vor of Miss Lizzie E. Wooster of Sa-
| lima. She holds margin of abou1
| 1000 on returns from little more
| than third of the state.
Justice Rousseau A. Burch Is nom
| mated with a safe majority over A A
Graham of Topeka w r. Smith wo-
denomination for a third term in hi:
fight against Bert Dumars of Topeka
Charles s. Huffman, adjutant gen.
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