The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-03-05
|cpUDlICANS IN
4 NOT POLITICAL
RACE IN KANSAS
Five Out for the GOvernOrShip
and -Four for Senator


ner by the republicans on the states
birthday, Jan ao-The democrats have
no, got into motion and will not until
Feb. n, when they will hold their an
nual dinner and political booms will be
launched. From now until the pfina-
ries in August and then after months
respite politics will be hot in Kansas
until November For Kansas never
does anything political without work
Ing up . lather, and for ten months
now there will hardly be single day
when there will not he moves Of vari-
Gus kinds on tn political checker
board.
The republicans are unusually cocky
just now. The disclosures IN congre"
on the conduct OF the war have given
the republicans much comfort Coming
q, the disclosures did, from demo
erat. has helped a good deal Partisan
ship in wartimes ordinarily Is not re-
garded as ultra loyal, but the speakers
at the Republican banquet pointed out
that there should be no question OF the
loyalty Of any republican. and still the
right could be reserved for honest crit
ieism and a showing wherein the re
publicans nigh, he able 10 do a better
lob than the democrats have done The
fact that the republican party conduct
ed two successful wars was an import
ant section OF all the speeches.
Republicans Expect Victory.
That the republicans have great con
fidenee in winning the next election IS
shown by the fact that there is a whole
flock OF candidates for all the import
ant places. There are five republican
candidates for the governorship nom
ination and four candidates for the sen
storiai place. In the congressional dis.
tricts now held by democrats there Is
/ every prospect Of there being two tc
four candidates for the republican
nomination
Except in the Second district there
will be no republican opposition to any
!, Republican congressman +. c Little
representative in the Second district
voted against the war resolution las'
April, and this has drawn the fire o'
thousands Of republicans in the dis
trict. U. s. Guyer has already started
his campaign against Little for the re
publican nomination.
! Governor Arthur Capper wants to b,
( the republican nominee for United
States senator. He Is now serving hi
second term as governor But he ha
( two members Of the progressive win
! Of the republican party and one OF tn
old standpat wing opposed to him.
4 L. Bristow, who served or term a
senator and was defeated four year
4 ago by Charles Curtis, wants his oil
= job back.
Will Divide Vote.
w. r. Stubbs, former governor, VIII
was defeated by the present democrati
senator w. II. Thompson, SIX year
ago, wants to take another flyer a
I Thompson. Capper, Bristow and Stubh
are all progressive republicans
y Charles F, Scott, former congressman
Il the representative Of the standp'
machine faction Of the party. The thrC
progressives will divide the vote
their faction. Scott could not Wi
against either one of the others, pro|
ably would be defeated by AIRY two
\ the progressives, but by dividing Il
vote into three parts may result
n Scott's nomination.
For governor there are now five ca
didates. Henry Allen, bull mooser, nc
on his way TO France as an inspect
for the Red Cross, is regarded as I
leading candidate for the place, II
he will be in France all the spring a
summer, and his effectiveness as
eampaigner will be lost A strong {
ganizaton to run his campaign led
William Allen White, has been form
w. Y. Morgan, lieutenant govern
Is the candidate of the old mach
group of republican politicians Jar
Troutman of Topeka, former leuten
governor and state senator; s.
Brewster, attorney general; and A.
'gKeene, speaker Of the house OF rer
sentstives, are the othr candidates.
Race for Attorney General.
There are three candidates for
torney general, and three for insura
commissioner, two for superintenc
,sof public instruction, and two for i
tenant governor on the republl
Ticket The other state officers
snow held by first termers and there
sbe no opposition to them.
The democrats will not get out Il
candidates until the day Of the big {
ner On Washington's birthday II
are not likely TO be any sharp con
for places on tho state ticket and n
Of the congressman win have opp
tion in the primary. Even Sen;
Thompson is expected to have a G
field for the nomination.
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