The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-10-23

during the 1919 session, will have a
busy election day. Rowland E. James,
Democrat. is out for the strong union
labor vote and Ridgways friendship
and intimacy with the governor. which
was an asset at the opening of the last
regular session, is a liability in the
packing house and railroad districts Of
Wyandotte county.
RolIa w. Coleman, senator from the
johnson mi district. has some OPP
position among the farmers organiza-
lions on the one hand and the Osa-
watomie shop vote on the other. Sem
ator Coleman is opposed by E. f.
SchiefeIbusch Newspaper CORE
spondents who expect to cover senate
assignments and find difficulty in re-
ducing a sneeze to typewriter keys, are
pulling for Colen1an's reelection.
Down in the Bourbon county dis
trict Senator A NJ. Keene is in trouble
up to his eyes. Keene voted against
the Industrial court act in order to
gain the friendship of the. Fort Scott
shopmen. But his filtration with
union labor caused separation from
Republican business men and farmers
favorable to the law. 1t also placed
him on the south side of the fence
with the state ticket and rendered eff
forts in his behalf by the state organ
ization both clumsy, inconsistent and
somewhat ineffective. j. L. Kepley is
the Democrat nominee.
Fight III CruWIOrO OOuhty.
Alexander Howat clamors foF raw
meat in Crawford county. That is
Howats home and NJ. c. Vincent of
Girard is the human sacrifice sought
by the mine union head. Vincents
defeat is demanded that Hcwat may
stand justified for his industrial court
fight among his own people. Demo-
Gratis who can be held in line, as well
as several thousand Socialists in the
dfcfriCf he delivered olaC-
ton day in an effort to elect H. F.
Leonard of Girard, Democrat. Vim
cents defeat is one slice of Howats
pound of flesh from the breast of the
Allen administration.
Senator Paul H. Kimball of Labette
county may have much trouble in ne
gotiating a return from the Eleventh
district. Senator Kimball starts with
the Katy shop vote on his wish bone
He gathers no tender words or ardent
support from the Foley forces because
of friendship for Judge Clyde NJ. Reed.
Added to this is trouble over a local
bank charter which threatens to drive
al element of voters to E. A. Wallen
of Parsons. the Democrat nominee.
In Montgomery county fight was
started on F. NJ Watkins, nominated
for the senate after two terms in the
house. On the face of Developments,
Watkins looks fairly safe except COM
mon dangers due to over confidence.
In Twenty-First District. Is
Alfred Docking, endorsed by farm
er-labor union interests in the pri-
maries. may have TO fight for election
in the Twenty district. Docking
lives in Manhattan and is strong in
Grange circles. His opponent is Har-
vey Signor. Manhattan.
Representative r. c. (Dickl How
ard. publisher of the Arkansas City
Daily Traveller, is in hard fight in
CoWley county, the Twenty-seventh
district. Howard developed a free and
generous habit of voting his convic-
tions while in Topeka. All of which
caused some unfavorable comment and
now his critics are threatening to vote
for J. S. Day, Winfield Democrat. -
Pen F. Hegler of Sedgwiek county
looks fairly safe, altho he may have a
full days work defeating Senator
Frank Nighswonger in the Twenty
ninth district. Nighswonger is one of
the Democrats who came to the senate
in the political turnover of 1912. He
liked the job and came back in 1915
at the expense of Darcy Dunno. Now
he is seeking to measure Hegler for
the Knockout November 2.
In the Thirty fifth district DIR. James
c. Butler of Stafford is encountering
much difficulty in his desire to defeat
R. c.. Gates of Seward. Democrat.
Local conditions control the situation.
Doctor Butler was the senatorial nomi-
nee four years ago, but lost when Sem
ator Sutton of st. John won a second
four-year term in the senate.
A Big Scrap.
The Reno Pratt-Kingman district
will see one of the pretty fights of the
election. W. L. (Ironjaw) Brown of
Kingman is carrying trouble to Carr
w. Taylor of Hutchinson in a galvan-
lied tub. OF course. Brown is aided
by friends of candidates defeated in
the primaries and is busily making
capital of Taylor's local difficulties.
The fight of the foxy Bourbon against
the former attorney for the old rail-
road board. is worth watching.
Assuming the Republicans should
lose eight of these twelve contests.
they would still control the upper
house with a majority of eleven and
would be able to submit a constitu
tional measure with four votes extra.
And if a change is made in the figures
it will doubtless benefit the Republi-
cans rather than the Democrats. This
is Republican year in Kansas-and
that always counts.