The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-08-30
Council Notes
What ''the Boys Around the State
House and Hotel Lobbies Are
Saying and Doing Today.


Members of the congressional dele
/ ration. Senator Curtis, Governor AL
| len d. W. Mulvane. national commit
teeman, and H H. Motter, state chair
man will attend a dinner party at
/ PeIletier's tea room tonight. Platform
plauks will be discussed. Plans for
the Republican organization IN the
state will also be considered and any
remaining uncertainty as to the coun-
| ell craftsmanship will be settled.
DR.. Burris Jenkins of Kansas City.
| one of the most widely known Demo-
! crst orators in the middle west, will be
/ the principal speaker at a Bourbon
| rally in the auditorium Tuesday night.
The Kansas City Post publisher was
/ slated to make the McAdoo nomina-
| ton during the Frisco convention, but
under an eleventh hour agreement
merely presented McAdoo's name to
the convention. His speech in Topeka
| is expected to outline the gospel to be
prea ched by Kansas Democracy dur
! ing the coming campaign. Sam Ami
don of Wichita, national committee
man. is slated to hang Governor AL
liens political hide on the fence in a
speech telling of the sins of the state
administration.
Bishop W. T Vernon. former head
of Ouindaro Institute, will probably
be a spectator during the Republican
council. Bishop Vernon is perhaps
the most talented negro on the plat
form and is expected to receive an in
vitatfon to make a short speech. He
is the only negro who ever addressed
the Kansas Day club. the Republican
dinner club of the state. In 1906, the
ticket, the Vernon speech was easily
feature of the political show in the
auditorium.
All of the seven Republican con-
: gressmen will attend the council. Con-
gressmen Campbell, Hoch, White and
Tincher are already on the job and
are mixing with the visitors. Con-
gressmen Anthony, Little and Strong
will arrive this evening. Senator Cap
per is in Michigan and will not attend.
Senator Curtis is slated for a place on
the resolutions committee.
Long" Jordan. assistant sergeant
at arms in congress and three times
sergeant at arms of the Kansas house
of representative, came today that he
might miss none of the milling. By
virtue of his nomination as a presiden-
tial elector, Jordan has a voice and
vote in the council. Jordan's home is
in Lyons
Herbert Cavaness, publisher of the
Chanute Tribune. came to town Just
to see the fellows" He will stay until
after the show. Cavaness is at the
head of the organization of Repubh-
can clubs in the state.
Verv few Democrats had arrived to-
day. Sam Amidon, George H. Hodges,
Ed Murphy, Fred S. Robertson, W. H.
L. Pepperill, Jonathan NJ. Davis, Dud-
.ey Doolittle, Harrison Parkman,
Jouett Shouse, Judge A M jackson,
Chairman Forrest Luther, and other
Bourbon leaders are due tonight or
Tuesday morning
The Democrats will open headquar-
tiers in the 500 block on Kansas ave-
nue. in a few days, The Republicans
have rented a suite of rooms in the
National hotel. Both committees Will
tbe operating under a full head OIL
steam in ten days. it is claimed. H.
III. Motter, Republican state chairman
| has kept open house for the state
committee in the Central National
bank building since early July.
! w. P. Morgan, publisher of the
Hutchinson News and former lieuten-
liant governor, came Sunday and mas
missed none of the lobby milling. he
declined most gracefully an invitation
| to talk of his own political aspirations
I
1 igubernatorial fight two years hence
! It is probable that the Socialists
I may not send more than twenty or
thirty party workers to Topeka Loi
their party council. None of the So
cialist leaders had reported at the
hotels this afternoon.
| sid Knapp of Concordis for many
wears a leader in Cloud county poll
i H7aH - l.
sibility of dealing the pasteboards for
ANXIOUS Kansas Republicans who at
! tended the Republican national con-
ivention in June. It is probable that
everyone who really sought admission
to the Chicago show. saw at least one
session, altho there were frequen'
ticket shortages Knapp Is chairman
of the Cloud county committee
Congressman Homer Hoch of Mar
lion has just finished a trip thru MS
district In the last couple of weeks
in the Fourth.
Fred Trigg of the Kansas City Stal
is here to observe any little move
ment which might not please Dave
Mulvane.
The council will be a real reunion
for the old legislators. number Of
the former session members arrived
today w W. Harvey Of Clark, Franz
lMcIvor Of Sheridan. Vic Harris OF
Hamilton. w. H. Shideler of CraW'
ford, K. NJ Geddes of Butler, Berf
Barrier of Greenwood, J. NJ Gilman
of Leavenworth and Speaker W. ?
lLambertson of Brown. were among
the early arrivals.
Even the party nominees frequent
lily made unkind remarks about th'
present state wide primary. In spite
of the fact that they have won nom
nations, many of the candidates II
Topeka for the platform writing, ad
init that the primary needs tix1ng
Views range fr~m the men who would
shoot the law in the enacting claus'
Ito the candidates who have pet amend
Iments to alter and possibly protect o.
strengthen the present nominating
law.