The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-02-23
ABOUT 1.-THE BOYS"
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w. NJ. Price, Emporia banker and
| FORMER state senator. wants on the
Fourth district delegation, but SHES
at a congressional contest
Mike Frey, Junction City postmas-
ter and for several sessions a faithful
/ Democrat member Of the legislature
from Geary county, Is here for the
! dinner. Frey has discarded a flaring
red tie that once made him famous
among the legislative members and
| has adopted a safe, sane. conservative
four-in- hand. But he hasn't changed
/ his handshake and smile.
Miles Mulroy is rather lonesome
/ He is among the few Bryanites in town
for the dinner.
Dudley Doolittle, former Fourth
| district congressman, and John r.
Connolly, who formerly represented
the Sixth district in Washington, are
/ in town for the dinner Both are
listed for district delegate places.
Capt. Ben s. Hudson of Fredonia,
son of Z. F. Hudson, postmaster and
editor of the Fredonia Herald, is u
possible candidate for congress in the
Third. Captain Hudson won distin-
a y
on the hattlefields of France.
". II. Carpenter is here from Mar
ion. Carpenter has been in charge
| of the state committee affairs since
resignation of E. E. Murphy. The
! Marion lawyer is reported to have
made barrel of loose change in the
Marion county oil game during the
las: year.
Walter S. Henrion and F. C. Jorgen-
sen, Sedgwick county commissioners,
and Postmaster Riddle are in the
Wichita crowd. Henrion, who won
office in big Republican district and
is a prominent Wichita contractor, is
on the list of probable Eighth district
delegates to the Frisco convention.
Harrison Parkman, Emporia; f. F.
Hudson, Fredonia; Henry Honey,
Mankato, are among the editor-post-
masters who are attending the meet
ing. But they are only a small mi
nority of the postmaster rooters who
are here to help the Democrat cause.
w. H. L. PepperilI. state revenue
collector, never missed a banquet. And
he came a day early this year in order
to help welcome the veterans. Sam
GRANVILLE, postmaster at Hutchinson
Governor Hodges, was also on the
! job many hours before the big feed.
/ Both GRANVILLE and Pepperill were in
on the early medicine making.
In event the banquet ticket sale to-
night overtaxes Masonic temple, the
| Democrats may open the Grand the
! alter for the speeches. Ralph O'Neil,
| in charge of the seat sale, predicted
the usual financial loss on food in
| view of the high cost of groceries.
| But crowded banquet tables tonight
may mean an open meeting in the
Grand for the Palmer-Funk oratory.
Warden Anderson of the federal
prison at Leavenworth and former
state senator from Saline county,
came with the Leavenworth crowd fer
the annuel medicine making.
AL F. Farmer former legislator
| from Stevens county, is in town for
the dinner and is working with the
Seventh district crowd for the next
state convention in Hutchinson.
Neither Congressman w. A. Ayres
the one remaining Democrat congress-
i man from Kansas, nor Jouett Shouse,
assistant secretary of the treasury
| were able to come to Topeka for their
grams conveying greetings to the
party workers. The kilograms will be
read tonight.
railroad brotherhood legislative lobby
! was active among the Democrats in
| the Throop hotel lobby this morning
and incidentally said some unkind
| things about the new court act.
I Salina was slated to make a strong
bid for the state convention. This
afternoon, tho, the Salina support had
not asserted itself in opposition to the
demands of Wichita and Hutchinson.
Dr. Burris, Jenkins, who arrived at
noon today with the Kansas City
crowd, spoke at a business meeting of
/ the Democrats in the Elks club build
ing.
J 1t is the plan of the Democrats to
hold their state convention following
the Republican meeting in Salina.
Most of the early dope pointed to a
late April convention.
! Ed T. Hackney. federal fair price
1 commissioner for Kansas, is here from
wellington. Hackney has a first class
boom for attorney. Judge c. F. Foley.
former member of the state public
utilities commission, has also been
strongly urged for the nomination.
Neither are avowed candidates.
There is no uncertainty as to the
course of Topeka as convention city
with her present hotel facilities. Even
First district Democrats attending the
state committee meetings today voiced
sentiments for removal of the conyen-