The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-06-26

against his stand for a court repre-
sentative of the interests of the pub
lie primarily is given by politicians
as the chief reason for four Demo-
Gratis entering into primary fight
for the gubernatorial nomination.
Another reason assigned by poiiti-
clans for the quadruple primary race
in the Bourbon ranks is the convic-
ton that thousands of votes were
given to Allen in 1913 during a time
of national state hysteria when Kan
sas was wild over his war record and
the work he was doing for the boys
over there"
Granting the solid labor union vote
of $4,000 will be cast against Allen
and many believe hundreds in the
rank and file of labor are not so
bitter against the industrial court as
the leaders-the Democratic nominee
will have task for a political Her
cules in defeating Allen if the vote
given him at the last general election
counts for anything. Here it is:
Aliens Big Vote.
Allen polled 2S7,957 votes against
and 1871 by George W. Kleihege.
Socialist. That means right off the
jump that the Democrats must face
154. S03 votes, which represents the
excess of Aliens vote at the election
over that of Lansdon.
OlAlltldlS IlSulc That IiOlliilldtly
Dor casts 60 per cent of its vote in the
Democratic column. If the remaining
40 per eent claimed by Republicans
at the ordinary elections were thrown
to the Democratic nominee that would
take only 20,000-votes away from AL
len, If labor breaks all records and
votes solidly against Allen.
Now, where is Democracy going to
get the remainder of its votes to whip
Allen in presidential year when ev-
erything in national politics has Re-
publican tinge to it?
Then, too, politicians bear in mind
the fact that while the industrial court
made many bitter political enemies
for Allen, it also made hundreds and
hundreds of admirers who saw in him
the first man to take a step to protect
the public in labor crises.
Here in Topeka, the candidacy of
Big Hearted Jim" Davis, mayor of
Leavenworth. against Dan Anthony of
Leavenworth, present Republican con-
gresham, is eliciting wonder. Both
are Republicans. Anthony's friends
say the Davis candidacy is the result
of the bitter city politics always wag-
ing in Leavenworth in which even in
recent years gun play has been part.
Originally, according to word from
Leavenworth, Anthony backed Davis
for mayor. Trouble started after the
election of Davis and he faced custer
proceedings at the hands of S. NJ.
Brewster, then attorney general. Da-
Wis resigned. Davis and Anthony's pa
per, the Leavernworth Times, ceased to
bestow political kisses on each other
and a bitter enmity ensued, ending
with the election of Davis as mayor a
second time and his candidacy for
J congress on the Republican ticket.
The most marked feature of the Davis
campaign are his cards. which bear
nil in tho CanfnT nf hna IF
shaped bit of pasteboard. The pic
lures are captioned Big Hearted Jim,
True Friend of the Poor Man" Da-
Wis is an undertaken and when he first
announced one of the ''planks" in his
| platform was Bring the Dead Sol
diers Back for Burial"
In the state senatorial situation in
counties which form single district
such as Wichita, Wyandotte and Leav-
enworth, a complete report of the
candidates has not been received. II
such counties the senatorial candi-
! dates file with the county clerk ano
are not required to file their nonina-
| ton petitions in the secretary OF
states office in Topeka. Senator
James F. Getty, of Wyandotte county
will have opposition in the primarie:
! in the person OF Charles Ridgeway
| Wyandotte representative in the lower
house. Senator Charles E. Snyder, Of
LeaVenworth. will have no opposition
1t is understood Snyder will demand
the craftsmanship of the ways and
means committee at the winter session
of the legislature. Ben Hegler. repre-
sentative in the lower house, wants tc
represent Sedgwick county as state
senator.
| Republicans apparently. see an ex
cellent opportunity to wipe the STATE
congressional slate clean of the wore
| Democrat at Washington as Lacey M
Simpson, Canton; Darcy E. Dunno
Wichita. and Richard E. Bird, Wich
tia. are all candidates for the nomina
ton on the Republican ticket in TIL
Eighth district. Congressman w a
Avres. of Wichita, is the only Demo
cratic congressman left in Kansas.
There are only three Republican
state officers who have no opposition
in their own party. They are: Lor
raine E. Wooster. superintendent o
public instruction; Imri Zumwalt
state printer, and Charles S. Huffman
lieutenant governor.
The people of kansas. denied orator.
from Governor Allen in recent month
because of his speaking dates in othe
states, will hear no end OF speech
making from the governor during IN
coming campaign. This week GOV
ernor Allen announced that While n
would accept speaking dates out o
the state in s the interest of the nationa
ticket he would spend much of HI
time in Kansas and again get in toucl
with the Kansas people. Westerl
Kansas especially will be the reeip
lent of many visits from Governor Al
len during the campaign. Governo
Allen has postponed his scheduled ad
dress on Law and Order" at Grea
Bend Sunday on account of the har