Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1921-10-27
seON,,ALIEN MAY
-BE1CAlgDDATE
FOR THIRD TERM

tAsssciatsd Prsssl

Topeka, Oct. x4.-EDuiataond LIvlA
the Republican political pot indicate
that more names win appear on the
primary ticket for state OFFICES next
August than In many years.
a large ileld Of candidates for gov
.ernor n. practically certain. the
ofYfces Of attorney general and super
,inte1dent Of .ppblic instrnction ap-
parently win be hotly contested. For
! the Office Of secretary Of state alone
does It appear there win be little op-
position. Friends Of d. 0. McCray,
assistant secretary Of state, say tney
believe mo one will run against him.
/. u. Tom Thompson, state treasurer
ia expected to be. q candidate for .
second term, a. 10 also N. A. Turner,
state auditor. Bert r. Walker, ap-
pointed state printer to AL the va.
cancy caused by. the death Of 1mri
Zumwalt, 10 expected to be a canda-
date 1t the next election.
So. many have been mentioned Tor
the eoternoFship 1t has been dinacut
to even, catalog the names. The
.ayowed candidates include G. 8. Hun
man 81 Columbus, lieutenant COVER
nor: w, Y. Morgan, former lieuten-
ant governor and publisher OF the
.Hutchinson News; r. G. Howard,
state senator and publisher Of the
Arkansas City Traveller; W. T. Lam
.bertson. Of Fairview, door leader Of
the farmer win" in the last house
If CONSERVATIVES; and ]. L. Brady,
Of Salina.
From the present state administra-
.tion it seems that either Clyde IA.
Reed. chairman OF the public utiii-
ties commission, or r. J. Hopkins, at
.torney general, win be candidate
for governor. Among other guDer-
natorial possibilities are Governor
Allen himself as a candidate for q
third term; 4. J. Pettijohn, secretary
.of state wv. r. Stubbs. OF Lawrence,
former governor; Alfred Docking, OF
Manhattan, state senator; Tom NC
sNeal. of Topeka. nse6ber OF the stats
@ee,.gUt Bosk Coanz1l y and Aedltoz
~ 4 farm pubgication ThAd g. Gary.
I. a. Pratt banker; Francis Price, O
Ashland, state senator; Frank =
RYAN. Of Leavenworth. former rail-
road commissioner and unsuccessful
candidate for governor in 1872 and
for secretary Of state in 1918; and y
Ralph Burton, of Salina, former
United States senator.
For lieutenant governor. D. A. n
Chase. Of Pleasanton, has formerly
announced. Others mentioned IN
clude D. u. Lamb, OF Herington'
chairman OF the ways and means
committee Of the last house.
Possibilities for attorney general
include G. B. Griffith, Of Fort Scott,
assistant attorney general; Baxter y.
-McLain, Of lola, attorney for the In
dustrial court; C. L. Hunt, OF Con-
cordia: and George H. Wark, OF
Caney. former Industrial court judge,
and now Kansas federal prohiDition
enforcement officer.
Fred seamon, of Topeka, is the
only avowed candidate for state su-
perintendent Of public instruction.
Others suggested as possible candi-
dates are George A. Allen, assistant
state superintendent; Miss Eta Joe
Mccoy, superintendent OF the Girls
Industrial School at Beloit; Q. y.
Rarick, professor Of rural education
at the Hays Normal; j. H. Clement,
Junction City, superintendent Of
schools; and J. w. Niley, Crawford
county superintendent.
For superintendent Of insurance
Walter Herrick, OF Wellington, has
formally announced. Emmet George,