The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-06-21
More Candidates Filed for State
Offices Than Ever Before.
Republicans Have Contests in
All Except Three Offices.
MANY TOPEKANS IN RUHNIHG
Total of 11s Have Filed in Sec
retary of States Office.
All Parties VIII Have Full
Ticket in August Primary.

when books in the office of l. J.
Pettijohn. secretary OF state, are
closed tonight. records will show the
heaviest filing OF candidates for state
office since the primary .av became
effective fourteen years ago Repub-
Icans. Democrats and Socialists VIII
have full tickets in the field. The Re
pubHcans have contests for state Of
fees in every department except audi
tor. treasurer and printer
Including judicial positions. a To-
TAI Of II3 candidates had filed IN the
secretary Of states office late TINS
afternoon II was apparent that the
list was 10 be increased Detore the o.
flee closed tonight.
Many Topeka Candidates
Topeka is out in front with the
longest list OF Candidates IN her MS
tory. Local political aspirants are
after most OF the jobs available one
or two local candidates who were e1-
pected to enter had not filed at
O'Clock. These included Ed Rooney.
Republican. for attorney general. and
Otis s Allen. Democrat, for supreme
court position No. ?.
George B. Snow. whose political
fIurries have attracted interest ana
amusement for two years. VIII melt
before the primary heat Anyway
fifty dollars is a lot OF money to pay
for having -our name printed on the
ballots and IL is good deal OF trou-
bIe to circulate petitions. So Snow
blew into the state house today with
the announcement that he rather
guessed he would wait until next fall
and run as IN independent candidate
for governor. He pOlled AZ. 900 votes
in the primary race against Governor
Allen two years ago
Many Surprises in Filings
There were several surprises in to-
days filings.
Entrance Of w. Z. Bush in the race
for the Republican congressional nom
alton wasn't in the advance dope
Neither was the declaration today of
Frank c. Dreaming of Topeka as a
Republican candidate for attorney
general
OF equal surprise was the filing of
David r. Coughlin for the Republi-
can congressional nomination in the
fifth district. Coughlin, who has
been suspected of intimate relations
with some of the promoters of the
NOnpartisan League. signed the call
for the recent convention in Topeka
to organize a new political party.
Later he returned to Topeka to par
ticipate in the Farm er-Labor political
convention. Coughlin is a wealthy
Cloud county farmer and will oppose
Congressman James B. Strong of Mar
shall county
PauIen Has Clear Field.
Failure Of Sheffield Ingalls, Of Atch-
ison to file this afternoon will give
Ben ). Paulen of Fredonia a clear
field for lieutenant governor in the
Republican primaries. That situation
viii give Republicans four uncontest-
ed state positions
The governorship track is more
crowded than in any race Kansas ever
staged. There are eleven starters for
didates-includinE two women-are
Republicans. three are Democrats and
one is a Socialist.
Never in the history of the state
the gubernatorial honor. Until this
year the previous record was attained
in I91S. when four candidates went
to the finish That wear the race was
between Governor Allen. ". Y. Nor
gan. James a. Troutman and S. n.
Brewster
There is n possibility that Miss Lor-
raine Z. Wooster and Jesse w NIiley
win fight it out for the Republican
nomination for state superintendent
Of instruction Neither Mrs. Grace
Snyder Of CawlSer City nor Fred Sea
man OF Topeka are officially entered
State candidates who have filed late
this afternoon include:
Governor-Rcpublicans W. p. Lambert
W Y Morgan. hutchinson: Mrs W. y.
Aowry. Kansas City; Miss Helen Petit
Fred W. Knapp. Salina. Democrats Col.
Leigh Hunt. Kansas City: J. NJ. Davis.
SociaIst- NJ L Phillips. Mcdonald
Lieutenant Governor-Republican Ben
y Eaulen. Eredouia- Democrat: J. w.
Howe. Clay Center Socialist; S A Cole.
Newton
Supreme Court No. 1-Republicans sIIas
Porter. Kansas City; Richard J. Hopkins,
Garden City Democrat: W. T. billiard.
Fort Scott
Supreme Court No 2-Republicans: Jud-
son 5. West, Topeka; W. ". Harvey, Ash
land Democrat Otis :. Allen. Topeka.
Secretary OF e-Republicans n. o.
McCray. Topeka: Frank J. Ryan. Lenven-
worth. Democrat: Ed Clemans, Longton.
Socialist. Elsie Hamilton. lola.
Attorney Ceneral-RepuhIicans T. d.
Smith. Hiawatha. Charles r. Griffith,
Fort Scott John f. Martin, Alma; Hal r.
Clark Independence: Frank g. Dreaming.
Topeka: Ed Rooney. Topeka. Democrat: !:
G. b. Little. Olathe. Socialist: S. j. Mat
tox. Oswego.
State Treasurer = Republican: F. T.
Thompson. Smith Center Socialist: c. w.
Chandler, Newton.
State Auditor-Republican n. A Turner
Socialist. Arthur Rridwell. Baldwin.
Superintendent OF Insurance-Republi-
cans: F. D George. Council Grove; Walter
g Herrick. wellington Charles z. Hobbs.
Baldwin: Jacob J. Banks, Atchison A c
Cartright. Kansas City (colOred). Demo
crat- W H RiEney. Paola- Socialist: A w.
wilkins. St Francis
Superintendent Public Instruction-Re-
pubNcans- Miss Lorraine f Wooster. Sa-
lima. Jesse -. Miey. Gtrard- Democrats /.
J v Colviile, wichita: Harry Mcclure,
Kiowa: c. A Deardorff. Overlook; Bert
EesseIrinS. Atwood. Socialist Ida A
Belloff. Wichita.
state Printe r-Repubiican: Bert P
Walker. Osborne Socialist: James Chase.
Galena.
Well Known Rumanian Dies