The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-02-22

representative from Coffey county, lis
one of the active Fourth district
Democrats in the hotel milling. =
While there appears to be three
and possibly four candidates in the
field for congressman from the Third
district, members of the Cherokee
county delegation are insisting that
Charles stephens widely known Co
lumbus attorney, is the logical can
didate to terminate Phil Campbells
long stay in Washington. Stephens
will not only demand the solid Demo-
crat vote but he is also popular with
the laboring classes, especially with
friends say. He is also an enemy of
the industrial court law which is a
popular chord to play on in south
east Kansas.
Charlie Grant, of Columbus, who
publishes the biggest weekly -newspa-
per in southeast Kansas. the Modern
Light, is authority for the statement
that the Democrats of Cherokee coun-
ty will make a clean sweep in the
court house this fall. Furthermore,
he says Charlie Stephens as a candi-
date for congress will give Phil Camp
bell the race of his life.
Among the delegates from Cherokee
county. who drove overland to Topeka
Tuesday, are Charlie Grant. ]. H. Ell
lis, Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Martin and
MES. Charles Stephens. Mr.. Stephens
was expected to join the party here
today, but got in over his head in the
trial of a lawsuit at Oswego at the last
minute and wired he couldn't get
away. Mrs, Martin stopped over night
at Lawrence to visit her son who is
attending the state university.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. E. Uplinger. of St.
Francis, are in Topeka for the con-
vention today. Mr. Uplinger. was a
years ago.
A special train from Kansas City
brought 100 delegates and Democrat
robes and a bunch of jazz music and
original songs. They paraded the
hotel Hobbies and staged a demonstra-
ton preceding opening of the state
convention.
Hubert Lardner of Fort Scott. for
mer chairman of the state compittee,
is here with the Bourbon county dele
CATION
Bob Timmons of the Kansas Gas &
Electric company of Wichita plays no
favorites. He came to town for the
Kansas Day banquet and was here
early today for the Democrat conven-
ton. Timmons is really, tho, the Dem
ocrat member of the Kansas Gas &
Electric organization.
Bill Kercher of Topeka never misses
a convention. He covered" all of the
political shows in the old days as
newspaper correspondent. Now he
does the good cheer work for the
Southwestern Bell Telephone COM
pany. He knows every politician i'll
the state by his first name.
w H. Thompson of Kansas City.
former United States senator. sat with
the Wyandotte delegation in the con-
vention today.
Senator p. c. Gates came with the
Barton county delegation. The Bar
ton senator is exactly one-half of the
minority organization in the Kansas
Upper house. He gave a good ac
count of his share of the Bourbon
responsibility in the 1921 session, too.
Stance Myers of Leavenworth,
member of the board of control dur
irg the Hodges regime. is here with
his home county delegates.
NJ NJ Schmidt of Sunmerfield is
being boosted by his friends as a con-
Gressional candidate against Con-
gresham. Strong this year. Schmidt
admitted today he was considering
entering the race. He served in the
the sessions of 1851 and made a
good record.
The Mitchell county delegation
came this morning and Immediately
began work for A. f. Jordan as a
congressional candidate in the Sixth.
Jordan heads the delegation and is
likely to be a. contender for the nom
ination. Other members of the dele
CATION are: P. H. Pagett, L. H. Col
Inns. F. C. Brown and NJ. L. Grecian.;
f. W. Boyd and wife are here from
Phillipsburg. Boyd was eight years
postmaster of his home town and IN
til recently publisher of the Phillips
burg Post. He now publishes the Re-
view, the low Den. ocrat paper in his
home town. Mrs. Boyd, who is visit
ing here during the convention, is one
of the prominent club women in the
Sixth district.
E. E. Kite. st. Francis lawyer, is,
here with tie delegation from the
northwest county. He came with E.
E. Uplinger, former representative
They expressed joy today when news
came that the rain was general, over
the state. 1t means millions to the
western wheat country.
J. F. Hale of the Mankato Advocate
and F. A. Webster of the Atwood Citi-
zen are among Sixth district publish
ers here. Hale is suspected of launch
ing a boom for Henry r. Honey of
Mankato for congress. Honey the
present Mankato postmaster. was for
years one of the we'll known Democrat
editors in the aixth district.
$500 silk Robbery at Emmett.
st. Marys, Kan, Feb. 21.-Easily
topping the list of small town store
robberies so prevalent over this sec
ton of the state this winter, comes the
announcement that the Eshbach Mer
camille company, of Emmett, seven
miles north of here, had been broken
into last night and loot valued from
$500 to $1,000 in goods gotten away
with.
Raard NJ Trade Takes Halliday