The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-07-29
On State and Congressional
Tickets, SO Candidates.
Campaign Managers in Their
Final Check Today.
PRIMARY VOTE ABOUT zoo, 900
This Is Guess of All Who Take
Part in the Fight.
Record Number of Men and
Women Out for Governor.
BY A. L. sHuLTz.


Campaign managers are today maxi
ing their final check-up of the situa-
ton and preparing to meet any result
which may come out of the most per-
picking primary the state has ever
known. With fifty-seven candidates
in the race for state nomination, con-
gressional contests in five districts and
a terrible silence among the voters,
there is all manner of opportunity for
worry and distress. 1t is the biggest
field of candidates and the greatest
lack of concern in any primary in the
history of the state.
For weeks the candidates and their
managers have tried to stir the voters
to action. But they have aroused only
idle discussion of candidates and is
sues Most of the fighting has been
on the governorship and for Justice
Silas Porter's position on the supreme
bench. Six candidates in the race for
attorney general and an equal number
seeking nomination for state superin-
tendent of insurance have made dope
sheets as invaluable as crop reports
on a North pole expedition.
Contests for several state offices
may not be settled until the official
count is registered next Friday. The
count of Tuesdays primary vote will
be slow and tedious There may be a
fair indication as to results of q, few
fights where a candidate gets away
to big start. But where the fighting
is close the last county may settle the
race in some of the contests where
there are crowded fields.
Seven for Governor.
Four years ago there were four can
didates for the Republican governor
ship nomination. At that time it was
a record. This year there are seven
candidates - including two women
There are three Democrat contestants
and a Socialist,
Sanguine reports are coming from
the campaign headquarters today.
They are the final claims for the can
didates who are trying to arouse a
final spark of enthusiasm and fight
ing spirit for the voting next week.
The governorship will go into tho
final unchanged so far as the dope IL
concerned. 1t looks like a fight of
Morgan against the field. With the
administration almost solidly behind
him Morgan has been able to keep the
opposition split among other candi-
dates. Apparently Lambertson 10 the
man with the chance to beat Morgan.
But there is lot of dispute on the
subject and maybe some OF the con-
tenders are right about it. Anyway.
the safe time to guess on primary
and election results is three months
before the voting begins.
Pprter-Hopkins Fight.
1t is likely that greater interest will
be shown in the Porter-Hopkina
JuQBeSnlp 11GnL Inan any contest in
the state An almost solid state bar.
business interests, newspapers and
many ministers. club women and wage
earners have rallied to the support OF
Justice Porter. 1t is perhaps the
greatest testimonial ever paid a mem
Der of the supreme bench in a political,
campaign.
Fights for nomination for several
court judge may not be decided until
late in the week.
Primary Vote of 100000.
1t looks as tho the primary vote will
be approximately 100000. Two years
ago it was unusually heavy-2o37s4
1878 Democrat and S21 Socialist
The general election vote was 557.398
-319,914 Republican. 214,94O Demo-
crat and 1884 Socialist. Thirty-fiva
to thirty-eight per cent of the Mo-
vember election vote is the likely pri-
mary turnout. In the absence of ap-
parent interest the vote may sag this
year. 1t might also take a big jurnD
Records of Kansas primaries dur
ing the last ten years show an even
betting proposition that Tuesdays vote
will be a little under or a little greater
than 100000. In 1918 the vote was
20O,901, in 1915 a total of 1851
votes were polled and in 1914 the vote
was 1850.
G. o. p, 16O, O,OOO-Democrats, 10000.
If history means anything the Re-
publicans should poll 10000 to 17O,-
600 votes. The Democrat vote may
reach 10000. 1t might drop to 10000.
In 1914 when the Democrats were in
power they registered their greatest
primary vote, 72.735 cast for renoIqs-
nation of Governor Hodges. The So
cialist vote is expected to range any
where from 500 to z,500-with per-
haps 1000 to 1900 as close guesses.
Most of the campaign headquarters
will work at high speed Sunday and
Monday. They will send final tTnpas-
stoned appeals to their workers in tho
state in an effort to get their votes -
the polls Tuesday.
'If the vote gets out"
That is the alib5 on which all state
ments are made today.
Yet there is another mystery note.