The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-01-28
BUSY SUNDAY us
IN PROSPECTFOR
PARTY LEADERS
Big Advance Guard for Kansas
Day in Topeka.
Harmony Efforts To Be At
tempted Over the Sabbath.
PLANNING FOR CONVENTION
Feeling That Something Must
Be Done Before Primary.
Looks Like Biggest State Day
in Politics in Years.
Harmony Efforts To Be At
tempted Over the Sabbath.
PLANNING FOR CONVENTION
Looks Like Biggest State Day
in Politics in Years.

Harmony, dark horse compromise
possibilities. state convention to work
out elimination plans-thOse are the
subjects which will keep the hotel
lobbies humming until after the Kan
sas Day club banquet Monday night.
Every train is bringing additional
workers who are coming to Topeka
from the outlying counties-workers
fed Up on ideas of the folks at home
and who want to swap plans in an
effort to work out a party agreement
before the primaries. From the stand
point of attendance and political i'm
portance, the meeting is one OF the
biggest of the year
Two Pullman cars filled with party
leaders in Barton and Reno counties
came this morning from HUTCHINSON
and Great Bend. Another crowd came
from Wichita and the Third district
towns sent an early delegation Flfth
and Sixth district counties are also
represented in the early arrivals with
heavy advance attendance from the
First, Second and Fourth districts
Oran Layton, secretary OF the clup'
may meet with much trouble in trying
to spread the walls of Masonic temple
10 Accommodate the visitors
Worry of Party Affairs.
Party affairs are close to the hearts
of the men who are coming to Topeka
this year to celebrate the states blrth-
day anniversary. There isn't as much
Joy and enthusiasm as has been IN
evidence in recent years. None or
the enthus,a asm which followed the
1920 Republican landslide and was in
evidence at the dinner last year IS be-
ing shown by the fellows who came
early to gather inspiration fc- Monday
nights big show.
out in the country the taxpayers
leagu- are taking hold of things.
They are telling the party leaders
what they think Of expenses at the
capital in Topeka and in the court
house and city hall. There isn't a
Merry Christmas ring to the things
they are saying, either. Tt is a sort
of hard boiled. rough edged discour-
teous expression. 1t is to the effect
that the taxpayer with 30-cent corn
and dollar wheat wants to know when
the men in public service expect to be-
gin to trim their expenses to meet
farm price slumps.
Talk of Convention
In the meantime there is a pros
pective list of gubernatorial candi-
dates that look like the advance sheet
of a Bell Telephone company directory.
Old Bill Snort is likely to get dizzy
looking 'em over Maybe that is one
OF the reasons for the demand for a
the fellows from home can speak
out in meeting and there will be a first
class gavel and lots of ice water. OF
course such a meeting couldn't bind
the party primary voters. But it sug-
gestion would be d mighty strong and
effective hint. In the minds of some
of the wise men of the party it would
clear the present situation.
Kansas Day visitors are talking COM
promise, party harmony and gentle
mems agreements for getting together
They want the leaders of the two war
ring factions to eliminate their first
rank slections and agree on a cornpro-
mise candidate-some strong Kansan
safely removed from Identification
with active public affairs in the last
few years and not distastefuI to either
crowd. They believe such a course
will clear the situation Most of all.
tho, they believe it is the one big
chance to safeguard against possible
loss of the head of the ticket in the
November election. Fact is, the No
Yenber election is the big fear in the
hearts of the men who are most con-
cerned with the course OF the club
members.
a Probable Dark Horse.
The selection of compromise can
didate means a probable dark horse
the possibility that some outsider
will be called who will not run unless
NAANA Z - a SAAOL6 unilEQ IOllOW1DE be-
mind him. 1t might mean Senator
Francis {. Price of Clark county, the
veteran fighting senator. J. II. Stew
art of Wichita, former state senator.
is strongly urged. and workers are here
from his home town today to urge his
candidacy as a compromise. Senator
James w. Finley of Chanute is an
other likely compromise offering. He
quit a district judgeship to go to the
oIllcers training camp and went thru
the war as captain. He was Cover
nor Aliens selection as attorney for
the receivers during the time the state
operated the coal mines in 1919. Gen.
Wilder s. Metcalf of Lawrence is an
other dark horse possibility.
There will be hard, busy milling in
the lobbies during the next two DAYS.
That is the place where the medicine
making will be done in the open. Most
of the prescriptions, tho, will be writ
ten by the men who talk but little but
will sit in most of the conferences be-
hind closed doors. But it won't be
very arbitrary, hard and fast order this
year. The situation out in the state
isn't looking bright and rosy.
Kansas Day Business.
The annual business session of the
club will be held in representative
hall Monday afternoon at $3.50 o'clock.
There are three candidates for the
presidency. They include DIR. Charles
W. Jones of Olathe. who stepped aside
to give the presidency to Wilbur C.
Hawk of Atchison in 1920; Charles
Townsley. one of the editors of the
Great Bend Tribune; and J. o. Evans.
of Asherville, former member of the
legislature from Mitchell county.
Only one member of the Kansas
delegation in Washington will be here
for the banquet this year. That is
Congressman J. N Tincher Of the Sew
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