Show THE POLITICAL PUT begins to boll slowly A S condon out for Mayo rOther candidates let their eyes shy at th e official roster no candidates for judge city attorney treasurer and recorder the political pot is beginning to boll the candidates will be bomin noted inside of eighty days for mayor the only active candidate seems to be dr A S condon he does not hesitate to come out openly and tell his friends that he wants the nomination his enemies say he cant be elected and point to bis defeat for school trustee in the fourth ward while hla friends point to his election to th present legislature and say it he can be elected to the legislature he can be elected mayor at any rate the doctor is in dead earnest and is out after the office and is working hard tor tho nomination parley T wright 1 mentioned as the republican nominee tor mayor he is a bright and energetic business man and while this paper has preferred angus T wright for the place could cheerfully support parley tor mayor J C nye is mentioned as often as any person tor mayor and it does not come from him either if there is going to be a dark boree in the race J C nye thomas carr would not object to tha nomination yet he hesitates to announce his candidacy mayor glasmann is mentioned for election reelection re but states positively and emphatically that he Is not a candidate for election reelection re on tho democratic side max davidson is the only avowed candidate ha says he can down any candidate named by the republicans up to date max thinks because defeated he an old republican war horse tor councilman in the fourth ward that he can do it again but others say he will swim in tho soup this faal it the american party is organized in ogden then frank cannon or chas win head that ticket if rumor counts jor anything the candidates for other city offices are lying low or there are none the present incumbents have not even expressed a desire tor election reelection re and may follow the mayor into voluntary retirement for councilman L OK brown Is mentioned to succeed max davedson Dav ldson in the fourth dardr fred chambers the other councilman has two more years to serve dr J F is mentioned to succeed J C the fifth ward it that gentleman decides not to run again architect F C woods and mike malone of the first ward are being pushed for councilman carrs seat while william williams of the wll biama shupe candy company is being groomed to succeed john E williams in the second ward john H cardon and H P randall are spoken of for the vacancy that will occur in the third ward As a whole the political pulse beats very slowly it is probable that the city attorney city judge city recorder and city treasurer will be without opposition the battle ground will be for mayor and the taxpayers tax payers should take a hand in politics this year and see to it that the substantial taxpayers tax payers and successful business men free from grafting and bo be selecta adfor mayor and councilmen the city has put on a modem appearance lately and the good work should continue new and good men can easily be found if the taxpayers tax payers will look for them because a man does not seek the office that does not mean that he would refuse the nomination neither does it mean that because a man Is candidate for the office that he ig qualified tor such office DEVLIN RECEIVERS MEET topeka kas july 20 cyrus acland and J E hurley receivers for the devlan estate have gone to chicago to meet walter reeves the third receiver some matters of importance regarding the settlement of the estate will be discussed receiver james T bradley of the first national bank said tonight that his report 0 the banks condition would be ready in a short time ha received information today which he has been waiting far and which has delayed the completion ot the report washington july thomas F ayan who arrived here today from ew york gave out the following in erslew on governor higgans message 0 the new york legislature concern ng a joint commission to investigate life insurance business in aba state governor higgans has acted wisely in ordering an investigation of all the insurance companies A thorough investigation will be a good thing tor the policy holders |