| Show CURTIS TO SUCCEED BENSON kansas makes st lection topeka kas tan 11 congressman charles curb s of the first kansas was nominated for U S senator to succeed senator alfred A benson on the fourth ballot by the republican members of the kansas legislature in caucus here tonight the action of the caucus is equivalent to election as the republican majority in the legislature is overwhelming on the first ballot mr curels re calved 34 votes this number was increased on each succeeding galloi until the fourth when mr curels received 61 votes 60 being necessary to nominate five men who had voted for congressman P P campbell immediately rosa and changed their votes from campbell to curels giving the topeka man a bare majority mr curtis Is an attorney and is 47 years of age and Is serving his seventh term in congress |