Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-10-21
BRLIxF IN PoPULIsT SUCCESS.

BELIEF IN PoPULIsT SUCCESS.
Populist leaders, and democrats who hereto
fore have stood stsunchly against that innova-
ton in western politics, the peoples party,
express the positive conviction that the
| Weaver electoral ticket will be elected and
| United States Senator PETER, Chairman Breid-
enthal Of the populist state central committee
Congressman Jerry Simpson, Ex-Governor
George w. Click, Chairman W. G. Jones Of the
democratic state central committee and other
prominent politicians Of Kansas have within the
| week expressed to the correspondent for THH
EVENING STAR their belief that the people,
party electoral ticket, supported by the funor
! democrats, would be elected, and that the stats
would cast its vote for Weaver.
REPUBLICANS ExPREss CONFIDENCE.
At republican headquarters in Topeka conf
dence IL expressed Of the election of the cleo
toral ticket, the state ticket and the general
assembly, but the surface indications at the
present time do not look hopeful for republi-
canism in the stats. The republicans have to
| fight on the electoral ticket the marked luke
warmness OF the Blaine wing and the combined
| opposition Of the populists and democrats who
have fused. Besides this the opposition is most
active and has been conducting . campaign
with cyclonic trimmings. Two years ago the
peoples party maze unprecedented gains IN
the state. From the best information obtain
able IL l. certain that while the populists may
not now control as large vote az they did two
years ago the gains they will receive from the
| FUSION with the democrats VIII more than make
up the total Of their losses from detection and
otner causes;
their chances for more than . mixed victory
are positively nil, and they will in privacy ad-
NIT that the situation 10 well nigh desperate.
Jonn y. in8aAs maoe an entrance into tne
campaign recently, put there was That IN ms
opening speech wnlcn cnliieo the repupncah
stase centrsi commt'ee.
THE row AMONG THE DEMOCRATS.
The fightin the democratic party between the
sp,;oni.ts and .nt,-,usionists or ".traiobont >,
=. I-,.s, ~ t. ~
usihs masnineo' ~ meals 'na' AL ou' INC
railroad element OF the party Is supporting
actively the fusion populist-democratic cleo
toral, state ana congressional ticket. ana that
the state democracy has In view the overthrow
OF the dominant party.
THE CONGRESSIONAL CONTESTS
Interest in the congressional contests is rife
AZ nraa.rt Kansas .art . d.,ooo,;or 20 Al.
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last nouSo on WHICH was al aroma oi he"-"o"n
hay and general air OF bucolic freshness. I'm
less there occurs between this time and election
day change OF the greatest magnitude that
delegation will be duplicated. What will the
east say when the sunfower state returns to
Congress as Congressman-at-large and head Of
the state delegation an ex-confederate colonell
Many will wonder how John Browns body can
rest in its grave And yet the indications are
that this will be done.
Under the spportionment law KANSAS gains a
Congressman. The early adjournment Of the
general assembly last spring prevented a reap
portionment Of congressional districts. 30 that
Congressman-at-large must be elected. Geo.
T. Anthony Of the state board Of railroad COM
missioners 10 the republican nominee. Col.
VIM. A. Harris. an ex-confederate Of ability, is
the ,populist- democratic nominee. Advices
from all over Kansas are to the effect that
Harris chances Of election are good, in fact are
better than those Of Anthony. This is one Of
the surprises Of the present campaign and one
which the republicans cannot satisfactorily ex-
plain. George 7. Anthony has been prominent
in Kansas for years. but nothing seems more
likely now than that he will be defeated for
Congressman -at-large, and that by a one time
colonel in the confederate army.
The contests in the seven congressional dis
tricts Of Kansas, like the rest Of the campaign,
are spotted 1t is difficult to pick the winners
One thing il sure. there will be fewer republi-
cans in the next House from Kansas than there
were in the last
In the first congressional district there are
three candidates-Case Broderick the present
republican Representative. Edward Carroll, the
democratic candidate, and Fred Close pop
ulist. The first district was one of the few in
which the populists and democrats failed to
fuse Broderick will be reelected He is the
only republican congressional candidate whose
election is assured.
The second district, which has been repre-
sented for several sessions BY E. H. Fun
ston Of wyandotte county, is the scene Of
bitter contest. Funston is the republic
can nominee and w. H. Moore the demo-
cIatic-populist candidate Moore's chances Of
defeating Funston are regarded as better than
good
The aght in the third Kansas district has pc
culiar significance attached to it. Gov Lyman
N. Humphrey, the present state executive, is
the republican candidate. 1t il said that he
made deal with Senator Bishop W. Perkins
when he appointed him United States Senator
to succeed Plumb. through which he secured
the congressional nomination. T. j. Hudson is
the populist- democratic nominee, and he is
looked upon as q sure winner. r. NJ. Cheshire
is ''straightout" democratic candidate, but
his strength is 80 small as to preclude his being
factor in the contest.
The fourth district has but two candidates
Charles Curtis the republican nominee, and
DR.. H. v. Wharton, the populist-democratic
candidate. This contest will be close, with the
chances in favor of Curtis, the republican.
John Davis, the present populist Representa-
tive from the fifth Kansas district, will have q
hard fight to defeat the republican nominee j.
Ralph Burton of Abilene 1t Ia a see-saw con-
test, with Davis chances shading q trife the
best