Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-08-10
TO REDEEM KANSAS.
Republicans Perfecting an 0rganiza-
tion and Determined to Win.
OPPOSITION TO JERRY SIMPSON.
Strong Protection Candidates in Each Con-
gressional District
THE DEMOCRATS IN THE STATE DIVIDED

Topeka, KAN, Aug. a-Notwithstand.
ing the combined opposition has 40, ,0OO
majority in this State, the Republicans
appear at this time to have decidedly the
best of it The recalcitrant Democrats have
been asserting their independence in way
which will count and from present indica-
tions every district in the State except the
fourth will have four candidates for Con-
gresa In their nominations the Republic
ans have been very fortunate and have
| selected without exception the best
campaieners in the district.
Chester I. Long, who has been making it
interesting for Jerry Simpson in the Seventh
| district, comes from the same town as the
sockless statesman and has the advantage OF
knowing thoroughly his methods He has
attacked Jerry on his Congressional record
and during the latter's absence has so man.
aged his fight that it will be impossible for
him to make the same kind of campaign
which resulted in his election two wears ago
The Democrats in the Seventh district do
not like Simpson and the part he has taken
in the Watson investigation has made him
all the more unpopular. When the Demo-
cratic Congressional Convention meets, the
opposition to Simpson will bolt if he is in
dorsed and nominate candidate of their
own. In the Congressional district which
adioins the Third Governor Humphrey, the
Republican nominee for Congress, is con-
Quoting an aggressive campaign. He has
the strongest competitor Of any of the Re-
publican nominees but he has sentered the
fight to win.
Work Of . Brilliant Orator.
j. R. Burton, the nominee in the Fifth
district, is the most brilliant orator in the
State. He is doing more work than was
ever undertaken before by candidate for
Congress. For the past six weeks he has
averaged two speeches per day, and pro-
poses to keep up the fight until election day.
John Davis, the present Alliance Congress-
man, is very unpopular with the Democrats,
and, although Democratic candidate has
been nominated, Burton will get thousands
of Democratic votes, because it is the only
way to defeat Davis
Charles Curtis, the Republican nominee
in the Fourth district, is man of the peo-
pie. His mother was q half-breed Indian
and his father was horse trader Every
man, woman aud child in Topeka knows
him and is proud of him, and irrespective of
party the men will have to vote for him.
b. l. Pestana, who. will make the race
against Baker, the Alliance Congressman,
in the Sixth district, is lawyer Of ability,
who never figured in politics until this year.
he has State reputation and is an able de-
batter.
The Third, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth and
Seventh were the Congressional districts
carried by the Alliance two years ago, and
hAf n hov hn~n a{xa xl-k IL
Will carry three Of the five. In the First
and Second districts, now represented by
Republicans, the reelection of Funston and
Broderick is practically conceded.
The Republicans Bound to Win.
. There is much to challenge admiration in
the manner in which the Republican party
has picked itself up and entered this cam
paign. It no longer expects assistance from
the Democrats on either the electoral or
State ticket, unless 1t comes through further
plumbers Of the Populist leaders. The lead
ers have simply bent every energy to perfect
such an organization as can be absolutely
controlled. With disorganized opposition
1t expects to cut both ways and win through
the mistakes made. The suspicion with
which the Populists regard the Democratic
leaders is fed from Republican sources and
unless the Republican Central Committee
is disappointed, this distrust will. result in
thousands of Republican farmers scratching
the electoral ticket.
The railroad vote. which went solidly to
the Peoples party two years ago, is now
actively working with the Republicans
There are 2S, 900 railroad votes in the State
and the Republicans count on 10000 of
them. In the same way the Third party
Prohibition vote, which went to the .Peo-
Piles party two years ago, will this year
vote the Third party Prohibition ticket
The Prohibitionists have been sorely dis
appointed with the Peoples party. They
expected the farmers TO adopt the ism and
make it feature of the campaign, but every
State and Congressional Convention has
ignored It: The Third party Prohibitionists
are equally disgusted with the Republican
party and propose to make vigorous inde-
pendent campaign. Ex-Governor ST. John
has personal grievance against Smith, the
Republican candidate for Governor, but the
speeches he proposes to make will assist
rather than harm the Rennhlicap nop,;naa