The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-10-22
GOV. WAITE IN TOWN.
He VIII Speak on Politics at Hamilton
Hall Tonight.


Hall Tonight.
Ex- Governor Davis II. Waite of Colo
rado came to town today and stopped at
the National He is to speak at Hamil-
ton hall tonight on political questions.
Bloody Brides. does not now appear
at all sanguine. There is placid look on
his face that was not there a year ago
Then he was fighting his own battle
now he is fighting other peoples. He
has been to Ohio 10 help Coxey. but says
frankly that Coxey will not be elected.
Governor Waite is always frank. The
ex-governor speaks in very low tone in
conver sation, but he has a very positive
manner, and one would conclude at once
that what he says he means.
"lt is little early to predict what the
Populists will do next year" said he to
JOURNAL reporter. "But there Is one
thing sure. They will nominate a south
ern man for the presidency. If Field
had been nominated for president in
stead of vice president. we would have
carried some of the southern states and
elected president in 1896. AS it stands
now l am satisfied that we will throw
the election of president into the house
and OF course that will mean the election
of d Republican president but he will
not be elected by the people"
WHO do you think will be nominated
for PRESIDENT"
81 believe it will be Nugent of Texas.
He is d very good man Of mature years.
He is strong in his state and strong in
The south. He would be an excellent
man to nominate"
s'Have you no aspirations?"
mo have no political aspirations"
Inc aQoQ Ex-Governor shook
his head meaningly. 81 had
very stormy time while l was
in Office and l have no desire to again
enter the arena. OF course, a position
such as l held is more or less trying and
l assure you that l feel considerably re-
lisved'
"What is the situation in your statr?"
"oh, we have the state" replied IL e
governor, confidently. "The Republi-
cans won last year by a com bination of
circumstances they will never be able to
control again. There were 10, 900 Demo
Gratis who deserted their party 10 vote
with the Republicans, and they took
5000 OF their wives with them. Then
the Prohibitionists deserted their party
to vote the ticket 1t was "a combination
Of the temperance and whisky people,
the gambler and the preacher, the w. c.
1. {. and the diso7derly women. Such a
thing can never happen again"
"What do you think of the workings
of woman suffrage?"
81 can hardly say. 1t has its dlBw
backs, and the greatest of these is igAo-
rance. 1t could not be expected t1at
people who had no training in politics
could vote intelligently. My own opin-
ion is that the qualification had better be
one OF intelligence l would have no
one vote who would not reach GER
1 tain standard, and there would be less
trouble.
81 am satisfied" said the governor. as
he changed the subject. shat the Popu-
lists Will make greag gains in every state
l have visited. In both Ohio and Iowa
however, the Republican governors will
be elected. Coxey is making n magniti-
cent campaign, and he will get a good
vote. There will be falling off OF
both the Republican and Democratic
vote. but the Democrats will be the
greater losers. The PopuIist party is the
coming party, and in my opinion the
two old parties will soon both go
TO he'll, where they belong" For
the first time during the conversation the
eyes of the governor assumed IA stony
look. He acted as if he intended to say
something fierce but he evidently
changed his mind for he did not say it.
Gov. Waite will speak at Burlingame,
EMporia, Clay Ceuter and Smith .eSter
ia the order named efore he lstLrus
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