The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-11-18
Feels Certain of Getting Repub-
liean National Convention.
Joe Manley Writes for Rooms
for Headquarters.
CONSIDERED A TIP
Manley is Supposed to Be On
the Inside.
Wouldn't Engage Rooms if He
Did Not Know.

CHICAGO, Nov. 1S.-Joseph 81. Manley,
ex-chairman of the Republican national
committee, and at present sole manager
of the Thomas Bracket Reed presiden-
tial boom, has written to Chicago to en-
gage thirty rooms for the "Reed head
quarters" at the Republican national
convention. If this letter of ex-Chair-
man Mapley's means anything at all
and the writer is a man who knows what
is going ONT means that Chicago is
practically certain to get the next ma
tional convention of the G. o. p, bag and
baggage, $4,000 deficit and all.
1t means, too, that the managers of the
Reed boom are on the inside OF things at
Republican national headquarters; that
the scheme to induce Chicago business
men to offer large sums of money as a
bonus for the convention is a mulct. pure
and simple, and that Chicago will get
the convention whether her people agree
to shoulder the debts of the national Re-
publican organization or not
The letter containing this important
information is now in the hands of Will
lam Odell, an attorney with an Office in
the Rookery building. and a warm per-
sonal friend of ex-Chairman MRnlev and
his family, and law partner of George
s. Willis, late United States senatorial
candidate. The letter was written to
Mr.. Odell by Mr.. Manley from New Or
leans, La, week ago. and reached his
hands Tuesday.
The recent meeting in the east of Mat
| Quay of Pennsylvania, Thomas Plat of
New York, John R Tanner of Illinois,
H. H. De Young of San Francisco and
| several others is believed to have had
much to do with bringing about this
result, alt shows concisely," a promi-
nent party leader said last night,
shat Tanner and Campbell of Hi
nois, Plat of New York, Quay of Penn
sylvania. De Young of California and
others have Joined forces with Manley Of
Maine to make the fight to land the
| with Merton first, it is claimed he stands
ready to assist the Marley Quay combi-
nation in winning its fight for Reed"
Ex- Chairman Manley, who has written
the request for rooms for Reed head
quarters, has for some tins been making
a tour of the western and southern
country. He passed through Chicago a
month or six weeks ago, and while there
conferred with several of the Illinois
leaders known to feel kindly toward the
candidacy of Reed.
Since that time Mr.. Manley has visited
Colorado, Kansas, New Mexico. Utah
and California. In each of these states,
particularly in California, he spent con-
siderable time, with but one object in
view-the promotion of the Reed boom.
After sweeping around the western cir
Gle Mr.. ManIey jumped over into the
south.
And it was after this extensive tour
and exceedingly close observation that
Mr. Manley came to the conclusion that
Reed has good chance to win tho nom
ination, and few days later that Chica-
60 would certainly be the scene of the
nominating convention. 1t was about
this time that the Tanner-Platt- Quay
conference was held in the east, and
within few days the letter to Chicago
for a reservation OF hotel accomm oda
tions was written