The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-03-26
WITH A WHOOP.
The Troutman Boom to Be
Launched in Topeka
>By a Rousing Mass Meeting of
Republicans
AT HAMILTON HALL
Next Wednesday Evening, and q
Troutman Club Organized.
Mckinley and Troutman and
5000 MajOrity-Hurrah!
That's the Way Old Shawnee
Will Show Up.

The Troutman boom will be launched
in formal manner next Wednesday
night, probably at Hamilton hall.
1t has behind it such men as Major T..
j Anderson, C. S. Elliott, ]. B Larimer,
a B. Quinton, Judge John Guthrie,
Chairman Leroy Cur rier of the city CEN
tisl committee, Captain c. II. Titus. Fl.
Nj Phillips. J. c. Clark, John l. Guy,
J. W. Gleed, &. c. Baker, Edward L.
Copeland, J. w. Stout J. F. Mitchell,
Major VIM. Sims, and almost every
other Republican of any prominence in
the city.
The details of the meeting to be held
next Wednesday evening have not been
arranged, but at its close a Troutman
club will be organized, and every one
will be given an opportunity to become a
member. 1t will be of the rousin e
kind of meetings that will let the rest of
the state know where Shawnee comfy
with its 1000 Republican majority,
stands.
1t has been said that Shawnee county
Is not for TrOutman, and that when the
time comes it will be in line for Nor
riI. This is the story that is being told
, by Cy Leland and his lieutenants to
frig ghten the Troutman supporters. The
meeting next Wednesday evening will
disabuse the minds of all who cherish a
hope or a belief that Shawnee county is
for Morrill,
The men who look after politics in
Shawnee county say that since the sup
port of Mr. Troutman began and spread
outside of Shawnee county it is time to
let the outside supporters know that what
they are doing meets with the unanimous
approval of Shawnee county.
The people of Shawnee county only
to ahr ehoTr 4
tion to Mr.. Troutman and with a rousing
Troutman club at his home the IN fluence
will be felt in every portion of the state.
Even Cy Leland has come to believe
that the nomination of Morrill, is next to
impossible and he is casting about for
some one strong enough to defeat Trout
man. He has not yet found the man.
= The friends of Mr. Troutman in To-
peka are determined that there shall be
other Troutmau clubs besides that to be
organized next Wednesday evening.
1t is TO be the core of the Troutman
boom. In every county in the state
there will be similar clubs, composed of
people who admire the straightforward
honesty of Mr.. Troutman.
Judge John Guthrie said, in speaking
of the movement to organize. "The peo-
pie of the state should know where we
stand and we can let them know by start
ing Troutman club"
Captain Titus said: tit is time that we
let the people of the state know that we
are not tor Morrill, and that we are for
Trousman."
F. P. Lindsay said: "We didn't start
this troutman movement. It came from
without this county. The people from
other portions of the state came out and
said 1--WE want Troutman,' and we must
let them know by the organization of an
enthusiastic club that we agree with
them and that we, too. want Troutman."
That is the universal sentiment
There has not been a great deal said but
all the people of Shawnee county are for
Troutman and when the club is form
ed and the meeting adjourns
next Wednesday evening it will be great
eat compliment ever received by candi-
date for office.
1t is the general sentiment in Topeka
that Shawnee county should lead off with
an early convention and that Troutman
delegation should be selected very early
in the summer. The political workers in
Shawnee county want no misunderstand-
ing and they propose with an early con-
vention and an enthusiastic Troutman
club to show the people of the state that
there is no hesitation here on the ques-
tion of a gubernatorial candidate.