Evening star., 1896-09-11
RYAN AND KAN SAS
Claim That he Will Garry the State by
10000.
No Republican Money to BE Put There
Uniess Mckinley Needs the Vote
The Congressional Contests,
Special Correspondence of The Evening Star.


TOPEKA, Kan, September o. 1896.
Ihere are a great many republicans in
Kansas who believe that the republican
national committee has abandoned Kansas
and Will make no special effort to carry the
state for the Mckinley and Hobart electoral
ticket In fact, word has reached head
quarters here that Mr.. Hanna will put
money into The contest here il he finds that
Mckinley will need Kansas vote in the
electoral college. Otherwise, the repub-
ncans IN the state must take care of the
financial matters necessary in pulling their
state, congressional and legislative tickets
through. Candidates for state senator and
members of the house Of representatives
who have hard fight ahead Of them do
rot relish this condition. They, of all, ex-
pect help In financial way. and when they
are toid that Mr.. Hanna Will put up money
IN case he needs Kansas in his business
they go home with that tired feeling so
prevalent among Kansas statesmen. They
are willing to sacrifice themselves on the
altar OF their country that the brilliant In
gals may &C back TO the United States
Senate but If Mark Hanna desires to con-
tlnue the reign of PETER for another six
years, ne can be accommodated, for that
Will be the result, they say, unless the ma
uohal committee comes to the rescue.
silver Fight for the Legislature.
The silver forces in Kansas are making
the big fight for the legislature and the
electoral ticket, and If the vote cast two
years ago and the accessons to that ele-
ment from the silver republicans can be re-
Fed upon for an estimate for this year, this
state will declare for Bryan for President,
and Its legislature will be anti-republican.
The free silver republican state committe tee
with Webb McNall as chairman makes a
showing that Is not very hopeful to the re-
publican leaders of Kansas. McNall claims
that up 10 the present time he has reports
that there are aO2 Bryan clubs in Kansas
with total membership of 75, 4S., of which
13,O4O are republicans In 1894 the popu-
lists polled 11S,s29 votes, and the demo-
Gratis, 70. 169, making a total of 145,03s.
These forces have fused and will cast their
votes for Bryan. Add to the fusion vote
the l3,o40 silver republicans, and the COM
blned strength against Mckinley Is 15S,01S.
The republican vote of 1884 was 14S,697.
Subtract from that the 13,040 silver repub-
llcans, and 1t leaves the republican strength
loo,6oi. Based upon these figures, Bryan
would carry the state by 22.42 In this
compilation no account is taken of the gold
standard democrats of Kansas.
A conservative estimate places their
strength at 5000 votes They will not vote
the Bryan ticket and should, of course, be
subtracted from the total democratic popu-
list vote, which is given at 145,O7S. which
would reduce that total to 14O,O1S. Conced-
ing that all the gold democrats would vote
tie Mckinley electoral ticket and that
there are 5000 of them, the state would
go to Mckinley by 519 votes. The result
may be close, but from indications now, it
Is claimed that Bryan will carry it by at
least 10000.
The Congregational Districts.
The contest IS exceedingly interesting in
the various congressional districts. In the
first, Congressman Broderick is making a
hard fight and will be reelected by 1000
majority. That district is reliably repub-
breaking the majority.
The second district, In which J. p. Harris
Is the republican and NJ. S. Peters the op-
position candidate, is today in doubt, and.
If the election should occur within the next
week, Peters would probably win. There
are several local fights in progress in the
district between republicans. and the only
hope for Harris is the speedy settlement
of these quarrelS.
No one can predict the result in the third
district. though the republicans say Con-
sressman kirkpatrick will be reelected by
from 1900 to 1000. The opposition has
fused on Z. X. Rdgley, populist lawyer
of Pittsburg, Crawford county. He is an
able campaigner and is making a SYSTEM
attic canvass.and it is the belief Of of Chair
man Breidenthal of the populist state COM
mttee that Ridgely will be elected by at
least 800 majority.
Congressman Curtis of the fourth dis
trict will have his usual $500 majority. He
has the reputation of getting more for his
constituents than any man who ever went
to Congress from Kansas. Old soldiers
who have gone into the free silver move
ment are for Curtis to a man, while the
young men of the district are standing by
him almost to a man. His majority this
year may go above 5000.
Congressman Calderhead, in the fifth
was elected on a gold platform in 1894,
and he will win this year. but with a re-
duced majority. His opponent, w. D. Vim
cent, is enc of the strongest men in the
populist party, and, with ex-Congressman
Davis, Is making school house campaign
of the district.
The sixth district was the only one that
returned a populist majority in 1894, and
that majority was under 200. This year
Judge A. H. Ellis is again the republican
candidate, while N. B. Mccormick is
lieves he will be elected, but at the populist
headquarters in this city the election Of
Mccormick is confidently claimed and the
prediction Is that his majority will be in
the neighborhood of 1,5O0.
Claim for Jerry Simpson.
The silver forces also claim the election
of Jerry Simpson, in the seventh district,
but they do not give estimates of his prob
able majority. Congressman Long has
challenged him to joint debate and the
voters Of the big seventh are looking ahead
to very lively tilt between these states
men. Long has grown very rapidly since
his election to Congress, and the republican
leaders say he will be reelected by at least
1,5oO majority.
Congressman Blue is, of course. running
in the state at large. His election or defeat
state. If Kansas goes for Bryan. Blues
opponent, the Rev l. d RotLin non,,I;,t