The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-09-05
PERRY POOR DEMOCRAT
Judge John Martin Says He
Never Did Affiliate
With the Democrats In This
State.
Judge Martins Comment on the In
dianapolis Ticket Somewhat I'm
mplimentary to John II.
Palmer.

/ Ex-senator John Martin said to a
Journal reporter:
The gold Democrats have finished
their work, and to me there seems 10
be an eminent fitness to it. There is
J a peculiar fitness in the nominations
that they have made. Old John NJ.
Palmer is a man that has belonged to
more parties in a shorter space of time
| than any man in the world He has
always succeeded in inducing every
party with which he has been to either
reward or honor him, and he has in
turn betrayed every one Of them
Mr.. Buckner is a back number polit-
| ically and every other way. Palmer
was placed on the ticket because it was
thought that he would influence the re-
suit in Illinois, and Buckner, it was
hoped would throw the state of Ken
lucky, but I do not anticipate any
such results The votes that Palmer
will get in Illinois on the platform that
he stands on would more likely have
gone to Mckinley than to Bryan; the
result in Kentucky will be the same.
In tact, do not think that the nOmi-
nation of the ticket Will change the re-
suit in any state in the Union"
Speaking Of the letter that w. C.
Perry had written the Democratic CEN
trail committee, the senator said:
Yes, I have read the letter, and to
any one that is acquainted with Mr.
Perry and his associations it can be no
that claims to be Democrat, but his
associations do not subst anufate his
claim He has never affiliated with
Democrats and I am not surprised at
the course that he has taken"
Talking on other subjects. the re-
porter suggested that Tom Watson was
likely to come to Kansas and make a
few speeches.
You see by the papers that some
thing like that is likely to occur.
don't see what he wants to come out
here for. OF course he is welcome to
come, but if he comes here and talks
the way he sometimes does he will do
more harm than good. I am afraid
that Thomas is too fond OF using his
mouth to make q good vice presiden-
tial candidate. He is not the same
kind of a man that Bryan is. Bryan
is making a grand campaign. I knew
he would. He is one of these men that
believe in their politics the same way
that men believe in their religion, and
when you find a man of that kind and
he is thoroughly in earnest and has the
good judgment that Bryan has, you
will see him go into campaign and
make speech after speech without max
ing any mistakes or saying or doing
anything that his friends or party has
to explain.
7 have been right herr at home for
some time past and have not made any
stump in a short time now. I have
started TO prepare a list Of appoint
ments with the committee and we have
agreed on about thirty, but have not
completed the list yet. I think that
the campaign in this state is moving
along very nicely. There has been, so
far as I am able to learn, practically
no desertion from the ranks Of those
that have announced themselves in
favor of silver while on the other hand
there have many more come out and
will continue to do SO till the election.
The situation in this state IS very en-
coura ging for the success of both the
state and national ticket. The national
ticket may perhaps poll a few more
votes than the state ticket, but I think
that they will get nearly the same
number. The attitude Of the Repub-
lican press toward the silver Repub-
licans is not one that is calculated to
make any votes for the state ticket,
and you will find that as the campaign
warns up the tendency will be for men
who vote for Bryan to vote the ticket
entire