Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1896-10-22
PopULIsT STATE POLITICS.

Louisburg has u Bryan club with
thirty Of last years Republicans on ito
roll.
Good reports come from Dostcr and
Leedys meetings in Phillipsburg and
Kirwin.
Two big audiences were addressed
at the same time at the Mankato rally.
One by Leedy in the opera house and
the other by Doster in the court house.
After delivering their speeches the
speakers changed places and spoke
again.
The middle-of-the-road meeting held
in the opera house at Junction City
was complete failure. There were
but fifty persons present to hear Paul
Vandervoort, Bennington and Right
nire. Thirty or the audience were Re-
publicans.
The Kansas Farmer, among other
agricultural papers, has received a
proposition from New York agent to
run two columns of political matter, to
be paid for at advertising rates. 1t
was gold standard matter, of course.
1t is not necessary for silver advocates
to buy space in papers in order to lay
their case before the farmers. The
home of the silver cause is among the
farmers.
After the votes have been cast,
watch the count There is as much
fraud perpertrated in counting as in
voting.
Chester L Long in speech at Leoti
urged his audience to vote against free
silver because it would be dishonest to
pay their debts in so cent dollars-it
would be repudi alton. In that speech
he said that while in congress he had
voted for a bankruptcy law and that he
would do so again if reelected. This
law would give people, under certain
circumstances, the right to repudiate
their debts without making any pay
ment in so cent dollars or any other
kind of dollars.
The gold-bug matter sent to the
Kansas Farmer was disguised in the
form Of display advertisement but
the Farmer would not publish it
even at advertising rates for the rea.
son that it takes no part in partisan
politics
Eighteen residents of Crawford coun-
ty who signed the petition for middle
of-the-road electors have sent in
written request to the secretary of
state to take their names from the pc
tition for the reason that their sigma
lures were obtained by false represen-
tations.
Webb McNall after having made 40
speeches in 25 counties and making
careful inquiry at every point has
come to the following conclusions con-
corning the political situation: Some
counties have not single gold Demo-
crat The gold Democratic vote of the
state will be about 1000. The number
of silver Republicans in each township
varies from 4 to 2O7. There are 1900
voting precincts in the state. and
counting only two silver Republicans
to each precinct would overcome the
Republican majority of two years ago.
The Republican leaders concede that
they have lost $4,000 votes. The state
will go for Bryan by from $4,000 to
10000 and the Populist state ticket will
have about the same majority. There
are no Popu'ists who will vote for the
middie-of-the-road electors. And agi-
tation of that ticket is being kept up
and the expense borne by Republicans.
The election of at least six of the silver
congressman is certain and there is
good fighting show for the candidates
ID the first and fourth districts. Nc
Nall up to this year has been the lead
Republican in thesixth district.
If Bryan comes to Kansas at all,
which is doubtful, he will be here on
Nov. 2.
The Baptist state convention held in
Topeka last week passed resolution
the non-enforcement of the
prohibitory law by state, county and
city officials. Every such resolution
means fewer votes for Morrill,, if it
means anything.
Cy Leland has got himself into
trouble by interfering in local politics
in Wyandotte county. Cy has his
hands full this year and has so many
irons in the fire that he will spoil the
whole batch