The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-08-01

politicians would have waited a month
longer, until cooler weather, but the
people refused 10 be PR Off
The Popocratic and Pop Iiisric conven-
tons stirred up so much noise over THE
free silver fallacy that Republicans IN
every section are insisting upon doing
something right away to coun.eracr
the effect il might have. As A result
the national committee finds Itself as
busily engaged now as it originally ex-
pected to be by September 1.
W. T. Durbin and Cyrus Leland. the
executive committeeman from Indiana
and Kansas, respectively, joined & G.
Dawes and Henry c. Payne at lead
quarters yesterday morning. They
held conference Just before noon. and
agreed upon division Of the work each
man is expected 70 look after.
Mr. Leland brought encouraging rsws
from the Sunfiower state He thinks
IL Will give Mckinley and Hobart a good
sized majority. The fight. however, -
going to be nor. But the people Of Kan
sas have had taste OF Populism and
know what ii means. They are tired OF
IL, and thousands of the farmers VINO
left the Republican party a few years
ago are coming back.
Ex-senator ingalls,. Ex-Governor
George T. Anthony. Ex-Governor Thorn
as A Osborn, and. in fact, all the nota-
bic men Of the state. will be on the
stump from this time until the cam
paign closes
Senator Thurston's appearance at To-
peka August II. will be the formal OPEN
ing of the battle. 1t was through Mr..
Leland's solicitations 10 give them a
speaker of national reputation from
another state that Senator Thurston
was booked TO go to Topeka on that
occasion.
If Judge Post, the Nebraska chair
man, is anything OF a prophet, W. J.
Bryan will not get the electoral vote OF
that state, but win go to Major Will
lam Mckinley. Judge Post says the
Popocratic candidate for president can
not and viii not carry the congressional
district. the county. the city, or the
ward in which he lives. The Republi-
cans out there are we'll organized and
united. The Democrats are divided,
and scores of them openly have an
nounced their determination 10 vote for
Mckinley. The judge furthermore de-
clared that all the Republicans In Ne
braska were surprised to know that
there was so much anxiety among the
national leaders as to what they were
going to do In that state.
Edward Rosewater was little more
conservative, however. When asked
what he thought of the situation he re-
piled:
Il could not undertake to give a fair
opinion at this time. 1t is a little too
early to say what the result in Novem-
Der will be. We have not had time to
hear from the country districts"
Senator Thurston said it was a little
early TO be making predictions, still he
expressed confidence that the campaign
would put Nebraska in line TO give the
ticket a respectable ma
jority.
Committeeman Durbin of Indiana came
with the information that things are
looking brighter and better for the
Hoosier Republicans He said the fail
ure of the Popocrats TO get the Popu-
lists in that state to fuse with them
greatly discouraged some of the leading
advocates of free silver.
ALL TO WORK FOR THE TICKET.
The national Republican committees
policy IS to take every Republican or
ganization having a national body I'M
der its wing. the object, of course. being
TO get every interest at work for the
ticket. Arrangements were made yes
terday TO give the Commercial Travel
erS' Republican club a room at head
quarters and furnish il the necessary
to make a campaign. G. J. /
Coney and George J. Reed will be in !
charge of the work. Mr.. Coney is presi- |
dent of the Review club. and Mr.. Reed |
Is president of the Federation of Com !
mercal Travellers clubs.
1T is also understood that Mr.. Hanna |
,avors giving the laborinS people bu-
reau, and placing man in charge OF
t in whom the laboring people have !
to arrange meetings and fur |
1ish speakers and look after their inter, |
ssts generally.