The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-07-01
LEACUERS HERE.
Three Hundred Delegates As
SembIe at Hamilton Hall
And Jim Legate Insists on HaV-
ing a Front Seat.
MANY OLD TIMERS
Assemble With the Young Men
and Talk Politics.
Committees Appointed This
MOrning-AfternOOn Session.

Nine years ago a few young Republl-
cans organized in Kansas what was
termed q league of the young crowd
and the League of Republican clubs
has been a distincitively young men
organization until recently.
1t is true that the young men are
still given the offices out of courtesy
to the original objects of the Organiza-
ton, but gray boards We're the rule
among the delegates who assembled at
Hamilton hall this morning to mold the
ninth annual session of the Kansas
Republican league.
on a front seat sat none other than
Jim Legate and Colonel D. R Anthony
of LeavenwOrth, who have been asso-
ciated in Kansas politics since the birth
of the state. Then there were other
young men such as Major Tom Ander-
son of Topeka, Judge Culver of EN-
poria, Bill Higgins and Tim Slower.
The session this year is a diSappOirt-
ment in point of numbers. Less than
900 delegates assembled this morning
when President Scott raped for order
but they are the enthusiastic kind who
can make as much noise as calliOpe.
When Rev. H. D. Fisher opened with
prayer the delegates stood and listened
/ intently to what he said. When he
praised Mckinley and asked for the
Divine blessing on his head and for
| Divine assistance to secure his election
a Methodist delegate who is suspected
of being Senator WillcOckSOn of Oakley
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! interruption until he had finished, when
the sentiments of Mr. Fisher were loud
| " applauded
| The candidates for governor did not
venture near the convention hall this
morning. They Kept close in their
rooms at the Copeland. J. Ralph Bur
ton also remained in his room, and
| Judge Sutton, who is the only one of
| his competitors who is on the ground,
also staid away from the convention
! hall.
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the prayer had been disposed of, that
he had not originally intended to make
an address because of the fact that
General GrOSVenOr was to entertain
the delegates tonight, However, I
can not" said he, ''resist the tempta-
UiOn to say q few words by way of in
PRODUCTION.
This viii be one of the bftterest
campaigns ever Waged, and we must
not lose sight of that fact, but I be-
lieve I am safe in saying that it will be
one of the grandest victories ever gain
ed by the Republicans. (Applause.)
The convention at St. Louis gave US an
invincible ticket and an impregnabIe
platform For more than a quarter of
a century William Mckinley has stood
in the white light of public life and he
has stood the test (Applause) There
is no estimate of a candidate so reli-
able as that placed upon him by his
friends and neighbOrs.
when VIM. Mckinley stands with
his right arm upraised to take the oath
elected / venture the assertion that his
heart viii not be so full when on
that Thursday evening at his home in
Canton, O., his old friends and neigh
bors called to pay him homage
The speaker said that the vice pres
identia1 candidate, Mr.. Hobart had
also come before the people with an
enthusiastic home endorsement
though he was practically unknown in
the West. Then President Scott re
ferred to the national platform.
7 want to say. for one Kansas Re
publican" said he, that I stand on
every plank of the St Louis platform
(applause), and on every splinter of
every plank, without explanation,
equivOcatiOn or mental reservation.
We have had enough of political cow
ardice in Kansas; of seeing the enemy
and going them one better in our
platform, and this year I am glad to
see the issue clearly defined. (Ap-
plause). Tt is literally true that we
stand at the parting of the way-one
way leads to national stability and
honor and the other way, of Teller
ism. Blandism and Pefferism, leads to
national ruin, commercial disaster,
bankruptcy and disgrace. Our party
has given US a dollar as sound as the
government and as untarnished as the
flag" (Applause).
Senator Scott closed with an elo-
quant tribute to Mckinley. and when
he sat down there were cries of Give
us some more" from some of the dele
gates
mOL1OnS TO appoint the usual
committees were then adopted and
President Scott called Congressman
Calderhead to the chair to give him
time to make up the committees.
AS Congressman Calderhead came
upon the platform he was given a fiat
tering reception. The delegates ap-
plauded for several minutes and some
of the most enthusiastic waved their
hats and handkerchiefs. Congress-
man Calderhead remarked, as he took
his position on the platform, that he
was always getting into trouble, and
the audience thought it funny and ap-
plauded.
I want to say that I approve the
work of the national convention at St.
Louis" said he THE fact is that
while we are indebted to the Demo-
Gratis for many things we do not like
we should thank them for Mckinley
for they nominated him when they
passed the Wilson bill. (Applause).
when the life of this nation was
trusted the Republican party, and
they did not betray the trust. When
the great army of men returned to
their homes from battle they trusted
the party, and for thirty years the
control of government rested on its
shoulders and the trust was not be
trayed. No people have ever made
such progress as the people of this
country did in that thirty years. In
that thirty years more was done for
humanity, more railroad and teIe-
graph lines were built more schools
stores were established than in any
100 years of the history of the world
The country reached the very climax
of prosperity and the people nistook
that prosperity and they were In-
happy and a Democratic president was