Kansas City daily journal., 1896-12-08
KANSAS BOURBONS GATHER.
Meet t" Talk Things Over and to Com
slider the Outlook
for Pic.

Topeka, Kas.. Dec. 7.-tSpeciaIO The
Democratic clans from all sections of Kan
sas are gathering here tonight on account
of the meeting of the state committee to-
morrow. The meeting viii be held at the
National hotel, and nearly all of the men,
bers are already on the ground.
Along with them came a lot of hungry
pie-hunters. Governor-elect Leedy re-
ceived a tip in advance, and in order to
avoid being bothered by the outfit he
brought his children up from Lawrence to-
day and took them 10 the theater He did
not return to his room until it was too late
TO talk politics TO the 'unwashed."
No sooner had the hosts gathered than a
fight developed against Ed Murphy. who
wants to be insurance commissioner. A.
though Murphy has the written inCorsa-
ment of W. ]. Bryan. mary of the prccni
merit members of his party are opposing his
candtdary. J. Mack Love, chairman of the
state committee. mas refused, 10 in lorse
him. An attempt VIII be made tomorrow
10 rush a resolution through the commit
tee meeting incorsing him, and it will pre-
cipitate hot fight. Those arraye-i
against him claim that he is not entitled
L
ed cent toward the campaign, and that
he did practically no work.
If the Democrats receive any crumbs this
crowd wants them to go to the faithful.
They say that Murphy has had a pretty
fat job for the past three years under the
national administration, and that it is
great display of nerve on his part to now
come forward and demand front seat in
the free silver Popocratic band wagon in
the shape OF one of the best offices within
the gift of the state administration.
The pie hunters from Wyandotte are also
in a scrape. Charles Dodson and w. w.
Berry have broken with f. p. Strickland
and are now opposing him and Senator
elect thinner, who are very chummy. in
their scheme to swipe whatever is allotted
to that neck of the woods.
There is a, division of opinion among the
committeeman over the best way to proceed
at the meeting to obtain the most favors
from Leedy, Some are in favor of boldly
demanding certain offices and recommends
ing men for the places They want to
serve official notice on the Populists TO
whaek up the offices now or be deprived
OF Democratic company in future elections.
Chairman Love is in favor of making no
demands. They know what we did" said
he and l believe we should let them give
uS whatever they intend to voluntarily.
They are under no obligation to give us a
thing, but may see their way clear to give
us a few offices. and thus assist materially
in effecting permanent union of all anti
Republican forces in the state"
The question as to the advisability of at
tempting at this time TO bring all these
forces together under a new party will be
meeting.
be chosen TO fill the vacancy caused by the
resignation of W. H. l.. Pepperell. who
was given the alternative by the national
administration during the recent cam
paign of giving up the secretaryship of the
committee or the Concordia postoffice and
who stuck to the position that paid a
salary. Pepperell is still a member of the
committee. but he will not attend the
meeting He is scared almost to death for
fear the official ak will drop on his neck
Whenever there is a free silver Democratic
gathering anywhere in the state he never
ventures outside the corporate limits of
C0ncordia.