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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-07-21

City, Lucien Baker of Leavenworth
Charles T. Johnson of Oskaloosa-
Besides the above named gentlemen
there were at the meeting the state Of
ficers and some prominent local Re
publicans such as Thomas A. Osborn,
Tom Anderson, Charley Curtis and
others.
Cy Leland was early on the ground,
and after he had registered at the hotel
and been up to his room short time
he came down in the lobby and took
Tom Anderson of to one side, and they
talked for over half an hour.
There Mr.. Leland shook hands all
around and went back up to his room
where he remained till the meeting at
the state house was ready to proceed
with business.
one by one the candidates for the
various places on the state ticket gath
cred in. The most universal topic was
what effect the silver sentiment would
have on the vote in the state.
After supper the crowd formed in
small groups and about o'clock be
gan to stroll over to the state house by
twos and threes. At the state house
they all went into Secretary Bristow' s
room in the executive Office from which
reporters were vigorously excluded and
speeches were made by Burton, Baker,
Peters, Troutman, Curtis, Harris, Ellis,
Long and others. The purpose and ef-
fort of the meeting was to try to bring
all the candidates for Office together
on the gold plank of the St. Louis plat
1T will never do for one kind of a fin
ancial plank to be preached in one
district and a, different one in another.
Owing to the fact that some of the can
didates would do nothing but stand
pat on the platforms on which they
were nominated as related in the open
ing of this article, the object of the
meeting cannot be said to have been
accomplished.
After the meeting adjourned the ex-
ecutive committee held a session which
lasted till 1 o'clock this morning. At
this meeting it was decided to go to
work at once to organize the party
thoroughly throughout the state SO
that each ward and school district shall
have it's organization.
But the failure of the party managers
to force all their candidates onto the
St. Louis platform, has produced q
certain degree of bitterness in the
ranks which BODIES i'll for the whippers-
in for gold.
There isn't the slightest doubt that
the first work given by Cy Leland tc
do in Kansas by his master, Marc Han
ma is to force Republican congressman
| to get on to the gold plank. 1t remains
| to be seen what punishment is in store
/ for Charles Curtis and A. H. Ellis.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-07-21
NO COMPROMISE.
Bryan Men Will Not Pull sewan Off
the Ticket.

st. Louis. July 21-The prospect for
a compromise which some of the Popu-
lists affected for awhile to consider
probable, has disappeared. It met its
fate in the Bryan camp. The comprO-
mise proposition looking to the reten-
tion of Mr.. Bryan at the head of the
ticket and substituting a POpulfst for
Mr. Sewau for the vice presidency was
sprung in a promiscuous meeting of
party leaders It was afterwards
adopted by the executive committee
and was by them exploited as a pan
acea which would ease all the ills of
the situation by uniting all the fac
tions. The southern delegations accept
ed the scheme with avidity on the
theory that it would aid them in main
tanning the entirety of the party. for
which they have held out so vigorous
ly- The Bryan people had no sooner
heard of the proposition that a Bryan
meeting was called which in the forci-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-07-21

tenn is to be re-chartered for fifty
years and that our national debt is to
be refunded and made a gold instead
of coin debt, and bonds to run fifty
years and
Whereas, This system is to be fas-
tened upon the country by a treaty
with foreign nations under the false
pretense of an international conference
which means the ultimate enslavery Of
the masses and the complete establish
ment of the classes;
Resolved, That to defeat this meas
ure and insure McKinley's defeat so far
a s our vote goes, We pledge ourselves
to unite with the Democrats on one set
of electors in each state.
This is the sentiment of the Middle
of the road" Populists.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-07-21
rowNE NOT A CANDIDATE.
He Says Bryan Should be Endorsed
as the Only Course.

Towne of Minnesota, one g the silver
Republicans who walked out of the St
Louis convention and who announced
the severance of his allegiance to the
Republican party, arrived here today
He has been in Minnesota since the
Chicago convention and has addressed
there large silver meetings. The sill
yer movement in Minnesota" said he,
lis growing by metes and bounds
Among the Republicans I was amazed
a the widespread detection in favor Of
silver. The Republicans and Populists
whom I saw were all enthusiastically
for Bryan.
The Populists, of course, naturally
TContinued on Third Page.l
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-07-21
JOHN J. AT CLEVELAND
ingalls, Says Kansas Farmers Have
Been Getting Poorer for 20 Years.

Cleveland, O., July 21.-Ex- Senator
John J. Ingalls, arrived here yesterday
and was driven to M A. Hanna's
house. He was told there that Mr..
Hanna had left only a few moments
previous for Chicago. Today Mr.. In
gals gave out the following interview:
I am personally acquainted with
Mr. Bryan, the Democratic nominee,
and I have been impressed with the
fact that he is a somewhat stronger
supposed He is earnest, energetic, a
splendid orator, and has a record of a
clean domestic life. The fact that he
is the youngest man ever nominated
and that he is a poor man, together
with his sudden rise to prominence, all
combine to arouse sentiment in his ia
VOr.
I very much fear that some of the
Republicans are making a grave mis-
take in advocating a greater use of
pamphlets and a corresponding cur
failing of stump speeches. The farm
erS of our great west have been read
ing pamphlets for 20 years, and they
have been getting poorer every year.
These men, as we'll as the wage earn
ers, are far from satisfied-in fact, I do
not know of any other time when there
has been such general dissatisfaction.
For years these men have been voting
with their party, be it Democrat or Re
publican, and all the time have seen
their farms steadily decrease in value
and have heard the explanation on one
side that it was due to free trade and
on the other that it might be attributed
to protection
In answer to a query the ex-senator
said: I may again be a candidate for
the position which 1 formerly occupied
in the senate, but have as yet made
no definite plans"
Mr.. Ingalls, left at 1 80 o'clock for IN
dianapolis, whence he will proceed to
his home in the west
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-07-21
GREENLEE IS HERE.
Working for Troutman and Confident
Troutno an Will Be Named.

One of the Republican politicians now
in the city is J. z. Greenlee OF Hutch
inson. Mr.. Greenlee was representative
from Reno in the legislature in 1898
and was the author of the maximum
freight bill, one of the famous meas
ures of that legislature. Mr.. Greenlee
was talked of for representative again
this year, but absolutely declined TO
take the nomination, though his friends
say he might have had it by acclama-
ton.
Last nights Hutchinson News con-
tained an editorial which it was claimed
was due Greenlee in justification Of the
charges made by some that he was
seeking the nomination and was defeat
ed by Judge Theo Botkin. The News
says that at any time Greenlee had de-
sired the nomination he might have
easily had it, and that Judge BotlSin
would not have been in the race.
Mr. Greenlee is one of Troutmans 8
Iieutenants in the gubernatorialc contest,
and was largely responsible for Trout
man carrying Reno the other day He
thinks that the opposition to Morrill,
will be sufficient to defeat the nOmina-
ton, and thinks that TIoutman is the
man most liable to be named.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-07-21

bic language of one who attended pro
ceeded to Immediately jump on it with
both feet
This Bryan meeting, and the one
which followed between representa-
tives of the Bryan element and the exc
cutive committe constituted the inn
portant events of the day. The result
of these meetings is probable split in
the party and the likelihood that the
matter of endorsing Bryan or nominat-
ing another candidate, or the nomina-
ton of Bryan and another candidate
than Sewan for vice president, viii
have to be fought out in the conven-
ton.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-07-21

of the roll of states to secure responses,
and see what their strength was.
There was no response from Connect
icut. Colorado announced two dele
gates, one for Bryan and the other for
a straight out. The secretary moved
that the middle of the road men use
every effort to seat their delegation,
and reject the Democratic delega-
tion,'' headed by Tom Patterson. This
was carried with a shout. There were
no responses for Delaware or the Dis
trict of Columbia. Colorado and Flori-
da announced two votes for the mid
die of the road cause Georgia did not
respond.
DON'T WANT VOORHEES,.
When Indiana was called it was an
nOunced that the greater portion of the
delegation was middle of the road. -
The delegate making the announce
ment stated that the POpulists that he
represented did not propose to do any
thing that would assist in the election
of Daniel w. Voorhees, to succeed him
self. More WhOOps were heard when
this announcement was made. Idaho
was called. James Gum said that her
seven votes would be cast for Bryan
that no matter what this convention
did. the Idaho POpulists would vote
solidly for Bryan and carry the state
for him. The secretary made the point
of order that this was middle of the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-07-21
AMONG THE POLITICIANS.
Talks With Prominent Republican
Leaders of Kansas.

There was a great deal of talking go
ing on among the Republican leaders
al the Copeland last evening, prelimi-
nary to the meeting at the state house
Congressman Dick Blue said:
I'VE are all right in this state Our
only danger comes from some weak
kneed Republicans"
Bill Higgins, who was standing near.
said:
"eWell, the trouble is, Blue, that we
Republicans have spent several years
in educating the party up to free silver
out here and now we will have to have
a campaign of education and teach
them the other side of the question"
Yes" said Blue, I'VE will have to
have a campaign of education"
J. P. Harris, candidate for congress
in the Second said:
''The Second district will be in line
this fall. Things look much better
than they did two weeks ago. There
are some boilers and we are gaining
some from the Democrats; it is about
a stand off After the people get set
tied down they will come around all
right"
c. NJ. Sheldon of Burlingame, said;
There is comparatively no silver
sentiment among the Republicans in
Usage county. only know of one Re
publican of any prominence that says
he will bolt
Lit Crum of Oswego, said:
There is not much of silver element
down my way There is some, Of
course, but very little. So far as can
learn it has broken out in small towns
more than it has in the country It
don't amount to much, however.
w b Sutton of Russell said:
There will be a few boilers out IN
our county; not many, however The
CONTINUED on Third Page.l
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-07-21
DIRECT LEGISLATION LEAGUE.
Object is to Secure Recognition of the
Initiative and Referendum.

St Louis, July 21-The direct legis-
lation league which seeks to engraft the
initiative and referendum system upon
the body polite will be in session here
during the progress of the Populist and
silver conventions and held it's first
session today. The objects are to Sc
cure:
F'irst-In all future platforms, NUM-
cipal and local as we'll as state and ma
tional, the strongest possible legisla-
ton declaration.
Second-The widest possible discus
sion of direct legislation.
Third-A union of reform forces, 10
cal or national, for the same candi-
dates, but without necessarily giving
up their separate organizations or dis
tinctive issues and platforms. They de-
mand a direct legislation through an in
itiative and the referendum in local,
state and national government
Among those present are 1gnatiuS
Donneny. Minneapolis; w. Breen, Oma-
ha; w. H. Bennington, Topeka; Reed
Hiram Voorman, Baltimore; Nelson o.
Mcclure, Denver; Henry r. Legate,
Boston. and Lawrence J. McPharlin,
Lockport, n. Y.
The pledge taken by members is:
IF the candidate of my party for
law-maIer refuses to publicly pledge
himself to direct legislation, then I
pledge myself to vote for the candidate
of any other party who will so pledge
himself
The members say their purpose is
not for new party, but to secure the
adoption of their ideas by parties al
ready in existence. One of them re-
marked: I'VE have carried our file be-
fore all conventions and propose to con-
tinue our work"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-07-21
CAR FAMINE THREATENED.
Cut Rates Cause a Great Demand for
Cars in Kansas.

Kansas City, July 20.-A special to
the Star from Wichita, Kan, says:
Owing to the sudden activity in the
corn trade induced by the recent gen
eral cut in rates TO all points a car
famine is imminent. All the railroads
are using empties into the Kansas grain
belt from the divisions of their roads
where the demand is not so urgent.
The movement of the immense apple
and peach crops and enormous quanti-
ties of vegetables to northern and west
ern points is also a tax on the carry
ing ability of the roads entering kan
sas. Some SedgWick county farmers
will clear from their fruit crops this
year amounts equal to the value Of
their farms.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-07-21
A H. ELLIS CANVASS.
Says He Does Not Expect a Large
Bolt

A H. Ellis, the candidate for con-
gress in the Sixth district, who refused
to change his views on silver at last
nights meeting, says:
There has been no poll of my dis
trict made yet, and it is not possible to
make an accurate estimate of the num-
Der of boilers, but my observation leads
me to believe that they viii be few in
numbers. In some two or three counties
the silver men have effected Organiza-
ton, but in the rest of the district they
have done nothing in that line and T
don't think we viii have any trouble
in carrying the district for the ticket.
We shall not have any formal opening
of the campaign, but 1 am going right
along making my canvass. Both sides
seem to be agreed on a fair and friend
Iy presentation of the issues to the peO-
pie don't expect to make any
speeches for some weeks YET
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-07-21
THE SILVER ADDRESS.

The address prepared by the COM
mittee appointed by the Republicans
who attended the recent free silver
convention at Topeka is issued today
and published in full on the second
page of this paper. It gives the rea-
son for the action of the silver Repub-
licans and cites platforms and author
ity to show that the Republican party
has always been for bimetallism up to
1896
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-07-21
DRUMMERs VISIT.
Five Hundred Travelling Men Invade
the LindelI Populist Headquarters.

st. Louis. July 21-The Travelling
Mems Democratic club 500 strong. in
vaded Populist headquarters at the
Lindell hotel last night and held an en-
thusiastic Bryan meeting. Sergeant
alarms Martin of the Democratic ma
tional convention and Senator Allen,
Populist of Nebraska, were the princi-
pal speakers. There was a large num-
ber of Populist delegates present and
the meeting was a very demonstrative
one.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-07-21
CYCLONE DAVIS RESOLUTION
1t Pledges Union on One Set of Elect
ors With the Democrats.

st. Louis, July 21-"Cyclone" Davis
has prepared and will ask the POpu-
list convention to adopt the following
resolution:
Whereas. Mckinley and the Repub-
Hcan party represent the existing gold
standard, the perpetuation of which
means that the national banking sys-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-07-21
PARTY WITH NO CANDIDATE
Office to Seek the Man Sure Enough,
at St Louis

St Louis. July 21.-No fact better il
lustrates the chaotic condition of the
POpulist convention than the fact that
with the convention only a day dis
tant there is not an approach to crys-
talization of thought in favor of any
candidate for the presidency on the
part of the element unfavorable to the
endorsement of Mr.. Bryan The qUes-
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CONTINUED on Third Page.l
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-11-26

WE find in this life great deal
of what passes as friendship-the
friendship which is only to be had
upon the payment Of considera-
ton. We meet and associate with
people whose sympathies are awak-
ened only at the clink of silver:
who must be bribed into perform
ing what others consider common
courtesy and who, in the manifesto
ton of their friendship, keep in
view the one central thought of
personal advancement, regardless
of the means, sacrifices Of honor
and principle and the consequent
odium resulting from their selfish
ness. This class, it is we'll to avoid.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-11-26

True friendship is sympathy, and
rests on mutual confidence, asks
no reward but reciprocal attach
ment and anticipates where the
false waits to be approached. A
friend is valued by the readiness
with which he responds i'll time Of
need and the fervor of sympathy
extended in distress, but the pre-
tender to friendship makes him
self known by the sordid advan-
tage he takes of an opportunity to
advance self-interest.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-11-26
hypOcris,,

DIR. SMITH, in his address Mon
day evening, stated the true cause
of the vast majority of crimes
against property when he attri-
buted them to ignorance of how to
earn a living on the part of the Of
tenders. This age and civilization
is practical, and in the struggle for
existence, thorough skill and CON-
plete knowledge of some one legiti-
mate method of acquiring a liveli-
hood is absolutely necessary to
insure even a fair degree of sue
cess. In educating youth, the
practical is too often overlooked in
pursuing the fancies and specula-
tons Of theory. The mind is
trained, but the physical faculties
for employing knowledge are neg
lected, with the result that when
the realities of life are faced, the
energy and ability for graphing
with them are found to be INSULT
GENTLY developed. Behind all in
tellectual education should be the
education of mechanical calling.
A good mechanic is in greater de-
mand than a good bookkeeper; is
better paid, is Of greater conse-
quence and in the main is more in
dependent and self-reliant. At the
bottom of the tramp question is
this evil of not knowing how to
direct energy and resources in hon.
orable labor. Among tramps, crimi-
nails and the worthless of society
may be found any number of grad
yates of advanced schools, but the
number of practical mechanics are
few, and when found their condi-
ton, in the vast majority Of cases,
is the result of intemperance and
not inability or normal disinclina-
ton to engage in work.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-11-26

Minneapolis. It is astonishing
that the publishers of this excel
lent semi-monthly can give such
good material for the price fifty
cents a year, A woman under
stands woman's needs better than
a man. The Housekeeper is ed
tied by women, and the material
given within it's columns twice a
month is just the quality and
quantity the housewife and home
maker desires. Women are inter-
ested in their sister housekeepers
and The Housekeeper is filled with
ideas contributed by it's readers
ideas that will smooth the rough
and ragged path of housekeeping
Covering every branch Of home
life as it does, The Housekeeper is,
an ideal woman's paper. It is ably
edited and is easily the best house
keepers magazine Of the present
day."
In point of circulation The
Housekeeper is the strongest peri
odical published in the entire west
or south, and if there be any virtue
in high character, good quality and
low price, it will continue to grow
The publishers will send a sam
pie copy free to applicants.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-11-26
THANKSGIVING DAY.

The custom of annually observ-
ing a day of thanksgiving for ma
tional blessings had it's origin
among the Pilgrim settlers Of New
England, being then known as
''feast day. or "harvest feast The
deep religious spirit that entered
into the lives of the colonists and
the dangers that attended their eff
forts to subdue what was then a
wild and hostile country, gave birth
to this custom of offering thanks
for Divine favors. Washington,
while president, issued the first
thanksgiving proclamation, desig-
mating Thursday, November Goth,
1889 as the day of observance.
But it is since the close of the civil
war that the day has become a
holiday in the strict sense of the
word, as day devoted to feasting,
good cheer and good fellowship.
On this gracious day Of festivity
the unalloyed sweetness of love.
sympathy and Joy holds sway over
every American home, with good
nature to spice the occasion with
fond memories of the past and
brighten life with cheerful views OF
the future. From the palace to the
prison good feeling prevails, trou.
bles are forgotten and from the
millionaire to the beggar all are in.
tent only on enjoyment.
No matter in what condition oil
life Thanksgiving finds us, there is
yet something to be thankful for
something to enjoy and something
from which satisfaction may be de-
rived. Adversely but teaches the
value of prosperity, and while we
undergoing the ordeal of penance
have but little to boast of, there il
yet much to inspire hope. A holi
day, with it's gladstone associations
; is a strong reminder of what W.
miss by wrongdoing. It recallI
) former pleasures, better days ant
} what might have been" if tn
tempter had not been listened tx
with an all too willing ear. Th'
, good things of life are impressed
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-11-26
Y LITERARY NOTES. "
sponsibility.

The publishers of McClures
Magazine announce a Christmas
number of quite extraordinary
quality, both in it's reading-matter
and it's pictures. There is to be
a richly printed cover, decorated
with one of Botticelli's most IA
nous Madonnas, specially redrawn
by Henry McCarter: first repro
duction Of a Madonna painted by
Josephine Wood Colby: a repro
duction of portrait Of Washing
ton painted at Valley Forge by
Charles Wilson Peale, and never
before published; reproductions of
some famous frescoes by Melozzo
da Forli, in illustration Of a Christ
mas poem by Harriet Prescott
Spofford; and some new and es-
pecially important views Of Pales-
tine, made under the personal di-
rection of the editor of the maya
zine.