The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-10-24


hands Of the Republican state central
committee who make it public
Topeka, kan. Oct IL. 1896.
Hon ". d. Vincent, Clay Center.
kan:
Friend Vincent-Yours from DeIphos
received .;S and noted In reply to same,
VIII say that there are probably two
hundred other points in the state that
are IN the same fix that AIiltonvaIe is
IN II IS absolutely impossible for all
OF our candidates to reach all counties
W. nave, on an average about 60 days
OF q speaking campaign. Have five
candidates who are in the field, max
ING ~ the aggregate 300 days with los
counties. There are counties that have
haM dozen points where large meet
lngs could be held, but the state COM
mute. Is not able to supply these
points. We are absolutely without
FUNDS with which to pay the ordinary
expenses We have received about $500
OF a campaign fund since our state
1t is probably true that I have not
repued to Mr.. MOrgan's letter. There
are hundreds of letters that L have not
D=SA sADle 70 read There is a limit TO
the ability of any Individual to attend
10 work Of this character, and at the
same time do the talking that is neces-
ss4l-y 70 those who visit Topeka. 1t is a
TACT that 4 do not have ON an average
l5 minutes time during the day. that
there IS not some one here to talk about
the situation in his portion of the state.
cannot avoid talking to these people
When I am putting in my time in this
manner the correspondence piles up. I
nave no money TO employ the clerical
force to look after work which should
pc attended to; am compelled to do the
best 1 can under unfavorable circum-
stances When send out speakers
other than state candidates, it often
happens that even their expenses are
not paid. am cuSsed by certain of
our speakers because they are nor bill
rGavr
cussed because their expenses are not
paid. Then 4 am cussed for not send
ing out more speakers.
What we have to fear the most
from now on, is the use of money our
people VIII be hired to stay away from
the polls, If they can not be hired to
vote the opposition ticket, and if we do
not exercise proper care we viii be
counted out in every precinct know
that the Republicans viii make svs-
tematic effort in every precinct in the
state where 1t is possible to count US
out and also know that they have al
ways managed TO steal a considerable
number OF votes in the count; and this
IN lOcanIles where our people least ex-
pect it, I hope that wherever YOU go
you viii enGeaEOr to impress upOn orr
committeeman and others the very
great Importance of getting every vote
% the polls in the morning on election
day My plan for country precincts is
TO designate 2 man in each school dis
trict who viii agree to see every PoDu-
list ana other voter who VIII vote our
ticket, on Monday before election and
exact from him the promise that he viii
go to the polls before noon on election
day; and IN the event they find anV
who viii not make such a promise and
whom they have reason to fear will not
go, they should make provision for
some neighbor to go by their place and
take them 70 the polls If this plan is
carried out, there is no reason why orr
entire vote in the country precincts
should not be pOlled prior to ~ o'clock
F1Ga rf4f|n 7ar r.17.
ger Of II being worked upon by the en-
envy; and I want to saw that I know
that there are POpulists who can be
worked upon. and the only safe plan is
to get them to the polls early and have
their ballot deposited before the enemy
gets an opportunity to work on them
Another matter which is absolutely
necessary, IS to have men at each V0t-
ing precinct VINO viii instruct the Vo-
ters as to the position our ticket occI-
pies; and further that DO vote cast for
the so-called Middle of the Road Ponu-
list ticket viii be counted for BRYAN
That is to say, that the only way they
can Vote for Mr. Bryan is to Vote for
the electors nominated at "a bilene
fiji would like ID communicate with
all Of our committeeman with refer
ence- to these matters. but it viii be
impossible to do SO for several reasons.
First, lack of time and money to de-
fray the expenses but largely from the
fact that cannot trust our committee
men, that is to say, it has developed
IN the past InaL IN some counties our
people persist In D iacing upon our com
mittees men who do not belong to the
PopuIist party. In a. within a week
of election. we learned that a staIwart
Republican had been receiving all our
private and confidential correspond
ence during the entire campaign and
furnishing same to the Republican
committee. 7 inquired Of the county
committee to know whether he was a
Republican, and received an answer
that they had inquired and learned
that he was a Republican,; but UP to
the present time ] have received no ex-
PLANTATION as to why his name was fur
nished Is member of our county cen
trail committee. Four men to whom
we sent our campaign scrip during this
campaign have returned the same wi d
the statement that they were RepubIi-
cans, and the Lord only knows how
many more of them belong to that DO
liticaI 0rganizat ton. The fact that
about j 200 of them never did anything
toward disposing of any Of the scrip
might be construed into meaning that
there were a large number of Republi-
cans, or qUasi-Republicans, holding p0-
sitiOns on our committees. Within a
week we have been informed that the
chairman of the county central COM
mittee in one of the leading POpulist
counties of the state is under suspicion I
of being in the pay of the enemy, and
we have been requested not to com
rnunicate with him We have received /
similar notices with references to mem /
bers of different county committees.
You Will realize from these state
ments some Of the difficulties a fellow
has to contend with in trying to run
an ordinary one-hoss campaign Be
tween absolute. downright dishonesty !
and aIl-ar0und cussedness, it viii be [
next to miracle if we win this fight. I
I realize the fact that i have not ap-
peared to give satisfaction to anybody I
in this campaigns Our candidates. /
many OF them, complain of being sent +
to unimpOrtant points They assume /
to know more Of the conditions in the /
different parts of the state than the +
committee To illustrate: Judge Dos
hlLlaa fo-. The = nv -.a-- IF u !