The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-07-20
NOT A JONAH.
Chief Justice Martin Who Was
to Be
Thrown Overheard BY Selfish
Administration Managers,
Now Made the Pet of the Nor
riII Crowd
HIS SILVER RECORD
Which Was So Unpopular With
the FiXers,
Now to Be Depended On to Pre-
vent
ANY FURTHER BOLT
By Anti-GOld Republicans In
This State.
Whole Administration Leaning
on the Stout Little Judge.

J. NJ. Simpson has opened Morrill,
headquarters at the Copeland hotel
and now takes his friends upstairs as
soon as they come to town and get to
Copeland county Simpson was so
we'll pleased with his new headquarters
that he did not go home at all on Sat
urday as he usually does, but stayed
in town and Morton Albaugh, who is
one of Mr. Simpsons chief Heutenants
and is watching the Seventh congress
ionaI district in the interests of the
administration, was here also over
Saturday night.
J. L. BristOw, the governors secre-
tary, went down home to Ottawa on
Friday The convention of Franklin
county was held in Ottawa Saturday,
and when Bristow left on Friday it
was claimed by the Troutman people,
although it was denied by the Morrill,
men that Troutman had carried the
primaries in Franklin.
The convention in Ottawa on Satur-
day was a hot one, but while it was in
progress Bristow found time to make
a flying trip back to Topeka, arriving
here Saturday evening and having
conference with his fellow generals in
the administration cause, and return
ing home early Sunday morning
What transpired at this conference
is a matter of surmise. One Republi-
can said that the administration was
getting scared about the nomination
of Morrill,. He based his guess on the
fact that Simpson and Albaugh had
taken a trip to Hutchinson and Wich-
fta the first of last week for the pur-
pose of seeing that men who are
friends and appointees of Morrill, We're
put on the Peters ticket as delegates to
the county convention in those two
counties. They were successful in their
efforts in these two places, and when
they came home they Immediately gave
out word that Morrill, would not make
any contest in either Reno or Sedg-
wick counties, but that he conceded
both counties to Peters. Peters has
lost Reno county and it remains to be
seen if he carries Sedgwick whether or
not the personnel of the delegation
sent to the state convention will be
friends of MorrilI-that is, men who
will go to him as soon as they get a.
chance.
However it would seem more pIausi-
Bile to suppose that the meeting of the
Morrill, leaders was for the purpose of
determining some definite plan of cam
paign to present to the executive COM
mittee of the state central committee
which meets in this city today and the
Morrill, men, if they can make the
committee believe what they them
selves say-that the governor will be
nominated on the first ballot will have
some right to say what ought to be done
by the party to secure the silver vote
to support the state ticket. Hence a
little preliminary caucus and a well
formulated plan would be wise move.
The. recent silver convention in this
city has set all the party leaders to
thinking deeply.
MI
ted by the delegates present at that
meeting must be held for the state
ticket.
Cy Leland, Jr., chairman of the com
mittee, has promised to be present but
may not be able to get here
One of the plans which will be dis
cussed at the meeting will be the re-
nomination of Chief Justice Martin.
Although the most of the party lead
ers and bosses have said, when they
have talked openly, that Martin would
| be put on the ticket there was a readi-
ness to knife him on all sides as soon as
| a chance should offer. This fact was
demonstrated when a short time ago
Judge Garver's name was mentioned
for the place. Immediately there was
! talk about what good judge Carver
would make and although none of the
leaders or bosses came out for Carver
openly, many of their friends began
quietly to help Garver's boom along.
All these things counted for nothing,
however, as Carver refused to be put
in the race and the bosses began to
cast about for another candidate.
Then the silver convention was held,
and suddenly the man who was con-
sidered a Jonah, became mascot.
Judge Martin has always been a pro-
nounced silver man and the party man
ayers began to whisper to one another
that Martin on the ticket would hold
the silver men to the state ticket and
help the whole ticket out and when
| Republican manager now says that
Martin viii be put on the ticket he is
| more sincere in what he says than he
was two weeks ago.
The body of w. H Fasenacht. who
| died at Portland. Ore. arrived in the