Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1896-10-15
PoPULI9r STATE POLITICS.


at the Salina opera house last week.
Dan Wagstafr, former Republican,
who had always been local leader in
his party, occupied place on the stage
and is giving his support to the silver
ticket this year.
Rev. j. e Fesler, minister in the
Methodist church at TT. Scott is max
ing silver speeches and is said to be
very able advocate of the cause
Of all the state ticket ]. D. Botkin,
candidate for Congressman-at-large, is
making the most vigorous campaign.
Since August 95th he has travelled 1000
miles, over 45O of which was in bug
gy. He has canvassed some Of the
most thinly settled portions of Kansas
and has had to put up with all kinds OF
accommodations, sleeping in sod
houses, etc He has made oyer fifty
speeches and finds silver Republicans
every where who will vote the ticket
from top to bottom.
Briedenthal has secured for distri-
button from the Populist state central
committee Of Nebraska cards denounc-
ing Paul Vandervoort as traitor
whose sole object is the defeat of Bry-
an. The cards state that he has been
excluded from all conventions in
NebraskB and is regarded there as a
Hannacrat
John r, Garrett has declined the
Democratic and Populist nomination
for member of the state legislature
from the seventh district. He believes
that fusion is not comparable with
true Democracy.
1t advocates the single gold stand
ard today, but on August II, 1893 the
Ell Dorado Republican said; This
gold conspiracy has cost this country
billion of dollars in that it has cut
down prices of farm products to that
amount; and the people have made up
their minds that they will not stand it
any longer"
Rev. Brant of TT. Scott has accepted
the nomination of the prohibition par
ty for governor of Kansas.
Watson will be in Topeka October 10
and will speak there. He will pro-
baby make four speeches in Kansas.
There will be eight seperate tickets
on the ballot this year and
the secretary of state estimates that
the cost of publishing the ballot in the
papers of the state will not be less
than 100000. The official ballot will
be 90 by 80 inches in size and will be
divided into eight columns, one for
each party.
r. w. Turner who has been cam
paigning the state and has made
speeches in Is counties puts the Bryan
> majority at 10000. He says that in
every county where he has been he
finds from so to 500 former Republi'
cans who are going to vote for Bryan
and 90 per cent of them will vote for
all the Populist state ticket
j. W. Leedy and Webb McNall cam
paigned together in Osborne county
last week. They drew to Osborne
City the biggest gathering of the sea-
son.
Senator Foraker, OF Ohio, expects to
carry Kansas for Mckinley by devot-
. ing two whole days to the state, He
might do some good at home, but
Kansas is beyond redemption.
Thomas b. Reed will come west but
will not strike Kansas. He perhaps
don't care to waste his breath in a
hopeless state.
The people never turned out before
to political meetings as they do this
year. The reports of the meetings
where candidates on our State ticket
speak always tell of big crowds,
usually the largest ever seen in the
particular localities mentioned. Ths
Democrats and free silver Republicans
swell the Populists crowds greatly.
Captain Joe Waters who is Stumping
the state for silver is not a disappoint-
ed office-seeker. He has never been a
candidate for Office in his life and says
when he dies he wants his wife to put
on his head stone: Here lies my be-
loved husband Joe, who never wanted
whisky or Office"
E F. Madden, president of the FIRST
National bank Of Hays City, presided
at a silver meeting recently held at
that place w. H. Morris Populist
candidate for auditor of state was one
of the speakers. Ellis county is
safe for Bryan and the Populist stats
ticket.
The Troy Chief has always been a
Republican paper and is so today but
it can tell the truth as the following
extract shows: "The late Legislature
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