The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-10-20

figures. I do not think that Calder
head can carry more than two cOun-
ties in the district. and they will both
be by small margins if at all, not over
200 in each These counties are Mar
shall and Republic. There are two
or three counties that will be close, but
we viii carry them. Geary and Otta-
wa are such counties. The whole Iu-
sion ticket from electors down viii have
about the same vote The fusionists
viii also gain members in the leg1sla-
ture''
Thos. J. McCue. member from the
Sixth district. said:
Bryan will carry our district by from
four thousand to five thousand. Ellis
will be defeated by from one thousand
to fifteen hundred. The state ticket
viii run somewhere near Ellis"
What is the reason for the difference
between the vote on the electoral and
state tickets?'
We'll there are some Democrats, es-
pecially in Ellis county, that hold ap-
pOintments from Governor Morrill,, and
they are working for Ellis and the state
ticket McElrOy. the POpuIist candi-
date for Judge of the court of appeals
for the western division OF the northern
department, which is IN the Sixth con-
gressional district. viii be elected. The
Republicans will lose three members Of
the legislature in the district"
T. G. Fitch of Wichita said in regard
to the Seventh:
THE Seventh is the hotbed of fusion.
The fusiOniSts always have Outnum-
bered the Republicans in that district.
We have this year the most harmOni-
Gus fusion that we have ever had and
we are having hot campaign. Simp-
son is sure to win. though Long has
made the best canvass that he has ever
made and they say that his speeches
are better than those of the imported
orators. There is too much Of a, nat
ural silver sentiment for Long or any
one else to overcome, and simpson VIII
carry the district by safe vote. /
have had ten years experience in poll
ties in the Seventh and have never seen
a time yet during that period when
everything was working so favOrably
to the election of Simpson. The state
ticket and the electoral ticket will run
about the same in the district as the
congressional tickets viii, with per
hapS the exception of Morrill, in Sedg-
wick Morrill, will run behind his own
ticket in Sedgwick. The local compli-
cations in that county will be against
Morrill, The Republican state central
committee say they have fixed ma tiers
up satisfactorily to all parties. but there
was a lot of personal feeling engendered
in the contests there. and doubt if
they can ever fix 1t up SO that Morrill,
viii run along with the rest OF the
ticket. Outside of Sedgwick county the
state and electoral tickets will run
about the same"
w. r. Petition Of Dodge City. mem
Der of the executive committee from
the Seventh district, said:
Simpson VIII beat Long by two
thousand at the very least estimate
Every one is working for Simpson. All
the men that opposed him two years
ago and who worked for him four years
ago are for him this year. The silver
Republicans are for him. I have heard
that the Republicans are beginning to
want to trade the electoral ticket for
Long. This ought to be good index
as to their opinion of the situation.
Leedy and the state ticket viii run
along with the congressional ticket, I
think. We viii also gain at least six
or eight members of the legislature in
the Seventh district Morrii will run
behind his ticket in our county. At
the Soldiers home at Dodge City he
will not get more than twenty out Of
the one hundred and ten votes"