People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1896-07-30
Cy Leland Issues Orders That
Candidates for Congress
Must Oppose Silver.
LELAND IS FRIGHTENED.
The Large Number Of Boilers
OF the 81. Louis Platform
Gets Him on the Run.
Topeka Journal Rep July q

uienO 'ol Ulle purpose or whipping the
Republican candidates for Congress
into line on the gold standard plank
OF the st. Louis platform.
This is an exclusive bit of news
which the State Journal is able 10
give its readers.
The cOnclave was secret and every
etfcTt has been made to keep the pro
ceedings" quiet aud unpublished.
Boss Cy Leland and Congressman
Dick Blue were the chief ringmasters
aud the way they cracked the party
lash around the legs of the congress.
slonal candidates showed they were
desperate actors In the political saw
dust arena.
Leland and the gold Republicans
are scared to death over the GROWTH of
silver aud they were determined to
drive Candidates Charley Curtis, All.
Ellis, Chester |. Long, Kirkpatrick,
case Broderick and Jack Harris away
from the silver tents.
What was the result?
Mighty slim.
Chester l. Long alone was cowed.
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lie gave up the ghost and intimated
he would stand on the gold plank.
Charles Curtis stood up and said:
NO. gentlemen, l will stand where |
have always stood, the firm friend of
silver. can't stand anywhere else
and will not"
Dick Blue remarked: There is no
such thing as bimetallism; there never
has been and there never will be-"
Candidate for Congress Ellis of the
Sixth district said:
There has been such thing as bi.
metaliSm, and there can be again.
propose to stand on the platform
on which was nominated, which is
for the free coinage Of,silver product"
These expressions troubled Blue.
who said:
zone of US cannot 60 into a town
and talk the single gold standard and
another Republican candidate for con-
gress 60 to the same town and talk
for silver"
That ought not be difficult" said
some one. "We had a single candi-
date for congress two years ago, who
was on both sides Of this question in
one campaign.
At one place he said he was for sill
yer Is to l, at another place he repu.
dated silver"
II never said it" SAID Blue.
81 did not say you did," was the re.
jOinder.
"Well they we're all looking at me.
said Blue.
Il can't help that, "said the speaker
and so it went.
The proceedings showed that there
was big split in the party right in
the worst fight the congressional one.
Our brave Jimmy TrOutman, who is
candidate, giving Mr.. Leland and
! Mr.. Peters considerable trouble.
spoke up: "The Republicans Of Kan
sas, by their platforms and leaders.
have taught the people to believe in
silver and it's no easy thing to engi.
neer flop to the other extreme"
Case Broderick was there.
Kirkpatrick was conspicuous as an
absentee.
Bluff Jack Harris could not be
bluffed by his Second district neighbor.
He knew Blue was a regular Falstaff
and said pointedly: II am for more
money instead of less"
The meeting that took place last
evening was quietly, almost secretly
called.
Yesterday afternoon the late trains
began to bring Republicans into town
and by night nearly every portion of
the state was represented in a seem.
ingly imprOmptu conference of promi.
nent men of the party.
AT the Copeland last night there
were groups and small circles OF men
whispering to each other. They had
all been invited to come up to Topeka
to meet the executive committee Of
the state central committee.
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Cy Leland was early on the ground.
and after he had registered at the
hotel and been up to his room a short
time he came down in the lobby and
took Tom Anderson of to one side
and they talked for over half an hour.
Then 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
g altered in. The most universal
topic was what effect the silver senti.
ment would have on the vote In tho