The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-11-10
q HARD TASK ENDED.
Republican Managers Of MOI
rill Campaign Go Home.
VIII Scarcely Undertake 10
Manage Another One.
Simpsons Misfortune to Run Two
Failing Campaigns -Bristow Did
the Hardest Work-Will Now
Run His Ottawa Paper.

The Republican state central commit
tee are moving out of the rooms that
they have occupied as headquarters
during this campaign. None of the
heads of the committee are present 10
superintend the moving. The bossing
OF the job is intrusted to the janitor
who has been in the employ of the COM
mtttee during the summer. PIT is more
than likely that none of the men that
managed this campaign for the RepuB-
Ican party IN TINS state VIII
AGAIN manage a state campaign
This is the second time that
the party has gone to defeat
i'm this state when Simpson was the
Jim Simpson ran the Republican
committee in 1892 when Farmer A. w.
Smith was the candidate for governor.
Smith failed to gat the office. and many
on the mem DeIs OF the party blamed
Simpson with the defeat Of the party
smith has never said anything in re-
6ard to the matter that would indicate
MS defeat, on the contrary he has told
MS friends that Cy Leland was the man
that could have saved the campaign
that year if he had done as ne ought.
Smith and the candidates for the de-
feat of 1892 the fact is that that campaign
was talked OF considerably by the less
lights of the party and many of them
that had caused the disaster. When the
campaign of 1S94 came On Morrill, was
the successful candidate for the nOmi-
nation Morrill, had been champfoned
for the place by Cy Leland Leland
became the chairman and conducted
the campaign and elected his ticket Lee
land was then given the precedence of
being the leader of the party in the
state until he had a misunderstanding
with Governor Morrill, last spring when
the latter became a candidate for re-
election.
Leland then brought out S. r.. Peters
as a candidate for governor. He soon
found that the chances of electing the
Republican ticket in this state this year
were not very promising and SO he did
not take very active part in the CUB
ernatOrlal contest before the c0nEeu-
ton, preferring to sit back and say that
Morrill, would not be as strong candi-
date as either of the other men that
Sought the position Simpson was
Morrin's manager before the state con-
Nention. Leland was careful to have
the craftsmanship offered to him SO that
he could point to the fact in the future
lie declined it. and let it go to SimD-
SON Simpson accepted III and made
the effort OF his life and was defeated
Since the election returns are in there
baselessly no doubt say that it was his
Iault that the party was defeated With /
this record it viii be impossible for +
simpson to again be chairman unless /
eess7l ~ ca 4eilaate for governor before /
the Republican convention. Secretary I
Lfrlst9W "a the committee has been
Governor Morrills private secretary 4
curing his term and was the man that
QlQ the hardest work i'm connection with +
the governor securing the nomination +
THIS year w hen the candidates met to !
select the executive committee to carry
on the campaign it was found that
there was a scheme on foot to turn
Bristow down and appoint some one
else as secretary of the committee The
plan failed. however, on account of the
absence of State Treasurer Atherton
who 1T was said would have cO-opera-
ted with some of the other candidates Y
and defeated BristoW
Bristow was chosen and has worked
night and day for the success of the
party i'm this campaign The reason
thal EristoW was unsatisfactory to
some Of the candidates was a personal
one Now that the campaign has gone
s--stliist the party BFistoW viii go home
70 70 OIlaWa and run his paper and even
-. .. ~ ne desire to again be connected 7
~ 81 Nl-e Engagement of the next cam j
AsNtsit' Wnic MS friends say ne does T
nos ilS WalL as IN the case of Simpson 4
nave ~ DI-iis Forward new candidate I
ZOE @oN Et44oE Two years from now and +
secure tht nomination. Neither of the /
Wp men tnaI were candidates aaeairsr +
Morrill, for the nomination This 800
VII allow either Bristow or Simpson to /
head their bOoms two years frf,--, 49,
Seaton of Atchison announced fbat ~
would be candidate before the TPsr,7F
1can convention in 1888 but vrhorI-a4 h.
VIII call either of these gentlemen -
assist him remains to be seen