The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-10-30
Republicans Have Made a Poll
Though Not Complete,
SHOWING COOK AHEAD
By About 1900 Majority, Con-
serVativeIy Stated.
Kepleyites Have Made No Poll
But "Feel Confident
General Belief That it Will Be
No Walkaway.

The county campaign will be practic-
alley closed tonight. There will be some
rounding up of the forces during the
next two days but little effort will be
made on either side to gain any more
votes. The battle is already won and
any changes between now and Tuesday
will be trifing.
Both sides appear to be confident of
success. The Cook forces are a trihe
the more sanguine. They claim that
they will carry the county by from 100
to 1000 while KepIey managers say
they will carry the county by from 600
to 1,5OO.
Inc following statements were given
out today by the central committees.
Chairman Capper and Secretary Cha
ney OF the Republican committee said:
Our poll shows that we will carry the
county by 1900. We have discounted
that 50 per cent to allow for all losses
ana that leaves the majority for Cook
at ABOUT LOO. This is a conservative
estimate and we do not consider it
possible that the majority should fall
we will carry the First ward by about
1OO, the Third ward by 45O, the Fourth
ward by 400 and the Fifth ward bv 100
N N the country precincts we will carry
SILVER Lake by at least 40 and we have
d nghtlng chance in ROSsville and Memo
ken. When we made our estimate we
tnought that Kepley might carry Te-
CuHlSen, put the condition has changed
tnere by POpuliStS and Democrats de-
clarlnS themselves for Cook and he
neVe that we Will carry the township
1here is no doubt about any of the 9th
ef townships giving Cook majority
ana IN many of the localities he will
run far ahead of the ticket We have
paSed our estimates upon Cooks cam
u3Iudcy knowing that if he pulls through
the rest of the ticket will
Our executive committee has been
IN close touch with the workers in the
campaign and feels confident that Cook
VIII run We'll up with the balance OF
the ticket in the whole county and with
a fair day there is absolutely no donbt
ABOUT the election of the entire Repub-
hcan ticket"
The poll of the Republican central
committee has not been thorough #
includes the city precincts but little at
Ienuon mas been paid to the country
outside of a few townships north of the
river where there has been a great deal
0L agIIauon- The poll was made by Sc
1ecI1hS one man in each block who fur
nlshed the figures on how his neighbors
stood.
The PopuIist committee has no Doll at
an chairman Clark said today that the
zee mas secured list of voters
IN the city but in the country they have
Ialled TO even secure that much
- an an unable to give you figures
figures to give We feel hou1aI-e1. 49,
hepley VIII certainly be elected and in
some precincts 1 am informed that
James and Close are running way
ahead 1t would not surprise me if We
elect the entire ticket, but / cannot
give figures
Secretary George Wagner, however
IuTnlshed the following statement: we
VIII carry every ward in the citv for
sherln, with the possible exception of
the Ih1rd and the remainder of the
Clcket VIII not be far behind. In some
precincts James will take second Dlaca
and in others Close will be second
kepley will carry the First ward bv
zoo, the Second by over 500 and viii
have small ma ajOrities in Monmouth
Rossville, Silver Lake, Menoken. Ta1
cumseh and Auburn. His majority in
the county will be about 6OOv
Ihe active Kepley workers who are
nearest to him have much more roseate
views of the result. 1t is a fact that
kepley pays no attention to commit
tees and conducts his own CAMPAIGN
The kepley campaign has been a side
issue and he has not asked the chair
man of any committee what he shOuId
or should not do. His work has been
in charge of faithful lieutenants who
report directly to him
One of these workers is Charles K
Holiday and he gives the following fig
ures on the result: We will carry eve
~ ward in the city with one excentiOn
for Kepley by the following naiorities:
First ward, 30; Second ward, 700:
Fourth ward, so; Third ward, stand
off; Fifth ward. $50.
I'VE Will carry every precinct north
of the river and there is no doubt about
TecumSeh and Monmouth and we have a
fighting chance in Auburn"
The Kepley forces were planning to
hold a mass meeting at Hamilton hall
on Monday evening but the plan has
been abandoned.
There is less betting on the result of
the election than there was two weeks
ago. The members of the Republican
central committee admit that two
publican central committee admit that
weeks ago it looked as if Kepley would
be elected but they say the conditions
have greatly changed since then.