The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-01-07
Some Candidates Want Silver
Caucus Postponed.
Leaders In Speakership Fight
Will Not Agree.
CAUCUS is TOMORROW,
The Silver Members Will Meet
at Four.
Both Brown and Street Claim to
Be Ahead.

There viii be q caucus of the silver
members of the house tomorrow, Fri
day, at 4 O'Clock. It is not definitely
settled that the speakershiD will be
taken up at that time and disposed of,
although it is probable that if there is
anything like a full attendance Of the
silver members such a move may be
attempted. All the candidates that
are on the ground are in favor of as
early a caucus as can secure a good
majority of the entire number of silver
men. This they say will enable the
successful candidate to begin work on
his committees and will facilitate the
dispatch of business on the converting
of the legislature.
w. P. Trueblood and D. NJ. Roth
weller arrived last night and began to
circulate among the members already
here. Mr.. TruebIood said: 4 expect
to have a good strong following in this
race and while 1 can't say how many
votes 1 Will have in the caucus l think
/ will have q good support from the
eastern part of the state and will also
get some of the votes from the western
part"
Rothweiler's strength will come most
~ from the Seventh district and while
it is said that he Will not get as many
votes down there as the other candi-
date, Brown, he may get enough to
spoil Browns chances for the nomina-
ton.
At Browns headquarters the idea that
Rothweiler will get enough of the votes
of the Seventh to do Brown any harm
is not considered as at all likely, Brown
himself saying this afternoon: I ex-
pect to have the most of the votes of
the Seventh district, and will also get
some of the silver votes from every dis
trict in the state. 1 don't care to make
n to To 11zor-r
at the present time but think that I
will have enough to get the nomination.
The chances of my nomination are get
ting better all the time.''
w. d. Street today said: eAlI the
members from my part of the state are
not here yet. So far as they have come
in have not found one of them that I
had counted on that is not going to
vote for me. 4 have found that 1 will
get a good many of the votes in the
eastern part of the state, too 1 am
very much encouraged with the looks
of the situation"
Representative Edwin Taylor of Wy
andotte, who is a dark horse candidate
in case there is a deadlock, cannot be
present tomorrow owing to the death
of his partner, and wants the caucus
postponed till Monday. This is not
agreed to by the other candidates for
the speakership today One of those
that has been mentioned as a candidate
is not on the ground al all. He is e
G. Weilep of Cherokee. This fact is
taken by the other candidates to sig
Nifty that he is not anxious to get into
the race. There has been some talk of
making Weilep speaker pro tenn.
Some of the mem berS have been spec
ulating on who would be the chairman
of the ways and means committee and
the committee on railroads. OF course
this will be decided by the speaker
when he is chosen, but there is gossip
to the effect that in case either Brown
Street hiOO0 elected 81
the other two candidates will get the
chairmanships Of these two committees