The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-03-10
WANAMAKER WILL RUN.
Accepts the Nomination for Governor
rendered by Business Mems
TeaOne

Philadelphia, March 10-John Wanna
maker will be the candidate of the Bust
ness Mems Republican league for gov
ernor
He gave out his letter of acceptance
last night, addressed to the notification
committee, appointed at the meeting
OF representatives from nearly all the
counties in the state, held at the Bourse
IN this city on February Z.
Mr.. Wanamaker's dalay of over a
month has led many of his friends to
believe he would decline the nomination
He has been i'll for some days, but
now IS much better, and he stated that
he would begin active work at once
It vas i2timated that Mr.. Wanamaker
would be his own campaign manager.
In Rls letter Of acceptance, Mr.. Wan
amaEor states that it was not his desire
to become a candidate, thus adding to
his labOrS the duties of personally con-
Quoting campaign, and that he would
have preferred the selection of any one
of a dozen men of the state availa BILE
for the place. He had already hoped
also, that the leaders of the Republican
party would accept the notice served
upon them at the Bourse meeting that
the people intended to have something
to say as to who should be their next
governor.
However. the developments of the
past two weeks had convinced him that
the crisis had come, and that the dan
gers of the situation demanded action.
He continues:
I am neither deceived nor Influenced
by false hopes and know full well what
my prospects of success are, with the
delegate e1ecting machinery in the
hands of the enemy, with the primaries
and conventions so manipulated as TO
defeat instead of register the will of
the voters: with the same high handed
methods that were employed to send an
almost solid delegation to the last ma
tiOnal convention instructed for Sen
atOr Quay, when an overwhelming ma
7nr of rf7eT rCre of he tat
Mckinley; with manufactured contests
and bogus claims to be sustained by a
state committee that can be relied upon
to seat enough cOnteSIlng delegates TO
give the machine candidate a majority
as was done at last years state con-
ventions with the delegates of the 9th
district of Pennsylvan1a-and the con-
test that is now set up, without a sCin-
tiIla of regularity or legality in the 9th
district of Philadelphia, involving six
delegates and with a chairman who
gives timely warning that the state or
ganization would be against me II nom
mated.
But I am no more moved by these
conditions than by the rumored deals
of politicians, the threats of character
assassins the tongue of SANDER, or
the fact that nearly one-third of all the
delegates to the next state convention
have already been elected 1 ignore all
personal considerations. accept your
invitation as call of duty, and, max
ing the issue one of principal, not spells,
I am ready to go forward with you IN
your battle for political emancipation,
convinced that the right will ultimately
triumph and that the people desire to
settle the question themselves and set
tie il this very year
If this action of yours in bringing
me into the field, creates discOrd within
party ranks, take no blame therefor,
as have not solicited the nomination"
The ex-postmaster general adds that
it will cost him nothing TO step aside
at any time for any man who may be
agreed upon who shall represent some
thing other than slate or the will of
a perpetuating boss his only desire be
ing that some one be selected to whom
the interests of the state may safely be
trusted
In conclusion, after referring to the
alleged extravagances and shortcom-
ings of the present state administration
and the threatened raid on the state
treasury, if the machine shall elects its
governor Mr. Wanamaker declares
THE fight must be fought, and
fought to the finish if it takes all sum-
mer. with the autumn and winter
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