The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-11-05
REPUBLICAN
VIEW OF IT.
Prospects of Republican Victory
in Kansas
As Told to State Journal Cor
respondent
Who Accompanied Mr.. Stanley
in His Campaign.
STANLEY is TO WIN
By About $4,000 if Figures
Given Our Correspondent
By the Republican Managers
Are Accurate.

TBy the State Journals STAFF CORES
pondent who accompanied MI sian
lev During the Campaign.l
According to the estimates and CLAIMS
,,oaa nv the Republican managers IN
the various counties of this state, the
Renublicans aided by many Demo-
Gratis. dissatisfied POpulists ana ma
iority of those who two years ago Noteu
with the silver forces, will next L 1ues'AaS
elect W. E. Stanley governor by ma
ioritv which will be large enough TO
thoroughly remove it from the
cion of uncertainty. 7
The Republican forces, It IS claLHIeu clais
are better organized; are more actlEe'
are more thoroughly in touch WIN eiIS
opDosition which now largely re4es up
on good weather to carry the ddy IL IL
Governor Ieedy, admitting that a storm
or rain or disa greeable conditions on
that day might retire the POpuIlSI par
tv from power in the state
It is admitted by everyone tnaI the
Republican party has seldom SEeI
made such a compaign as the one WIlch
Is now drawing to a close. The state com
nittee has labored lndusIrlousIy ana anu
has been aided materially IN every
county by a thorough ORGANIZATION,
while Stanley has campalgned Wllhoue
II is also an admitted fact that the
partv in power in this state al
ways has a struggle to retain
control This is due to the fact that there
is a dissatisfaction among disappointed
Office seekers who seek to aVenge tneLn-
selves for real or fancied injuries py
giving their support and that OF their
friends to a new administration Gov
ernor Leedy is probably suffering from
this condition Of affairs, If reports are
to be believed, more than any man who
has sought a reelection in recent years
IN this state. And, ne was also un1Or-
tunate in having been unable through
zfaErr IN ma X a l.
Vass of the state.
One of the secrets of Stanley's pOpu-
larity Is found in his work during the
campaign. He has used no words OF
abuse towards POpulists. He has been
kind and considerate in every utterance
and this alone will, according to the
who called upon Stanley to say so,
bring him a total of several hundred
votes in the state.
Kansas contains 2,134 voting pre-
cincts. The Populist majority in 1896
was 1911. A change Of two votes in
each precinct will elect the Republican
ticket. The Populists admit losses in
various parts of the state and claim but
small gains. the influence of which
some local committeeman say, would
not materially affect the result. On
the other hand there are in nearly ev
cry county men who two years ago vOt-
ed for Leedy, now supporting Stanley.
The majority of the white soldier vote,
recently mustered out, it is claimed, is
teers filed past Stanley at Leavenworth
and personally assured him of their in
tentiOn to vote for him. The Republic
ans are sure OF the cOlOred soldier vote.
This was understood in the deal which
sent them to Santiago and the workers
who stayed at home are writing person
al letters to the boys urging them to
stand by Mckinley and Stanley
The defeat of Calderhead and Kirk
patrick is conceded by the Republicans.
They claim the election of Chester Long
n ct -eanl-e
greatly strengthened himself by per-
fecting the most thorough campaign
organization now working in the state.
w a. Reeder in the Sixth, district
which has never been otherwise than
POpulist since 1890 is making a person
al campaign that is having a strong in
huence. The Democratic aid given
the Republican ticket by the candida
cy of William G. HOffer, will cut some
figure in the result Mccormick is to
some extent unpopular among his own
people and if he is reelected it will be
one of the surprises of the campaign.
Charlie Curtis, of course, has a walk
away and the election of ]. D. Bower
SOCK, whatever qualifications he NAV
lack, seems reasonably sure in the Sec
ond- J NJ Miller is also likely to be
elected in the Fourth by a. small major
lty- With Shawnee county out of the
dlStrlct, the POpulistS figure, by their
pom on only small majority, which
lhey ADMIT IS extremely improbable in
5aN9f 14.,3 OF MI Martin. The fact that
Tor this office is injuring him Then
too, defeated postofice candidate in
EnpOrla IS making himself busy in
Mfllers interests and the RepubIicans
of one county, so disgusted were thev
with his interference in their local a
fairs, threaten to request him to On
home and stay there. These two eie-
ments of dissatisfaction work against
Miller but it is believed that he will he
elected.
W. J. Bailey, a young man Of e1o-
quence and commanding presence
seems to have a good show for con-
gresham at large He is enthusias-
TIC, aggressive and energetic.
1t has been said that the soldier vote
Will affect the legislature in the western
part of the state. This will hardly
prove true as the men who have gone to
Mania and Santiago were recruited in
the eastern part of the state. The result
IN the counties from which these COM
panles enlisted will probably be not
close enough to be affected by the alb
sent volunteers.
Ihe Republicans claim that Stanley
VIII carry the Seventh district That is
ms nome and he is exceedingly popular
there- He viii also it is believed cut
down the Populist majority in the
1nlru ana VIII run ahead of CaIderhead
IN the Fifth It is admitted that he
VIII nave big majority in the First
and Second and the indications point to
a small majority in the Fourth ana
Sixth This viii give him the state bv
Il. 600. ~
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