The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-06-15

| thing for a progressive people to be
! caught in the pinch of circumstances
| where they are unable to assert their
honest opinions and sentiments. Do
| You believe you are doing a wise thing
| for the party to thus force this man
! upon US? We are in the minority. This
movement was begun too late to be eff
fective. Mr. Leedy will be named be-
cause the delegations were pledged to
him because there was nowhere else to
go
Il know the metropolitan police bus
mess has been vile, aye, Infamous, in
places, and there have grown out of it
banded about and repeated until many,
oh, so many, believe them. True or
false, they have smirched the admins
trat1on. and the record of the state
shows that Smirches have defeated eve
ry governor for reelection they have
touched"
They We're made about IeWelIing' -
said one.
And Lewe1ling was defeated" was
the reply that stopped any other sug-
geStiOnS.
Il have told Mr. Leedy that [ could
not support him. said Mrs DISCS, ''and
he knows exactly why. There are those
who honestly cannot support his course
and you who are trying to override this
minority are doing yourselves and your
candidate an injury
The delegates applauded Mrs. Diggs
| and it was evident from the applause
that there was a large sprinkling of
Leedy delegates in the hall.
Fred Close followed with a general
arraignment of the course of the gov
ernor. One delegate who left the hall
was seen as he rea ched the sidewalk.
He said: This fight on Leedy is all in
Shawnee county and they are fooled if
they think they are going to draw us
into the trouble. I did not stay be-
cause I did not care what Fred Close
had to say abaut Governor Leedy. Ev-
cry one knows that he is sore because
he did not get an Office
har- a 70 70 ISf& Io1J
said IF Bob Semple had been made
warden of the penitentiary he would
not be here now raising a row.
Sol Long of Elk county offered a res
olution in the caucus endorsing Leedy,
but it was withdrawn.
L. T. Eount, who is chairman of the
contesting- delegation from Shawnee
fight. He said today: Il have been
approached by several of the delegates
who begged me to withdraw and allow
the anti-Leedy delegation to be seated
but L have refused to get out of the
way. I have asked them if they need
ed US whether we would be seated and
they said we would
The fact is if they needed our dele
cation they might have some trouble
in seating US but under the present con-
ditions there would be no doubt about
it. All want is chance. We are in
the right and are entitled to a place in
the convention"
The contesting delegation is made up
of the Leedy faction in the county con-
vention who claim that they We're not
treated fairly by Close and his crowd
There will really be little difference
which delegation from Shawnee county
is seated. Governor Leedy and the
entire list of officers will be renomfnat-
ed Bob Senp1e has made a heroic eff
fort to stem the tide, but he was dis
gusted last night.
Senator Crossan, Harry McLain,
Scott Rice, P. P. Elder, Grant Harring-
ton and other prominent POpulists have
refused to recognize the anti LeedyiteS
and they did not attend the caucus
The absence of John Breidenthal from
Topeka has left the Leedy opposition
without any one to lean on and they are
at sea for a candidate. There has been
some talk of voting for Mr.. Breidenthal
but no agreement has yet been made.