Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-10-03
DEMOCRATS FOR LONG.
They Are Likely to Give Him n Major
ity Over simpson IN Paw
nee County.

JARNED IlAS Oct. 2-(Special) Paw
nee county gave Jerry Simpson majority
of 1872 over Chester l. Long for congress.
This year, it looks if Mr.. Long would
carry the county. This is due to peculiar
conditions existing in the county. and par
tally TO the general feeling of Republic
anism and Americanism there Is IN lhe ar
this year.
Mr. Long spoke here Saturday afternoon
He created the most pleasing impression ana
carried his large audience with him from
beginning to close. Mr.. Long spoke in the
opera house Every seat was filled. People
! stood at the sides and in the rear. AS al
Nickerson Friday night, many lelt, unaple
to gain entrance. Many PopullstS ana Dem,
ocrats were in the audience and they pa!u
the closest attention to al that nS Was sTIu Tba
| meeting was one of the greatest successes
ever known in the district.
Tim Mccarthy, of this city, ex-auditor
and at one time department commander of
| the G. A. r. of the state, one of the lead
| ing Grand Army men of Kansas, presided.
ing and personal appeal to every old sol
| der. regardless of party, 10 stand by the
man man who. in congress always h ss6 St9oa ibos os
| done more for the old soldier than any
other man who ever has been sent 70 con-
! gress from the Seventh district. He
brought Mr.. Long TO the front of the stage
| and said:
Mr.. Long. 1 desire to go on record as
| the nrSt man TO congratulate you on y ouT
| coming election to congress.
Mr.. Long. after thanking the chairman
| for his warm and cordial introduction, eN-
| pressed his gratitude. He also expressed
| the sadness which he felt at the absence of
| that old soldier and warm friend, Captain
| Henry Booth. of this city, who had on three
| occasions introduced him to Larncd au-
! diences, and whose death had not only re-
moved a strong personal friend. but also a
| faithful, earnest worker for the Republican
| party.
Mr.. Long made a stirring speech. being
in much better physical condition than at
Nickerson on the night before.
| Immediately preceding Mr.. Longs speech,
| w. NJ. Wallace, of Kingman. gave the state
administration some telling blows.
IL Is the Democrats of Pawnee county
| who will elect the Republican ticket there
this fail. They have what amounts to fu-
sion, though It will probably not be carried
out 10 the letter Democrats generally. II
| er vote the straight Republican or a mixed
ticket. The Democrats of Pawnee county
| have quite an organization and simply
fused this year with the Populists,, nom-
inally. out of gratitude toward the Popu-
list legislature, which abolished Judge S
! ". Vandivert's district. When they go &c
may remember the nominal fusion agree
ment, the majority will not.
Captain e: W: peppe, a real estate tat lea dealer
leading party worker until fusion menacec
his party. He then retired from politics
but this year is doing considerable work IL
a quiet manner. He will probably vote /:
mixed ticket this fall, and undoubtedly viii
vote for Chester l. Long. He said to The
Journal correspondent concerning fusion:
1 "I have seen enough of 1t. 1t has all bu
ruined the Democratic party. | believe nov
that the Democratic party of Kansas viii
be useful in the future If II only break:
away from the curse of fusion. That ant
Populism are almost intolerable have
| no patience with either
G. Polk Cline attended the Long meetin,
yesterday He is an attorney. known al
over Western Kansas, and is chairman o
the Democratic county central commf1tee
The chances are that Mr.. Cline Will b.
with the Republicans this year. thougi
| he will make no statement. He did say L
The Journal correspondent. however
"Jerry's circus yarns are getting old. The!
! don't go this year.
Then there are others. The Democrat
| of Pawnee will do the right thing thi
year: of this there can be no doubt, an
| the county will go Republican almost
: certainly as an election day shali come.