The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-11-02
POLITICAL GOSSIP.

is the contest over the state senator
ship in Cloud and Republic counties be-
tween Conner Davies and R. B. Ward.
That is the only district in the state
where a senator is to be elected, with
the exception of Shawnee county Dav-
les is the editor of the Concordia Kan
san, and up to less than two years ago
he was one Of the leading Republican
editors of the fifth district. Now that
he is Populist candidate the RepubH-
can papers are having fun with him by
printing all the mean things he used to
say about the Populists- Judge r. L.
Head of Salina, who has been campaign
ing among the French in Cloud county,
says that Ward is sure of election
Davies has Queered himself with the
French Catholics, said Judge Head, "by
Dragging about his influence among
them. He claims that he worked them
by making friends with Bishop Cum
ningham as soon as he arrived in Con-
cOrdia, but they are going to fool him
when election day comes"
Frank Brown is undecided about
prosecuting F. N. Coldren, editor of the
Oberlin Herald. who published state
ment that Mr.. Brown was a forger- 1t
was a fool break for Coldren to make
said Mr.. Brown today, land I feel in
clined to let the matter drop of it were
not for the fact that all the POpulist
papers of the Fifth district were ex-
pected to take the matter up this week
just before election, when it was too
late for me to deny it, and copy the en-
ticle from Coldren's paper. That's what
makes me hot"
The Republicans at the state head
quarters have been having as much fun
as anybody over Taylor Riddles dis
covery that the club with which Hook
ey Jim was killed was exhibited at six
different places last Saturday night.
Frank Brown, secretary of the Repub-
Hcan state central committee, says that
the Republicans did not have a meeting
on Saturday night at any of the places
M mo n NV
The Republicans of the Seventh dis
a crowd to Chester I. Longs meetings
in Populist communities. At Kinsley
the other night they brought an orches-
tro down from Dodge City and adver-
tised dance to be held right after Long
got through speaking. And it brought
out a crowd all right, too.
Jerry Simpson made the statement at
Wichita a few days ago that he would
give the congressional race to Long by
default and would give months sal
place in the Congressional Record
where he said anything about "tin ships
and dude sailors.
Tt is rumored among the politicians
that J. Ralph Burton had something to
do with the Republican state central
committee not accepting Ingalls, offer
to make some speeches, during the cam
possibly interfere with Burton's sena-
toriai aspirations.
Grant Harrington has done most of
the printing for the Populist state cen
trail committee. He has printed three
editions of the POpulist handbook, of
10, 900 copies each, and several hundred
thousand supplements which have been
used in the Populist papers over the
state.
in the cartoon line is one of Nelson and
Stryker as companion pieces, similar to
the cartoon of Grimes and Hefebower.
Populists have got around to the
point of discussing the question as to
who will lead the ticket. A good many
have claimed all along that it would
be Boyle, but they are weakening now,
and some of them fear that Boyle may
be defeated altogether, while the rest
of the ticket may pull through. The
reason for this is that the prohibition
lists will vote for GODDARD, and if there
are 10000 of them, as they claim, it will
run GODDARD away ahead of the rest of
the Republican ticket, so far in fact
that Boyle will be defeated. Just now
some POpulists are betting quietly
among themselves that Stryker will
lead the ticket on account of the saving
he has made the people on school books,
which they realize with considerable
force. Taylor Riddle has contended all
during the campaign that Leedy would
receive the largest vote ana OL06rS are
| beginning to think so, too. The majority
think that Leedy and Stryker will run
| about even.
1.-THE only thing we are afraid ofnow,''
! said a state house Populist today, ''is a
| storm on next Tuesday. If there should
| be a big storm on election day there
would be an awfully sick lot of Popu-
| lists around this state house and we
| would not want to hear the returns.
| There is no telling what a little thing
| like a storm will do. It helped to de-
| feat Napoleon at the Battle of Water
| loo and so changed the destiny of
| Europe. But if we have a pleasant day,
| we are not afraid of the result
Otis S. Allen, who has been cam
paigning down in the Seventh district,
says that as a result of McNalTs fight
| on the Clarkson rating book the coun-
| ty commissioners of Reno county have
! been able to reinsure the county Jail t
/ IA per cent, whereas they have been
| paying per cent heretofore.