The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-11-19
KEEP RIGHT ON.
POpuIists VIII Maintain State
Headquarters in Topeka.
Already Organizing For the Fu-
ture Battles.
THE ''REGISTER" SOLD
FL. N. Gaines COnsOlidates 1t
With the advocate.
THE s'REGISTER" SOLD
Secretary Curran of the State
Committee Here to Stay.

The Populists of Kansas. in the Ian
guage of the chief of Tammany Hall,
were defeated but not discouraged, by
the recent election
As a preliminary for the next battle
to take place in two years, John H
Curran, secretary of the PopuIist state
committee, has come to Topeka. and has
opened headquarters for the purpose of
organizing the party and getting the
workers in shape for victory at the
next state election
The Advocate, recently purchased by
H. n. Gaines, ex-state superintendent,
is to be the official organ of this reOr-
ganization scheme, a fact which neces-
STATED the vacation of the field by the
State Register, SO r. NJ. Rlggles and E.
3. Stotts sold that paper to Mr.. Gaines,
and he is now in charge.
The plan of reorganization which is
now being followed is for a sort of re-
generation of the Iopulist party While
some of the defeated candidates are talk
ing of a new party, there is a very
large element Of the Populist party
which believes that the emergency de-
mandSs not new party, but straight
out Peoples party management, which
has not been had in a state campaign
since the fusionists obtained control of
the party councils.
Those who are engineering this new
movement do not admit that the Gull
Inination of their plans and hopes means
the abandonment of fusion, but under
meath the surface some of the wise ones
say this sentiment may be found.
The Populists believe that many Dem
ocfats helped the cause of the Republi-
cans this year, and they also admit the
loss Of much Populist strength all of
which is attributed to the opposition to
fusion by both parties.
The unexpected and disheartening re
suits which attended the last election,
from the standpoint of PopuliSt, need
attention of some sort, and this reor-
ganizatiOn scheme has been adopted as
the panacea for the ills which are not
discernibIe to those who are in control
of the mana cement, except SO far
they are convinced that there is some
adjustment, somewhere, necessary.
John Breidenthal who, in absolute OPP
position to his own wishes in the mat
ter, yielded to the opportunities of the
Democrats and some of his Populist as
sociateS to lead the reform elements
in the last campaign, is not in sympathy
with the new party movement. He has
not thus far expressed himself in ac-
cord with the proposition, and IS main
tanning a strict silence on the subject
Mr.. Breidenthal and other prominent
members of the party have many times
in the past suggested the probability OF
disintegration of the Peoples party, IN
the event fusion was persistently in
dulged. because that political action gave
the new parties the appearance OF being
In In POLITICS r. simply for the 0ifiesS 'na' were
Then. too. the failure of the fusionists,
in control of the state government and
the legislature, to enact laws which had
been promised, notably railroad law
which was made subject to knockout
blows from the supreme court.
Now the effort at reorganization Is be-
ing made solely by the Populists- The
officers of the Democratic committee have
retired to private life and the. headquar-
tiers have been closed BY the way, it is
hardly necessary to suggest that the DEM
ocrats will not again move their head
quarters to Kansas City. While all of
them, publicly, profess great affection for
Kansas City, they privately denounce the
treatment which was accorded the high
racy of Kansas during the maintenance
of state headquarters in that place.
The POpuliSt reorganization scheme
HEADQUARTERS will be in the Advocate Of
flee and that paper will be the official
distributor of the news and literature
which will be sent out.
Secretary Curran will visit every county
in the state OF his plans and of the plans
of the Populists to begin now working
against fusion in subsequent campaigns,
Mr.. Curran says:
1.-THE Peoples party is not yet ready to
be absorbed by the Democrats. Really,
we don't now know which side the Demo-
trOlled by the eastern crowd. We believe
that we have much strength left in Kan
sas and we propose to keep our party
ganization going and to also keep the
party together.
In the last election we polled over $780,
600 votes. A change of 10000 would have
given the state We propose to or
these reasons permanent headquarters
have been established in Topeka
1.-THE state committee will be called to-
gether soon"