The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-11-03
Also Claims aSmaII Majority In
the Legislature.
THOSE WHO HAVE LEFT
Mr.. Locke Says Accessions VIII
More Than Offset Desertions.
Expects Heaviest Gain Among
the WOrkingmen.

Chairman George P. Locke, of the
Democratic state executive committee,
who had an active part in the fusion
campaign, gave out the following final
statement OF the political conditions to-
. day:
I'VE win carry Kansas for Bryan be-
yond any doubt.
The state ticket is absolutely safe,
and we will have majority Of II in the
legislature on joint ballot.
Il am aware that the Republicans are
claiming the state. but I know it IS a
bluff. pure and simple, made for the
purpose of catching the wavering vote.
While we have attended to our cam
paign without saying much, there never
has been a time since harmonious fusion
was effected, and q strong ticket noni-
mated at Fort Scott, that Republican
success was logical might say, pos
Sible 1t seems to me that every body
that appreciates the value Of harmonious
fusion would know this. / predict q
fusion majority of $4,000 next Tuesday
il may reach 10000
The state committee has never
claimed that some OF Bryan's supporters
in 1886 have not gone to Mckinley; it
makes no such claim now All we
claim is that had we not made a gain
OF single vote, Kansas would still be
for Bryan by a safe majority. I will
say now, and am willing to await the
outcome for my proof. that Bryan has
gained four votes in Kansas for every
one he has lost.
Look at the other conditions. The
organization of the fusion forces of the
state is incomparabl bly, better than it
has ever been before. We have as
strong a state ticket as has ever been
nominated in Kansas Every candidate
has an individuality, an identity and a
reputation for fitness that is known
beyond the limits Of the state They
We're nominated and placed before the
people at one of the most harmonious
and enthusiastic conventions ever held
on Kansas soil They have individually
made a strong and an exceptionally de-
cent campaign
"On the other hand, the Republican
party is hOneycombed with fractional
sores and ulcers There is a Republi-
can fight of one kind or another in over
80 counties
While we can figure out-a Bryan ma
jOrity without q gain of a single vote.
yet it is a well known fact, apparent
to every student OF the situation, that
we will make tremendous accesSions to
cur party strength next Tuesday. We
are absolutely sure Of 1000 Gold Demo-
Gratis who left US four years ago. Sew
enty-ffve per cent. of the German citi-
zens of Kansas will vote for Bryan, by
reason Of the tendency Of the admins
tratIon toward a policy Of Imperialism
and militarism, to say nothing Of our
governments cold attitude toward the
struggling South African republics We
will make appreciable gains among old
soldiers who have become dissatisfied
with the pension policy of the admins
tration and the growing Indifference of
the Republican party to the interest of
the veterans We will make some gains
among the negroes. Our heaviest gains
will be among the wOrNingmsn-
1t is my opinion that the political
action of labortng men, skilled and IN
skilled, next Tuesday will be a reVe-
latiOn to statesmen. Every man of
rrsr live ha+ rrraT 1afT
wages have not been reduced on the
pay roll, they have been materially
diminished in capacity to buy the nee
assaries of life made higher by the ex-
tortion Of trusts In fact, every human
being in Kansas is effected by trusts
They do not believe this year that the
election Of Bryan viii be equivalent to
the losing of their jobs. Labor also aIl-
preeia1es the stand taken by the Dem
Ocratic party in the national convention
In the insertion Of a plank demanding
the creation Of cabinet Office in the
interest of labor. The railroad men are
overwhelmingly for US, because they
have been made to pay more for every
thing they buy without having received
additional income.
The business men are and ought to
be for the Democratic ticket The
business system brought about by the
development of trusts makes the future
dark for all small business men, and
am sure that they SO understand it.
They have not been saying much but
we know at headquarters that they will
be tremendous influence at the election
next Tuesday. In addition, we have a
great many Republicans with US this
year because they do not believe in the
policy of mflitarism and imperialism
adopted and encouraged by the Repub-
1ican party.
we know absolutely that we will
carry Kansas next Tuesday, and we
have a great many reasons to believe
that there will be landslide In favor
Of the fusion forces