The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-07-28
Republicans and PopuIists
Adopt New Methods.
VIII Not Hold Political Meet.
ings in Proximity.
BOTH ARE CAUTIOUS.
Committees Are Working on
Secret Plans.
Breidenthal and Others Foresee
Impending Crisis.

The Republican and Populfst state
campaign committees are planning
secretly, to prevent party meetings OF
gatherings in proximity during the
campaign
Each party wants to have as large
crowds as possible and the effort to so
arrange the dates for picnies and
speeches as to avoid conflicts Is based
upon the theory that everybody will
attend one meeting while were two in
progress the sympathizerS with the two
causes would attend the meeting more
generally in line with their ideas
In the campaign two and also four
years ago, there seemed to be a dis
position on the part of the state COM
m1ttee arrangements to arrange con-
hictfng dates Then some agitator
would start a runpus with the hope Of
getting a joint debate started. This
annoyed both committees, hence the dis
position this year is for each party to
keep out of the way of the opposition
For this reason and to prevent the
organization of counter attractions to
draw the people away from an oppor-
tunity to hear the truth the Repub-
Hcan state committee is not at this time
which will be held under its manage
ment- The committee has now taken
charge of the governor, and appoint
ments which are to be filed by him
will be assigned by the committee
The state committee wanted the gov
ernOr to deliver himself entirely to the
control of the committee and permit
the committee to make a complete list
of dates covering the period between
now and the election. After mature
consideration the officers of the COM
mittee and the governor decided that
such action as this would be unwise, as
contingencies which might develop in
the campaign might add a phase al
together new to the present outlook,
necesSitatfng a general change in the
plans. This was not anticipated with
~ q 0ff1o so
the governor will be assigned to dates
for not more than one month in ad-
vance, unless there are some changes
made in the general plan which is now
before the committee.
Both the Populist and Republican
committee managers claim that the
voting population of the whole state
is Hopping" into their ranks but from
some reason altogether unknown and
unexplained neither of the committees
has bulletined for inspection by the
public list of these men whose change
of heart is expected to result in an
overwhelming victory for the particu-
lar party headquarters from which the
claim is made
The managers Of the campaigns, in
the rival camps, now express absolute
confidence in the result being favorable
for the party to which they belong
Hopes run high and the two chairmen,
z. r RidgIey and Morton Albaugh, say
all that prevents them from taking pos
session of the state government is that
it would not be legal unless done after
the formaIity of an election
The POpulist nominee for governor,
John w. BreidenthaI, believes that
within five years there will be some
sort of an upheaval perhaps a panic,
the result of the present national poll
cies. Some of the Populists say that
the election of Bryan this year would
ruin the party because of the coming
panic which they see in the future
They charge the prospects of up
heaval to Republican methods, and
contend that if Bryan should win this
year, that the crash will come when he
Is president-the result of McKfnleyism
and that the blame will be attached
to Bryan.
On the other hand. the Populists say
that if Mckinley should be reelected
that the crash, now impending, will
come while he is president. and that
the blame will lie where it belongs. on
the Republicans Then they argue
there will be no question as to the
death of the Republican party. IF the
crash, caused as they contend by Nc
Kfnleyisrn, comes while Bryan is presi-
dent, the sins Of the outs will miti-
gate against those who are in and the
Democratic party will be buried
This idea savorS of radicalisn, but it
will be heard from Populist orators in
the campaign in Kansas before thirty
days