The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-07-13

any more, and it will be completely
overshadowed by the greater and more
important questions of trusts, imper-
ialism, militarism, etc. Our Republican
friends argue that in view of the fact
that we are blessed with bountiful crops
that the country will go Republican on
the strength of the prosperity racket
They seem to forget that it was God Al
mighty that sent our good crops instead
of Bill Mckinley
The Democratic party cast 65Oo,0Oo
ally that $1,000 votes properly distributed
would have made him president of the
United States-a very few votes, compar-
atively. When you stop to consider that
the Democratic national committee, as is
funds in 1896, and at the most critical
time its treasury was absolutely de-
of money was wholly lacking, and that
they cast a sufficient amount of votes
so that mere lrlnlng SOUV0 VOtes Wouuu
have turned the tide, properly distributed,
what will be the result in 1900 when the
national committee has plenty of funds
to carry on a most vigorous campaign!
Cleveland administration then in power
p party vt that ti'i gave them life They even
stopped so low as to give 1T out that any
Should take especial interest in the cleo
ton of the Democratic ticket stood in
Kansas the secretary of the Democratic
state central committee, Mr. Pepperell,
of Concordia postmaster in that city at
that time, was given to understand,
think was notified directly, that If he did
not leave Topeka and go home and cease
cratic party that his postoffice would be
taken away from him. He showed me the
you tender your resignation to Chairman
Love, and notify the postoffice depart
Comparatively a poor man, and you can't
afford to have that office paying you ST.
800 year taken away from you- W. We D wii1
pigeonhole your resignation, and II we
win out in November we will tear it up
state central committee of Kansas
cleveland, the traitor to the party that
time and the resignation was torn up.
In 1896 you will observe that we had not
the officeholders and the power of the
administration of Cleveland as well, but
yet as I have said before, in the face of
all that opposition and the treasury of
the Democratic national committee de-
Rpleted I'VE we gave , the Republican party a
millions of money fried out of their back
ers and practical owners, the trusts and
1--WE are advised by the officers of the
Republican state central committee Of
votes in Kansas. They didn't beat US in
1896 and the same men were running
we then were carrying a heavy weight
in the way of the silver question, 1t be-
Ing the first time that it had ever been
made a paramount issue. and 1 said
before, the people were frightened with
the idea of a 50 cent dollar etc, and yet
we defeated them in Kansas. The or
ganization of the Democratic party in
Kansas as well as nationally was never in
as good shape as 1T is at this time. Six
years ago, to my personal knowledge, the
organization in Kansas was pretty thor
oughly diSorganized and while we did
much toward organization in 1896 and
made very material progress, we never
theleSs had, as 1 said before, the opDo-
sition of the Cleveland administration re
straining US in many instances from the
help and assistance of really active men
nOlitiCallV nOSSoSSiOn If
some office through the grace of that
eminent traitor, Grover Cleveland, but to-
day the organization of the Democracy
and opposition to the Republican party
in Kansas is quite complete There is
scarcely a district township in Kansas
in which there is not some form other
of organization and cooperation Yet
they tell that they are going to beat
US 25 900 votes when we are thoroughly
organized. when they could not beat US
in 1886 when We're thoroughly disor-
at that conclusion"