The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-10-11
Have an Army of Over Twenty
Thousand Men.
NOW HAVE $50 CLUBS.
Each Member LabOring For the
Party Success.
Not Single Cog in the Machin-
cry is Wanting.

The PopuIfst state committee claims a
daily working force of %, 500 men in this
campaign. These workers occupy posi-
tons of various characters, having been
designated by the state or county com
mittees-
In addition to this army of workers
the committee claims a total organized
force Of 10000 voters, members of the
$50 campaign clubs, the membership in
which, the committee officers state,
range from 20 to 800.
The Populist committee claims LAO
men at work in the ranks of that party
and 1000 in the Democratic party.
These astonishing figures represent an
organization which extends from the
state committees to the school districts
of Kansas. With this train of organi-
cations, going from the state committee
TO the congressional district committees,
thence to the county committees, then
to the precinct workers and from them
to the class known as sub-heutenants
in the school districts, the state commit
tee communicates at least once each
week.
Each of these branches" said Sec
rotary J. H Curran of the Populist state
committee today, lis working in abso-
lutte harmony, and the movement of
this gigantic machinery is not inter
rupted by quarrels and squabbIes EIv-
erything, from top to bottom, is in ship
shape, and the organization which we
have succeeded in effecting for this cam
paign will defeat the Republicans in
Kansas by an overwhelming majority"
1t was suggested to Mr.. Curran that
the Republicans disagree with his esti-
mate concerning the result
Glad of it, replied Mr. Curran.
That's an indication that they are not
aware of the work which we are doing
The school district workers comprise the
81 leaf7f 7f1o T,e
cans
The Republican state committee has
an average working force of nearly 5000
men in the field This comprises the
members OF the county committees and
the precinct workers which have been
selected, making a force of three men
in each voting precinct.
The Populist state committee claims
that their plan of organization places in
each voting precinct of the state an
average of seven workers, making a
tQtal of $500, as against 5000 represent
ing the Republican opposition
In addition to this list of fusion work
ers there are the 1900 precinct commit
teemen belonging to and constituting the
county central committees.
Working with the county committees
and superior to the county committee is
the congressional committee for each
congressional district, composed of one
member from each county, making a
total congressional committee member
ship in the state of 105
Aiding the county committees are the
central committees representing the rep
resentative districts. In many instances
this makes a large local membership for
these committees. as the districts in
clude the precincts, which in the larger
counties are divided into two or three
legislative districts.
Then this strength is augmented by
the addition of the work done by the
members of the state senatorial dis
tricts, for which the committee has al
lowed each county five workers.
The estimate placed by the state COM
mittee upon the strength of the repre-
sentative districts is I, 200 workers. Add
ed to this number are the SIS senatorial
district representatives.
This makes a grand total of II, 654 rep
resentatives of the Populists working
for the success of the ticket.
The Democrat organization is not 50
extensive, but the state committee rep
resenting that wing of the fusion party
has so organized the state that it claims
there are 900 active workers in the
field. This, added to the Populist
strength, makes a total of 1864
Add to this number the officers OF the
$50 campaign clubs, each having an av-
erage of 25 and the total number
reaches %, 500.
This organization is the special pride
of the Populist state committee, but the
mana gement of the speakers is one of
the features to which special attention
is directed.
The Republican state committee fur
nishes campaign speakers for local meet
ings. The Populist committee has so
arranged matters that the county COM
mittees and the district committees Sc
cure their own speakers, the state com
mittee arranging it's meetings to avoid
conflicts with the districts and counties
Each of these subdivisions of the pOliti-
cal field has its own speakers bureau and
the state committee, district committees