The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-11-15
COmplimented By President
Mckinley and Mark Hanna.
Republican Chairman IS q Mod
est Man Withal-
HAS MADE A RECORD.
NOW Considered avery SagaciOus
Politician.
How His Plan Of Organization
Was Carried Out.

We're Morton Albaugh q vain man. the
condiments which he has received Tor
mis- personal effort in the management
Of the Kansas Republican campaign
would turn his head If not this It
would have the effect OF raising i 50 ne
would not be able to see the plain PEG
ole" but such is not the case He bears
the honors easily and always dlselaIrns
any particular credit for what has been
done He has received personal letters
Of Generalization from President AAc
kfnIey and Mark Hanna.
Chairman AIbaugh took hold OF the
affairs Of the Republican state eoEl1fnfI-
tee in 1888, succeeding Cyrus Leland
There has been some opposition 70 MI
I4elandfs appointment as cha1TnlaE1-rroI4
T. K Hudson. s candidate ror state
printer However, Governor MorTiu IN
sisted on Leland and he Won TINS oc-
CURED at the time when the opposition
to Leland was first rlanIresI1ng lIsAeL.
but he took charge OF the eoEnEnItIee
affairs. Governor NORTH was defeated
and the state was lost IN 1896 soon
afterwards Leland was appointed pen
sion agent Then the opposition again
manifested itself and he was charged
with having exercised the influence or
the Offices Of chairman Of the state com
rnirrea and national committeeman Tor
Kansas, in his own behalf for the JOB
During this time AIbaugh was an IN
known quantity in politics He was ap-
rlointad president OF the state board OF
Charities by Governor Morrill, and when
AIbaugh came to town TO take that OF
fee some Of the politicians wondered
where that farmer mad come norI-
However this farmer was destined to
cut considerable figure. As the affairs
of the board progressed and AlbAugh
drew his salary egula-rIy .aesIrorn LlIlls 70
time. appeared in new suits Of clothes
He also acquired the habit Of regular
shaves and soon became > changed
man"
q-z.- IT,
was in the Leland crowd That crowd
was for Major c. Hood Of EmpOrla for
governor when the 1883 fight came on
W. E Stanley. an obscure politician
but a prominent lawyer and citizen OF
Wichita was mentioned. The papers
took it up and the politicians inquired
Who's Stanley r.
AIbaugh was east when he heard Of
the talk about Stanley. He came home,
stopping in Topeka for conference OF
the crowd then designed as the gang
The aggregation which answered to this
appeIIaEfOu advised, c0axeG and threat
eare5 AIbal1ah but he declined to clam
Der into the band wagon and took the
first train for Wichita There he and
Stanley held a long conference at stan
Eavfs home The future governor told
AIbaugh Of his intention to get into the
race and stay. Albaugh endorsed the
plan: told Stanley to sail IN; said he
would help
the laugh from his friends, but he did
not finch He transacted necessary bus
mess matters in Topeka and started for
the Seventh congressional district The
conventions were being held Instruc-
ti0ns for Stanley in nearly every county
told of the work AIbaugh and his
friends were doing in opposition to the
wishes Of the gang" Then the Stanley
boom ceased to be a joke, but the polite
ians did not realize fit until the Seventh
district had been Joined by other dis
trlets and the nomination Of Stanley
was assured weeks before the cOnven-
ton held at Hutchinson Then came the
rush to get into A1baugh's little wagon.
That convention esta bIfshed q new rec
ord in nominations naming Frank Grimes
for treasurer and Frank Nelson for
state superintendent and giving the first
place on the ticket to Stanley. all resi-
dents OF the Seventh congressional dis
trict-
But the politicians laughed again
when Stanley made ATbaugh chairman
Of the state central committee. But Al
baugh pil9ted the ticket to victory all
of which success was largely due to the
systematic organization which Albaugh
assisted by Cyrus Leland, carried out
The plan OF school district oTganiza-