The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-07-11
VERY HOPEFUL.
The Republican State Central
Committee Meets.
ROseate Views Entertained by
the Various Members.
CLAIM $4,000 MAJORITY
Various Lists Presented in
Executive Session
Showing Voters Asserted to
Have Changed Politics.
No Inner Circle of Committee
men This Year.
CLAIM $4,000 MAJORITY

At the meeting of the Republican
state committee last night there was
large attendance.
Every member of the state committee,
the chairmen of the congressional COM
nlittees and the state officers read to the
committee meeting lists of men who
have said to have renounced the faith
Of the Populists and have declared their
intention of supporting Mckinley and
the state administration.
With the exception of a very small
number of counties. in the western part
of the state from which no reports have
been received every county in the state,
according to the members of the COM
mittee here last night. is now able to
report number of changes in the atti-
tude of its voters. Where a Democrat
or fusionisrs announces his intention of
supporting the Mckinley ticket in Kan
sas this means a change of two votes
in the general result. That is, the op-
position loses one and the Republicans
gain one and the opposite rule is also
true.
The members of the state committee,
claimed that in their opinion expressed
in and out of the meeting last night,
that the majority this year, based upon
the figures now at hand. will not fall
below $4,000, but is likely to be much
larger.
The Republican state committee has
two strings to its campaign bow either
one of which they believe is taut enough
to win with One is the Mckinley pros
perity; the other is the record of the
present state administration.
According to the reports from mem
bers of the committee made last night
these two propositions are winning votes
every day. Then, they say the reports
show that some of the old line members
of the party, who have later associated
with the Populists, have asserted them
selves on the subject of vice president
and declare that they will not support
Stevenson.
Political claims without the figures
are more or less questionable, especially
in the minds of those who do not fol-
low in the pathway of the political
party making the claims.
This claim on the part of the Repub-
baugh, lis borne out by the actual fig
ureS.
In place of general reports to the eff
feet that men have come into the Re-
publican party recently, the members OF
the committee and local workers have
submitted to our committee lists of
names of men who have eSpOuSed the
cause of prosperity and McKinleyism.
These lists are on file from every county
in the eastern part of the state, two or
three from western Kansas counties
only, being omitted. These particular
counties have always returned Republi-
can majOrities and members of the leg
islature and there is no fear on the part
of the committee officials that the rec
ord of these counties will be changed
this year.
For several weeks the state commit
tee has been making up a list of voters
who have changed their politics since
the last election
Charles Lobdell and Chairman AL
baugh have been sending out scores of
letters to county and township commit
teemen asking that report of the
10,
ters. These lists have been coming in
for several weeks.
They indicate" says one of the com
mittee, numerous desertions of Popu-
ism for Republicanism, while the num-
Der of men in the state who have aban-
doned the Republican party for the 9TH
er view is comparatively SMALL
On the other hand. the officials will
espOused Republicanism but say the fig
ures are large, and then display the
covers of voluminous record on file in
the headquarters.
The committee has not yet atternpted
to make a full poll of the state and has
been devoting its energies to a collection
OF data concerning the attitude of the
voters The official poll will be made
later on. 1t was noticeable last night
that the members of the committee and
their friends were especially enthusiasts
tic. Their utterances indicate their ab-
solute confidence in the result. still they
are mapping out a comprehensive and
vigorous campaign.
The committee meeting last night de-
veloped the fact that heads of the state
institutions are leaving their official d1I-
ties to dabble in politics, when the par
ty mana cement processes to be in sym,
pathy with the movement to take the
institutions out of the influence of poj-
tics. Governor Stanley is very firm in
this idea but l. l. Uhls, superintendent
of the Osawatomie asylum and r T.
Hills, superintendent of the soldiers
orphans home at Atchison appointees
of the state board of charities were
Hingling with the committeeman Iasr
night. 1t is said that the state board of
charities will see that this does not oc-
cur again and if the board does not act
the governor will.
Congressman Reeder of the Sixth
Bowersock of the Second and Calder
head of the Fifth We're present at the
committee meeting,as were many prom
inent local workers from various parts
of the state.
As foretold in the State Journal last
night, the committee decided that An
executive committee is unnecessary M
that feature of the committee work viii
be omitted this year Instead the chair
men of the congressional committees
will be given place in Jne party collns
ellis and there will be no inner circle
This inner circle has. in the past besn
productive of much complaint becausa.
it was believed that the countries
which has held the title of executive
affairs Of the state committee for per
sonal advancement.
The next meeting of the committee
VIII be held in about a month. Monthly
meetings of the committee will be held
| until the campaign closes.