The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-08-04
AGAINST TOWNE.
Kansas Populist Committee For
Adlai Stevenson.
j. w. Breidenthal Will Help Get
TOWne Out of Way.
FUSIONISTS CONFER.
Democrats Move Headquarters
to Kansas City.
POpulists Spend the Night Max
ing Speeches.
Mrs. Annie L. Diggs Regrets
Political NOtOriety.
FUSIONISTS CONFER.

Inc POpul1St state central committee
has instructed John w. Breidenthal to
use his influence to have the name of
Charles A. Towne taken from the ma
tional ticket as a candidate for vice
president, the name of Adlai Stevenson,
the Democratic nominee, to be substi-
tuted
This action was taken by the state
committee when the matter was pre-
sented to the meeting by Mr. Breiden-
thai.
The fusion nominee for governor is
the national committeeman for Kansas
and as such official was notified by wire
last night of the special meeting of
the Populist national committee at Chi
cagO August 8, next Thursday.
The notice came from Vice Chairman
Edmiston of the national committee and
was read to the meeting by Mr.. Breid-
enthal
Immediately the state committee in
structed him to go to Chicago and work
to get ToWne out of the way.
The Democratic state central commit
tee late Friday afternoon, in a meeting
held at the Hotel Throop voted to es-
tabliSh the state headquarters at Kan
cuSSed routine and unimpOrtant matters
until the supper hour then adjourned.
The members of the committee then
took the Santa F'e fast mail for Kansas
City where this morning a meeting will
be held to accept the headquarters
rooms and campaign donation to be
made by WyandOtte county Democrats
for the honor of securing the headQuar-
terS.
The Populist committee worked near
ly all night at the favorite pastime of
its members, making speeches. Nothing
was done towards disposing of the buSi
ness pending before the committee and
at an early hour this morning the com
mittee adjourned, meeting again at 8
O'Clock to attend to business matters
The Populists believe that the Demo-
Gratis did not mean the talk in which
they We're indulging about taking the
headquarters to Kansas City and were
much surprised when the committee
acted so promptly, the action being
taken in thirty minute session with
but one dissenting vote, Frank Thomas
of Topeka voting for the capital city.
1t was then suggested that the Popu-
list headquarters be taken also to KAN
saS City and this proposition received
| considerable discussion but no action
was taken.
There was a general discussion of
campaign plans by the Populist COM
mittee last night, the work being done
in a sort of a relay system.
Some of the committeeman would
meet with the others in the hotel par
lors; talk a while and then retire, those
who might be sitting in the office or
hall, enjoying a smoke, taking the
vacant places in the committee meeting.
In this manner the work was kept go
ing until almost breakfast time.
The continued discussion of the plan
to enlist the women in the campaign
with some criticisms attached to the
| discussions, caused the following signed
statement to be made by Mrs. Annie l.
/ DiggS:
If the opposition to Bryan and Breid-
enthal have nothing weightier to exploit
| than their funny attempt to create dis
| cord and division between Kansas Dem
! ocrats and POpuliStS by charging me
1 Wit designs
cratic party on the line of woman
suffrage then our path to certain vic
| tory is left practically unobStructed.
Fundamental and inevitable as WO-
man suffrage must be in a purely Dem
| cratic government, 1 would be a shallow
student of events and inefficient
helper in the ranks did not know bet
| ter than to attempt to hamper the po-
| litical situation by any futile attempt
to intrude the question of woman's en-
reimbursement. The opposition press is
simply furnishing a little amusing by
play. The strong and able men of
prominence among Kansas Democrats
are quite too earnest in their determine
ton to present SOLD front against i'm
minent Imperialism to be diverted by
the very apparent attempts to provoke
irritation. 1t must first be determined
whether or not we are to have a re-
public before the allied parties of pa
triotism and reform can risk disruption
by forced espousal of any save the
present ALA abSOrbing issues of imperial
ism and life destroying trusts"
| The plan to establish the state head
| quarters of the Democratic campaign
| cornmitte at Kansas Cityis for the pur-
pose of capturing, If possible. the large
floating vote in that section of the
state. In Wyandotte county alone
| there is a large number of votes which
| fluctUate in each campaign and it is
| the hope of the Democrats to capture it.
Incidentally. too, the plan is to help
/ Mason Peters win his campaign
against J. D. Bowersock for congress-
man in the Second district. The vote
of Wyandotte county is depended upon
! to do this and for this reason a spe-
cial effort will be made to control it.
| for publication, the statement that they
owing to the controversy concerning
| ly some of the Democrats state that it
! but they did not take kindly to the in
| fiuence which the women seemed to be
| welding through Mrs. Diggs.
David Overmyer says: 1T is unwise
| to take the state headquarters of the
Democrats away from Topeka
Jerry Simpson said: .These older
| men act like boys in this matter and
the younger fellows act like the old
| men. What's the use of going off down
there when Topeka is the most central
and most available point?"
| This is to be newspaper cam