The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-04-26
PURIFY POLITICS.
That Is the Battle Cry Of Anti
Fraud Republicans.
Ways and Means Of Rebuking
Corruption Discussed.
A COMMITTEE NAMED.
Has Power to Select Candidate
for County Attorney.
It Is Composed Entirely of Re-
publican Voters.
A COMMITTEE NAMED.

H. N. Loomis, chairman.
w. w. Mills.
p. ". Griggs.
Albert Watkins.
Peter He'll
DR.. T. W. Peers.
Ed Buckman.
Jos. PolIum
J. d. Coddington-
J. H. Skinner.
r. NJ Curtis.
John +. Carter.
w. L. Boyes.
z. n. Wise.
This is the committee which will
name the candidate of the boiling Re-
publicans for county attorney, after
consultation with the Democratic and
Populist committees to ascertain who
will be acceptable to them.
The caucus which met Wednesday
evening in the office of Robert Stone
did not agree upon a candidate, al
though some of those who had called
the caucus had intended that 1t should
be for that purpose. The majority
thought that the wishes Of the Demo-
Gratis and Populists should first be con-
suited, and for this reason the selection
Of the candidate was placed in the
hands of a committee. A motion to
take an informal ballot was voted
down also, in order that the committee
might feel in no ways inclined towards
any special candidate.
There were probably fifty Republi-
cans present at the caucus last night.
The rooms were full, and those who
were compelled to stand up were more
than could comfortably crowd around
the doors. Among the number We're J.
w Gleed, H. 7. Chase, 2. W. Griggs
Albert Watkins, Peter He'll, F. 2. Lind
say, DR.. Peers, H. G. Larimer Robert
Stone, NJ. T. Campbell, T. z. Sheard.
/ George w Tincher, w. L. Boyes, T.
H. Balm, J. II. FOUGHT, County Super
intendent Stout Charles NJ. Stockham,
H. G. Larimer, and others.
Peter He'll was made chairman of the
caucus, and Albert Watkins secretary.
F. P. Lindsay stated the object of the
meeting. He said the purpose was to
provide a way whereby the Republi-
cans of Shawnee county mught have a
clean ballot In order to secure this It
was necessary to defeat a portion of the
Republican county ticket.
A. H. Vance stated that Charles
I Spencer had received a plurality of the
Republican votes in the primaries, but
/ he had been defrauded out of the nomi-
nation, and the better element among
| the Republicans had determined to put
| an independent candidate in the field
/ and the caucus had been called to con-
| slider available candidates.
1.-THE United States senate" said c.
| +. KimbaTl, has just furnished us an
example which we ought to follow.
| live in the second precinct of the First
ward. and / want to say that we have
not had a clean primary over there in
fifteen years. 1t may not be as bad
| in the rest Of the city, but the honest
| people of my precinct want the rest of
| the city to come to their assistance in
rebuldng dishonest methods in politics.
A gentleman from the First ward got
up in a mass meeting held not long ago
and said that there was nothing the
matter with the First ward and that
We ought to stand by the ticket. 1t has
not been very many years since that
same man bolted the Republican ticket
because he failed to get an Office in it,
and went to the Populists, and when he
failed to get an Office in the Populist
party he bOlted again and came back
to the Republicans and now he talks
to US about standing by the ticket"
DR.. T. w. Peers, city physician: 1--WE
must not only nominate a man. but we
will have to get out and work for him
I am not a politician. but am willing
to put my hand down in my pocket tC
help pay for this campaign, and l an
willing to talk as much as 1 am able
Tor good, clean man. But we mus
have an organization I would suggeS
that we ought to have a committee o.
l at least twenty-five men to have charge
of the campaign, and I think the Sc
lection OF a candidate should be lef
+. to that committee
8 1T strikes me that here is an op
l portunity for some good lawyer to max
/ record for himself which will last a.
| long as the history of Kansas is written
| We do not want a little man. but I be
{
heve we have right to ask some at
torney of high standing to make thi
f race We must not only kick, but w
| must accomplish something It will d
no good to just kick, and then not cleo
J. our man. We must teach the peopl
[ who are eondoning this fraud that sue
$ things do not pay, and we cannot teacl
<. them that unless we win we mus
I kick so hard that we will kick the othe
l. fellows out, and then they will sto
IS their fraudulent work"
J. 7. H. Balm: Il believe as DR.. Peer
y says, 1t viii do no good to kick unles
u we accomplish something. A man VIII
d belongs to the opposition said to IN
today that no man can get as niue
back of him as Galen Nichols, and tn
Republican county central committe
n can get all the money 1t wants to spen
= in electing Nichols. We need men t
- campaign and we viii need money t
# pay for a campaign. This thing mus
be agitated.
n Il believe we ought to name a ma
tonight The people are expecting i
The man that a few men might seleC
might not be the man at all. Two {
three days ago 1 thought I could nan
10 the man who would be the stronges
L one that could be put up, but 7 fOun
+ on inquiring around that he probabl
IN could not be elected. was mistaken
re J. H. FOUGHT: II believe it would /
n a mistake to organize tonight. "
u should organize thoroughly, and this
hold meetings. Speak for the nation
es ticket, the state ticket, and those on Il
county ticket who are worthy"
E. G. Larimer: Il don't believe in
big machine. 1 think a smaller commi
t. tee than % to consult with the Dem
il Gratis and Populists and find out who
al they will endorse, will do much bette
of Then nominate the man SO selected
he / petition.
IL 4 secured the permission of the cou
ty central committee to copy the nam
on the primary poll books, althoui
some people seemed to think it was
m urecinet of tbs sseco77 v,sr5 an Of :
KS First. the east Of the Fourth, the es
cir Of the Fifth, the east Of the Third, Ks
"a and Shorey. There are a good ma
it names on that list whom we believe