The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-10-22
KANSAS is In Line
Fusion Managers Urging Their
County Committees
To Join In Demonstrations Sat-
urday Night.
BRYAN FIRES TO BURN
In the Principal Cities Of the
United States.
5000 Miles of Fires and BoOm-
ing CannOns.
POPULISTS ARE BUSY
Arranging the Part Which
Kansas Has to Play
In What Promises to Be Memoir
able Political Event.

Bryan fires will burn In the principal
cities Of the United States from the At
lantic to the Pacific coast Saturday
night of this week.
The Populist and Democratic man-
ayers Of the fusion campaign in Kan
sas have completed their plans for this
demonstration. in which the national
committee has planned a part for every
state.
While the fires are burning and the
orators are discoursing upon the prin-
ciples supported by the Democratic can
didate for president, Mr.. Bryan. David
B. Hill and Bourlxe Cochran VIII speak
from the same platform at Madison
Square Garden, in New York.
The allied forces Of New York have
reserved their power for this demon
stration, and the Democratic leaders
are confident that New York's tribute
to Mr.. Bryan will exceed in every de-
tail anything previously attempted by
the Republicans
The Populist state committee is to-
day sending out letters and kilograms
to the various county chairmen in KAN
sas, urging them to Immediately perfect
plans for the demonstration in Kansas.
The large and unusual number OF
Populist speakers who are now in the
field have been assigned TO Saturday
night meetings. and arrangements are
being made for additional speeches in
other places not indicated by the general
assignment lists.
Bryan fires will burn at the following
places where meetings have already
been arranged for, the names OF the
speakers assigned also being given:
AtchisOn, John Breidenthal.
Stafford. G. F. Cline.
Robinson, G. W. Harrington
Garland. S. L. johnson.
Kingman, w. w Price.
Marion, Jerry Simpson
Beloit, Webb McNall.
Kansas City. S. J. Kent.
NT..1lf ~ It
J. w. Lecdy.
Valley Falls. Senator W. A. Harris
Levi Humbarger.
Mound City, A. NJ Harvey.
Hiawatha. J. II. Davis.
Arkansas City. J. II. Atwood
lola, Marion Butler, David Overmyer.
Garnett, Hugo Grosser.
Harris, II. p. Farrely.
Burlington. F.. w. Elliott.
Osborne Mrs Annie L. Diggs
Lone Elm, John +. st. John.
Holton, J. NJ. Senter, }. @. waters.
Leoti. Sam Hale.
These assignments have been made
by the state committee. and the local
committees viii arrange for meetings
at the other principal towns. Where
school house meetings are being held
under the direction Of the local commit
tees arrangements viii there be made
for the general demonstration Saturday
night.
The national Democratic committee es-
Inmates that in all Of the large cities
from the Atlantic to the Pacific there
are between 10000 and 1900 clubs. which
are charged with the responsibility OF
getting up mass meetings for Saturday
night.
The committee estimates also that
there are in these clubs two million
members
Wherever there is one OF these clubs
the national committees have urged "a
display Of fireworks and booming OF
cannon.
The national committees scheme is
to have the monster meeting IN Rev
York opened with salutes from immense
guns which is to be followed, IL the
scheme can be successfully worked, by
similar salutes from east to west. ac-
ocmpanied by the fireworks display.
Were this accomplished. as the ma
tional committees hope, there viii be
detonations and illuminations almost
simultaneously from ocean to ocean.
The Popuiist state committee today
began active work Of preparation, al
though the scheme has been under con-
sideratiOn for several weeks.
The Kansas committee hope to be able
to contribute its full share to the lire
of fire and the continuous sound or
booming guns covering the distance
from New York to San Francisco, 5000
miles.
The Shawnee county committee viii
tomorrow commence its arrangements
for meeting in Topeka