The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-03-30
TELL THEE3 STORY
Hughes and Parker People Hold
Rallies Last Night.
Small Crowd Turns Out at the
Auditorium.
WEATHER WAS BAD.
R. B. WeIch, James A. Trout
man and James Mullen Speak.
David Overmyer the Principal
Orator For Parker.
WEATHER WAS BAD.

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The weather last night was not con-
dueive to political enthusiasm or the
success of political meetings. but two
We're held just the same. The Hughes
forces rallied at the Auditorium and the
Parker people at the Democratic F'lam-
beau club hall. The crowd at the Au-
ditorium was very small for the Audi
torium but in a small hall the showing
/ would have been better. The Parker
meeting filled the hall to overlowing,
but then it was held in small hall.
1t is probable that about the same
number of people attended both meet
ings.
AT THE AUDITORIUM.
For a week the Republican city cen
tral committee has been working hard
to have a good attendance. They sent
out invitations to the women, and the
precinct heelers We're instructed to get
| every voter out to the meeting but of
course they did not figure on the rain
1 They hired the AIodocs and the Hoover
family to make music for the expected
! great crowd, and when the crowd was
counted-and it was an easy thing to
1 do-the count showed just 456 people in
! the immense hall.
T. S. Williams called the meeting to
order and introduced Samuel T. Howe
as the chairman. Mr.. Howe said that
| he was not a speaker, and would not at
| tempt to make a speech He said that
| he did not believe a report which he
| had heard on the street that large
/ number Of Republicans would bolt the
nomination of Mr.. Hughes. Il was Op-
posed to the nomination of Mr.. Hughes
myself" he added. but / am now for
/ the entire Republican ticket, and be-
4 lieve that all of the members of the
party feel as / do about il. The can
| didates on the Republican ticket are
/ pledged to work for the moral and ma
platform which Will win
r. B. Welch followed Mr.. Howe. He
said that he had always been a Repub-
| lican and had never bolted a ticket. He
seemed to feel the chill which prevaded
the meeting. and opened his remarks
with: This is not a frost, II is the wet
that keeps people away" He was not
as radical as most of the other speakers.
and admitted that the people who did
not agree with him were honest in their
convictions He said that the issue of
the campaign was not prohibition or
anti-prohibition, but was law enforce
ment, and that there We're not two sides
to that question The criminal does
not respect the officer who will not
force the law. He may use him some
time, but he will drop him soon," said
he
He made a strong plea for party
fealty and said that unless the Repubh-
cans would stand by the nominees of the
party the party would go to pieces and
the entire state would be lost to the Cp
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have organization. he said. To secure
organization there must be party loyal
ty a purpose to allow the majority to
rule and abide by their decision. 1t is
dislOyal not to stand by the nominee of
your party when you have taken part
in the primary. Mr. Howe supported
Mr.. Warner in the primary and now he
is working for Mr.. Hughes. Had War
ner been nominated / would have done
Mr.. Howe is doing now Since the
primary / have learned that Mr.. Warner
wit hla
nominate him because he would not
make US promises but we may use him
yet for he is a good man and the city
needs good men. Mr.. Warner could have
had the financial backing of the Kansas
City brewers by the winl1ing Of an eye,
but he would not wink.
Our own man is a good man, too, and
is made of good material They say that
he makes too many promises but he
says he will stay with his oath of Office
and that is all we ask a man to do" He
then spoke of the Democratic platform
and Of what Col. Hughes had done fol
the party in the state house war and
how the Republicans had promised
Hughes anything in their power. he
closed by predicting glorious ses'ry
for the entire Republican ticket the
election next Tuesday
Eugene Ware was to have followed
Mr.. Welch but he was not in the meet
James Mullen was the next on the
programme He said that he wanted to
speak to the working men. He said that
every one should be for Greater Topeka
and should use their energies to keep
the city clean and pure I'VE caf rot
afford to support man who will run
on a platform such as was written by
David Overmyer and adopted by the
Democrat meeting. We should not
take part in a thing which VIII bring
disgrace upon the city. 1t is the duty
of every Republican to suppors the en-
tire Republican ticket and place in
power men who have the good of the
city at heart.
James H. Guy put the audience in
good humor by saying that he was
Republican, black Repui iiCan and
daring any one he looked at 4 deny it.
I look upon this contest" he declared.
"as a contest between the Republican
and Democratic parties. and not as a
contest berw Mr.. Parker and Mr..
Republican j shall be continued in
power Cr S. ack to the days
Of Popu '5s1u. 9- n1e of this city
do not war ~ uSt j affairs Of the
they fear tEs evil results which always
follow Democratic administration. The
cOlOred people of the city will support
the Republican ticket as they always do
You never hear of a cOiored man COM
mitting suicide but occasionally cOIOred
you may hear of a colored man voting
the Democratic ticket.
1t is reported, he said. chat some of
the colored people will vote against the
Republican ticket Z cause they have
beer offered jobs by the leaders. Tt has
been my observation that the Demo-
Gratis rarely have any jobs to give ont.
and when they do they keep them for
themselves. The negro gets nothing
from the Democrats before the election
but palaver and nothing after the cleo
tion but hard words
James A Troutlnan was the last man