The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-10-24
TOO ONE SIDED.
Republican Candidates Object to
Chairman Philips Campaign.
DevOtes All Time and Money to
Two ASpirants.
HOLDS THE WHIP HAND
Not a Business Meeting of Com
mittee Has Been Held.
Everything Rests With the
Chairman Himself.
He is Accused of Unwise Ex-
penditures of Money.

There is considerable dissatisfaction
among the candidates on the Republican |
county ticket over the manner in which |
the county campaign has been managed |
by H. M. Philips, chairman of the COM
mittee.
Chairman Philips has devoted his time
and the time of the speakers and the |
secretary for the most part to "whoop-
ing it up for Lucas and Nichols, and
the rest of the ticket has not received
particular objection is that Chairman n
Philips has taken matters into his own
hands and that the 73 members of the
central committee have not been con-
suited in regard to the campaign.
1t has been customary for the entire
committee to meet every week or two
during the campaign, but Chairman
Philips. who is the one to call the COM
mfttee together, has failed to do so since
the campaign was energetically begun,
and he has managed the Republican
forces as ne pleased, without consulting
the committee.
a plausible explanation of his failure to
consult the committeeman is that
large number OF the precinct commit
teemen are known as 'bolters,'' and they
Will not put cross in the circle and
vote the straight Republican ticket from
top to bottom. Early in the campaign
it got out that the Independent Repub-
licans had made a poll of the Repub-
/
they found a large number of "bolters"
who would support Stahl and Stebbins
The Independents claimed that 27 out
of the 70 was conservative estimate of
the number of committeeman who
would vote for Stahl and Stebbins.
Chairman Philips would not deny that
there were members OF his committee
who were bo1ters, and he admitted that
there might possibly be seven or eight.
/ The Independents, of course, hoped that
the bolters would be drummed out of the
republican county committee, and 1t
was known that if any move was made
| by the Republicans to oEst any of the
boilers that all would desert the COM
m1ttee- Many members of the commit
tee were in favor of passing a resolu-
tion requesting the designations of the
members of the committee who would
not support the straight Republican
! ticket.
committeeman who felt this way a
chance to offer such a resolution and
after 1t was known that such a senti-
| ment was being held by many members
he did not again call the committee to-
gether and he successfully checkma ted
! any move in this direction. In the cam
pa1gn two years ago there were many
members who refused to support the en-
tire ticket At that time many commit
teemen were in favor of expelling the
insurgent committeeman. AT one meet
ing in 1900 a move was made in this
direction and it brought out the fact
that several committeeman who We're
supposed to be rock-ribbed Republicans
who would follow the yellow dog on
the Republican ticket sentiment would
not support the entire ticket. Then the
matter was at once hushed up and no
designations were asked for.
At that time it was announced by
many that in the next campaign a move
would be made to weed out of the ranks
of the committee all who would not sup
port all the candidates This met with
the of R6nuhli0o "a
committee but it was opposed by Lucas
and Nichols who feared to have 1t gem
orally known that any members of the
Republican county central committee
would refuse to support them. Chairman
Philips used all his efforts to defeat
any such resolution as might call for
the resignation of members of the COM
mittee not in sympathy with the Re-
publican fight.
The Republican county central COM
mittee has not been called together
since W. J. Bailey addressed the com
mittee on Saturday. August 3, and at
that meeting the fixers carefully ar
ranged the programme so that there
would be possibility of any bomb
shell being thrown into. the camp. Af-
ter the love feast with w. J. Bailey the
meeting was quickly brought to a close
Many of the committeeman are known
to oppose the manner in which Chair
man Philips has conducted the cam
paign and he is afraid to call the com
mittee together lest there be an open
revolt.
The campaign has been run by Chair
man Philips and his counselors have been
Bert Lucas and GaIen Nichols. Other nom-
inees on the Republican ticket have
scarcely been consulted. John Gardiner
VS. selected by the committee to be H..
secretary at a fixed salary but Chairman
Philips has squeezed Fred Jewell. a Mul-
. vane- e-Dudley-Grimes henchman into thu
work and has placed him above the secre-
tary selected by the committee.
Chairman Philips selected for his ex-
ecutive committee only members of The
I committee who were known to be Lucas
Nichols supporters before everything else
His committee followed his dictation and
assessed the candidates on the ticket
s.. 800 as a campaign slush fund. The as
sessments made were as follows:
w E. Pagan. probate judge, $3.50.
J. B. Marshall, register of deeds. s225.
Galen Nichols. county attorney, $3.50.
s.. F. Wright, county superintendent
500.
A. Newman, county clerk, $500.
, F. C. Bowen, county treasurer, $500.
1. S. Curtis. clerk of the court, s125.
A T. Lucas. sheriff. $500.
,, John Rogers. county surveyor, $25.
DR.. H. B. Hogeboom. coroner. $25.
s. H. Haines. county commissioner, $50.
]. B. Belts. representative. $50
: John Sims. representative, $50.
A. F. Williams, representative, $50.
Candidates on the Republican ticket ar
} objecting to the fact that the immens
slush fund has been used without one
: consulting the committee and for the fur
ther reason that it has been used chief
in the interests of Lucas and Nichols. I
is charged that Chairman Philips is hold
ing meetings which are mainly for tn
: interests of Lucas and Nichols and tha