The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-10-28
STANLEY GAINES.
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do with the management of it, say there
can be no possible question as to the re-
suit. 1t will be magnificent Republi-
can victory from one end of the state
to the other They know what they are
talking about. They have INDUCED in
no boasting or bluffing of any kind. The
Republican managers have good rea-
sons for being confident The good re-
ports began coming In more than
month ago, and every day they have
been growing brighter and more salts
factory. There is no county in Kansas
that has not sent in encouraging news
in the past ten days, and there is not a
county that has not made a report of
positive gains on the part of the Re
publicans and in some counties the
gains are wonderful. The reports are
not of the bluff kind. but show actual
Republican gain and cannot be ques-
toned. According to these reports
there is not a county in the state where
numbers. From every section comes the
report that this is a Republican year
and that victory is in the air, and that
the Republican ticket will sweep the
state. There is not a Republican con-
nected with the management who be-
neves the Republican majority will go
below 100000 while Judge Ben Simpson
and many others who are familiar with
the situation, believe it will be as high
as 10000.
Sounds funny now, doesn't it, in view
of the election returns which showed that
the Peoples party had made a clean
sweep elected their state ticket and car
ried the state for Weaver for president?
-Four years went by, and again Jim
Simpson was filled with the spirit of
prophesy. Jim was again chairman of
the state central committee and Joe Bris-
tow secretary. On November 1 they
sung this sweet song into the ears of a
Capital reporter:
" We have been in constant commune
cation with county and precinct commit
teemen and from information gathered
from these and other sources we are en-
abled to say to the people that on next
Tuesday Kansas will cast her electoral
vote for Mckinley and Hobart and re-
elect the Republican state ticket The ma
jority for Mckinley will not be less than
ten thousand and the indications are that
the majority for the state ticket will be
considerably greater
las usual Jim had his wires crossed and
when the votes were counted out they
disclosed the fact that Bryan had carried
the state and that the fusionists had elect
ed the state ticket and both branches Of
the legislature.
''AIbaugh received his political training
in the Jim Simpson. school and his hot
air talks will look decidedly like the Simp-
son predictions of 1892 and 1896. when the
votes are counted out next week"
The State Journal is in receipt of Il
communication from the secretary OF
the Populist county central committee
of Mitchell county, concerning the ac-
ton of the Beloit Call in coming out il
support of Congressman Reeder. A note
asks that the article be published to-
day by order of the county centra
committee of Mitchell county for the
purpose of getting it fairly before the
people. Omitting the headlines which
are sent along voluntarily, the com
municat ton is as follows:
THE voters of the various parties
throughout the Sixth congressional dis
trict are thoroughly Disguised with the
recent declaration of the Beloit Call il
reference to Reeder and Cole, candi.
dates for congress in the said district
on their respective tickets.
THE Republicans could not help it
God knows that they would had they
had any notice whatever of Jones' in
tention of pitching his tent in theii
camp, or enjoining him therefrom OF
the grounds of iTreparable injury t
their party. Many of them say we vii
now support Mr.. Cole Cwithout DOODLE
or price, since the Call mans late ant
strange action.
The fusionists refuse to weep O
wall. (about nothing). and are congrat
ulating themselves on having gotten Ri
Of a white elephant which has been ;