The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-04-11
NAMES OvERMYER
Topeka Man Gets Important
Democratic Assignment.
Member of National Congression-
al Campaign Committee.
w. Y.MORGAN EXPLAINS
Defends His Figures on Guber-
Material Situation.
Says He Has Published the
Truth Only as News.

David Overmyer. of Topeka, has been
named as member of the campaign
committee of the Democratic national
congressional committee. He was named
| Thursday in the announcement of the
committee by Benjamin Gable in Wash
ington.
The national congressional committee
looks especially after the election Of
Democratic congressman wherever pos
| sible, and the campaign committee is a
| sort of subcommittee chosen to plan
and carry out the details of the work.
A. n. Jackson, who represents the Third
| Kansas district, is vice chairman Of the
congressional committee.
Benjamin Cable, chairman of the cam
paign committee, was in New York the
first Of the week comforting with the
eastern Democratic leaders concerning
the makeup of the committee. and after
! he returned to Washington yesterday he
announced them. Among the members
viii be Daniel Lamont of New York,
! Richard Olney of Massachusetts, David
/ Overmyer of Kansas, Francis NJ. Cock
/ rell of Missouri, John Shafroth of Colo
rado and Francis G. NewIands of Ne
/ yada. If Lamont and Olney find 1t I'M
| possible to serve each will be asked to
/ designate some one to represent him as
/ it is proposed to organize the committee
I SO lnaL IHOSG WHO supported me I'll
eagO and Kansas City platforms viii
/ have clear majority, but all factions
Of the party viii have representation.
w. 7. Morgan, who is something of a
| ''figurer'' himself has the following to
say of the various estimates which have
| been made on the gubernatorial situa-
ton:
'aThere is a disposition among some of
| the excellent gentlemen who do not favor
the nomination of Mr. Bailey for COVER
nor to call the estimate of the standing
| of the various candidates for governor
made by Mr.. Albaugh and by the News
| bluffs and to claim that they are IN
correct.
The News will not attempt to defend
| Mr.. AIbaugh's figures. We remember
| four years ago when Mr.. Albaugh fore
| easted the Stanley vote on Inc first bal
| lot and the advocates of Mr.. Seaton and
! the other candidates said AIbaugh was
| 'blufing. The first ballot gave Stanley
one more than Albaugh claimed. We
recall that in 1900 Mr.. Albaugh polled
the state and gave out his estimate that
| Stanlev's majority would be $4,000 and
| McKinley's 0000 to $4,000 The Pop
ulists said Albaugh was 'blumng, but
the election returns said Albaugh was
right So much for Mr.. Albaugh and his
estimates.
THE News has published from week
1 to week the results of the various
| county conventions and given the pref
erenceS of the delegates from each
county according to the best advices il
| could get This has been done as an
| item of news and not for the political
effect. In fact to claim more votes than
| We're actually due to Mr.. Bailey would
| injure and not help him. The News is
/ not responsible for the fact that ac
| cording to its estimate carefully and
| conservatively compiled. Mr.. Bailey has
| ass votes The judgment of the News
is that in fact he has many more votes
| than that but some of them are called
doubtful because the delegates prefer
IN hka ed < 1F1tf fbP
| vention meets The estimate of the
News has been made week by week and
| county by county so that anyone who
/ has followed the continued story of the
| county conventions knows exactly
| where the votes are located.
.On the other hand the estimates
made by those who favor other candi-
dates are always ridiculous when they
/ are itemized. If a county is against
| Bailey it is counted by each Of the
| other candidates for himself Our good
I friend Tom McNeal of the Mail and
Breeze mixes his estimates with the
same humor he does his famous
| fables The next edition of his jokes
should contain his political estimates of
the present campaign. His only known
contribution to literature along this line
| heretofore was in 1901, when he was
himself a candidate for United States
senator His first bulletin was that
AfcNeal had twenty sure votes. His
| last bulletin was that Mr. McNeaI had
one sure second choice.
correctness
| News estimate may be questioned. but
it is the honest opinion of the editor of
the News, who would rather have the
accuracy of his figures vindicated than
gain a fancied advantage for a favorite
candidate-and it would be of no ad-
vantage If the claims were not borne
out by the delegates when they meet in
convention"
In other words, Mr. Morgan says he
would rather be right than to have
Bailey governor, but he thinks both
things will happen.
George Clark and Cyrus Leland were
talking together yesterday I see" I"
said Clark. that you are going to be a
candidate for the legislature"
Yes replied Leland. Then he added,
IT'S long time since have been in
the legislature
You mean it's long time since you
answered to roll call" said Clark.
Judge c. E. Lobden. one of Cover
nor Stanley's judicial appointees, was
nominated for Judge without opposi-
ton at Larned yesterday. His IS the
Thirty-third judicial district.
The twenty-fourth judicial district
also held its convention yesterday at
Harper and renominated Preston B. Gil
lett, of Kingnan. Judge Gillett was
first elected four years ago
Col. Dick Blue was in Kansas City
yesterday and told a reporter that he is
confident he viii get the pension COM
nnissionership if It comes to a Kansas
man. The question naturally arises.
how can man be Blue and still be
confident.
J. N Fike. of Colby. the Democratic
member of the railroad commission.
gives 1t out that there win be fusion in
the Sixth district on congressman this
year, that is. of course, If the Populists
will vote for the straight Democratic