The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-08-08
More Republican Papers Remove
T. T. Kelly's Name.
Refuse to Allow 1t to Stand
With Other Candidates.
REVOLT is GROWING.
Indications Are That Republi-
cans Won't Support Him.
How His Name Might Be Taken
Off Ticket.

the state against having L. Il. Kelly
forced upon them as their candidate for
state treasurer, after board of county
commissioners, although friendly to him,
has found him guilty of shortage of
over $1,000 while county officer, and
after he has paid back the money after
having been caught in the shortage, ap-
pears to be growing.
The Graham County Recorder has
taken his name from the ticket which
it carries at the head of its editorial
columns and is simply running blank
instead.
This week the Holton Recorder, edited
by M. M. Beck, the veteran Republican
editor of the First district, makes a de-
mand that something be. done towards
getting Kelly off the state ticket. He
says:
"At the primary election in Miami
county last Saturday, T. T. Kelly, the,
Republican candidate for state treas
Grer, made a hard fight for a vindica-
tion. He was especially anxious to Sc
cure a majority of the central COM
mittee of his home county so that he
could secure an address of vindication
in his behalf and the nomination of
representative so that he could control
the vote for United States senator. He
was overwhelmingly defeated in both
objects. All but three or four of the
committeeman elected are uncompro
Inisingly opposed to him. Mr.. Thomas,
the man who first preferred the charges
against Kelly, beat one of kelly's hench-
men. Major Remington, one of the
principal men who inaugurated and
carried on the fight against Kelly, was
nominated for representative over
Kelly man by large majority. Now it
is up to the party managers what they
will do in the case. The alternative is
to take. Kelly off or elect a fusionist
state treasurer. The Republicans of the
state will not elect a man state treas
urer who has been proven to be guilty
Of a defalcation of 81, 800 in county
funds confessed himself fr1Ii1fU Y
paying that amount back to the county
after he was caught We think we are
safe in saying that there are hundreds
of Republicans in Jackson county who
will refuse to vote for Kelly. We have
heard great many say they. would not.
vote for him."
The Moran Herald, Republican
paper in Mr.. Kellys congressional dis
triet7 contains the following:
Two of the staunchest Republicans
in Marmaton township have told the
Herald the past week that they didn't
propose. to support Tom Kelly, the Re
publicani nominee for state treasurer,
unless he could disprove the charges
that stand against him for the embez-
element of county funds while he was
clerk of Miami county. There are nu-
merous other Republicans of the same
mind, enough of them we believe over
the state to defeat him at the election,
which certainly ought to be done unless
he can N axe a clear record for himself
in the meantime
1t is probably true that the Repub-
hcan state committee cannot take Mr.
Kelly's name from the state ticket of
it's own free will. but 1t can take such
action that Mr.. Kelly will himself with
draw. The Republican state central
committee Is placed in the attitude of
upholdfng man who has been charged
with having embezzled 81, ,324 SO from
his county and asking the people of the
state to support that man for the most
responsible financial position in the
state. This man, too. has made no
effort to disprove his guilt but instead
ing back the n oney he is charged with
taking. He has been repudiated by the
Republicans of his home county. Now
1t is up to the state committee While
the committee cannot take his name off
the ticket, it can request him to with
draw in the interest of the balance of
the ticket. 1t is freely predicted over
the state that Mr.. Kelly will be defeat
ticket will greatly decrease the Repub-
Hcan majority for the balance of the
ticket If the state committee takes
this action it will be relieved of the
odium attached to Mr. Kelly's can
didaey, and it will also add to the
strength of the balance of the ticket.
It's up to the Republican state COM
mittee.
An analysis of the vote in the First con-
gresslonal district during the past four
years SHOWS surprising state of affairs
not generally known. That is, that about
1900 fusionists vote for governor and dc
not vote for congressman. This is 10 per
cent of the fusion vote of the district and
accounts for the big majorities given Con-
greSsman Curtis.
Two years ago Stanley's majority over
Breidenthal was 4436, while Curtis ma
Jority over ex-Gov. Click was SS1S OF
nearly twice as much 1t would appear
from these figures that Curtis either ran
far ahead of his ticket that Stanley ran
away behind, but the fact is that in both
hap Sfa atnr-. has
ernor he has received a larger vote In the
First district than Curtis. and there have
been three candidates running against him
too. The reason has been that the fusion
lists have not voted for their congressional
candidate.
The following table will show how il
happened: