The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-06-24

didate who can be nominated for treas
urer because he VIII draw q large num-
Der Of Republican votes.
The Fifth district caucus had big
scrap over the selection OF its repre-
sentatives on the conference committee
This committee really holds in It's hands
the future of the POpulist party OF haii-
sas. IT can arrange plan Walcn VIII
ultimately land the entire Popullst party
in the Democratic ranks, or 1t can go 10
the other extereme and insist on plan
which VIII keep the POpulist party III
tact but be so radical that the Demo-
Gratis viii not accept IL.
The Fifth district is pretty evenly Ill
vided on these propositions. Clay and
cloud counties are opposed to surren-
dering the POpulist name. Z. b. doiI-
man and Conner Davies are two leaders
who are against this sort OF plan All
drew Shearer of Marshall and some
others are infavOr of anything to eI-
feet a close fusion.
A half dozen or more candidates were
suggested for places on the conference
committee but the caucus had to de-
eide upon Two, and it was voted that the
successful candidates must receive
majority of the caucus. Among tire
candidates were J. Nj. Doyle Of Repub-
lie. Andrew Shearer Of Marshall, t. l..
Bond of Saline. George w Hanna %
Clay and others. Doyle and Shearer are
opposition candidates Tor congress IN the
Firth district
The balloting was lively The anti
fusion element especially wanted TO
keep Shearer off the committee. Shear
er and Doyle were both induced to with
draw al length, and Bond and Hanna
were elected by reclamation.
Bond viii be the fusion nominee for
judge in the Thirtieth judicial dis
trict and while a strict Populist, he
would like to see practical fusion. Han
ma is opposed to any sort of an arrange
meut which means the surrender of the
Populist name to the Democrats
Conner Davies, editor of the Concor-
dia Kansan, last night unintentiOnally
broke into a Seventh district caucus and
carried it against a proposition to go
I into the Democratic party. He did not
know it was strictly a Seventh district
caucus until the damage had been done
Davies had been invited to a general
caucus at the National and was told ne
would find it in one of the upper rooms
He went upstairs. saw a lot of POpulists
he knew together in a room, supposed
it was the crowd he was hunting, and
so went in and sat down. Judge Babb,
of Wichita, was in the chair. Babb
wanted to make a speech, and before
I Davies had fully got his bearings Babb
asked him to take the chair for few
| minutes. Babb spoke against the pro-
position that was before the house. r.
A. Sankey followed Babb, favoring the
proposition.
Then Davies thought he would take a
/ hand in the game. He didn't know ex-
actly what the proposition was but he
1 had gathered from the speeches that it
/ was some sort of a scheme to abandon
/ the Populist party to go in with the
/ Democrats, and Davies was agin" it.
| He stumped on the floor with his wood
/ en- leg. said mean things about the
/ Democrats, and spoke in favor of what
! has been nicknamed the "Zigzag" ticket,
1 that is, for the Populists to fill the
1 vacancies left by the Democrats and
file it as a POpulist ticket which would
! let the members Of each party vote for
- h r.
would have to switch back and forth on
/ the official ballot.
Davies speech killed the proposition
/ that was before the caucus, and when
I he got through William Stryker, OF
I move that delegates from the
1 Seventh district favor the zigzag
! ticket.
"Hol on therer' said Davies. Jumping
! up What sort Of a caucus is this ?"
This is the Seventh district caucus. "
said some one
Excuse me. gentlemen said Davies.
} Il made a mistake in getting in here. I
/ thought it was a general caucus. I don't
/ belong here. so I'll CO."
A number of his friends called to him
! to stay, but he left. The "zigzag pro-
/ position was adopted by the caucus.
however.
Sentiment this morning was strongly
in favor of Uncle Dave" Hefebower, OF
| was reported that Edwin Taylor, of
| Wyandotte had given it out that he did
J not want the nomination, and this
/ seemed to start the disqualification OF
sentiment on Mr.. HeheboWer.
It was also reported that State Treas
| urer Grimes and r. T. Kelly the Re
| publican nominee, were knocking on Mr.
/ BehebOWer wherever they thought it
| would do and that they were very much
/ afraid of his nomination, and this help
ed along the Hehebower sentiment
Mr.. HehebOwer is not making a fight
| for the nomination. but he will take it
! if it is given to him. A large number
| of Miami county Republicans have
! promised to vote for him in preferences
to Kelly if he is nominated.
There are hundreds of Republicans
| in Miami county who will not vote for
/ Kelly under any considerati ton, said Mr.
| Hehebower this morning. I nave had
/ a great many come to me and say they
[ hoped / would be nominated so that
! they could vote for me. Miami county
| viii give 1900 majority against Kelly
anyway. The Republicans themselves
even are talking that They cannot get
away from those findings of the board
OF county commissioners down there"
1t is probable that resolution will be
introduced at some stage of the Pop,l-
list convention demanding that the ex-
ecutive council make an examination OF
the state treasury covering the time
that T. T. Kelly, the Republican nomi-
nee for state treasurer. has been con
nected with the Office. There is a stronz
sentiment in favor of such a resolu-
ton.
When J. Mack Love, ex-chairnan of the
Democratic state central committee came
TO Topeka he came through Kansas City.
and reporter for a Kansas City paper
secured interview from him in which
he stated that The Republicans will prob
ably carry the state by so geo majority in
the coming election He also said that
Mayor CraddOck's taxatiOn-of- franc hfses
issue is no good for a Kansas campaign.
as the farmers are not interested IN It,
and that Craddock viii have to get a new
issue to make gubernatOriaI campaign
on
The reorganized Democratic state cen
tral committee held a meeting late last
night and just before it adjourned a mo-
ton, and just before it adjourned a mo-
the interview The interview as publish
ed was as follows:
"Ther<~giH be no change in the politics
of the administration this year" said Mr.