The Topeka state journal., 1902-10-01
DON'T WANT LIGHT.
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VINO nave the unbOunded confidence of
the people of Kansas, and their verdict
would carry Conviction
only three of the men named in this
list have said anything against Kelly.
The three are W. A. White. Henry Al
len, and John S. Gilmore These three
too. have deplored the fact that the evil
dence seemed to be against Kelly and
have expressed themselves as anxious
that he should clear himself If it is pos
sible for him to do so. Surely if there
IS thing IN his record al all in his
favor, he can point it out to these men
and they will report it to the Republi-
cans of Kansas. Why, then, does he not
accept Mr.. Greason's proposition and
settle once and for all the fight against
him?
Notwithstanding the widespread
opinion that the Republicans will have
an easy time in most respects at the
coming election, some of the fusion lead
ers think that they have the Republi-
cans already beaten. They really be-
lieve that the Republican state ticket
will be defeated by a good majority.
L am confident that Craddock win be
elected by good Majority said J. M
Senter, chairman of the fusion speakers
bureau, today. The taxation issue is
working wonders among the voters of
the state The fusionists are having
good meetings nearly everywhere and
the Republicans are coming out to hear
NIldI SOIt Ol an argument the FUSION
lists are putting up. AS a result after
nearly every meeting there are Eepub-
lican voters who say they will vote for
Craddock.
THE question of taxation is a matter
of dollars and cents to the voters of the
state. Craddock tells the voters that if
they will elect the fusion state ticket
he will cut down their taxes one-half
Bailey says it can't be done. Craddock
tells how he will do it-by compelling
the corporations to pay their share that
they have been escaping in the past.
and he produces the figures to prove his
points. AS a result good many Re
pubhcanS are coming to be in favor of
giving him a chance to show whether he
can do 1t or not. If he can do it they
want it done. Anyway they think this
is an off year and they will just give
him chance to try. / know the voters
are coming our way from the corre-
spondence which 1 receive here at my
desk 1 think Bailey himself is getting
scared. It's matter of dollars and
cents to the voters and If Craddock can
do what he says he will they want to
give him a chance to do it. We have
evidences right along of voters coming
over to the fusion ticket, and that Is
why believe the fusion ticket will be
elected
The following editorial appears in the
Lawrence Journal:
There is a rumor to the effect that
from the race for governor, and ask
the committee to put some one in his
place He ought to do that If the
charges against him are true. and they
appear to be. he owes it to the honest
voters of his party to withdraw. and let
man be substituted who has a clean
record, and whose garments do not
smell. of corruption. OF course Mr..
mains on the ticket but the party he
represents is entitled to have a candi-
date for whom members of the party
can vote conacientiously."
Why doesn't the editor of the Journal
publish a similar editorial substituting
the word kelly" for .Craddock." and
state treasurer" for governor ?" Just
read the editorial amended in that way
and see how it sounds.
Judge W. l. Stuart will have no op-
ponent in the Doniphan- Brown Nenaha
judicial district in, the coming election.
The state election board last evening
ruled that A R. May, for whom nomi-
nation papers had. been filed as the
Democratic candidate was not properly
nominated. ana his name will not ap-
pear on the official ballot.
Papers were 6led with the secretary
of state. declaring that A. R. May, of
Hiawatha, was duly nominated for
judge by mass convention held a t Hi
awatha on September %. The nonina-
tion papers were signed by John White
dS chairman ana u. w. bUGrSOn as sec
retary. Judge Stuart protested the NOM
nation. alleging that no such conven-
tion had been called. that no legal no.
tice of such convention had ever been
published, and that no one appeared to
know anything about it. In effect he
claimed that the nomination papers
were fraudulent.
Mr. May was formally notified that
Judge Stuart had protested against his
nomination papers, but no one appeared
to defend him when the election board met
yesterday afternoon. A deposition of CLYDE
McManigal. editor of the Marion CONNER
cial. and the fusion candidate for repre-
sentative in the south district of Brown
county, was read in which Mr.. McManigal
testified that he was elected secretary Of
the Democratic judicial committee four
years ago, but that the committee had
never had meeting since it's organization,
that it has never called a Democratic jul
dicial convention: that no notice of any
mass convention for the purpose of nom
mating a Democratic candidate for judge
has ever been published. and that he did
until he summoned to testify about it.
An affidavit by Albert Perry, chairman
of the Democratic judicial committee, COW
cred much the same ground and other af-
fidavits covered minor points. 1t was also
stated that convention of any sort was
| held in the court house In Hiawatha on
the day that May was said to have been
nominated there by mass convention.
The election board decided that the evil
dence was all one way in the case and that
as no one except the judicial committee
had right to call a judicial convention,
Mr.. May had not been nominated by a
ton, and his name will therefore not ap-
pear on the official ballot as the Democrat
| ic nominee.
It was immaterial to Judge Stuart
whether there was a Democratic nominee
| or not as he has something like 1000 Re
publican majority for him in the district.
| anyway
Leavenworth people who were look
ing for a big row in the Republican
county convention over there yesterday
were disappointed. 1t was the +amest
kind of a proceeding. 1t had been pre-
dicted that the Curtis crowd, which was
in control OF the convention, would try
to unseat Colonel D r.. Anthony and his
delegation. Colonel Anthony published
a six line def in his paper yesterday
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