The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-10-27
Fusionists Give Out Final Cam
paign Address.
Say They Started Out Facing
Great Obstacles.
DON'T FAIL TO VOTE.
SThat Is the Burden of the
Appeal.
Give a History of Campaign
Work Done.

The fusion committees today issued
their last word" to the voters of the
state. The principal idea seems to be to
urge people to pay no attention to the
charges against Mr.. Craddock or to any
which may be sprung on the eve OF
election, and also to urge the fusion
voters to go to the polls on election
day. The statement is in the shape Of L
manifesto" and is as follows:
''To the fusion forces of Kansas:
AT the inception of this campaign the
Democrats and POpulists of Kansas
faced the hardest and most discOurag
ing political proposition ever faced by
any political organization. There was
considerable sentiment against fusion in
both parties. There were distressing
complications in both conventions. The
and 1t was a hard proposition to COM
bat Through all this cloud of warning
conditions the state ticket was named
Few of the candidates thereon were
known. The candidate for governor had
gained some fame as mayor of Kansas
City, Kas., but comparatively few peo-
pie had ever heard of any of the men
who were nominated outside of their i'm
mediate districts.
However, the two state committees
Joined forces and organized the fusion
headquarters. The state candidates,
especially the candidate for governor
started in with Il vigOr and enthusiasm
which rapidly communicated itself to the
rank and file of the parties, and within
two weeks after the opening of head
quarters matters began to look brighter
and the Democrats and Populists of the
state began to look up. Mr.. CraddOck
flung himself into the campaign with q
vigor and ability that astonished the
whole state. His courage his optimism
his absolute faith in the people, and
above all his able exposition of the tax
question, soon gave him a standing and
prestige which at first astonished, then
troubled and then frightened his OPP
Donents.
"Craddock had sounded the key note
of the campaign and it did not take the
rank and file of the parties long to
swing into line SplendidIy. The people
themselves at once appeared interested
In the tax question and We're astOunded
at the depth of infamy which Mr.. Grad
dock and his workers unearthed. Every
fighting Democrat and Populist in the
state sprang to his aid in the battle
while the state candidates, cOngression-
al candidates and all others down to
road overseer, swung heartily into the
campaign which soon developed into the
hottest and most successful one ever
Waged in the state.
"On Octaber Senator Harris arrived
from Europe and Immediately began
systematic canvass which added no lit
tie to the general good effect. The Re
pubhcans have tried, first to ridicule
next to argue and now, failing in both
they are flooding the state with cam
paign lies and their only ammunition
seems TO be personalities and character
assassinatiOns. Totally ignoring this
however, Mr.. Craddock and his cam
paign managers have gone right ahead
with their positive campaign, fully con-
f1dent that the people could and would
see the issue regardless of party, and
that big majority would rally to the
support of the DO Right platform.
THE state work has been immense
Hundreds of thousands of Do Right
pamphlets, showing in the best and
most succinct manner the claims of the
fusionists, have been sent directly into
the homes of the tax payers Many
thousands of circular letters have been
sent to labor union men in the state
Swedish has been sent to voters of those
natiOnalities. Thousands of personal
letters have been written to the workers
and friends.
THE press of the state. which has
been the backbone of the campaign. has
been furnished with the latest and most
important news of the campaign in the
shape of weekly letters, and they have
nobly responded to the needs Of the fu-
sionists, adding every week to the sum
of the enthusiasm and interest which
has been taken in the campaign.
The speakers bureau has virtually
swept the state from end to end with
good speakers which have far outranked
the speakers of the Republicans, no.
only in oratory and argumentatiTe
ability, but in facts and good. hard rea-
sOning The state committees of both
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