The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-11-01
have "A CHANCE"
Fusionists' Hard Fight for the
Lower House.
Care Possibility for Them to
Win a Majority.
PROBABLY MAKE GAINS
But Won't Get Enough to Re-
elect Senator Harris.
Chairman Babb Makes an Ante
Election Statement.

The fusionists are making tremen-
Ious effort to elect their leglslatlVe aIso+
nees next Tuesday, in order to re-elsc- re-l
Senator Harris to the United ol@lSs
kenate They have never before MAI MAI
iuch careful and thorough leglslaeif slei's
campaign as they have done Inns
They have taken every adNahtdEe
bcai ouarrels among Republicans, anu
HE returns Ieext Tuesday night VIII u
5orbteCilv show that they have mauc
considerable gains, but it IS douptIul Il
they will be able to OEercoine eAe -,
mendous Republican majority IN t'-e
legislature on Joint ballot, althOuGh sAcn
thing is not out of the range Oh pOssi-
bfii.tes ,.-..-.-.- =,
There are two legislative districts IN
The state where they did not SEen L nc, L.,
candidates two years ago Wnich lnSy
Expect to carry this year. These are llie
eity district in AtchsOn, where II is eA
pected that Bailie Waggener VIII oeieal
John Seaton. and in Logan coun!y- -,
In many counties they have JOlncu
with dissatisfied Republicans in running
an independent ticket, and expect 10 De
able to overturn large Republican ma
korittes in such counties as Mcpherson,
which went Republican TWO years @SO
BY a majority of sos.
In the First district the fusionlsts SC
cured only one member of the legislature
two years ago, the country dlstilcl III
Atchison county. This year they claim
Dne in Brown, one in Jackson. two IN
Jefferson and two in LeaVenWortn, n
total of eight, and the Republicans Will
have to admit that they have a Scou
show for at least part Of these
In the Second district they are claim
ing every member except one in Wyan-
dotte and two in Douglas. but these
claims are probably wild, is they VIII
probably lose at least one in Bourbon
and have little show of carrying elsher
Df the Franklin county districts. There
Is a chance for them to win in Allen
county. which they have never carried
because of the big labor vote which has
gone into that county, although the Re
oublicans claim that they will get the
m9 tority of this vote.
In the last legislature there were @2
Republicans and 43 fusionists This year
the Republicans are claiming S5 men,
bers- The fusiOnists claim they will se-
cure enough to re-elect Senator Harl is.
which viii require 7e members in t2e
lower house.
The following has been prepared az
a conservative guess" on the counties
which the fusionists have a good snow
Of carrying:
First district-Two IN Atchison. one
In Brown. one in Jackson one in JET
ferson, two in Leavenworth. Total Z.
Second district-Two in Wyandotte
Johnson, Miami Anderson, Allen, one in
Bourbon. Total. T.
Third district-One in Crawford, one
III (ntIOktes Two IN LdDtIle, one IN Ne
osho, one in Montgomery, one in Cow
ley. Total T.
Fourth district-Two in Usage one IL
Wabaunsee, one in Lyon. one in Morris.
Chase, one in Butler. Total, Z.
Firth district-Ottawa, Clay. Total. 2.
Sixth district-Jewel. Lincoln, Smith,
Russell Rocks Ellis. Norton. Graham,
Decatur, Thomas. Cove, Rawlins, Sheri-
dan, Cheyenne Sherman. Total. IS
Seventh district-One in Sumner one
m Sedgwick, Kingman, Harper, Barton.
Stafford, Barber Rush. Pawnee, Ed
wards, Kiowa, Ness, Hodgman, Ford.
Clark, Lane. Scott Hamilton. Grant
Stanton. Morton n-Stevens, Meade Sew
ard. Total. q.
II the fusionsts succeed in carrying
all of these it will give them 66 mem
bers in the lower house. three more
than a bare majority, but not enough
to re-elect Senator Harris To do that
II would be necessary to unseat at least
ten Republicans. Easy excuses could
be found for part of these, but it would
probably. stetch the cOnsciences of some
of the fusionists to vote for such a
wholesale unseating. If the fusionists
have a majority in the house there is
little doubt but what the Republican
member from the Soldiers home district
In IeaVenworth county will be unseat- +
Cd, because the fusionists claim that the
law giving the old soldiers the right n
vote as citizens of Leavenworth county
Is unconstitutional.
The following shows the maiorities hx
which each party elected its members
In the last legislature:
REPUBLICANS