The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-04-12

Verscd on theology and the tariff, ana
know who is to be the next governor of
and great many more things that the
common herd don't know, but with all
that il is more than likely that You
can't vote mixed ticket under the new
election law and have your balloE
counted.
1T has been demonstrated over and
over again in this town thar some OF
the voters here do not know how to
vote it and they VIII not take the
trouble to learn.
Last fall at the township election in
Center township. out of 264 ballots cast
81 were detective The same proportion
election in Smith Center last Monday,
and no doubt some Of them We're cast
by the same men who made the mis-
take last fall. They do not know that
they made a mistake. Each man thinks
that it was the vote of the other fei-
low that was thrown out instead of his
own. and he Will go right on voting
that way should he live TO be as old as
Methuselah.
AT the township election last fall
some of the judges of election took to
even some of the judges themselves had
made a mistake in marking the ticket.
The scandia Journal is one of the very
few anti Bailey papers in the Fifth dis
trict.
The Hiawatha postoffiee disturbance
may become settled without developing
into full-sized Town Row after all
Ewing Herbert has been acquitted in
a Justices court on the charge Of dis
turbing the peace and dignity of Capt
John Schilling and the friends of both
are interpOsing their good offices as
peacemakers. The trouble started be
cause Congressman Curtis refused to
turn down Herbert for reappolntment
as postmaster and name Schilhng's son
in "a safI nf oil
promised him to do 50.
c. C. Coleman. the Fifth district can
didate for attorney general is now OUT
after delegates. and Del Valentine saws
this about his canvass: Mr. Coleman
Eas heen criticised somewhat for not
hunting more diligently after the man
ner of candidates. but he now has a
move on that promises results. He is
Visiting big counties near and far. talk
ing personally to the delegates, and cul-
JiVating an acquaintance, especially
with the bench and bar of the state
and doing generally those things which
count in q convention when the fight
narrows down to hard knocks. H
seems to be something of a novice in
political methods. yet he carries quiet
confidence around with him that seems
OninOus for the other fellows His self
confidence is of the quiet kind that does
not protest over-much but carries con-
viction.
J. NJ. Mickey. of Usage City one of
Senator Miller's boomers in his guber-
Material race makes the following
statement which varies the mOnOtony of
those given out by Morton Albaugh and
Tom McNeal:
Miller has as many votes for him as
has Troutman. all claims to the con-
trary Notwithstanding. He has about
$50 votes which he can count on. Bailey
has as many votes as he VIII get. His
fight now is to keep those he has.
TrOutman S friends viii not go to Bai4ey
and likewise alleys friends Will not go
to Troutman. This leaves Miller as the
third strongest man. giving Iroutma n
all he claims and makes him the logical
compromise candidate
'Aliuer's chances for the nomination
are better than Troutman's and equal
to Bailey's in my estimation. His friends
feel confident that he viii be nomina-
ted.
The Clay Center Dispatch believes
that the eastern wing of the Demo
cratic party viii control the next ma
ti0nal Democratic convention, and IN
view of this it makes an appeal to the
Populists to put up a good fight for
POpulist principles. Tt says.
1T seems to be about as certain as
( anything can be in politics that the
anti Bryan Democrats VIII be in control
of the next national convention of that
party. The successful maneuVers OF
the reOrga anizers in the east and south
the defeat of Senator Jones in Arkan-
sas the tremendous efforts being put
forth by Mr. Bryan himself to hold his
party in line with the Kansas City
platform, and the recent action of the
Democratic committee Of Kansas in re-
fusing to deal with the POpulistS with
any sort of fairness. ali point to this
result 1t is also possible. if not quite
probable. that in case Roosevelt per
+ sists in his course toward the railroad
interests of the country and aasuitabl
q f.s41 ff4
pose him, the Democracy may again be
+ permitted to elect d president CleVe-
/ land Democracy and Mark Hanna Re
4 puDlicanism are one and the same tC
( the Morgan Rockefeller crowd. They
are also one and the same to the people
Viewing the situation in this light
as every observer must, 1t is clearly
the duty of every Bryan Democrat
every man whose advocacy of the doc
( trines enumerated in the Kansas City
( platform has been sincere and Wht
holds principle above party, to refuse
+ to Obligate himself politically until he
+ knows what the obligation means
Much less can member of the People,
/ party afford to commit himself to the
Democratic policy as at present indi-
! Gated There is but one course oper
for him-to go it alone, and to tempo
/ rary defeat, if it must be.
For him who fights the good fight
who keeps the faith, there can be bui
triumph in the end. The principles OF
the Peoples party are founded on truth
and justice. To admit doubt of theii
ultimate prevalence is to deny God. The
burden of educating the people musi
again be taken up. Hard work and per
sonal sacrifice must once more be the
order Tt win be hard. we know. fol
those who bore so bravely the brunt OF
the battle in the earlier years to render
the same service now, but it would bs
slill harder for them to stand inactive
I when the fight is once on More thar
that the old man now has the backing