The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-10-24
Populist Organ In The Sixth
District Deserts FusiOnists.
Supporting the Republican
Candidate for Congress.
GIVE OUT FALSEHOOD.
T. T. Kelly's Friends Still Cir
culate Bogus Report.
How An Effort is Made to Fool
the People.

The most important development In
Kansas politics thus far this week IS the
declaration of the Beloit Call for the
reelection of Congressman Reeder from
the Sixth district. The Weekly Call has
for years been one of the leading Popu-
list papers of the Sixth district. 1t was
founded by j. S. Parks and his father.
L w. Parks, and edited by them until
some time after Mr.. Parks was elected
state printer Then 1t was sold to
Seward A Jones' who had been busi-
ness manager of the paper, and j. has
been continued by him along Popultst
lines A year ago Mr.. Jones started the
Daily Call, but he has conducted that
along independent lines This week the
Call comes out with strong editorial
endorsing Congressman Reeder and
Withdrawing its support from Q. M.
Cole, the fusion nominee. The Call ie an
influential paper and its action will
probably turn considerable number OF
votes from Cole to Reeder, perhaps
enough to re-elect the latter, as the con-
test is bound to be very close either
way.
A few Republican papers which have
wanted to defend T. T. Kelly but could
find no defense 20 make, seized upon the
false dispatch published recently which
stated that the final findings of the Mi
ami county commissioners held Kelly
for only s42, This waE the intention or
| the dispatch. Sn6 Sew editors refuse
to publish the truth about the matter
|
tion to what has formerly been report
ed upon Here are the comments OF
two anti-Keliy Papers upon the sub
ject:
Horton Recorder: There is nothing
that has shown the straits the T. T.
Kelly fellows are in so forcibly as the
dispatches sent out a few days ago from
Psola intimating that the county COM
missioners had at a recent exan1natlon
reduced Felly's shortage to $43. In their
findings the commissioners distinctly
stated that the $43 shortage was on wolf
scalps and was in addition to the 1925
steal accomplished by raised county
warrants.
: Burns Citizen: The papers that are
! supporting 7. T. Kelly raised quite A
shout when the third report of the com
missioners, who are now investigating
his record, found him guilty of stealing
, only $45. They deliberately. lied to make
it appear that this is the total OF his
more added to the former amount of
over 81, 800. How the politicians will lie
! trying to fool the people!
i The Chicago American sent a staff
representative to Kansas a few days
ago to write up political conditions in
this state. AS the American is a DEM
ocratic paper, the correspondent spent
most of his time at the fusion head :
quarters and depended largely on what
was told him there for MS informatioii-
He was told that the fusionists have a
sure thing in Kansas this year and VIII
} elect six out of the seven congressman
The American came out with a kansas
EXTRA four pages of which are devoted
to Kansas politics. Statements from d
number of the fusion candidates are
published, some of the congressional
candidates among them. Each one tells
how easily lie will defeat his Republican n
opponent and how the fusionists will
sweep the state. The only congressional
~ od fn he
the First.
Now it is rumored that this may have
bad effect which was not foreseen. 1t Is
claimed that the Democratic national
congressional committee was preparing
to send financial aid to help out the
Kansas fusion candidates, but since they
have received such glowing reports from
the candidates themselves, the commit
tee has decided that Kansas will go fu-
sion anyway and there is no use OF
spending money here.
} There seems to be very little opposi-