The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-11-01

Rawlins ....... ................. 63
Cheyenne -..... OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES %
sherman -......- .-.-.... ..--..-.... So
Scott .--.--.. lc
Hamilton .-..--...-.-. AZ
Grant-Sranton .........--.- Il
Meade Seward -....... .......-... 40
Chairman Babb of the Peoples party
state central committee, today issued
the following signed ante-election state
ment:
THE situation in Kansas for next
Tuesdays election has not been dupli-
Gated in-any former year. The spirit
of independence is abroad in the state.
Party ties have never hung SO loosely
upon the voter.
yet the spirit of independence is due
not so much to discomfort or calamity
ism as ii is to a higher degree of econ
omic education. The Kansas voter, be
it said to his credit. is ceasing to be q
blind and bitter partisan Thousands
of individual members of the Republi-
can party show unmistakable signs of
doing as they please outside of the old
/ lines this year. If these do half of what
they threaten to do, and the organized
opposition only get their vote cast and
counted. there is no question of the re-
suit ~
.'The cooperative ticket composed of
4 fourteen of the best men to be found in
Kansas, headed by the resourceful,
tireless and courageous Craddock, win
triumphantly be elected. The corpora
tions are fiercely fighting him and the
people are finding it out. and hence the
| chances for the fusion forces are daily
growing better and brighter Ii1z4
Chairman Peoples Party State Central
Committee
Ellsworth, Kan. Nov. 1.-One of the
! WarmeSt political fights in this county
is over the district judgeshiD, and 1t is
predicted by many Republicans that
Ellsworth county, which is normally
Republican by $50 majority, will give a
good majority for T. L. Bond, the fu-
sion nominee for judge.
There is a big revolt among the Re-
publicans against r. r. Rees. the Re-
publican candidate, because of the man.
ner in which Ellsworth county was
treated in the judicial convention which
nominated Rees- The revolt is lead by
such men as E. w Wellington, who
was a prominent candidate for the Re
publican nomination for congress in the
Sixth district. Ira F. Lloyd and c. J.
Evans.
Even the Republican county central
committee is in sympathy with the re-
volt to a great extent, and an effort to
whip it into line last Saturday ended in
failure. j. B. TOmlinson. a brother-ln-
law of Mr.. Rees, came over from Min
neapolis, accompanied by Secretary OF
State George A. Clark, and one or two
others, and a meeting of the county
central committee was called for the
purpose of lining the members up fo1
Rees. A resolution was introduced en-
dorsing Mr.. Rees, but the committee ad-
journed without voting on it.
1t is stated that in Ottawa county THE
friends of Mr.. Rees are preparing tc
sacrifice John L. King, Republican can
didate for representative, in order tc
save ReeS. Judge R F. Thompson, the
retiring judge, could have been easily
renominated had it not been for the ac-
ton of Rees friends in insisting that he
refuse to run and taking Ottawa county
away from him. Even after that Lin
coin county insisted on the renomina-
ton of Thorn nson and voted for him
for several hundred ballots in the ju-
dicial convention. AS a consequence
Thompson's friends do not feel very
enthusiastic for Rees John L. King is
Thompson's son-in-law. In order tC
get votes for Rees and pull him through
1t is claimed that his close friends are
trading King for Rees. The fusionists
are not averse to the trade because they
believe they will 6efeat Rees anyway
while it will be a harder matter TO beai
King. If they succeed in doing botf
they VIII not only secure a district
judge but also another vote for Senator
Harris in Republican stronghold.
! Here are some Kelly comments from
Republican papers which have not sai6
: much on the subject. at least for SONS
time The Belleville Telescope has Sai6
, nothing at all. and the Greenleaf Sen
/ tinel has said nothing for several weeks
i The Wellington Daily News has op-
pesed Kelly all along. but has not push
, ed the fight as vigorously as some othe,
3 papers. Here are their comments:
Z Greenleaf Sentinel This is the last
: week before election-the week in which
) we have always heretofore urged Re-
; publicans to vote the ticket Straight
This year we have carefully read every
; thing We could find on both. sides of the
: Tom kelly matter and are thoroughly
Z convinced tsat he IS not the kind OF q
, man for the party to elect state treasur.