The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-03-22
TROUTMAN Is SECOND.
Credited With 1O6 Votes Up to
This Time.
Places 100 Delegates in the
Doubtful List.

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He has also received news. from all
counties which hold conventions today
since the primaries were held, and as
the result of the primaries determines
what the general sentiment of the con-
ventfons will be, he today gave out the
following forecast:
Including the conventions that VIII
be held today in Cheyenne, Clay, cow
ley, Decatur. Dickinson, Geary, In IN
.oln. Ottawa, Phillips, Republic Sa-
line, sherman and Smith counties, 81
counties have chosen 49S delegates 10
the state convention In all OF lnS
counties where conventions are heia
today the result of the primaries IS
known. and almost without exception
the preference on the governorshlp mas
been determined. a conservative estl-
mate of the strength of the various
candidates is as follows:
baAey .---.---.--- -'-''-'-----''''' 1oS
Iroutman ....-.---.-..--- -----.----- AOO
Cole ----.---.-- ----..----------- 81
Richter ...-.......- NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. %
miner -.--- .-----.--- .---'-'--'- 80
"Of the votes classified as doubtful,
Mr.. Bailey will have more than any
other candidate. and he is second choice
of more of the votes that will first be
given to other candidates than is any
other man in the race"
w Y Morgan and other Bailey sup
porters give Mr. Bailey considerable
more delegates than does Mr. Albaugh.
Morgan, who has been keep
ing, a special tab on the Sew
ures on the Seventh district alone are
at least 20 too low. Mr.. A1baugh. how
ever, says he has based his figures only
on positive reports that he has had,
and that he does not care to do any
guessing about it. The counties of
which he has not positive information
he puts in the doubtful list
The worst jolt Senator Burton has yet
received happened in his home town,
Abilene, in the primaries held Thurs
day. Reports from there state that
there was a straight Burton and anti
Burton fight in Abilene, and that the
Burton forces lost in all four wards. J.
B. Case, Mr.. Buttons Fifth district
manager, chairman of the Fifth district
congressional committee, and who has
been mentioned as the anti-Bailey can
didate for chairman of the state COM
mittee, was defeated two to one in his
home ward as a delegate to the county
convention.
The country precincts have not been
heard from sufficiently to know how
that viii stand, and there may be
enough Burton men among the country
delegates to control the convention
The Abilene Reflector, Mr.. Burton's
home organ. is strangely silent on the
local fight. publishing only the lists of
delegates elected without comment. The
Chronicle says that several states were
broken but does not tell what the issue
was Editorially the Chronicle says:
''Of course we don't know what people
mean but we have heard a good many
men say that the line up of the dele
gates selected at the ward caucuses last
evening looks very bad for the gang. "
There was a warm time at the Os-
borne county convention Friday. In
1act the Wellington contingent bOlted
and held a convention all by itself 1t
and that the Reeder men ran the band
wagon over it, There We're contestins
delegations from some of the country
precincts. and the Reeder delegatiouS
were seated. Wellington had only four
precincts. with So delegates. while Reed
er had rs delegates. Consequently the
instructions We're overwhelmingly for
Reeder in the congressional fight The
Wellington contingent bolted and held
another convention. There were no in
StructionS for governor, but a private
telegram from Osborne states that the
delegation is largely for Bailey Both
Bailey and Troutman were present an
addressed the convention
The delegates to the state convention
are as follows: d. r. Morley. B. z.
Chil1cOtt. l. F. Storer. F. NJ Wells. w
H O. Riley, d. Brobst. John Ford r
J. Prather. John Doane
Congressional delegates: C. V. Lands
r. F. Easterly. j. B. Taylor. J. NJ. Mills,
J. A Fouts, VIM Wales. ]. H Mcclure
Chas. Hillebrandt, E L. GETTY r ~
Hall, s. A Dawley
The POpulist and Democratic state
committees will meet. in Topeka newt
Tuesday to try to effect fusion. There
are fifteen members in the PoDulist
committee and "A in the Democratic
There are a number of plans but the
one which meets with most favor is to
recommend that the state conventions
OF both parties fuse as heretofore and
that the secretary of state be manda-
unused to compel him to put both tickets
on the official ballot. 1t is possible that
an EFFORT Will be made by those who
want the PopuliStS to go into the Dem
ocratlc party to Stave off the PopuliSt
convention as late as possible. This will
give the Democrats chance to hold
their convention and get their ticket
MED. Then when the Populists meet
ana nominate the same ticket. if they
ran to secure a decision in their favor
IN the supreme court, they will have TO
vote the Democratic ticket The fusion
ISIS don know just where to figure w.
J. Babb IN the proposed deal. and Rabb
cuts az good deal of a figure. Conner
Dawes, OF the Concordia Kansan who
opposed any fusion which meant the
abandonment of the Populist partv. is
IN raVor or fusing if it can be done on
the same basis as heretofore The
proDlem Tor the two committees 10
Wrestle with the coming week will be to
inquire out how that can be done.
According to the figures of Morton
Albaugh, chairman of the Renuhlicen
state central committee 50 counties Viii
have held their Republican conventions