The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-01-21
WILL FORCE 1T.
Hughes Friends Determined to
Nominate Him.
Law and Order League Will
Probably Act Tonight.
HIS FORCES IN CONTROL
Hope to Crowd BergundthaI OF
the Track.
HIS FORCES IN CONTROL
Latest Rumor Connects A. n.
Baird With the Place.

Col J. WI Hughes will in all pro-
1 liability be Endorsed this evening by the
Law and Order league for the office OF
mayor of Topeka. A special meeting of
the league has been called, and the
I Hughes faction Of the league is making
a determined effort to get out its solid
vote at the meeting The plan is to put
through d resolution indorsing Hughes
by such a large majority that it viii
practically amount to stampede. The
meeting win be at Topeka Post hall,
Ill East Seventh street.
Out of the so members of the reOr-
gained Law and Order league. it IS
claimed that Hughes controls 50 and
possibly 60 votes.
At former meetings of the league, the
! Bergundthal adherents, together with
/ those members Of the league who were
undecided. were able to control the sit
uation, and it was the general decision
at the last meeting that neither Hughes
or Bergundthal would be Endorsed until
the "wets" made some move. Since
that meeting. however, the membership
/ of the league has been increased from
"a to so, and at the meeting tonight
the plan is to vote in 20 more members,
/ bringing the total I'D to 100 This
changes the relative strength of the two
/ candidates, and it is believed that
Hughes has profted largely by the deal
run the band wagon over Bergundthal
| if he SO desires.
! Bergundthal may resist. and may re-
fuse to take his medicine and withdraw
from the race. There are many who be-
iieve that he will stay in the field, in
the hope of beating Hughes at the pri-
maries.
A NJ. BAIRD MENTIONED.
Having failed to persuade w f.
Sterne to go into the race the liberal
element is now trying to find some
other suitable man, and A. NJ. Baird
has been approached with offers Of
support. Mr.. Baird said today in con-
versation with reporter for the State
Journal:
Il have not decided what I win do.
and so I have nothing to say. I have
frequently had opportunities to enter
politics, but have always refused L
/ have no desire to become a politician
now. It is true that quite a number of
people have come, to me about this mat
ter and about running for councilman
from the First ward but I have not
made up my mind on either PROPOSE
ton
Mr. Baird is one of the most widely
known me1 in the city and would swing
a big vote in the Santa Fe shops and
in the First ward
AS has been stated in the State Jour-
nal the liberals may decide that it IS
a hopeless task to try to beat Hughes
in the primaries and may turn in to
=
with the intention of defeating him at
the election with a Democrat.
This would leave the fight between
Hughes and Bergundthal at the pri-
maries, with the vets supporting
Hughes.
There is no question but what the
so-called vets" are as much at sea
in this business as are the law and or
J der people. They do not know what
plan is best to pursue; to make a fight
at the primaries. or try to nominate
Hughes and then fight him at the polls
They would stand better show Of
success at the polls. for then they
would have the assistance of the DEM
ocrats-
That something is doing in the
Democratic camp is evident from the
fact that a meeting of the Democratic
city central committee has been called
for Friday evening at 7:30 o'clock ar
the rooms of the Democratic Flambeau
club
Chairman J. W Blossom said today:
This meeting is called to talk over the
] situation and talk about who we want
for mayor and councilmen- 1 think
that the Democrats will have man in
the race fer mayor. That is our plan.
We think that Mayor Parker would be
the proper one. but he isn't sure that
n he wants It He won't come right out
: and say that he won't take it under
any condition, however, 50 1 think there
{ is some show that he will be our eandl
: data
Another well known Democratic leader
said today: I believe that Hughes will
be the Republican nominee Bergund-
thai knows enough to get out if third
I man should be sprung for the primaries.
And it would be suicidal for anybody IL
e try to run independent Republican
against Hughes. In case liberal mar
o should be nominated by the Repub-
Leans, I believe that the Democrats
: would indorse him and elect him"
= SHELDON DECLINES TO SERN E
rf1.tq~ 1olf
serve as a member of the law and or
der committee. He was appointed from
the committee of 200. w G. Ralston
e of the Young Peoples Good Citizenship
Z Federation and T. S. Williams, of the
5 Mems Republican Law and Order
:. league. have also declined to serve
,, All the members of the committee Of
T 100 have not yet been named, but tbs
|. following is a list of the members SC
g far as completed.
G Women's Law and Order League
y Mrs. J. B. Larimer. Mrs. n. H. LOOMS
= Mrs c. J. Evans, Mrs w W. Mills
t Mrs H o Garvey, Mrs DR.. Lindsay
t Mrs. w. A. McCarter, Mrs Arnold, Miss
4 Zu Adams. Mrs. D. II. Forbes, Mrs
L Parkley. Mrs. Frank Cope. Mrs. D. c
Nellis. Mrs. T F. Carver.
Committee of ECO: Thomas Page
Aaron Sheetz. F. E Mallory. Trial
n earle, Harrison Vernon. G. J. Coleman
+ S. T. Howe A T. Daniels. J. w. Gleed
: P. Fl Forbes. Peter Hell. A. TrouD, II
Y 9. Larimer. Jonathan Thomas, Albert
= Watkins. E. T. Roudebush. c. r. Nc
DOweH T. H Foster.
Mems Republican Law and Order
league; s. g. Miller J. F. Snyder, JoliT
A. Alexander. z. p Lindsay. James A
8, Troutnan, Albert Watkins Mat I
e Campbell H " Euler. Jesse Shaw
y Prof I. II. StricEler, George H. Elliott
/ DR.. ". S. Lindsey. Oscar Swayze. Or
s T. w Peers. W B KirkDatriclz. Prof
= s. G. Watkins, NJ F. Church. Prof
;, Nathaniel SAWYER, J. B. Larimer anc
q Prof l.. NJ Field
e Young Peoples Good Citizenship fed
= Grafton: K o. Brown. E r. Simon, F.
j G. Dreaming. J. n Jackson. c. E. Judd
: W. C. Ralston. E. G. Foster. Fred Gil