The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-04-04
Now Appears He VIII Be NOmi-
mated in Spite of Himself.
HEARST--ANTI HEARST
The Question of Instructions to
Be Decided Thursday.
Chances Favor the Rich New
York Editor.

cratic conventions on Saturday none
instructed for Hearst, but it is prob
able that Hearst will have about half
the delegates elected from these nine
counties. All are for Senator Harris
for governor, the most of them in
structed.
The indications seem pretty fair for
the Hearst people to win their fight
at Wichita next Thursday. although
they will not have enough instructed
delegates to do so by a considerable
number. There will probably be a con
siderable number of uninstructed del
egates who will line up for Hearst.
however, when the time comes.
The Hearst and anti-Hearst fight is
the biggest one Kansas Democracy has
engaged in for years. 1t is not merely
a struggle for supremacy between op-
posing factions among the Democrats
of Kansas-if that We're the fight the
Hearst men would win easily for some
| Of the faction which would naturally
line up with. the friends of Hearst and
who are at heart for the millionaire
editor, do not believe in Kan
sas trying to dictate the presiden-
! tiaI nomination and are therefore faV-
oring an uninstructed delegation from
| Kansas to the Democratic national
convention, along with the enemies of
/ Hearst.
As stated in the State Journal a few
days ago, the reason why the fight is
so great in Kansas is because the two
state conventions already held, in
Rhode Island and South Dakota, have
/ instructed for Hearst with eight dele
gates EACH and the antf-Hearst Dem
/ ocrats in the east, who include many of
the Democratic leaders in the country,
want to see the Hearst boom stopped
! by defeat in Kansas, which state is
I the next to elect Democratic delegates.
The Hearst supporters are just as
/ eager to see Hearst carry Kansas.
It is pretty certain that John H At
wood of Leavenworth will be elected ma
tionaI committeeman to succeed j. G.
I Johnson of Peabody, and Atwood is tied
up to the Hearst~boona.
If the opponents of Hearst find they
cannot head off the Hearst boom in any
other way they will propose that Kan
sas shall give at least a complimentary
vote to Senator Harris for president
The Mitchell county Democrats have
/ endorsed D. A. Freeman of Beloit for
/ state treasurer and it is asserted that
| the Sixth district will line up for him
to great extent
Great Bend, Kan, April 4.-Fusion be-
tween the Democrats and PopulistS was
started in Barton county Saturday by a
Joint convention of the two parties for
the selection of delegates to their sepa-
rate state conventions. The delegates
were selected in joint convention and
afterWard approved in separate cOnven-
tions. The Democratic committee on
resolutions in the Democratic cOnven-
ton declared allegiance to the principles
of the Democratic national platforms of
1886 and 1900. Party bOlterS were de-
nounced and the delegates to the state
convention instructed to support no one
for delegate to the national convention
who did not support William J. Bryan
in the last two campaigns and who was
not opposed to the surrender of the par
ty to the reorganizing element. They
were also instructed to support John H.
Atwood of Leavenworth for national
committeeman and declared for William
A. Harris for governor. The following
resolution instructfng for Hearst was
also proposed: Whereas, we believe
the Hon. William Randolph Hearst is
and has been the most powerful advo-
cate and champion of the people, a true
Democrat and a logical candidate for
president We further instruct our dele
gates to give his candidacy their undi-
vided support at the coming state con-
vention''
A strong fight was made on this res
!, ! OlutiOn and after Is minutes argu-
ment on both sides of the matter il
was defeated. Mr.. Diffenbacher, who
was strongly in favor of the resolu-
tions, and a party leader, left the con
vention. Later, in the interest of har
mony. a clause was inserted in tbs
resolutions praising Hearst and declar
ing him worthy the support of al
Democrats.
: In the Populist convention a motor
{ that the convention favor the Popu
lists by nominating a straight ticket
was turned down. A motion for a di.
vision of the state nominations witt
the Bryan Democracy of the state was
substituted. The Democratic delega-
tions to the state convention are: c
F. Diffenbacher, James w. Clarke, c
F. Mayo, w. NJ Lewis. Frank Stroth
man, Ed Oser, W. B. Lucas, VIII Stoke
The Populist state delegates are HenrJ
: Fruit, J. W. Soderstrom. Clarence Aid
3 rich. Mel Harrison, John Everett a
NJ. Sipes, w. B. Pickerill. aHenry Lang
{ field and Charles Younkin.
Horton, Kan, April 4-The Demo.
Gratis of Brown county met at Hiawa
tha Saturday and elected delegates Il
the two state, and the congressional
and senatorial conventions. The reso
lutions endorsed Senator Harris fa1
governor, and J. H Atwood for nation
al committeeman, but the delegation
to Wichita was uninstructed as [,
president. It is as follows: Clyde Nc
Manigal, chairman; George Andrews
w. W. Letson, Geo. Rooney, Jane
Hudgens, G. w. Harrington, J. L. Full
ton, c. F. Lucas, J. H. Donley.
Beloit, Kan. April 4-The Democrat
ic county convention Of Mitchell coun
ty, to elect delegates to the Wichits
2 and Topeka conventions met hers
Saturday. The convention did not ex
press a preference for the nomination
of president. The resolutions fndors,
the career of W. A. Harris and pIede,
him the support of this county for tn
nomination for governor. =. A. Free
> man of Beloit was indorsed for stat
treasurer as follows:
That We indorse our fellow citizen
1 d. A. Freeman as candidate 6efor,