The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-08-06
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Republican .........lS5.95s 15g.242 2e'13
F1sion -. 62,6o2 117,14S 49, 40S
II is estimated that on a basis of 25,-
600 spoiled ballots, 5000 were keP p.d,
If there had been no spoiled oaIIots
the Republican vote two years ago
would have been approximately I64,-
600 and the fusion vote 1871 ,OOO. ms
would make the Republican stay-at-
home vote about $4,000 If the tuIl
vote had turned out two years ago the
Republicans would still have had about
$4,000 plurality, and this IS virtually
the odds which the fuSionistS must go
against in their state campaign. A
change of a little over 1900 votes
therefore would elect their state uck-
ct This is only about five votes in
precinct
1t cannot be denied that Roosevelt
will get a considerable number OF
Populfst votes this fall. Some of these
Populists will vote the entire Repubh-
can state ticket, some Will vote a part
of it and some will vote only for the
presidential electors, and will then vote
the fusion state ticket. If there is
full vote at the polls this year it will
not be at all surprising If RooseVeIts
vote is we'll upwards of the 200, 600
mark
The pronounced partisans of the Re
publican state ticket will invariably
say that it is an extremely wild state
ment to say that RooSevelts plurality
will be $4,000 more than HOch'S in
Kansas. but that statement is a cfnch,
and Republicans invariably acknowl-
edge it when they stop to consider the
proposition. In other words, If RoOSe-
Welt does not receive at least so, 600
plurality in Kansas the state ticket
will be defeated. 1t may take plu-
rality of $4,000 for Roosevelt to carry
the state ticket through.
For instance: 1t is not at all i'm
probable that Roosevelt will receive
10000. more votes in Kansas than Nc
Kinley did four years ago. That would
bring him up to 1875. 900. Those votes
would come from the fusionists and
would reduce their vote to $4,000 on
the basis of the vote cast in 1902. But
these 1872, 900 will be divided between
two presidential candidates-just in
what proportion it is impossible to say.
The PopuEsts believe their electoral
ticket will receive the bulk of it. while
the Democrats believe the Parker tick
ct will be far ahead of the Watson
ticket If this latter is true it might
be estimated. for the sake of the eX-
ample. that Parker will receive 10G.-
600 and Watson 1000. This would
make RooseveIt's plurality $4,000. At
the same time if Hoch should receive
as large a vote as Roosevelt, and Dale
should receive simply the fusion vote,
Mr. HOch's plurality would be $4,000.
If the fusion vote should happen to
be equally divided between the Wat
son and Parker tickets, Roosevelt's
while Hoch's would remain the same
But the Republican state ticket will
not run up with the national ticket by
a long ways There are several thou
sand Republicans who will do more
or less scratching this year and not
very many PopulistS who vote for
Roosevelt will also vote the Republi-
can state ticket In fact, it is not at
all improbable that the fusionists will
give the Republicans a close call on
at least a portion of the state ticker
so that ROOsevelt's plurality will he
AT least 5O,OOO greater than that of the
state ticket, and it may be much more
H. ]. Calnan, editor of the Troy
Chief. is another of the First district
Republican editors whom Congress-
man Curtis recently accused of fight
ing his reelection for personal Tea
sons. Here is Calnan's reply:
sundays issue of the Topeka Can't
TAI In commenting on the Chief called
1t 'Cy Leland's paper, edited by the
man who didn't get the poStofFica
That is nice coming from the Can't
tai cyrus Leland don't now. nor has
he ever owned a dollar in the Chief
but II our memory serves US right he
once donated $1,000 to helm mt the
never repaid Mr. Leland the $1,000 so
kindly donated to keep it from going
defunct. except in ingratitude The
man who didn't get the postofice' was
offered the postoffice at Seneca if he
would move to that place and support
Curtis, but refused to listen to the
proposition, considering ii not only an
insult to him but an outrage on the
people to import a man for such a
position Curtis. who is entirely with
oct honor or principle, can't conceive
how any man can have any honor
with Office in sight and his insult
ing propositions of this kind have been
R~psrted in other instances. A case