The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-09-08
DALE AND HARRIS
They Will Be Principal Speak
erS at Wichita.
Former on Programme in After
noon, Latter at Night.
EXPECT A BIG TINE.
Arrangements Being Made for a
Large Meeting.
DIR. K. B. Lawrence Is Nominal.
ed for Congress.

Inc democrats are making great pre-
parations for the opening meeting of
their campaign at Wichita on Saturday.
1t is expected that there will be big
crowds present from all the surround
ing country, and an effort will be made
to work up a lot of enthusiasm for fu-
ture use.
The plans for the meeting are all in
the hands of the local committee in
Wichita, and the state committee is not
taking much part in the matter. The
Democrats of Sedgwick county are en-
thusiastic for Dale and a good many
Republicans will join with them.
Oscar u. Smith, who was one of the
delegates to the Republican national
convention, and who resigned from the
Republican state committee because ne
will support Dale for governor, says
that Judge Dale will carry Sedgwick
county by 1,5O0 majority or more. Two
years ago Governor Bailey carried it by
1919.
The principal speakers at the Demo-
cratic opening on Saturday will be
Judge Dale and ex-senator Harris
Judge Dale will speak in the afternoon
and Senator Harris at night. Senator
M A. Householder, fusion candidate
for lieutenant governor, will also speak,
and probably others of the candidates
on the fusion state ticket and perhaps
some of the congressional nominees will
also participate.
There will be non foreign speakers
The Democratic state committee does
not intend to ask for any spellbinders
from outside the state this year. They
propose to make a state campaign on
state issues and they won't ask for any
outside help in doing it. Kansas can
put up just about as good spellbinders
in both parties as can be imported any
way-in fact Kansas orators can usual
ly arouse more enthusiasm than any
of those who come from other states
so there is no particular call for outside
campaign speakers.
DR.. F. B. Lawrence of Ell Dorado was
nominated by both Populists and DEM
ocratS for congressman in the Fourth
congressional district in their cOnVen-
tions at Emporia- The nomination was
made by acclamation as there We're no
other candidates. DR.. LaWrence'S NOM
ination papers by both parties have al
ready been filed with the secretary of
state, but he will probably choose to go
on the Democratic ticket, although he
is a POpulist and member of the Pop
ulist national committee.
DR.. Lawrence got into the PopuliSt
party through the free silver door. He
was a Republican up to 1896 but he left
the Republican party in that year when
it came out against free silver. Since
then he has gone into the Populist
party and was one of the leading MEM
bers in both state conventions this
year. He was sent as one of the dele
convention in Springfield, and was
elected a member of the national COM
mittee. DE-. Lawrence is a Spellbinder
of ability and he may make some in
roads on Congressman Miller'S ma jOrity
in the Fourth district. Two years ago
Miller got a majority of 6,447, so DR..
Lawrence has rather stiff proposition
TO go up against.
William Allen White is scheduled to
make a speech at Clyde next Saturday,
opening the Republican state campaign
there.
Winfield, Kan, Sept. s.-P. H. Guy
of this place was nominated by the
Democrats for representative from the |
Fifty-sixth district in Burden yester |
day Thomas Glover. son of ex-Con- |
gresham Benjamin Glover, was renom- |
mated for county commissioner from |
the Third district. Glover probably will |
be indorsed by the Republicans.
Washington, Sept. S.-J. L. Bristow, |
fourth assistant postmaster general |
that he would go to Kansas about the |
first week in October for work in the !
campaign. Mr. Bristow's letter was in
reply to a letter he received few days |
ago from Mr.. Stubbs in which the lat
ter made inquiry concerning his plans |
for the campaign
THE reports l am receiving from |
Kansas indicate that the sentiment |
there is all one way and that Roosevelt |
and Fairbanks will carry the state by a
record breaking majority, said Mr.. |
I'm fact Kansas can now be |
considered strong a Republican a |
state Vermont. l have not yet de- |
cided where L shall make speeches and
may place myself at the disposal of the /
state committee.
Roosevelt will sweep the country, |
think While in New England 1 OBJ
tanned information indicating that the |
Democrats have not a ghost of a show
of carrying any state in that section.
In Maine, where L spent most of my
vacation, there is some disturbance
over the prohibition question which
may have an effect in the state election
this month, but it will not have any
special effect upon the national cleo
ton and 1 would not be surprised if |
the Republicans carry the state by
larger ma jority than that of four years
ago. There is widespread enthusiasm
over the president in all of the New
England states and the reports that
the Democrats expect to make heavy
gains are not borne out by the facts"