The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-01-04
AN EARLY DATE.
Republicans Unanimous Con-
cerning the State Convention.
Leaders Will Be Here Tomorrow
to Attend Meeting.

The meeting Of the Republican state
central committee tomorrow evening
will mark the real opening of the cam
paign of 1894 in Kansas. 1t will be the
first Official gathering to prepare for
the coming contest.
Probably little more than sixty days
will elapse between the meeting of the
committee and the date on which the
state convention will be called to meet
to elect delegates to the Republican ma
tional convention and to nominate a
state ticker. and they will be days of
intense activity. It is generally under
stood that the convention will be called
to meet as early as possible. All in
terests have been preparing for it.
The foremost interest with regard to
the date of the convention is that it
shall De early enough to lead off in the
support of President Roosevelt. 1t has
been stated that eight years ago the
convention was held on March 26, but
this is incorrect-it was held on March
10, leading even Ohio in declaring for
the nomination Of Mckinley. The Ohio
convention met the same Gay that year,
but it did not get around to pass reso-
lutions for Mckinley until the day fol-
lowing, March Ii. The two conventions
exchanged warm greetings. It seems
likely that there will not be the same
unaniu1ity between them this year, as
the Ohio convention will not meet until
late in May, IN the hope that the Hanna
boom will secure sufficient headway to
warrant instructions for Hanna in op-
position to Roosevelt.
The members of the state committee
probably will not all reach Topeka un-
til the afternoon trains tomorrow.
Some will get here in the morning, but
the majority are not expected until af-
ternoOn. the meeting of the commit
tee is scheduled for o'clock tomorrow
evening at the Copeland The mem
bers of the committee are as follows:
Morton A1baugh, Kingman, chairman.
H. ]. Allen Ottawa
D. r Anthony, ir., ,Leavenworth.
I. Z. Ballinger, Burlington.
E. G. Bartberger South Park
| o. L. Benton, Oberlin.
| Louis Boehler. Meade.
e. W. Bolinger, Winfield
B; H. Bum, Rush Center.
! W. D. Casey, Atchison.
! George Delaney, Axten
| f. B. Denman, Osborne.
B. H. Downing, Wichita.
| ?. l. Dressie. Burdett
| ]. F. Getty. Kansas City.
| /. H. Hussey, Lyndon.
DR., A. B. Jones, Wa Keeney.
J. N. Johnson, OSkaloosa.
| J. w Johnson, Hamilton.
James A. Kimball. Salina-
! Cyrus Leland, jr., Troy
| r. NJ. McGonigal, Colby.
| c. A. McNeill Columbus.
J. 7. Moore, Pittsburg.
W. Y. Morgan, Hutchinson.
! ] e Morrow. Haddam.
D. w Mulvane, Topeka.
| T. S Stover. lola.
| c. A Swartz. Great Bend.
E. r. Thorpe, Lakin.
! Mark Tulley, independence.
D. W. Wheeler Marion.
F. c. Raney of Fort Scott is secretary
of the committee and P: I; Bonebrake of
| Topeka is treasurer. but neither is a
member of the committee.
! T. B. Murdoch has also called a boss
buster meeting for tomorrow. He has
been sending out letters over the state
urging those who have been fighting
Governor Bailey to meet in Topeka to-
| morrow to outline a programme of
action. Murdoch himself is in favor
/ of running Stubbs for governor, since
E. w. Hoch has declined