The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-02-08
Holds Primaries. of His Own in
Miami.
Assistance of the Anti-Machfne
Leaders Didn't Count.
HOW 1T CAME ABOUT.
Chairman Robinson Explains
What Kelly Tries to Do.
People of Miami County Over
wheImingIy Opposed to Him.

The Kelly primaries in Miami county
Saturday could not have been a very
great success-at least the Kelly or
gans say little about them. Notwith-
standing the 5000 letters sent out from
the Hoch headquarters urging Miami
county Republicans to stand for the re-
nomination of all state officers nominated
at Wichita except Governor Bailey,
meaning thereby State Treasurer KEEL
ly in particular, and Notwithstanding
1000 supplementary letters sent into
Miami county by Kelly himself, the
Republicans of his home county are
overwhelmingly against Kelly. That is
why Kelly got up his 'rump'' primaries
for last Saturday.
To put the Republicans on their
guard, George L. Robinson, chairman
of the county central committee issued
the following statement a few days
ago:
CHAIRMAN ROBINSONS STATE
MENT.
"Paola, Kan, Feb. 8, 1904
"Mr. T. T. Kelly not being satisfied
with the action of the Republican
county central committee at its recent
meeting in calling primary caucuSeS 10
elect delegates to a county convention,
Immediately wrote his friends over the
county and with about so or so of them,
mostly from Paola and Osawatomle,
met here last Saturday and organized
a so-called county central committee,
and this manufactured committee then
called a county convention to meet
here on February IL, and caucuses to
be held February 6.
"Mr. Kelly presumeS to take every
thing in his own hands and out of the
hands of the representatives of the Re
publicans of this county, which is only
another evidence that he knows he can
not carry this county in an honest con-
test.
1.-THE regular county central commit
tee has ordered a primary in such
way that every Republican in the
county can vote just as he chooses and
have his voted counted. Its plan is
that each township and ward shall hold
its primary caucus under the superViS-
ion of the committeeman for that pre-
cfnct, assisted by two judges appoint
ed by the chairman of the committee.
This was ordered by the county cen
trail committee, by a vote of Is to 3,
and is only intended in the interest OF
honesty and fairness. Our primary
caucuses will be held as ordered, and
it is important that every Republican
understand the situation and that they
all attend the primary caucus to be
held Friday afternoon, February II
eff Mr.. Kelly wishes to take his
friends into separate caucus ana con-
vention, I suppose he will be permitted
to do so but it will in noWiSe change
the primary CauCuS0S anu SOA1NChNAOAA
as ordered by the committee. Every
Republican who stands for honesty IN
public office should attend the regular
primaries and help to elect delegation
that will represent the vast majority OF
the Republicans of Miami county IN the
state convention.
Mr.. Kelly persists in circulating the
report that the committee made an Or
der that the words For Kelly, or tne
words Against Kelly must go on the
ticket at the primary caucus. This is
not true, and he knows it is not. The
committee simply gave the privilege OF
adding that much to the ticket shouIo
it be desired by any township or Waru.
Another thing that Mr.. Kelly is try
ing to get the people to believe is that
the committee was working IN the IN
terest of Mr.. Allen as against MI:
Funston and Mr.. BoWerSOck- Each or
these three gentlemen have friends on
the committee. but there was not
word said for or against any or them
at the committee meeting. All the COM
rnittee insists on is a fair election. ana
we must have it. See that all ReDub7
licans attend the regular primary
caucus, Friday, February II, between
the hours of 2 and o'clock p. m, in
all precincts except OsawatOmie, where
the hours will be from to Z o'clock
The county convention will be held in
Paola, Saturday. February 49,
Respectfully,
GEO. L. ROBINSON,
Chairman Republican County
Central Committee
The way the trump" committee was
organized and the Kelly primaries and
convention was called. is told by the
following from the Miami County Re
publican:
A trump" COMMITTEE.
Last Saturday a gathering of Re
publicans assembled in the Mclaughlin
hall in Paola, in response to invitations
sent out by State Treasurer Kelly.
There were less than fifty in the meet
ing, although Kelly and his strikers
drummed the streets and invited in
everybody whom they met The crowd