The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-03-08

It developed early Monday afternoon
that the leaders in control of the con-
vention at the dictatiOn of the railroad
interests had determined upon the re-
nomination of Walker and Wneatley.
This meant total defeat to the COM
mercial interests as two members OF
the railroad board controlled by the
railroads would absolutely rule the
board
Representatives of the commercial
interests held meeting last night and
started out to break the slate and as
preliminary they brought out 7. NJ.
Potter of Marion county for temporary
chairman of the convention.
This was done late last night. In the
meantime a half dozen anti-machine
leaders, including Stubbs, Dolly Carr
Taylor and others got together and de-
cided upon Stubbs for temporary and
permanent chairman both. Up to that
time H. E. Richter had been slated for
temporary chairman and Stubbs for
permanent.
The change was made to honor
Stubbs and to pave the way for MAX
ing j. r. RurrOw chairman of the state
committee The business interests
went to work in earnest last night at
lnlonlght. Potter called up Hoch at
Marion by telephone and told him his
presence was needed here at once.
Hoch did not want to come until his
special train comes in at 3 o'clock this
afternoon but Potter insisted Potter
wanted HOch'S help He is from HOch' S
county and has been one of his chief
heutenants. He is also one of the lead
ing stOckinen of the state Potter's
candidacy did not seem to worry the
ent-machine leaders. They believed
they had everything securely nailed
down. And if Potter became too trou-
Dlesome they depended upon Hoch 10
put him out of the race
1t looks to me-" said NJ NJ. Sher-
man, of Ellsworth county, "as though
we have dOwned one machine lust to
put another in power. I am thoroughly
In sympathy with the anti-machine
movement. but 1 don't believe in over
throwing one set of bosses merely to
put another set in power, and these
new ones have fixed up a slate for US
at the dictation of the railroads"
The revolt is a new anti-machine
movement within the anti-machine. The
anu-machine leaders have thus far
had thlnGs entirely in their own hands
The old machine leaders are doing a abso-
lutely nothing in the way of organizing
Tor a hight. They eoncede absolute con
troll of the situation to Mr. Stubbs and
ms friends. The trouble placed Mr..
Hoch in an embarrassing position.
1t compelled him to choose between
his life long friends representing the
business and farming interests of the
state and the railroad interests which
control the anti-machine leaders.
FIGHTING AGAINST ODDS
The leaders of the revolt realize that
they are fighting against big odds.
Probably no state convention was ever
so completely under railroad domina-
tion as this one will be unless the dele
gates break away from the slate which
has been fixed up for them. Two railroad
attorneys. NJ. A. Low and J. H. Rich
ards, are candidates for DELEGATES
at large to the national convention. and
up to last night no opposition to them
had appeared. They are on the anti
machine slate.
The other four candidates on the
slate for delegates are W. S. Fitz-
patrick of Sedan, H. B. Miller of Osage
w. H. Mitchell of Beloit and F. Dunont
Smith. of Kinsley
The selection of J. R Burrow for
state chairman is looked upon as a
move to perpetuate J. R. Burton in the
United States senate, or if Burton is
convicted, then Mulvane Burrow as
secretary of state, can give practically
his entire time to the campaign and r.
rebuilding the Burton machine ~
course, Burton's name is not men
toned here, but that is the wav II
strikes those on the outside The otber
state officers are of course afraid o1
the revolt Of the commercial interests
and do not want it to gain any head.
wa--
The success of the revolt might h.
the oVerthroWing of the entire sIa +.
and at present the prospect is that al
viii be renominated by acclamation ex
cept Kelly If no candidate runs
against Kelly, the delegates opposed tc
him will SO register themselves by vot.