The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-01-29
HOCH men HERE.
Big Crowd of Followers of the
Marion Candidate.
Crawford Opera House Secured
for His Meeting.

There is a big crowd of boss busters
in Topeka this afternoon to attend the
boss busters meeting this afternoon
The Crawford opera house has been en-
gagged for the meeting, which began at
o'clock this afternoon. E. w. Hoch
will make the principal speech.
1t is the intention to try to create
enough enthusiasm at this meeting to
stampede the state against Bailey.
Every leading boss buster is. giving it
out that its all over but the shout
ing" and they are trying to make SEN
timent along this line. The National
hotel is packed to the doors with Hoch
supporters.
A c. Nalloy, of Hutchinson, who is
one of the speakers at the banquet to-
night. tells how the boss busters won
in Reno county, and also how the Reno
county convention was conducted yes
terday.
1.-THE programme was all cut and
dried for the convention" said Mr.. NAL
10y 1T was run by a machine from
beginning to end. And it refused to in
struct the delegation to the congress
siona1 convention for Murdoch Sam
Forsha, who ran against Murdoch last
spring, made the motion to instruct for
Murdoch. and it was voted down.
THE Hoch forces won in Reno coun-
ty on a still hunt. The Bailey people
failed to put up the fight they ought
to have done in all but one ward. One
vote in the First ward and Is in anoth-
suit and would have given the delega-
ton to Bailey.
Carr Taylor, who led the Hoch fight,
was picked up and made county attor-
ney two terms by the very men he is
now fighting. After his second term
expired his partner, ]. U. Brown, was
elected to the office and Taylor was
made deputy. Last spring Taylor want
ed to be appointed district judge under
| the biennial election law to succeed
/ Ind Of ATcPharSOf7 FT9V1Or
went to W. Y. Morgan and asked Nor
gan to support him. Morgan asked him
If Simpson wasn't going to be a candi-
date for the appointment. Taylor said
| he supposed he was. Morgan then said
it would be like going up against a
stone wall to get the place away from
| Simpson, and since then Taylor has
been fighting Morgan. The same crowd
! that fought Sam Forsha for congress-
man in his home county last spring is
the crowd that is in the anti-Bailey
! movement now.
when Taylor was appointed deputy
| county attorney there wasn't any sal
| ary attached to it, but he came up to
| that Representative John Kinkel get a
\ bill through giving him a salary. Kin
KEEL did it, and also got the salaries of
| the county clerk. Newlin, and register
/ of deeds, Scoresby, raised. and those
/ three men made that very thing an is
sue against the legislature The law
was passed at their request and to ac-
commodate them, and then they fought
Baily and the legislature on the ground
that the legislature had increased taxes
down there by increasing salaries, and
they are all three on the Reno county
delegation
The Council Grove Republican, which
| has been for Bailey came out for Hoch
| this week. Morris county is in the same
senatorial and judicial districts as Mar
/ ion. the home of Mr.. Hoch, and is con-
ceded to him Joseph Freshman, editor
of the Republican, is for Bailey person.
ally but thinks his county ought to be
for Hoch for political reasons.