The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-02-17
Are Insisting on a
New Man.
PLAN TO SAVE HIM.
HOch-Stubbs Machine Wonld
Force Him on People.
That Is Why They Plan to Hold
Caucus.

There seems to be a strong desire in
the Republican party for honesty after
all. Notwithstanding the attitude of the
new party leaders in attempting to
force the denomination of r. T. Kelly
for state treasurer. The way in which
the rank and file of the party is rising
against Kelly is surprising even to those
who have been saying he should be de-
feated for denomination.
At the last state convention Kelly
rallied most of his support by pronis-
ing that as soon as the convention was
over. or after election at the latest, he
would clear up the charges against him.
He went through the campaign without
attempting to do a thing to disprove the
charges on which the county commits
SionerS of Miami county convicted him.
1t has been fifteen months since he was
elected, and still he has done nothing.
Instead when confronted with the evil
dence of his guilt he paid back a thous-
and dollars of the money that he was
charged with stealing.
The Republicans of the state do not
believe an innocent man would silently
confess himself thief without making
an effort to cOntrOvert the evidence
against him. Even those who have not
gone over the evidence presented by
the county commissioners of Miami
| county realize this. If Kelly could con-
trovert the evidence he would do SO.
but he cannot.
All over the state the Republicans
are demanding that Kelly be defeated.
| That is why Kelly and his friends IN
! the "anti-machine' are planning to
hold caucus just before the Wichita
| convention under the guise of Hoen
| caucus, although there is no opposition
to Mr.. Hoch, for the purpose of round
| ing up the majority of the delegates
and pledging them to a caucus action
in Kelly's favor.
BellevilIe, Kan, Feb. 17.-Republican
| primaries were held in Republic county
yesterday. The returns indicate that
| E. w. 1och will be endorsed by a un-
| animous vote at the convention to be
held next Saturday; and the indications
| are that the convention will be just
strong against T. T. Kelly for state
treasurer.
In the First ward Of the city os
BellevilIe the antf-Kelly forces were
led by A. J. Basye and opposed by D.
Y. Wilson. The anti-Kelly ticket woa
more than two to one.
In the Second ward the only Kelly
! man on the "anti-machine'' ticket was
defeated.
In scandia the delegation stands
three for Kelly and nine against him.
The Republic City delegation iu-
structed by a unanimous vote against
Kelly.
The Republicans of Haskell county
! turned down S. E. Cave as a delegate
to the state convention. Cave is tho
prairie dog statesman, and was SER
geant-at-arms of the last house. The
first Hoch convention in Topeka on
January 13 appointed him as one of its
| organizers, and then he became in
censed because the State Journal
| stated that he was a boss buster, not
| withstanding the fact that he was
sergeant-at-arms of the last house and
| commanded the battalion of assistant
sergeants and janitors. Mr.. Cave says,
however, Ihe had abundant cause to be
a boss buster, because Governor Bailey
did not appoint him a member of the
live stock sanitary board, and he says
the governor promised him the place.
Mr.. Cave also has grievance against
Harry Bone, Bailey's secretary. Mr..
Bone once remarked that Mr. Cave is a
twenty-five short" and some person
carried the news to Cave in order to
make trouble. That is why Mr.. Cave
went on the war path against Governor
Bailey, but the Republicans of his
county turned him down a delegate
to the state convention.
To the Editor of the State Journal:
A clipping in your paper of the 18th
from the Atchison Globe says:
Tom Kelly's own county was against
him in the convention that nominated
him for state treasurer. His own coun-
ty went against him at the election
following the convention. His own
county is against him now, because he
was unfaithful to his trust as county
clerk and was convicted by a Repub-
lican board of commissioners of forg-
| ing county warrants. Still every other
county in the state favors renominat-
| ing Kelly.
We deny this latter part of this
statement only, as we know that Tom
Kelly will not get a vote from King
man county in the convention at
Wichita, and many counties are and
will be against him in the western
part of the state where honor and hon
esty are recognized.
JOHN A. CRAGUN.
Kingman, Kas., Feb 16, 1904.
Ell Dorado, Kan, Feb 1.-THE Re-
publicans of Butler county held an en-
thusiastic convention here Tuesday that
was strictly anti-machine. The resolu-
tions declare for Roosevelt and Hoch
favor ]. w. Robison's candidacy. and
express deep regret at the death of SEN
ator Mark Hanna The following were
chosen to the state conventions: T. B.
Murdoch, J. 7. Evans, Representative
Steve Brandon, Allen Case, George Sat
terwaite, Reed Davis, John Mathers, A.
c. Ramsey, AL Conley, A. Spencer, sChas
Tuttle; congressional convention, w H.
Avery, G. Nagle, j. B. Carbile, A. Gun
ter, A. Hammar. w. L. Riley, G. F.
Ambrose, Tom Boone, A. J. Holderman,
w. Lambert, Josh Shriver, Ben Math-
ers o. Moore. Every delegate to Wich-
ita is an original Hoch man.
The boss busters tried to run their
machine over Representative J. b.
Adams and were rebuked by their own
convention. A resolution endorsing
Senator Leidy and Representative
Brandon and ignoring Adams was
voted down by a vote Of 80 to rs.
Garnett. Kan, Feb. 1.-THE Ander-
son county Republican convention met
here Tuesday afternoon and elected the