The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-04-11
THEY ARE COMING
POpulists of Kansas Will Meet
Here Tomorrow.
The Call Provides for Seven
Hundred Delegates.
NOT ALL WILL BE HERE
aOWsVer a Good Representation
Is Expected.
Convention to Be Held In the
Auditorium.

The call for the Popalist state con-
vention which will meet at 10 O'Clock
tomorrow morning in the auditorium
provides for a convention Of 700 dele
gates. That would be a very large
convention for the Populist party at
present. but John H Curran, secretary
of the Populist state central commit
tee, predicts that nearly all of the
counties in the state will be well realre-
sented. He says he has already re-
ceived returns from more than half of
them.
Mr.. Curran is of the opinion that the
convention will go ahead with the nom
ination Of a state ticket instead of ad-
journing to meet with the Democrats
next August, although a number Of
counties have instructed in favor Of
adjourning. There is no telling, how
ever, what PopuHst convention will
do. A few leaders may fix up a slate
but the rank and file is more liable to
smash all states than not. A Populist
convention is totally different from
either Democratic or Republican
gathering. In both of those parties the
leaders run things. In Populist con
vention they do not. The rank and
file take pride in running things them
selves.
The Populists of Sedgwick county
have endorsed Judge David NJ Dale,
the Wichita Democrat, for governor,
and passed a resolution urging him to
accept the nomination if it is rendered
to him.
The Populists of Nemaha county are
enthusiastic for R. d. AIcChnan, chair
man Of the Populist central committee
of that county, for state treasurer. He
has also been endorsed by the Demo-
Gratis Of Nemaha county. McClinan
was county treasurer of Nemaha coun-
ty for two terms. There viii be NUM-
erous other candidates proposed.
The convention is called not only for
the purpose of nominating q state
ticket, but also to nominate presiden-
tial electors and elect delegates to the
national convention of the Peoples
party.
Ed. S. Waterbury of Emporia, who
has been at times the nominee of the
Popuiists for q place IA the supreme
endorse E. W. Hoch for governor. In
discussing the convention tomorrow he
lsaid:
THE Peoples party is decidedly
awake again and has not a few sur
prises in store for the people. One of
them is that we will nominate Hoch
the Republican nominee, for governor
on the Peoples Party ticket. Hoch rep
resents a reform movement that has has
been both worthy and successful. Our
party recognizes that he was nominated
strictly after Populistic principles;
that is. the office sought the man and
not the man, the OIuCe.
This year the Populists will make
up their state ticket of the best men
on the Republican and Democrat tick
ct sSith a few Populists. We will nom-
mate Robson for railroad commission
er and against Tom Kelly we will put
up the old Democratic candidate, Dave
HefeboWer, for state treasurer.
"Of course our plan will conflict
with the state anti-fusion law, but we
intend to overcome this in the su-
fc all 7ea5-e n
among PoDulist leaders that we will
name our state ticket and immedi-
ately file mandamus proceedings in
the supreme court, and I think the
supreme court Will annul the law, for
the Republicans as well as the Pop
ulists will back US uD on the man
damus case. because it will be to the
best interests of the Republicans on
our ticket The PEOPLES party this
time will be known as the CONNER
ciaI Alliance instead of the old-time
Farmers Alliance. The Peoples
marty will be for the advancement of
commercial interests to the best in
terests of all concerned prominent
among them the cattle industry. The
Populist party will have one of the
largest campaign funds of the parties
in the state. and 1 have no doubt
but that the state ticket viii be elect
ed from top to bottom.
However, understand that the con-
vention next Tuesday will not be to
/ name state ticket dllHouSn lHdl WIS
mentioned in the call. The state tick
ct viii not be named till after the ma
I tional convention at Springfield, No,
July a. All that will be done Tuesday
will be to elect delegates to the na-
tional convention and adjourn.
For the presidential candidate we
will nominate the man who stands for
Bryanism and the Kansas City plat
form in the St. Louis Democratic col-
vention, whether the Democrats nomf-