The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-04-04
TO LINE Them UP.
Vets and Drys Try to unite for
Wolf.
Sheriff Lucas Makes a Speech
for Him.
NOT ALL ONE WAY.
MOnOtOny of Meeting Broken by
Men Who Are for Green.
Chairman Larimer Receives a
Few Hard Raps.

Topela. the vets and ''drys have
kissed and made up and 10th sides are
working for the same mar in the Third
ward campaign The folio wing are some
of the speakers for G. v Wolf at his
meeting at Jordan's ! all Saturday
night:
Sheriff Bert Lucas.
"Dick" Hayden.
Doc" Newman.
w. l. Jamison-
Logan SpaUlding-
Drys
Harry Larimer.
w S. Lindsay.
Peter He'll.
Luther Nellis.
s. W. Pasker.
If there is still a lybody in the Ihlrd
ward who does moi think that both the
whisky men and the law and order
crowd are WORKING for Wolf, the Satur-
day night meetflg ought to convince
them.
bolter but now a strict party man, said
in opening the meeting:
We have al persuasions here am
a crank on Prohibition, and l am ior
Wolf We hs We with US Probate Judge
Hayden, She iff Bert Lucas and Coun-
ty Clerk Neyman, who are not supposed
10 be so rarch opposed to drinking as 1
Fam. They are for Wolf, too
Rev ChEles NJ Sheldon was adver-
tised to bA present and make a speech
at the M letting, but he was not there.
Neither Gid he send any endorsement of
Mr. Wolf Mr.. Wolf himself was not
present but this is what was to be ex-
sherif Bert Lucas made the following
7 s-hnpathize with Mr.. Wolf A year
ago was getting the same sort of
thing he is getting now. If the paper
oppC Sing me was telling the truth about
me then, and another one is telling the
truth about Wolf now. we can trot in
thu! same class. Wolf is the Republican
ncminee, and that's enOught for me. I'm
fCr him
Some Of the wet" speakers who were
Invited to be present at the Saturday
night meeting failed to show up. Dick
Hodgins was expected, also Vincent
! Kaczynski.
On the other hand. a lot of law and
order OratOrical material was allowed to
so to waste The meeting took on a
decidedly wet" flavor. Frank Stahl
Frank Foster, E. B. Cowgirl, W. Q. Raj
son, and several other law and order
wheel horses were present but were not
given a chance to speak.
At O'Clock, the time set for the
meeting. there We're only three people
in the hall, in addition to the janitOr.
All three were white men, who were
there to make speeches. At $780, there
were two cOlOred men, one colored Wo-
man, and a dozen white spellbinders.
Chairman Larimer and Secretary Raj
stOn were greatly worried and almost
decided to adjourn the meeting with
out any species. At 9 o'clock, the
meeting was called to order, and there
We're Is colored voters and IA white
speakers present. At no time during
the meeting We're there more than "a
colored voters present, three of whom
were women
One of the men who was there, and
made n speech for Wolf said. in conf
dence: This is about the biggest frost
Of political meeting l ever saw ir
Tennessee town."
Wolf does not seem to be popular
with the cOlOred people They have not
forgotten the fact that he has done
his best to keep them from getting
Jobs with the city, and has even failed
to recognize them by attending their
meetings If Wolf thinks that he is
going to get the solid" support oil
Tennessee tOWn, he is badly fooled, iT
spite of the assurances of the law anC
order woman and the whisky machine
Six colored men were called upon fCl
extempoTaneous speeches Saturday
night. Two Of them, L. Jackson anC
Jerry White, declared that they were
going to support William Green. Two
others, Mr.. Shackleford and Mr. San
dersOn, said they would support Wolf
w. T. Mcknight said he does not Xix,
Wolf but Will probably support hin
because he is the Republican nominee
although Mr.. Green is also a Republi
can. Logan Spaulding said he was 0p
posed to prohibition, and thought ev
cry man is entitled to take a drinl
w hers he wants to, and would supper
Wolf.
jerry White. who was called upoi
for q speech said: when Wolf an
Snattinger had their fight at the pri
maries. and Wolf beat Snattinger b
only As votes. that proved to me tina
there must be something wrong wit
Wolf. If ne had been all right, h
uA M n
primaries. So when the William Gree
petition came around, 1 signed it.
Mr.. Wolf is innocent of all the charge
which have been made against hin
he would not have so much opposition
When election day comes around, ther
Will be lots of men come out Just lik
your honorable chairman (Mr. Lari
mer) did two years ago, and bolt thi
Republican nomination. I expect t
vote for Mr.. Green, and can tell yo
that I am going to have a lot of con-
pany in this ward" CCries of That
right" That's no He!'D
This dig at Harry Larimer wa
about the keenest thrust which ha
been given during the campaign
l4arimer is such notorious 'bOlter
that he finds it very hard to explail
Just al this time, why he is so enthu
siastically urging everybody to SUI
port the Republican ticket in spite {
the character of the Republican non
inee.
Other CoIored Speakers.
Larimer was also put on the rae
by Logan Spaulding. another old-tim
Tennesseetown politician Spauldin
is called the "old war horse of ths
locality, and he made things hui
~hen he got started.
Every man has right to do as r
nleases about drinking" said M
SDaulding. If man wants to take
drink. and can get away with it an
not get full don't see that it can i
any harm, can you. Mr. Chairman
Aarimer gave his assent while til
crowd laughed and cheered SDauI,
ing then roasted the Republicans f,
derea ting tho one colored man WI
was a candidate IS- membership !