The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-04-02
Much Of Time Devoted to
Abuse Of State Journal.
WHAT HE TOLD ME- .
Wolf Hasn't Tasted Liquor in
Five Years, He Says.
II. G. Larimer Makes a Rlea for
Party SUPPORT.

Party support.
For some reason, c. v. Wolf failed
to attend the Wolf meeting held last
night at the Central Congregational
church annex About fifty of the
strong adherents of Mr.. Wolf were
present, together with a few spell
binders from other wards of the city,
who had come to the relief of the Re
publican machine.
Perhaps Mr.. Wolf did not attend be-
cause he was afraid somebody might
ask him embarrassing questions. It
was a discreet, if not a valorous move
on the part of Mr.. Wolf.
When the Republican politicians
were not applying the party lash to
the people present. they devoted their
attention to the State Journal. The
State Journal was graphically describ-
/ ed by H. G. Iarimer, chairman of the
/ Republican city central committee. as
a dirty, scurrilous, lying sheet, which
has the reputation of opposing every
thing decent" p. H. Forbes, one of
/ the cogs in the machine, urged the
/ friends of Mr.. Wolf to stop taking the
State Journal
Rev. Mr.. .Renwick said: "They say you
| have to take the State Journal to get
all the news. Well 1 say we don't want
too much such news as the State Jour
nal prints. We want newspapers which
are pure, decent and stand for some
! thing"
The State Journal was accused of tax
/ ing filthy lucre from jointists." It was
! accused of having some dark, sinister
| and mysterious motive for fighting
Wolf 1t was accused of almost every
thing except blowing up the Maine.
/ Following each TRADE of abuse against
| the State Journal and the advocacy of
4 boycott against the paper, there was
4 !, Ion TlnI oil
/ Judge Eldridge pounded the floor vigOr-
ously with his cane.
The State Journal can stand all the
abuse and mud-slinging which the Wolf
/ faction cares to indulge in. 1t will not
| change the fact that the State Journal
4 is supporting clean, sober. intelligent
man for councilman in the Third ward.
and not a candidate like Q. Y. Wolf
whose whole campaign has been one of
| apology and explanation It owes no
allegiance to any faction and is entire
/ " satisfied to support men for whom
no apology need be made
The fourth precinct Of the Third
ward, where the meeting was held. is
4 teh hotbed of VOLTS support, and it
was natural to expect much larger
| crowd at the meeting than actually at
| tended. The crowd was about half
men and half women. H. G.. Larimer,
/ chairman of the Republican city cen
/ traI committee. presided. and between
! each of the fourteen speakers he
sandwiched in roast for the State
Journal.
J. G. SIonecker was one of the speak
ers. He said: "They say that Wolf
| takes a glass of beer now and then.
| Well what if he does? know of lots
of good men who drink beer. I say to
you that l don't know whether Wolf
drinks beer or not, and don't care.
/ don't know whether William Green
/ drinks beer or not, and I don't care.
But 1 say that if Green does not drink
| beer. he differs very much from his
! ma ar-fx he inl
he differs very much from other
mem beJs of his family
| This nice little personal slap at Mr..
! Green's family in bad taste as it was
nevertheless sounded almost funny in
| connection with the frantic charge that
the State Journal was throwing mud
at Mr.. Wolf The State Journal has
never printed q line rejecting upon
any of the members of Mr.. VOLTS
family.
A letter was read from Charles M.
Sheldon of the Fifth ward advising
people to support Wolf and McCollum.
Mr.. Sheldon was not present at the
meeting.
Luther NJ Nellis, of the Fourth ward
| was present and made a speech, as did
also Geo. Larkins of the Sixth ward,
both of them being OficehOlders under
/ the city administration.
H. G.. Larimer, who has probably
bolted the Republican nominations as
often as any man in Shawnee county,
was the most furious Whipper-in for
Wolf last night. He urged it upon
Republicans to support Wolf as a
party measure; and he urged it upon
law and order people to support Wolf
because to defeat him would De to de-
feat law and order in the whole city
of Topeka for many years to come.
Mr.. Larimer is the general manager
of the Republican machine now, and is
not bolting-not in city politics this
year.
of the Third ward were responsible for
getting Wolf into this race, and it
would be q very mean thing for them
to desert him under fire
DR.. S G. Stewart, chairman of the
Committee of Two Hundred, which
whitewashed Wolf, said that Wolf told
him that he had not taken a drink of
/ any kind of alcoholic liquor for five
years. He said that he had never seen
/ anything at all wrong about Wolf.
Speeches we're also made by Judge
F,Idridge. Del Keizer, Lee Woodall, w.
! G. Ralston, George Larl1in and Rufus
Knott.
There will be another Wolf meeting
this evening at Jordan's hall. This is
for the purpose of rounding up the col
| ored voters.