The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-06-24
They AT HOME.
Republicans Are Coming Back
From Chicago.
Complain That the Convention
Wasn't Enthusiastic.
ESTIMATE OF $4,000.
That is Where Curtis Places
Republican Majority.
E. w. HOch to Make Fourth of
July Speech at Ottawa.

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home. A few got in Thursday and
more came today. Part Of the crowd
are returning by way of ST. Louis and
will stop off a, few days at the fair.
Most of those who went to Chicago
expecting to have a good tims with
lots of hurrah and great excitement
were disappointed. 1t was very tame.
I came near freezing said Assist
ant Auditor J. M. Nation, who came
home yesterday. THE weather was too
cold for comfort for us fellows from
sunny. Kansas, who were not prepared
for such chilliness. And there wasn't
the enthusiasm in the convention that
we expected. As a matter of fact there
were a lot Of politicians in the conven-
ton who did not like Roosevelt but they
knew they had to take him because the
people are for nin. ROosevelt's nom
ination will produce all kinds of en-
thusiasm among the people but the pol
iticians who can't run him and those
who are friendly to the trusts didn't
enthuse over him. The most noticeable
thing about the convention was the
coldness of the New York crowd toward
the president
Fred Dumont Smith was the first
Kansas delegate to come nome. He
got here Thursday noon before Roose-
velt was nominated, but went right on
home. He said he got one word, "addt-
tional," in the platform and that was
all he could do. He got disgusted and
didn't even wait to go through the for
mality of voting for the candidates
THE Kansas delegation didn't cut
much ice in the convention" said an
other Kansas man. I felt kind OF
ashamed of it. There was Illinois with
Joe Cannon at the head of the delega-
tion and most of the big representative
men of the state following him And
! there was Iowa with CumnlnS and DOL
\ liver and several other big men, and a
\ lot of other states the same way, while
the only man of any prominence on the
Kansas delegation was NJ. A Low FRED
/ Smith is smart and would have been
/ good man at the tail end OF. q delega-
ton but he is unknown outside OF Kan
sas. Outside of NJ. A Low and Smith
the Kansas delegation was pretty punk
and it didn't cut a bit of ice"
The Kansas men all got into the
convention, although some of them
did not have tickets. There was plenty
of room in the hall, so three or four
Kansas men would go in and in a few
minutes one of them would come out
with perhaps all the tickets of those
who had gone in with him. He would
| distribute these among other waiting
I Kansans on the outside, except his
/ own and the entire bunch would go
Somebody did some speculating in
tickets. Street hawkers had them by
the handful offering them at IS each.
The delegates got no tickets except
their own. Heretofore each delegate
has been given a certain number of
tickets for his friends, but this year
the national committee decided that
IAN tickets should be distributed
through the members of the COM
mittee.
Chicago correspondence in the New
17s1c
arrived and still calls himself the Pop
ulist Republican. He would rather
talk about the rich farm that he owns
in the Pecos valley than about poll
tics. Yesterday a man asked him
about his socks. 81 always wear silk
ones,'' replied the ex-statesman.
The Washington Post interviewed
Congressman Curtis briefly while he
was in Washington a few days ago,
and it quotes him as follows;
I'm Kansas the general condition is
very satisfactory. The outlook is for
a big crop of wheat, and that means
prosperity for our section. Politically
the situation is satisfactory from the
Republican point of view. The cleo
tOral vote of the state will go to PreSi-
dent Roosevelt by a big majority
from $4,000 upward-and all the Re
publican members of congress will be
returned without any difficulty"
Il If Mr.. Curtis placed his lowest esti-
mate of President Roosevelt's ma
jority at $4,000. he is very conserva-
tive. President Roosevelt ought to get
more than that in Kansas this year
If Roosevelt's majority is only in the
neighborhood of $4,000. there is great
danger that some of the state ticket
will be found missing when the roll is
called after the election. There may
be a good many more than 1880 Re
publican members of congress will be
Will refuse to support certain candi-
dates on the state ticket, but who will
be enthusiastic for Roosevelt
E. W. Hoch Will be the Fourth OF
July orator in Henry Aliens town
Ottawa Mr. Hoch was scheduled tc
speak at the Ottawa Chautauuua or
the Fourth, and when it was found
after the recent floods at Ottawa he
consented to speak at a regular
Fourth celebration there
The name of the PoDuIost nomfnee
for sheriff in Smith county is William
Long, and he does not belle the name
He is said to be in the neighborhooc
of seven feet tall.
ed d. r. Anthony some time ago thai
Mr.. Burrow would have certain news.
papers which had published facti
about Mr.. Burrows Smith Center
bond deal sued for libel. Coming from
Mr.. Kelly this must be taken with {
grain of allowance. He once threat
ened to bring libel suits against the
papers which called him a thief. Bu
he didn't bring theml
Weather Indications.