The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-22
DOWN THE "RING"
That VIII Be Battle Cry at Big
Mass Meeting.
Held in the Auditorium Monday
Night.
WELLKNOWNSPEAKERS
May Mean the Death of Ring
Rule.
Charles S. Gleed Will Be Presid-
Ing Officer.
TEN MINUTE SPEECHES
These viii Be Order of the
Day.
City Central Committee Votes
for Clean Primary.
Charles S. Gleed Will Be Presid-
ing Officer.
TEN MINUTE SPEECHES
These WIN Be Order of the
Day.
City Central Committee Votes
for Clean Primary.

There will be mass meeting of the
/ law and order element OF the city held
at the auditorium Monday evening to
declare for decent primaries and honest
elections and against graft, and to
formulate plans to pulverize the ring"
! The meeting is the direct outgrowth of
| the action of the county central COM
nlittee in silencing the protests of the law
and order element as far as the COM
mittee was concerned, without permit
ting them to have a voice in the meet
ing.
AT the time the meeting was held H
G. Larimer, DR.. W. c. Evans and other
members of the law and order element
of the city asked to be heard but their
request was turned down by the Bauer
element, representing the combine which
predominated the convention.
me action of the central committee
IN applying the gag rule las resulted in
an uprising not only of the law and or
der clement but Of the independent class
winch IN the past has been counted
upon as a doubtful factor in elections
The venom of the combine managers
has been directed particularly against
Dr- Evans. the pastor of the First
Methodist church, who has been active
IN the interests OF the law and order
element.
I
Monday evening Charles S. elect will
preside and the meeting viii be open to
every one. the ladies in particular being
invited. A programme has been pre-
pared which viii include speeches by
2. H. Conegs T. A. McNeal, DR.. w c.
/ Evans, General J. W. T. Hughes, C. &
Flshback, " w. Fisher, J. A. Trout
4 u1aa and Others While q programme
has been arranged for the evening the
meeting will be open to al. and it is ex-
{ D6CTe0 there Ha = hnT 0f
speeches by others who are interested IL
the movement for the Improvements 0f
the political conditions of the county.
It is the intention of the management
of the meeting to call upon the members
of the audience for ten minute speeches
upon the question Of the publication of
politics. The responsibility of the meet
ing which comes at this time in the form
of a general uprising and protest against
the rule of the gang which has domina-
ted the politics of the county for veaSs
past. is ShOuldered by the committee of
200 and the Ministerial Union of the city.
The meeting is not called in the in
terests of any party r candidate but
simply to arouse the public interest and
with view OF securing the enforcement
the laws of the state which are now be-
ing violated every day. The Schlitz COM
bine which seems to control about every
department of the city as well as the
action of several of the important coun-
ty officers seems to be in charge of about
mer. chairman Of the city central com
mittee. The meeting will be the open
ing gun of a campaign for better city
and county government. Gag rule has
predominated too long, and the meeting
/ Monday night has my sanction, as it
does I think, that of every law abiding
| citizen of Topeka The Of speakers
include some of the ablest as well as
4 the most prominent men of the city who
/ have sieniffed their willingness to come
/ out openly and express their dtsapproval
! of the present methods of the ring, dis
regarding party lines"
For Clean City Primary.
Voters at the Republican city prfmar-
/ les must be registered. This action was
/ taken by the city central committee in
/ session last evening.
/ Registration books will insure less re-
! peating and clean primaries and factors
! induced the city central committee TO
I assume the extra $3.50 cost which VIII
/ have to be incurred in order to secure
/ the registration copied in books to be
/ used al the polls.
/ has been required at the Republican city
/ primaries It has been forced on account
/ Of the large amount of repeating which
has been occasioned by the ring IN
4 irving to control local politics.
The committee last evening was unan-
+ irnouslv in favor of registration and
/ though some objections were voiced at
+ first these were quickly wiped out of the
/ rav when the intentions of the execu-
/ tive committee were fully explained.
] Popular subscription will be depended
/ uDCn to raise the necessary funds since
4 the city central committee has not sufh-
/ cient money on hand 10 incur the $3.50
j expcnsc.
The action of the county central
committee had something to do With
/ giving an impetus to the adoption Of
/ the registra ton motion. Several ccm-
1 mitteemen who had been agalhsr it in
+ the first instance, gave this as a reason
for the change in their position The
/ date Of the primaries has been left to
be fixed at the discretion of the execu-
tive committee. It will probably BE
( the 24th of March.
! The list of candidates for the city
! central committee submitted by A. D.
/ Bauer viii be investigated by the OK
/ ecutive committee This was suggesf-
/ ed by the statement Of one Of the COM
/ mitteemen who stated that Gus Belotte
I and John Powers whose names had
! been entered by Bauer were lifelong
t Democrats
During the course Of the evening
Bauer received several uncomplim ont
/ ary remarks at the hands of those
/ present H. G. Lariner said:
f'Bauer has handed in a list Of names
! for men whom he wants as city cen
/ tral committeeman. He paid the
/ money for a number of the men he has
/ mentioned who have said they did not
| pay It, One man whom he named has
/ Withdrawn and understand there are