The Topeka state journal., 1906-05-14
POLITICAL GOSSIP
". F. Sapp Refuses Place on
Executive Committee.
Committee Selected With Grant
Harrington at Head.
BEHIND CLOSED DOORS.
Proceedings Are Kept a Strict
Secret.
Russell J. Harrison Candidate
for Congress.
BEHIND CLOSED DOORS.

AeuSS01 =. HARRISON OduuAud1o
for Congress.
". F. sapp, ex-chairman of the Dem
ocratic state central committee. showed
his displeasure at the way he was
bounced from the office of chairman BY
refusing to accept a place on the Secu-
tive committee of the Democratic state
central committee The executive COM
mittee has charge of raising the funds
and managing the campaign. When W.
A Harris told Sapp that the candidates
had decided that change was desired,
he also invited him to remain in Demo-
cratic councils by taking a place On the
executive committee. Mr.. Sapp is said
to have replied:
If you consider a change so aesl-a-
Bile, 1 want you to have the full benefit
of it. I don't want to intrude my ideas,
and shall not accept a place on the ex-
ecutIve committee"
Mr.. Sapp stood firmly by this decision,
and Mayo Thomas was elected on the
executive committee from Sapp's dis
trict.
The committee elected is as follows:
At large, Grant Harrington; First dis
trict, James Orr; Second district. J. L
Pettijohn; Third district, Mayo Thomas;
Fourth district, Louis Eppinger; Fifth
district, DR.. Brandenburg; Sixth dis
trict, Charles Sawyer; Seventh dis
trict, A. B. Reeves; Eighth district, H.
L Hagney.
This committee was chosen at meet
ing of the Democratic committee Sat
urday afternoon at the Throop hotel.
The meeting, like other meetings Of the
committee, was held behind closed
doors, and the only information given
out was concerning the membership OF
the new executive committee.
There was a frightful mistake in the
State Journals report of the Democratic
meeting Saturday. It was inadvertent-
the Copeland hotel instead of the
Throop. Several of the good old Demo-
Gratis were thrown into panic when
they discovered the error They were
afraid it would be thought that they
had been gobbled up by the octopus
This is to set them right with their con-
stituents.
Russell ]. Harrison of Sheridan coun-
ty. who was here attending the meet
ing of the Democratic committee, an
nounced himself as q candidate for the
Democratic nomination for congress
from the Sixth district. There are two
other candidates in the field: R. w
Turner of Mankato ana F. Burieigh
Johnson of Ellis.
Mr.. Harrison lives at Sedan, and is
one Of the biggest farmers In that sec
ton of the state. He has 1900 acres
of land, and 900 head OF cattle. He
will have lot of enthusiastic backing
in his effort to get the congressional
nomination. He said:
There is a great deal Of feeling
against Reeder in the Sixth district
and I believe that the Democratic
win. 1t seems to be a prevailing senti-
ment that we should nominate a farm
er. I am a farmer. I do not think
that r. w. Turner will be able to mus
ter much strength. The Democrats
like a man who is a Democrat all the
time, when it comes to making a
nomination for office"
The Democratic convention in the
Sixth district will be held on May %.
at Beloit-
Nothing was done at the state com
mittee meeting about the establish
ment of a Democratic state paper.
There was considerable difference of
opinion among the Democrats as to
the advise bility of the scheme. The
| Democrats would be glad to have q
paper, but they want some individual
to put up the money to make the
VIM P. FEEDER, the Democratic
nominee for state printer, said: Il
/ think one of the weaknesses in the
/ Democratic position is our lack of a
state paper. We need a state Demo-
cratic paper to represent our interests.
I believe the Democratic ticket will
win without it. but it would certainly
help"
j, w Morphy of Russell county. an
old time Topeka newspaper man, and
now a candidate for superintendent of
/ insurance on the Democratic ticket
said: Il don't think there is much
/ sentiment in favor of the establish
ment of state paper. It is a hard
! ~ r, 4
ence with running q state paper of
| that character, and would go slow
in it,
It seemed to be the disposition of the
/ Democratic statesmen assembled here
Saturday to make some concessions to
the Republican state ticket They were
willing that the Republicans should
vote for the Republican candidates for
/ Justice Of the supreme court provided
! they would vote the rest of the ticket
] Democratic. If this disposition is gen
eral throughout the party there Will
not be much doubt about the election of
Johnston, Graves, Porter and Burch.
/ One Democrat said:
We will make no fight on Roosevelt.
Our campaign VIII be confined to state
issues. It viii be my policy to quarrel
with no Republican who seems inclined
to vote for the Republican candidates
for supreme court justices. and then
give the Democratic ticket the remain
der several Republicans have come
to me and said We are going to vote
for the first four men on the Republi-
can ticket, and then vote for Harris
and the other Democratic nominees
Ny reply has been, All right we are
glad to have your support on part of
the ticket It doesn't win anything to
be hog in such matters
One of the newspapers which is own
ed by railroad men. and is supposed to
! be strictly railroad organ, has made
an astonishing discovery about the