The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-04-23
Leaders Have a Tip That Ex
Senator Will Accept.
ALL LAWS.
Platform viii Not Have Custo.
mary Resubmission Plank.
Arrangements for Convention
Are Now Nearly Complete.

That former Senator w A Harris
4 OF Linwood, will be nominated for gov
ernor at the Democratic state conven-
ton to be held here on Wednesday. and
that he win accept the nomination.
there is little doubt at this time
There has been no question all along
/ in the minds of the great ma jority of
the Democrats of the state that Sena-
tor Harris was the ideal man to nolni-
nate, but when his name was first sug-
/ gested he announced that he did not
desire the nomination and declined TO
permit his name to be considered.
Prominent men of the party have visit
ted Senator Harris from time to time
within the past few weeks and argued
| with him that it was his duty to ac-
cept the nomination which would be
unanimous al the hands of the party.
WhIle senator Harris has not made a
i pubhc promise that he will accept the
domination, and while those who nave
] Deen IN conference with him are not
/ willing to express an opinion publicly
/ IN the matter, it can be stated on good
authority that Senator Harris has de-
| cided TO accept the nomination, if it is
| ofIered him and it surely will be.
| Democratic clans and leaders from
/ outside the town are a little slow in
/ gathering for the convention In fact
/ only one of the leaders of the party
SQa
4 And this one is Col. William +. Sapp,
/ chairman of the Democratic state cen
! tral committee. Col Sapp has been in
1tf~n SINCE Saturday and his appear
a1ce at headquarters has livened things
I up considerably Since his arrival here
! he has been in constant conference with
/ the big men of the party who live in
/ the city, and in communication with
( the leaders out Of town, and a lot of
work preliminary to the convention
/ has been under way.
Il have been for the nomination of
| Senator Harris said Mr.. Sapp today,
from the very beginning. 7 feel sure
i that most of the Democrats in the
! state have been of the same opinion
| and that when they meet IN convention
that they viii nominate Senator Harris
/ by acclamation. At this time when
We nave a chance 10 win with Senator
Harris at the head of the ticket it viii
be a duty TO his party that he accept
| it and I feel sure he will"
with Senator Harris as our candi-
| date for governor and with men of
/ equally high calibre of honesty and in
tegrity on the ticket, and these ara the
/ kind Of men we are going to nominate,
| and with the issues we will have before
/ US, prospects for q Democratic victory
1 in the state were never so bright.
THE Republicans in this state want
good laws and they want a good ad-
ministration of them. They have been
( fooled by the men they placed in power.
can machine has got such a strong
hold that it cannot be ousted from
power in the ordinary way. The per-
sOnneI of this machine and the men
representing it in office are not Re-
pubicans. They are set of grafters.
And the good people of the state, not
being able to oust them from power
in the ordinary way are going to do it
this fall by voting for the Democratic
ticket The public conscience Is so
aroused by the misdeeds Of the men in
office and the men who are managing
them that good Republicans will not
think that they are breaking away
from their party when they vote for
! honorable men. It will be the only way
open to them to secure a decent gov
ernment in the state.
Considerable work has been done
already by prominent Democrats all
over the state in getting up plat
form to be presented to the conven-
ton Numerous planks have been
drawn by several OF the leaders on q
variety of topics which will be the
paramount issues of the campaign
These planks have been exchanged by
the leaders for criticism and sugges-
ton and will be ready for presentation
/ to the committee on resolutions when
it is appointed to draft the platform.
Present indications are that the
platform Will contain a strong railroad
plank It will probably express oppo-
! sition to a continuance of the practice
:
/, ton with a promise to see that leg1Sla-
I tiOn to this effect is enacted, and in
lieu of cutting off free transportation
the platform will come out for two
cent fare in the state. It is the opin-
ion Of several of the men who are
working on this plank that if the
great number of people who are now
i. I carried free by the railroads in the
state were compelled to pay fare the
roads could unquestionably afford to
reduce the rate of fare to two cents
a mile.
The platform will come out strong
for a rigid enforcement of all the
) laws of the state, including the pro-
hibitory law. and there viii be a fore
ible plank promising a decent and
, honest administration of the affairs
! of the state.
ANY quantity of candidates have
been mentioned for the several places
on the ticket but it will be difficult
TO get line on who will be successful
ones until the delegates begin to
arrive here in numbers. They will be-
: gin to get in town tonight and tomor-
row and by tomorrow night every
Zone of them will be on hand. There
are over SIX hundred delegates to the
, up in town a bit when they get here.
: OF the various candidates men,
toned A B. Reeves. of Dodge City,
: will probably get the nomination for
lieutenant SoNCAAiOtr anu 3Oi1l oNllItI,
of this city, will be nominated un-
: doubtedly for attorney general Men
, OF high calibre are to be nominated
! for associate justices Of the supreme
court. and those most frequently
. spoken of for this honor are Frank
Hettinger of Hutchinson. W P. Dill
lard Of Fort Scott, Judge A. NJ Jack
: son of Winfield. Judge Humphrey OF
Junction City and H. P. Farrelly OF
a Chanute- Colonel Sapp says:
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