The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-07-03
TO FUSE OR NOT.
That Appears to Be the Question
Before POpuIists.
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yaucus of Leaders Will Be Held
Tonight.
STRALGHTS IN SADDLE.
Candidates for Chairman Want
Ticket of Their Own.
Convention viii Meet at 10 A. B.
Tomorrow.
'sTRAIGHTS IN SADDLE

question which viii be the paramount
issue at the Populist state convention
scheduled to meet in Topeka at 10
o'clock on the morning Of the Fourth
Of July.
What viii the convention likely
do2" was tie question put today to
one of the state leaders OF the party
do ?. he repeated in astonishment-
s'How can I tell? How can anybody
tell what a Populist convention will
do?"
There Is to be a caucus this evening
at the National hotel Of the Populist
leaders, at which It is very likely the
policy of theconvention win be agreed
upon, II an agreement is possible. This
CAUCUS viii be secret
The chances are that the Populists
will nominate full state ticket. with
the possible exception OF governor and
railroad commissioners They may
leave the Offices OF governor and rail-
road commissioners blank on their ball
lot. The PopuIsts are friendly to
kanayal, one of the Republican nomi-
nees for railroad commissioner, and to
Mcmillan and Humphrey. two of the
Democratic nominees for that office.
The chairman of the convention will
probably be either Geo ". Hanna of
Clay Center, or Joseph A Wright Of
Smith Center. Both are strong anti
Harris men. and favor the nomination
Of a straight ticket.
Among the well known Populists
who are already in town are H. B.
Hewitt OF Stafford, who attended the
Populist national committee meeting a
few days ago: Thos. H. Tibbles. of
Omaha. Populist candidate for vice
president two years ago. Geo. A.
Hanna, of Clay Center; W. j. Babb,
chairman of the state committee; E.
c. Fowler. secretary Of the state COM
mittee; W. D. Vincent, Of Clay Cen
ter: F. c. Johnson, of Ottawa; and J.
A. Wright. of Smith Center. ]. H. Fer
ris, of Peoria, ILL.,, chairman OF the ma
tiOnaI committee, IS expected to be
present.
1t is certain that the Democrats are
very desirOus to have the Populists en-
dorse the whole of the Democratic
swallowed for the good of the cause
The Democrats say that they have put
up a ticket which represents Popu-
listic ideas. that they have a radical
platform. and strong ant-railroad
list of candidates. They tell the Pop
ulists that it would be better for the
state to join in and help elect that
ticket rather than waste the POpulistic
votes on third ticket. But there Is
strong feeling Of independence among
the Populists this year. and many of
the leaders are not at all satisfied with
the idea Of electing Harris to the Office
Of governor.
It is a significant fact that some of
the Populist leaders are the ones who
are engineering the Independent mass
meeting which has been called to meet
in the Auditorium the night of the
Fourth. The Popuiist state commit
tee had the Auditorium engaged for
the whole day and surrendered their
claim to make way for the mass meet
ing. There are some who believe that
this independent mass meeting, which
has for its object the recomme endation
Of suitable candidates on the Repub-
lcan and Democratic tickets, viii be
the way out" for the POpuHsts. The
mass meeting, however, has been
somewhat Giscredited by the disclosure
that several of the people whose names
appeared as signed TO the cali for
the meeting have denied that they
ever signed such call. They say that
the whole thing is being managed by
Judge E. s. Waterbury of Emporia-
However, they say that the meeting
may turn out to be a good thing.
Expect Fun Attendance.
Secretary E. c. Fowler of the Pop
uist state committee said this morn
ing that he had received the names Of
about 100 delegates to the convention,
and expected that the fun number of
90 = 0EAtkdNdE ~ llA 8e mere Dy the ltltI5
the convention meets at 10 o'clock to-
morrow morning. But the chances
are that not over half the delegates
will attend
The representation in the conven-
tion is based on three delegates at
large from each county. and one addi-
tional delegate for each 25 votes cast
for Thomas E Watson for president
at the general election Of 1904 I'm
der this plan Clay county and Smith
county lead the list in number of dele
gates, each being entitled to 90. The
number OF delegates authorized from
each county is as follows
Allen 5, Anderson z, Atchison 4, Bar
Der T. Barton 4, Bourbon s. Brown A.
Butler 6, Chase 4. Chautauqua 5.
Cherokee Z, Cheyenne 4, Clark A. Clay
20. Cloud 10, Cofey 3, Comanehe 8,
Cowley s, Crawford 6. Decatur 13.
Dickinson 4. Doniphan 8. Douglas 3,
Edwards 3. Elk 4. Ellis 3, Ellsworth 3.
Finney 3, Ford 8, Franklin 6. Geary
3. Cove 4. Graham z. Grant s. Gray
3, Greeley 3. Greenwood 5. Hamilton
5, Harper s, Harvey 8. Haskell 3,
Hodgeman 3. Jackson 5, Jefferson T.
Jewell Z. johnson 8. Kearny g. King
man .. kiOwa 3. LabeIte g. Lane 8,
LeavenWorth +, Lincoln 4, Linn g. Lo-
gan 3, Lyon T. Marion 4 Marshall :.
Mcpherson 6, Meade 3. Miami s.
Mitchell s, Montgomery >. Norris 3.
Morton 3, Nemaha f. Neosho g. Ness
Z. Norton 8, Usage s. Osborne 6. Otta-
wa 11, Pawnee 3, Phillips g. Pottawa-
tonne 4. Pratt 3. Rawlins 4, Reno 5.
Republic S, Rice 5, Riley :. Rocks a,
Rush 4. Russell 4, Saline IL Scott 4
Sedgwick 13. Seward g. Shawnee K
Sheridan 3. Sherman 4. Smith 90. STAT
ford 6. Stanton 3. Stevens 5, Sumner
3, Thomas Z. Trego 3. Wabaunsee 4
Wallaca s. Washington 5 Wichita 9
wilson 4, Woodson 5, Wyandotte 5:
total. 56z
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