The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-09-21
Republican State Central Com
mittee Meets.
Chairman Crummer's Plan fol
Army of Workers
IN EVERY PRECINCT
Plans to Have at Least Ten
Workers in Each.
Finances of the Committee Not
in Good Shape.

The Republican state central commit
tee was called to order at the rooms in
the Copeland hotel at 2 o'clock this af-
ternoon.
It was thought for time that no
meeting of the committee would be held
until evening, but at a conference of
the officials this morning. it was decid-
ed that an afternoon meeting should be
held.
A large portion of the members of the
committee are in town. In addition
there are a number of candidates for
state offices. including Mark Tully, of
Independence. candidate for state treas
urer and Frank J. Ryan of Leaven-
worth, candidate for railroad commits
sioner. The attendance of candidates
on the state ticket is not turning out
as large as was expected, though 9TH
ers Will no doubt be in town by even
ing.
b. F. Bracken of Reloit, who was re-
Gently nominated for the legislature in
Mitchell county over A. c. Mead, is
one of the new crowd of politicians who
came to Topeka today to get acquaint-
ed with some of the state politicians.
Mr. Bracken has not been in politics
prior to this time.
Ex-senator A. Henley of Lawrence,
the mainstay of State Treasurer T T.
Kelly, and the political adversary OF
w r. Stubbs, is one of the Topeka vfsi-
tors.
We have to report to the Republic
can state committee today" said Chair
man S. c. drummer this morning, that
/ the officers of the committee have al
ready written $4,000 letters in organiz-
ing the preliminary work of the cam
paign.
Instead of having 10000 township
workers in the $500 voting precincts of
| the state as was done two years ago;
4 it is our plan to organize g. force of
! $4,000 workers. We want to put on an
| average of ten active workers into every
| township or voting precinct in the state.
/ We believe that the committee will ap-
prove of the work as far as it has pro-
gressed.''
/ Chairman drummer says that he ex-
poets full attendance of the commit
tee by the time the real work begins
| this evening The evening session OF
the committee will in all proba bility
be secret. There are a large number
Of the committeeman in town this morn
4 ing, and the probability is that there
4 will be no members absent or unac-
4 counted for by evening.
The members of the committee are as
/ follows:
D. r. Anthony. Leavenworth: T. E.
Donnelan. Atchison; D. W. Afdlvane,
Topeka; B. N MGR arland. Lawrence;
| Thos. Evans, Neosfo Rapids; r. P.
Rice, Fort Scott; John S. Gilmore, FIRE.
| donia J. S. Dean Marion: w z Nor
gan, Hutchinson: w. p. Greason. Paola !;
| A. H Skidmore, Columbus; w. W. Cald-
well, Concordia; A. T. Ayres, Howard !;
s. ]. Osborn, Coneyville: ]. R. Jones,
| Smith Center: G. A. Benkleman, st.
| Francis; A. T. Buchanan, Arkansas
| City; Frank Larrabee, Stafford; F. r.
! Smith, Manhattan; Cyrus Leland, Troy;
/ J. F. Jones, Grinnell; Morton Albaugh,
| Kingman; o. J. Peterson, Kansas City;
| c. J. Evans. Ellsworth; B. H. Downing,
| Wichita w D. Eastman Greensburg;
r. NJ. Crawford, Hugoton; A. M. Roches-
! ter, Tribune; n. F. Shaw, Plainville; w.
H True. ST. Marys; G. A. Swallow,
Oskaloosa: A P. Harris, lola; ]. T.
Moore, Pittsburg.
In speaking Of his reasons for calling
| the Republican committee together,
Chairman drummer said:
"There is no special business to
| come before this meeting. We simply
want to get together and talk over the
situation We want to have the COM
Inittee know what has been done by
the committee thus far, and find out
what the committee wants to have
! done in the future. Thus far we have
| proceeded to organize the state on
very much the same plan adopted in
| previous campaigns, but we are going
! to go further and increase the mum Der
of workers. We figure on having
! $4,000 precinct workers in the state,
4
| teemen, and several thousand candi-
| dates for township. county and state
offlces. In all we viii have over $4,000
| workers. We have asked each town
ship cc-1mitteeman to send US the
names of ten workers. and some of
them have responded by sending 25 or
80 names We take them all. and
send them letters. We expect to get
into personal touch with every one OF
these $4,000 workers.
1.-The finances of the COMMITTEES
might be in better ondition. We miss
the support which was received by the
state committee. prior to the enact
ment of the civil service rules govern
ing state Institutions. OF course 9
| large number of the people holding
civil service positions are contributing
voluntarily to the committee.
'sWe have organized our speakers
bureau. with John c. Brown at the
head and it is doing splendid work
All the departments of the committee
work are progressing very favorably
and + have no doubt as to the result
The Republican ticket viii win by {
majority of about 10000"
Mr. Crummer's Denial.
{. . rs-,.ro,,,ar chairman Of the Re