The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-13
ARE WIDE APART.
GilluIy-FOster Complication Not
Yet Settled.
Now Appears That Both Will
Stay in Race.
TO TRY IT OVER AGAIN.
Committees Arrange Another
Meeting for Tonight.
The Several Plans fer ADJUST
ment Are Rejected.
TO TRY IT OVER AGAIN.

The Gilluly-Foster 'please-get-
of-my-way'' fight is at that stage de-
scribed as statu quo.
The special committee of ten. five
appointed by each candidate, dead
locked at their meeting at DR.. S. c.
Stewards Office last night. Their horns
got hooked up tight-and there they
stuck until it was time to go to the
Kubelik concert. Disentanglement
was the next number on their pro-
graInme and they went to the Audi
torium in a body to calm themselves
under the soothing syrup of JAMS
fiddle
The proposition to leave the matter
to SO voters, % to be selected by each
man. and then take out one name and
let the man with "A votes withdraw,
was submitted. but looked like an ice
water bath in Vinewood park with
the mercury 35 degrees below the
bottom of the thermometer Neither
side could warm up to the thing. The
| cold-bloOded fact OF the case is thSS
nothing was accomplished. Cillulvss
supporters suggested that each block
racing Kansas avenue be polled by a
joint committee, but Fosters adher-
ents turned that down. The opposi-
uOn pointed out as a good scheme the
! ouAitlOu O1 4ANe men, TO De drawn from
/ nfteen voters at random, to the pres
| ent committee, but Gilluly's friends
/ could not see where this would help
/ matters So after a long wrangIe ad-
/ Journment was voted
/ So tonight at O'clock the committee
viii meet again also at Dr. Stevarfis s
j Office I do not know what will be
/ DONE, said DR.. ". c. Evans There
are some matters up. Nothing was ac-
I cOmp1shed last night The whole mat
/ ter is still up in the air III give nv
| word Tor that. We may get something
/ done tonight. Then we may not. So far
as the Young Peoples Union of Topeka
/ IS concerned, I will say that il will do
nothing until after our committee has
made its decision. It will not come out
with an endorsement for either candi-
date until the Law and Order COMMITTEES
acts. There IS nothing to give out. There
may be something tomorrow"
Harry 3. Howard, the president of the
Topeka local union denies that he is
z swinging the big stick over the head
of the committee to have it act quickly
ana get one man or the other out of the
way. No, sir he says, I'VE will wait
for the regular committee.
Frank Foster absolutely refuses tC
talk about the matter He was in an
inexpensive mood this morning. I'm
going to let the committee thresh this
out" he says and do no more talking.
1T was part of the original agree
ment entered into on Sunday" said
matter is settled by Wednesday night
that it is to be dropped and that both
candidates are to stay in the race and
take their chances Of support. I see nc
solution now. There is absolutely nc
hope that I see ahead. We submitted
a proposition last night to poll each
block facing on Kansas avenue, anC
have it made by one of my supporters
and one of Fosters But the Foster
crowd wouldn't listen to that. They
suggested the adding of five men K
the present committee in the hope o.
untangling matters, but that didn
strike US as being a solution. I be
Iieve that when tomorrow night.
meeting Is over, since feel sure W.
won't settle 1t tonight, that the same
condition as obtains at present vii
confront US. About % prominent bust
ness men of the city have jumped OF
me today for ever going into a com
promise deal of this kind I don't know
but what they are right. But since W,
are into it we viii go ahead and SCI
what the committee does. But I dC
not think there will be any unravel
ing. I'm not going to withdraw, and
see no signs that Foster is making o
pulling out"