The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-10-13
POLITICAL GOSSIP
State Campaign Enters on the
Final Stage.
Republican Managers Admit
Hoch Is Losing Ground.
ONLY ON THE HEAD.
Rest Of Ticket Appears to Be
Suffering Little.
Still Believe Hoch Will Have
Enough Votes to Win.

With the state election now only
three weeks off, the most strenuous
part of the campaign is on for the par
~ managers, and the time is approach
ing for the TOorback to emerge from
his den and the tOCsin to be taken
from It's plush case. In other words,
the campaign managers viii redouble
their fire use UP all the reserve am
munition, and spend their last cent in
the fight for votes.
Today the situation may be sized up
about az follows The Harris cam
paign has been making considerable
inrOads into the Republican vote, espe-
ciaJy in certain localities. The Re-
publicans are somewhat worried, and
admit the existence Of much dissatis-
faction, especially over the head OF the
ticket. But the Republicans are con-
hdent that there has not been enough
boiling to overcome the $4,000 ma
jority which Hoch had two years ago,
Most Republicans admit that Hoch will
be low man on the ticket. The general
belief of Republican politicians is that
Hoch will carry the state by from
10000 10 10000.
consider the ? to 1 bets that the low
man on the Republican ticket viii have
10, 900 majority as tolerably safe, but
not a conservativ bet.
From the Democratic standpoint,
there is believed to be a good chance
to beat HOch, and possibly to get
majority of the members Of the house
Of representatives and this feeling has
grown in the past two weeks In beat
ing Hoch the Democrats hope to drag
down some of the other members of
the ticket, though they are not very
confident on any Of these propositions.
They are confident. however, that the
Republicans viii win by small MAORI
ties, If at all, as Is indicated by the
greedy way in which they have been
EobbIng up the 10000 majority bets
which the Republicans have offered.
The first Of these $500 to $3.50 bets
was taken by Cochran Of Beloit; the
second BY LassWen OF Holton, and to-
day Thad L. Hoffman Of Enterprise
sends in word that he was ready to
take the third $500.
The following Is some of the hope
full dope" which is being sent out
from Democratic state headquarters
through the press department:
." The situation is improving every
day Colonel Harris said this week
Wherever I go the Democrats and old
time PopulistS tell me that they will
vote soiidly for US, and many Repub-
lican farmers and business men declare
that they are for US. I have no doubt
that we viii be elected by a safe pIur-
ality. Some of the partisan Repub-
lfcan papers are greatly disturbed
about my speeches. They seem to
want them answered" These papers
have their reporters at my meetings.
and ought to know by this time what
say. The papers are welcome to
answer my speeches, which, I am in
formed at every meeting, are salts
factory to the people who hear them. >
Chairman Ryan agrees with Colonel
Harris that the situation IS improving.
Letters from county and township
workers are most satisfactory. There
IS a good organization in every voting
precinct, and the earnestness is greater
than it has been for years. 7 am con-