The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-10-22

promises to be one Of the big political
meetings to be held on the north side
this fall
Other dates arranged for Judge Webb
/ in Shawnee county are at Rossville, this
/ evening; RichIand on Wednesday, Oc-
tober "a and Berryton on Thursday,
/ October rs. Judge Webb was at Demo-
cratic headquarters at the Hotel Throop
! yesterday. He has been around the
/ congressional district pretty thoroughly
since his nomination a few weeks ago,
| and says that he finds a strong anti
/ Curtis sentiment. He is sanguine that
he has chance to beat Curtis, and this
1 feeling is prevalent among the members
of the congressional committee. Cur
/ tbs has the hardest fight Of his political
! life on his hands, said Mr.. Whittikind,
I who was also at headquarters yester-
| day, "and when the election returns
come in he viii be a trifle more than
surprised
Thursday night. the Republicans will
have Vice President Charles w. Fair
/ hanks in Topeka for a political speech.
/ It will be one of the important meet
/ ings of the state campaign, and it is
| expected that a big crowd Will be IN
attendance.
! Sunday. and spent the day there. he
attended the Grand Avenue Methodist
church with Mayor Beardsley, and made
a speech to the congregation. The Kan
sas City papers called it a sermon.
! Mr.. Fairbanks persisted in his deter
| minatio never to talk politics for the
newspapers, and there was nothing do
/ ing for the intervieWers. The follow
/ ing is Mr.. FairbaRks's itinerary;
Today (rnorning)- o. t.;
Ponca, o. t; Perry, Q. z. (After-
/ noon). Pond Creek, o. t.. Kingfisher,
o. T.; FL Reno, 0. T. CTonight), Okla
ivllla A,.r4z-a f,oalga+e IA a M.
Arrive Leigh $40 a. M, leave 8:15
Arrive Atoka $50 a. m, leave s:45
Arrive McAleater s:4s a. M. leave
Arrive Eufaula HOS a. m, leave II
Arrive checotah 1870 a. m. leave
Arrive Muskogee 1910 p. m, leave
q arrive cowata a:a5 p. m. leave Pas
Arrive Broken Arrow sos p. m. leave
Arrive Tulsa s:45 p. m, leave 4:45
Arrive cIaremore 5;25 p. m. leave 5:45
Arrive Chelsea s.15 p. M, leave 6
p. m
Wednesday Entire day in Kansas.
/ Places to be announced later. Thurs
day night. at Topeka.
Friday and Saturday-Both days in
| Missouri Itinerary to be made up la
ter.
Bennington. Kan. Oct. 22.-Gover-
| nor Hoch who was billed to deliver an
open air address here Saturday arrived
! from Solomon in Frank e. Roberts
automobile. AS a drizzling rain was
falling q and his naTfW. IN
! advance of the Bennington band which
was hired for the occasion, march ed
/ to the Presbyterian church where Mr.
HCch spoke for nearly two hours. The
governor during the remarks preimi-
nary to his address said that he fully
appreciated the fact that it was very
unusual to deliver a political speech
from a pulpit, but that he would re-
spect the sacredness of the place. Mr..
Hoch touched but lightly on the liquor
and the NJ, K & T. questions, while
the name of State Treasurer Kelly was
not mentioned. The attitude OF the
Kansas City Star towards Mr.. Hoch
was discussed and enlarged upon at
. considerable length. In his concluding
remarks the governor invited all pres
ent to visit him at the executive man
sion, if they should happen to be In
Topeka during the next two years.
Colonel Harris, the Democratic nom
, inee for governor of Kansas, In q
speech at Wellington on Saturday, took
issue with Governor Vardaman Of Mis-
J sissippi on the fifteenth amendment pro-
3 position He said:
If anything could be wilder and mora
: visionary than this plan 1 wou5i like
/ to hear of it. This amendment will sFay
forever and It would be impossible TO
| create a sentiment to repeal it. If she
$ negro We're deprived of the ballot he
would still be here. Governor Earda-
man says that this step is necessary to
protect life and property. I cannot SEE
how it would help any to disfranchiss
: the negro. and it would remove every
: incentive for him to become a good citi-
ali we can. They have shown much
progress in many ways, and we should
endeavor to help them go further in
{ stead of trying to beat them down.
can hardly believe that Governor var
2 daman is foolish enough to say such Q
thing, and he must have been mis-
quoted"
w. T. Vernon. registrar of ths
, United States treasury, addressed 6
: large and enthusiastic audience in tht
court house at Independence Saturday
afternoon. Many negroes were out tC
I hear him. He covered a wide scope
> dealing with many phases of the cam.
paign ana Republican history.
2 Pittsburg. Kan. oct 22-The Re
I publican campaign was formally open
e ed in this Saturday by Major A. NJ
Z Harvey Of Topeka, who addressed
:, large gathering at the city auditorium
: His talk vas entirely on RepUblicas