The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-10-02
POLITICAL GOSSIP
Republican Who Sends Money to
BE Nagered
Offers Two to One on Ten
Thousand Plurality.
COMMITTEE HAS $500.
willing to Put 1t on Lowest Nan
on Ticket.
Senator Long Spends Monday in
Topeka.
COMMITTEE HAS $500.

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it is drawn. with instructions that the
money be hung up as wager on the
following conditions:
The $500 to be bet against $3.50 that the
lowest man on the Republican ticket
win have at least 10000 plurality
This ought to be a very tempting bet
from Democratic standpoint, and It Is
/ probable that some Democrat will take
I up the proposition: A number OF Re-
| pubicans who visited state headquar-
| tiers expressed the opinion that It was
a perfectly safe bet from a RepupllcaH
point of view. 1910,
cans is that Hocn will be low man on
| the ticket. though some think that
Ryan or Ryker, candidates for railroad
commissioner, or some OF the sepIeIlie
court justices, will achieve this distlnc-
The above bet Of 2 to / that the low
est man on the Republican ticket VIII
most of the Republican politicians as
It is known. however. that some Of
the candidates on the Republican state
ticket are considerably more worried
about the outlook than others There
are indications that Chairman SIun-
mer himself Is somewhat agitated by
1.-the present outlook. He has sent out
an imperative summons for all the
candidates on the Republican ticket 10
come to Topeka Thursday for a corner
enCR. drummer wants the
TO get busy. and take more part in the
campaign. He says that the candidates
are mostly doing nothing for the TICK
ct, but are expecting the sIate COIL
1nittee to shoulder the whole burden OF
the fight. drummer viii make the can
didates get busy and do some work
One we'll known Republican said the
other day: ''C)f course Chairman Crum-
rner ought to be in a position to know
what is going on. but it is my impress
sion that he is being deceived by the
reports of his correspondents ana
4 workers throughout the state. Elther
these correspondents are themselves
unaware of the real conditions. or else
they are simply feeding taffy to the
committee. I think that conditions
throughout the state are in much worse
fix than the Republican state commit
tee admits"
Another Republican. recognized as
one of the shrewdest of the old timers
said. "All the fight that is being made
is being made by the Kansas City star
and Times. The Democratic committee
is doing very little. The efTects OF Inc
stars campaign will not get anywhere,
because the Democratic committee does
not back up the tight as II might Inc
Republican majority OF o., wv n lne
last election is too big for the Demo
Gratis to overcome. though they may
cut it down very close
Senator Chester 7. Long spent Mon
dav in Topeka, in consultation with
John c. Brown. chairman OF tire Re
publican speakers bureau, in the pre-
paration of his speaking dates 1oI. the
rest of the campaign. The list OF dates
Includes a number of the rita and
Sixth districts.
mo. am not going to use my La
Toilette speech any more" said SEN
ator Long, in response to question
"F have no desire to Keep AFTER Dl0
The people up in Wisconsin seem to
be keeping him busy nowadays OF
5 course, If La Toilette renews his at
taCks upon me. shall defend myself,
brit my speech concerning him was
, delivered simply to refute the false
statements which he made concerning
) my record.
senator Long has just returned
I from Colorado, where he made a
speech at the Pike celebration in
- Denver
Il have not made a speech in Kan
/ sas since the one at Beloit," said Sen
. ator Long "and am not in touch
: with political conditions in the state
: I expect to be in the campaign con-
S tinuously from now on but will come
2 to Topeka once week to attend to
my correspondence
Senator Longs secretary. Ralph
Faxon, and his clerk, Harry Brent,
will be in Topeka until after election
and will look after Senator Longs
miscellaneous work here
Stafford, Kan, Oct 2.@The politi-
o cal situation In Stafford county is Pc
: culiar The Democrats have no coun-
a ty ticket out. and as there is strong
t Populist vote in this county, the Pop
a | ulists decided to call an Independent
q county convention. The Populists re-
q fuse to endorse ". A. Harris for gov
= ernor. and are in favor of Horace A
Keefer.
know Harris and his past record and
V know that he betrayed them on every
> hand. There is to be big Populist
( rally at Stafford on October 4, and
J. Mr. Keefer will be the principal
S speaker.
E The nominee for the legislature on
= the Independent ticket in this county
c Is Howard Gray, one of the leading
s. business men OF St John. G. ". Al
e bOlted the Republican ticket. and Is
running for county attorney on the In
dependent ticket.
: It is reported that several counties
in the Seventh congressional district
/ have refused to put out Democratic
= county ticket under Harris, and will
3 unite with the Popuhsts in the inter
ests of Mr.. Keefer on an independent
county ticket.
J. L. Bristow has been invited tc
speak in Great Bend October 5. on the
subject of Freight Rates. and has
consented. Mr.. Bristow will speak IN
der the auspices of the Great Bend
Commercial club and his address viii
be nonpolitical. dealing entirely with
the freight rate question.
Garnett, Kan. Oct 2-Charles F
Scott. Republican candidate for con
gress. began his campaign in thi.
county today He will speak at Monida
Harris. Westphalia, Welda, Greeley
Haskell, Lone Elm and Colony.
The Square Deal people announce
that their book giving the poIitica
rating of every candidate for ONCE will
be published about october 10 or Is
In statement issued today they say;
Several representative districts have