The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-10-24

men of the Democratic state central
committee met at the Throop hotel
Friday afternoon at the call of Chair
man Martin. The meeting was called
for the purpose of ascertaining the
correctness of the reports which have
been received by letter and wire dur
ing the past two or three weeks.
Every chairman present at the
meeting gave a glowing report of the
conditions in his county, and If KAN
sas does not slide into the Bryan col
umn the Democrats of Kansas will
be the worst fooled and disappointed
bunch of men on EARTH There was
not bad report in the lot, and
number of them were so encouraging
that they do not seem to be possible.
The reports of the members of the
committee indicated that a number of
things are responsible for the many
changes which have been reported,
and indicated Democratic land
slide. The bank guaranty plank in
the Democratic platform, as well as
the Stubs tax law, is responsible for
a great many changes among the
farmers of the state, the Democrats
assert.
The Bryan sentiment is abroad in
Kansas, and it is accounted for in
hundreds of ways, no one of them
more satisfactory than the other.
There really was no reason for calling
the committee together at this time
Henderson Martin wanted to reas<ure
himself that the optimistic reports
which he has been receiving are cor
rect. He is satisfied now that he has
heard the cheerin gwords from the
throats of the chairman of nearly
half the counties in the state.
ut was an old-fashioned love feast"
said Secretary Pepperell; such a one
as l have not witnessed in years. All
of the boys brought with them the
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of Democratic land slide. There was
not bad report in the entire lot. and
the enthusiasm of the chairmen of the
various committees is certainly en-
couraging to the office force here in
Topeka, as it confirms the reports
which have been pouring into this Of
flee daily for weeks"
William F. sapp of Galena. was in
Topeka, Friday, to attend the Demo-
the state house to get some ammuni-
ton for the fight which the Democrats
are making on the state tax law.
Colonel Sapp was in Topeka once be-
fore on a tax mission. That was last
summer. He appeared before the board
asking it to raise the assessment on the
farms in Cherokee county. He had
righteous complaint and the raise was
made. Now Colonl Sapp is going out
among the farmers of his own county
and abusing the Republicans for lifting
the assessment on their farms, which
he, himself, pleaded for before the tax
commission.
Asked today how he reconciled his
words to his actions he said: Il am
not trying to. I am simply giving the
Republicans hallelujah and the easiest
way seems to be on the tax PROPOSE
tion.'
Atchison Globe: Capt. John Seaton
was in Alton, Ill, last week, where he
attended the fiftieth anniversary of the
debate between Lincoln and Douglas.
Captain Seaton heard the debate, and
stood within ten feet of the two IA
nous men. At that time he was unde-
cided whether he was to be a Republi-
can or a Democrat. He says that Lin
coin was so convincing, and got so
much the better of Douglas, that he de-
cided in favor of the Republicans. The
fact that he heard the debate, and that
he attended it's fiftieth anniversary. Is
one of the proudest recollections of his
life.