The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-10-29
Shows Rryan Will Carry County
by Nearly 1000.
FOR TAFT ELSEWHERE
Managers COncede That This Is
Bryan Center.
Thought That Stubbs VIII Have
Majority in County.

Altnough no information has been
given out from headquarters about it,
1t is reported that the Republican poll
made by the Republican county COM
mittee gives Bryan a majority of nearly
1000 in Shawnee county.
1t is also reported that the poll shows
that Stubs will carry the county for
governor.
1t has been acknowledged for some
time that Shawnee county was one of
the centers of Bryanism in the state,
and 1t will be no great surprise to learn
that it is conceded to the Nebraska
man by local Republicans
Ihe Republicans at state headquar-
ters say that Topeka is the worst
place in the state for Bryanism. Out
side of Shawnee county they find that
conditions are satisfactory for Taft,
and that he will get the usual majori-
ties in Republican counties.
In Shawnee county, however, the SEN
timent for Stubbs is pretty active. The
fact that he will get the prohibition
vote makes him strong in this county,
and furthermore. he has made a good
many speeches here, and the people are
well acquainted with him. Mr.. Botkin
has not made any political speeches in
Shawnee county this campaign. He
addressed the Democratic club infor-
mally one evening when he happened to
be in town, and has also made a cou-
pie of nonpolitical speeches. Shawnee
county people don't know much about
Botkin except what they have read in
the newspapers this includes the
patent medicine advertisements.
OF course there is the railroad vote
to be reckOned with this year, and on
account of the activity of the Railway
Protective ASsociation"-an anti-Stubbs
and anti-Bristow movement-these two
Republican candidates may lose more
than usual of the railroad vote. But
take it generally throughout the coun-
ty, and both Stubbs and Bristow are
quite popular in Shawnee. The ease
with which Bristow trimmed Long and
Stubs walloped Leland in the primary
showed the sentiment of the Republi-
cans of the county.
Most of the Shawnee county railway
employees live in the Thirty-seventh and
Thirty-eighth representative districts,
and this is one of the things which
makes the fight for representative so
close in those two districts. The
Thirty-eighth district comprises the
Third, Fourth and Second wards: the
Thirty-seventh district is everything
north of the river.
Congressman D. r. Anthony. of the
First district, spoke at Oakland last
night to a large audience, and tonight
will speak at Wakarusa. Mr.. Anthony
said today:
''Leavenworth county will give Taft
about 1,500 majority, and Stubbs about
500. There is no doubt that Botkin has
made a deal with the local saloon in
terests, and they will try to deliver that
vote to him. The man who says that
this isn't true does not know what he
is talking about. Nevertheless, 1 think
the county will go for Stubbs.
In the First district generally the
majority for Taft will be bigger than
any of the polls have thus far predict
ed. Shawnee county seems consider
ably shot to pieces on local issues, and
1 don't expect as big majority here
as usual
I'm our town the labor unions are
not following Gompers. and this is also
true of the unions at Horton. 1 re-
fused to answer the A F. of L. ques-
tions because of the fact that Gompers
has already declared himself against
the Republican ticket when he asked
the questions, and 1t seemed to me that
it took lot of nerve for anybody to
ask Republican candidates such ques-
tions after announcing that he was
fighting them. 1 told the A. f. of L.
officers so in the letter 1 wrote them
refusing to have anything to do with
their questions. 1 am in favor OF rea-
sonable legislation in the interests of
labor; Gompers knows that he can't
get all he asks for, and he is trying
to fool his followers out over the coun-
try. 1 am not in favor of his radical
recommendations, but I am in favor
of TGaSOnaO Die 16RlS1aI1On- Inc ldDOT uu-
ions of Leavenworth gave me an oppor-
tunity to explain my position to them,
and they are satisfied with my stand.
They are not following Gompers.
81 understand that my opponent for
congress, Mr. F. M Pearl, is attack
That is very appropriate thing for
MI Pearl to do, as he is in position
to know what mans railroad record
should be. He is the local attorney
Do 60 OF 10 fbs,
and is travelling about in this cam
paign with a pocket full of railway
passes Mr.. Pearl certainly is in a
position to talk about railway records.
and especially about mine. since
have a railroad record which I am
proud o."
w. J. Bryan's itinerary for his final
swing through the northeast corner of
Kansas on November is given out as
follows:
Leave Kansas City S:45 a. m.
Arrive Leavenworth 9:40. Speak 80
Arrive Atchison 1880. Speak 80
minutes.
Arrive Hiawatha iii. Speak 80
minutes.
Speak at Sabetha 90 minutes.
Speak at Axtell minutes.
Arrive MarySVlile y cioCh, sPedh
80 minutes.
Arrive Lincoln, Neb., in time for
meeting at p. m.
The Railway Employees Protective
association, the organization started
among railroad workers several
months ago for political purposes. is
sending out the letters by which it
hopes to obtain definite information
about what the candidates stand for.
In the letters appear the following
sentences: