The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-04-14
Will Be One Of the Most Power
full on Record.
NOTHING NEGLECTED.
Workers in Every Precinct in
the State.
Just Such an Organization as
Stubs Attempted to Form.

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most powerful aggregations of clever
| political workers that ever backed the
| candidacy of one man in the history
| of the state. Usually there is a split
in the ranks of the men who make
more or less of a business of politics,
some of them being lined up for some
other man because they are "out'' and
want in This year, however, the
political workers of the state are ap-
| parently almost unanimous in the
| opinion that it would be a grave mis-
| take to allow any graSS-roOtS move
| ment working through the primary
| law. to overcome the principle of po-
| litical organization represented by
| Senator Long.
| Senator Long will have an organiza-
| ton extending into every congressional
| district, every county, every township
| and every voting precinct. At each
| worker to see that Longs votes are
brought in, and that Longs interests
are protected.
This splendid organization will have
| its seat of power in the Long head
quarters in the Comanche building in
| Topeka, and the men who will discuss
and weigh the effect of every move
before it is made include Morton AL
baugh, w. Y. Morgan, D. w. Mulvane,
H. J. Bone j. NJ Simpson, w. H.
call into conference for special mat
ters. All of these men live in Topeka,
except w. Y. Morgan, and he expects
to spend much time here between now
and the primary election. Albaugh.
Simpson. Mackey and Bone are all
holders of federal offices, and their in
terest in Longs campaign is natural.
M Morgan is the personal repreS entatfve
Of Long in the Seventh district, and
Mulvane, being the Republican national
committeeman from Kansas and the
leader Of the machine forces, is nat
urally much interested in the defeat
of Bristow. These six men can meet
every day, if necessary, and discuss the
situation. And it is probably safe to
say that some Of the six will meet
every day, and keep in touch with the
work.
Ralph Faxon. Senator Longs pri-
vate secretary. has been sent here from
Washington to be in personal charge
of the Long headquarters. He will see
to it that the plans and propaganda
arranged by the committee of six are
executed.
This committee of six is the board of
strategy of the Long campaign. It
will lay out the general plans for the
work, but each of the eight congress
sional districts will be provided with
lieutenants to do the bidding of the
will look after the missionary work in
their own district, and will see to 1t
that the right sort of man is placed
in charge of Longs campaign in each
county. The county leader will gather
about him a committee of Longs
friends who will take care Of the work
of organizing the Long forces in that
county.
In short, Senator Long will, even be-
fore his return from the congressional
session at Washington about May 15.
have in full operation in the state of
Kansas a great political organization,
composed of the best political workers
of the state AS soon as he is free from
his duties at Washington, Senator Long
himself will go into the campaign with
a speechmaking department The
speechmaking is largely for the pur-
pose of keeping up appearances. Long
depends upon his organization to win
the battle for him.
To overcome such an organization
as Long will have perfected by Aug
ust 4, the date of the primary, will
mean that there is a veritable land
slide in Kansas for Bristow which
nothing can stop. Bristow nor any
one else could get together an
organization such as that of Long.
simply because Long has practically
cornered the best political strategists
and laborers. If organization can win
a battle, Long will be nominated
United States senator. But the Bris-
tow people are counting on the up
rising of the voters of Kansas, and an
overwhelming demand for the defeat
of the political methods which Mr..
Lond is using with such consummate
skill. The Bristow people claim that
the more air-tight and iron-clad the
Long people make their organization,
the more it will be resented by
the voters of the Republican party,
and the more overwhelming will be
Longs defeat. 1t will be pretty
fight and it will show whether there
is as much demand for the defeat of
organized politics. in Kansas as
some people have claimed. Mr. Stubbs
has attempted to form just such an
organization and has maintained
headquarters at the Copeland but it is
probably less effective.
The Emporfa Gazette is hitting
some pretty hard Hcks now in be-
half Of the "anti-machfne" candi-
dates. It is out with an editorial en-
dorsement of three candidates for
Tom Potter in Marion and George
Plumb in Lyon. Mr.. White saws that
these are Independent candidates.
whom the lodge" can't run. and he
predicts that the railroads will make
tremendous effort to defeat each
one of them
The st. Louis Republic, a Demo-
cratic paper, prints a summary of tho
Kansas political situation from it's To-
peka correspondent. 1t SAYS after
speaking of the Republican factiona1
fight:
kansas Democrats view this in
ternecine war with complacency. They
are united and ready for the fray. Thev
realize that the Democratic ticket vii,
receive heavy vote from the defeat-
ed Republican faction at the Auens+
primaries. Stubbs has declared that
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