The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-09-26
Pledged Themselves to Vote
Against Stubs and Bristow.
ONLY ONE STOOD OUT
Rest Fell in Line and Made the
Pledge.
Claimed Democrats Will Elect
Representatives in Shawnee.

Acting, it is said. under instruc-
tions from B. F. WinchelI. president
of the Rock Island, a meeting of GER
tain Rock Island employees is reported
to have been held in Topeka Friday.
at which the employees were requested
to pledge themselves to vote against
Stubs and Bristow in the coming
election
Out of all the employees present at
the meeting, it is reported that only
one refused to make this pledge. This
one is reported to have said that
rather than pledge himself to vote for
any candidate he would resign from
railway work.
The news of this meeting is of
course closely guarded by the people
who were present. One of the men
present gave out the above informa
ton, and it is believed to be reliable.
The attempt to make the railway
employees pledge themselves to vote
! against Stubs and Br1stow has been
generally attributed to the Railway
Protective association, organized
| among the employees for the purpose
| OF defeating legislation hostile to rail-
way companies w. H. Thomas, who
| lives in North Topeka, and is a Rock
ing spirits of this organization, and
he claims that the organization is not
trying to fight any particular candi-
dates.
The report is, however, that the
| fight of the organization in Kansas is
| directed against the election of Stubs
and Bristow. The organization is
| said to be not opposing Taft very
! strongly.
A prominent railway man of To-
Peka said this morning: u don't
know anything about this Railway
1 Protective association, but 1 do know
/ that the railway men of Kansas are
| almost unanimously opposed to the
| election of this man Stubs and Bris-
tow They propose certain railway
| legislation which would put every
| railway in the state into the hands of
a receiver 1t would be a great mis-
| fortune 10 the state if they should
| happen to win do not believe that
/ they can win, however. I understand
| that the best that Bristow can figure
1 on is a majority of 5 in the legisIa-
\ ture, and that is mighty easy to
| knock out I know that the Demo-
| Gratis will elect two representatives
| from Shawnee county. They have got
| A. NJ. Harvey beaten to death right
now. and l am told that they will
| surely beat Bergundthal. who is run
| ming in the north district You can
| just set it down that Shawnee will
/ representatives
| in the next legislature, and there are
| dozens of other counties which are
counted as Republican which will go
| the same way"
w F. Keyes. chairman of the Re-
| publican county central committee of
| Jewell county. came to Topeka today to
| confer with Chairman Dolley of the
| state committee. Mr.. Keyes wants tic
| have Senator DolIiver. of Iowa assign
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| speeches Mr. keyes brought to To-
peka the poll which he has had made
| of Jewell county.
This poll" said Mr.. Keyes. shows
! that there are not any changes of any
Importance in Jewell county The
| county is about standoff between
| Bryan and Taft This has always been
| a close county. We have a Democratic
| representative now, but we believe we
| will be able to beat him in Novem-
| Der. 1 have personally investigated lots
! of these stories about 'fiops' to BRYAN
| and in every instance have found that
| the flop was really some Democrat
who voted for Roosevelt Nearly al
| the Democrats in Kansas voted fol-
Roosevelt"
The following is the list of campaign
speeches for next week given out today
| by the Republican and Democratic
state central committee:
Republican Dates
Congressman T. E. Burton-Sept. 90
Kansas City, Kan.
Congressman Walter L Smfth-Sept
%. Usage City: Sept. %. Marion: Sept
80. Wamego; Oct l, Abilene; Oct. ?
| Minneapolis. Oct 3, BeIleviIIe.
W. r. Stubbs-Sept. %. Wa-Keeney
Sept 80. Grainfield. afternoon; Oakley
night; Oct. 1. Sharon Springs.
]. l. Bristow-Sept- IS. Beeler, Scot