The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-05-11

nearly knocked the breath out of the
newspaper man by emphasizing his
declaration with a slap on the Shout
ger. Stitch made rousing talk when
he called the meeting to order. This
man Stitch has caliber. He is attract
ing a lot of attention thus early in the
campaign.
Dave Mulvane of Topeka, national
committee man for Kansas, sat on the
platform. So did Senator Overf1eld of
peka and a score of Third district poll
tlc1ans. Make no mistake, a lot of
these last named politicians, unknown
10 iame, are men strong at home who
hkely represent public opinion to d
large extent. There are scores of
Third district leaders strong for Wag-
stan who do not come under the head
OF professional politician, but rather
are men who take an honest interest
in politics.
Nothing is harder than to gauge
pubic sentiment when the band is
playing and there is only one candi-
date on the ground. 1t may be true,
and again it may be not. There is
always morning after the night be-
fore. when the other fellow comes
around. But Montgomery county peo
pie are beginning to get excited over
the Wagstaf boom and they eagerly
ask visitors from upstate the question.
DO you think Tom stands a chance? ?"
feared. but now they are beginning to
hope.
ID. w. Mulvane Pleased.
Dave Mulvane is a wise politician
and not prone to get excited over a
crowds cheers at a rally, but last
the WagStaff country, he warmed up
whole lot for Dave and declared that
he was feeling pretty good. "I never
saw anything like the enthusiasm I
have found in the Third district this
trip for Wagstaff. 1t looks like a gen.
can see a return to reason spirit among
the Kansas voters. They talk and act
like men who were getting tired of the
fuss and feather of progressive faction
aliSm and We're about ready to return
to Republicanism."
Governors Stanley and Bailey were
a bsent from the meeting. Wagstaff
himself opened the ball. He got a
fine reception. Wag made a better
speech than he did in Topeka the day
of the conference He had more pep
per and he got away better. He talk
ed Taft and anti-Stubbs- He talked
less than twenty-five minutes, but his
words and bearing were such as to
speech is published elsewhere in full
in this issue.)
Lamb a SpeIlbinder.
Ex-senator G. H. Lamb of Yates
Center proved to be spellbinder. He
made an old fashioned Republican
speech la Bailey. c. A. Malloy of
and J. w. Iben of Parsons
appeals to return to the faith.
The big auditorium was brilliantly
lighted and the stage was hung with
flags and decorated by pictures of Nc
kinley and Lincoln and Garfield and
1t must be said that the crowd was
not as large as expected nor the en-
thusiasm as great, but as said before
the Eagles convention at Coffeyville
and the street fair at Independence kept
the home folks away and the crowd
was composed largely of men who had
come from a distance. They were in
earnest, even if they We're not noisy. A
Wagstan man placed the attendance at
], 500 people.
1t is hardly fair to leave the subject
CT the meeting without making partic-
ular mention Of Senator Lambs speech.
1t was stated that the crowd was not
noisy. The Yates Center man "set them
afre" once or twice in the course of his
address. He viii be used on the stump
by the Wagstaff managers during the
4e
1t must not be overlooked, in maxi
ing a practical analysis of the day and
n gifts gathering that the rally was
called TO gauge Third district sentiment
and not Montgomery county feeling.
The showing made by the district en-
the Wagstaff managers might
lily, as for the county, 1t is as loyal
as any man could ask or hope for.
Every newspa per in the county, and
there are seven or eight of them was
represented. A half dozen newspaper
men from over the district were also
IN attendance.
Wagstaff speaks in Hutchinson to-
day as the opener for his first trip away
from home. He will work west from
and return in a circle tow
ards Topeka.
Stitch Is Confident
A. c. Stitch, chairman of the Wag-