The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-11-21
Republican League VIII Stay
Right on the Job.
1t Has Strength Shown to Be
$4,000 Votes.
THEY WERE CAST FOR TAFT
PrOgreSsives Have I2O,OOt
They Can Rely On.
These $4,000 Votes Must Be
United for G.. O. p. to Win.

The Republican Party league Will
maintain permanent headquarters IN
Topeka. according to a statement maze
TODAY bv George A Clark, secretary OF
+ba league. Every day until after the
7o1A can,raign, at least, Clark Will De on
+bo 4ob and will promote the cause OF
r,,1ar Renub1icanism in this state.
Tn the recent campaign, the league
made a remarkable showing win ~
atsb+ weeks in which to make tiieAi
Apb4. officers of the league perlec $3.50
,-escbine like organization IN anus i
-r voting precinct in the state Lhey
80 naarI1, So 600 men who We're pleoseo
~ 61bt the Bull Moose canoluat0S
the state ticket-and did II. IN 1,,n less
than two months ari. anu MS - D.
ers upset the 34OoO rnaJorttS " mt on
nubIican party in the state anu pu' ~
- and az every voters tongue tne
names OF the men who opposeu IL1
stone resolution in the party 0o IT, %
ana voted to disfranchise the AoA'
voters in this state. 4,,,.o,,or,
r. was only because OF ana tnroush
+ha efforts of the Republican league
that Stubbs went down to an over
rvhelrning defeat. Regardless OF Zap
nerse numerous publications, the league
reduced the gubernator1al candlua eo
majority from a probable 4O'Uoo OF ~,
almost
+ha same kind of fight the league ue-
feated five congressman VINO were
charged with flirting with the Progress
sfve leaders That was not all III
cornn1eting their single task, the Ieasue
xporl<ers dafeated almost every progress
80. oandida+e for either branch of the
legislature. and Kansas viii next WINTER
be represented by legislature Wnicn
Is Democratic, and has three regular
Republican members to one Progressive
member -
That was a fair seasons work-even
IN Kansas politics. And now that the
work is fairly started, Clark and MS
men win stay on the job. If there is
REORGANIZATION of the Republican party
in 1914. leaders of the Republican
league will unquestionably have voice
in debating the peace pact.
The presidential vote in Kansas
shows that the league can swing 75,O0O
votes against 100, 900 votes controlled by
the Progressive leaders. Those $4,000
votes in Kansas constitute the power
and strength of the Republican party IN
the state at this time. With either
wing missing, the state is hopelessly in
the hands of the Democrats And the
Republican league proposes to see that
none of its prestige is lost in the next
two years.
Mort Albaugh's genius for political
predictions has gone through another
political upheavaI in Kansas and his
guess on the result is perhaps one OF
the most accurate forecasts made in
the campaign. With one and possibly
two exceptions, Albaugh made an alb
splutely accurate guess.
1t was the day of the election that
Albaugh ventured his guess. The pre-
vious Saturday he had given out an
interview in which he declared that
Stubs would be b--ten. But that
wasn't sufficient. On election day Al
baugh handed State Journal repre-
sentative a sealed envelope.
You can open that after the returns
are all in said Albaugh. Il can't re-
sist making another guess and this is
a bad year to guess, too.
The other day the envelope was OPP
ened.
Albaugh predicted that Wilson would
win by $4,000, that Stubs would be
beaten 5000 to &c, 900. He forecasted the
defeat of four Republican congressional
candidates and said that Brady, in the
Second; Rees in the Fifth; Young in
the Sixth; and Finley in the Eighth
would lose. But AIbaugh said that
Anthony, Campbell, jackson and Muir
dock would pull through. On the Jack
son guess, Albaugh's keen foresight
failed. He said the legislature would
be Democratic and that Capper would