The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-06-03

Hamilton, Greenwood county. I'VE
asked those who left to come back.
Some came and some didn't And as
Johnson lives in the county which
Fred S. Jackson claimed as his home
and which gave Jackson a severe jolt
| in the recent eelction, the situation as
expressed by johnson isn't difficult TO
understand.
"I am Progressive and 1 am a Re-
publican" declared Senator Walter E.
Wilson Of Washington county, who is
| a leader in the harmony movement.
| 1.-The delegates here today should
make a platform on which we can all
stand and one that is progressive-be-
cause the Republican party is the
progressive party. If the convention
does this, there will be but little trou-
BILE about getting together up in my
district"
1.-The differences regarding the
methods of Progressives and the Re
publicans can and should be adjusted -
said A. B. Crockett, a delegate from
Brown county. 1.-The people up my
way want to get together. Personally,
I am a Progressive but / want har-
mony."
"Of course lots of our farmers voted
for Roosevelt last year." said Jabez
Adams, an old resident of Quenemo,
who came to the delegation from
ers want to be Republicans. They
are coming back and think conditions
are good in Usage county,"
{. w. Miller. chairman of the Re
publican county central committee and
Taft supporter in the last campaign,
is here for the meeting. Except for
the ones who are more radical" said
Miller, 1--WE can get together. 1 really
think that most of the differences of
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in good fighting trim for the 1914
campaign"
In a speech before the delegates
Monday night, Senator Lacey M.
Simpson pointed out the need of a.
harmony program that was the genu-
inc article. 1.-The people out my way,
at least, will look over our work pretty
carefully" said Simpson. "They want
a progressive program that is the real
thing. If we will give it to them, then
we have made big step toward real
harm ony.''
OF the four dlegates from Graham
county, three are Progressives and one
is a Regular. E. E. Mullaney headed
the delegation.
From many of the counties where
conventions were not called, a volun-
teer delegation was brought to To-
peka. These delegations are composed
of Regulars and Progressives alike who
are anxious to see reunited party.
Dell Travis of Pratt, former fish and
game warden and a well known Kan
sas Regular. is attending the conven-
ton.
State officials are attending the conven-
ton and milling with the delegates in the
hotel Hobbies. At the Monday night meet
ing Attorney General John s. Dawson.
Secretary of States Charles Sessions and
Auditor w. z. Davis were in attendance.
i ct none of these three officials are can
didates for reelection. They went through
the mill for the second time in the 1912
campaign.
Practically all of the Republican and
lature are attending the meeting. During
the recent session, the Regulars and Pro-
gressives who were elected on the Repub-
Hcan ticket, worked together to defeat the
Democrats when votes were called on
party issues. 1t was the close union of
the Regular and Progressive law makers
that resulted in the first movement for
state wide harmony meeting.
c. W. Moore of Kinsley. strong Roose-
welt supporter in the recent campaign. is
attending the convention and believes that
Edwards county will take kindly to the
proper brand of harmony.
Paul Conwell of Kansas City, Kan, is
one of the strong Regulars sent to the
convention from WyandOtte county. Con-
well responded to the toast of honor,
Kansas at the 1913 Kansas Day ban
quet
The wyandotte delegation which came
to Topeka this morning came in two
coaches instead of on a special train.
Some of the delegates came to the
convention last night, but about 70 or 80
men and women from Kansas City, Kan,
came to Topeka on a morning train.
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