The Topeka state journal., 1913-06-02
LEADERS In TOWN
Harmony Delegates FlOcking
to Topeka Today.
Anticipated That 1000 Persons
VIII Be Here.
RADICALS IN BACKGROUND
No More Longs, Albaughs,
Stubbses and Whites.
First Meeting at City Audi
tOrium in Morning.

Harmony leaders from every sec
ton of the state are coming 10 Iopeka d
this afternoon and tonight 1t IS prop
able that the hotel lObbies viii be
con1fortab bIy crowded with Repub bill
can and Progressive workers VINO VIII
tomorrow endeavor to outline pro-
gram on which the two ractlonS can
agree in the coming campaign An Al!
out of town crowd OF about LOU Is
expected for the conference at the
auditorium Tuesday afternoon
The Smith county delegation arrlv-
ed early this morning and croWos
from AtchisOn. LeaVenWorth' 6roN 6s.E u u.
Miami woodson and other counies
came this afternoon Many OF the
delezates to the conference viii arrive
on night trains and others Win come
Tuesday morning Ihe Wyahuotle
county delegation is planning TO come
To Topeka on a special train and mas
reported to senator James A Trout
man that il has made arrangements
for brass band
In the crowd from Smith county
this morning were Senator I M Ma
hin and Dan Dyer of Smith center
and DR.. Henry Dykes of Lebanon
We are all for harmony IN Smlth
county" declared Senator MANN
There are hundreds of people who
voted for Roosevelt last year, VINO
still want to be Republicans and they
will have an honest representation IN
the delegation from our county
Senator
had learned that the get-together
sentiment wasn't unanimous in all
parts OF the state. but declared tnat
Smith county was for the movement
strong.
Anthony Is Here
CONGRESSMAN D. r. Anthony OF
Leavenworth came to Topeka late this
afternoon. He was accompanied by
a crowd of LeaVenWOrth county Re-
publicans, representing both the reg
ular and progressive tendencies me
First district congressman has visited
a mum Der of counties in his district
and declares that the harmony plan
is the genuine article and has taken
deep root
From woodson county this after
noon came delegation Among its
members are Attorney G. H Lam D.
former state senator from the Wood
son-AIlen county district: r. H true
blood. editor of the Yates Center
News and z. E Kelley editor OF the
Toronto Republican.
In the crowd in the hotel lobbies this
afternoon were Chester l. Long. OF
wichita, former United States senator
from Kansas, and F. B. Dawes of Clay
Center. who helped in the fight on
the Bull Moose candidates on the
Republican state ticket last fall. and
]. b Davis, of Kiowa county These
men denied that they came to Topeka
for the harmony meeting and stated
IndL IQeg WOULD E0luI " lAtCtT llOtAlC5
tonight. Senator Long came to Topeka
he said, TO argue a motion in the fed
eral court and Dawes appeared before
the supreme court in a case from Clay
county
Radical Leaders Lay Low.
And with the declarations from these
men. is the very general opinion that
none of the more radical leaders are
to participate in Tuesdays harmony
meeting The word. it seems has been
quietly passed along to the men whose
participation in Kansas politics has
caused trouble: and these men have
come TO realize that their presence may
not aid the get-together cause For
that reason the absence of Long. Al
baugh. Clark. Dean. MuIvane and pos
sibly Curtis. may be just as notable at
Tuesdays meeting as will be the alb
sence of Stubbs. White. Allen, Bristow.
Murdock and Sartin-
The meeting of the harmony dele
gates is called for II o'clock Tuesday
hoTning in the auditorium Formal or
ganization will be made at that time
and a few committees appointed At 2
o'clock. the delegates will meet and
transact business. adopt resolutions
and offer general suggestions. At night
a third meeting will be held At that
meeting. the bars to oratory will be
let down and the first lump of en-
thusiasm for the 1914 campaign will be
distributed among the several hundred
workers in the small towns and rural
districts This afternoon there is no
discussion of the formal orsaniza ton
and Senator Troutman declared that
he had no idea as to the conventions
prOba bic choice for permanent chair
man. Senator Troutman. who called
the meeting Will open the convention
but declares that some other person
vii be named to preside over the con-
vention-
No particular headquarters seems tn
have been established for the conven-
ton and the delegates are milling in
the lobbies of both the National and
Throop hotels