The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-02-12


orf1ces to be voted on in the next cam
paign- Yet at the present time there
is decided dearth of candidates.
Sheffield ingalls, may be the candidate
for lieutenant governor on the Pro
gressive ticket two years hence. 1t is
rumored that Senator J. L. Brady, of
Lawrence may again be crowded in
the congressional running and become
the Progressive candidate 20 succeed
Joseph Taggart in congress from the
Second district.
There is talk in the IobbIes that
George E. Tucker, of Eureka, may be
the Progressive nominee for congress
in the Fourth district if he Will accept
the nomination. Four years ago Tuck
err made the primary race against j.
NJ Miller, was beaten, but made a race
that is still a live subject for CONVEX
sation in the district.
Progressive workers from every por-
ton of the state are in Topeka for the
banquet tonight They will attend the
meeting at the Grand opera house this
afternoon and assist in the organiza-
ton of the new party. Speeches will
be made at the afternoon meeting by
George E. Tucker, Eureka; B. F. Laid
low, Yates Center; Mrs. A. ]. Way,
Holton; Robert C. Postlewaite, Jewell
City; L. F. Walter, Kingman; Miss
Brooks, Sedan. At this meeting the
plans for the future of the new party
in Kansas will b. discussed The FOR
NAL organization will be completed this
afternoon and the new party viii De
launched on its way in the political at
fairs of the state.
William Allen White, national com
mitteeman for Kansas, for tne FRO
gressive party, is in California with
his family. He will be unable to at
tend the banquet. Neither will United
States Senator Joseph L. BristoW or
Congressman Victor Murdoch, nor
Congressman Fred s. Jackson be here
for the meeting, as they are unable TO
leave Washington at this time.
U. S. Sartin of Kansas City, Kan,
provisional chairman of the state
wide Progressive organization. Will
preside at the business meeting today
while Lieutenant Governor Sheffield
ingalls, will preside as POSTMASTER at
the o'clock banquet in Masonic
Temple. Miss Helen N. Eacker of
Lawrence is secretary of the Progress
attend the first annual gathering of
the followers of the new political hope
in Kansas. Henry J. Allen, editor of
the Wichita Beacon, Roosevelt elect
or in the recent election and a staunch
advocate of the Progressive principles,
arrived in Topeka this morning. He
came to Topeka direct from Washing
ton, D. c., and will respond to the
toast 1.-The Future of the Progressive
Party" at tonight's banquet.
Within the last week the Kansas
Progressives have made more head
way in the organization of a new
party than at any time since the cleo
ton. In nearly one-half of the coun-
ties of the state, Progressive MEM
bers of the Republican county COM
mittees have resigned and taken a
place in the ranks of the new party.
Reports from many of the counties
membership of the Republican COM
mittees has been composed of Pro-
gressives and the withdrawal of these
men from the working ranks OF the
Republicans has given the Progress
sives new hope. In the reorganiza-
ton work, the Progressives will be at
least on an even basis with the other
political parties of the state.
In inviting the Kansas women to
their banquet and giving the women a
place on their program, the men at
the head of the Progressive movement
IN Kansas have made a strong bid for
the patronage of the new voters in
this state. 1t is probable that nearly
one-haf of the people at tonight's |
banquet will be women.
A Message From Governor Stubs.
Ex-Governor w. r. Stubs will |
come over to the business meeting this i
but will probably be unable |
to stay for the banquet. Mrs. Stubs, |
who had intended to come with him, |
is not at all we'll, and Roscoe Stubs |
IS just recovering from an attack of /
pneumonia. The State Journal called |
the governor up this morning at his |
home in Lawrence, and he gave a |
message of cheer to the Progressive |
cause.
1.-The Progressive party is here to |
stay declared Governor Stubbs. |
There is no doubt but that it will |
have a full ticket in the field in Kan
sas next year from senator to county |
ard local offices. And there is no |
reason it will not win If the best men
ha M nil n rI1r, for 1f-
flee.
Headquarters in Topeka.
At a conference of about 80 Pro-
gressive leaders in the National hotel
today, plans for establishing perna-
nent headquarters were discussed. It
is probable that these headquarters
will be established in Topeka this
made to take the Offices to Kansas
City, Kan. the home of State Chair
man U. S. Sartin. A salaried secretary
will be placed in charge of the Office
work and a sufficient office force en-
ployed to begin an active organization
Of the new party in Kansas
Following the discussion regarding
headquarters, plans for financing the
were also revived. Chair
man Sartin appointed a committee
of James H Mitchell, Law
renee: c. A. Stannard, Emporia; John
NJ. Langdon, Independence; A. C.
Stowell, Seneca, and o. r. Stevens,
Meade, to arrange for the financial af-
airs of the state committee. They will
report late this afternoon. Plans to
'aise $4,000 are under consideration
and the amount to be raised will be
divided among the chairmen of the
LOS county committees.
Notes of Banqueters.
A special train carrying nearly 200
Nyandotte county Progressives. both men
md women, came to Topeka at noon to-
lay. The Wyandotte crowd helped to
well the crowds in the hotel Hobbies and
Will occupy one entire section of the
banquet hall at tonight's dinner.
w. N. Hawley, well known Harrington