The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-06-02
Kansas Democrats Meet in
Wichita for Conference.
National Chairman Cummings
Is With Them.
THEY WANT A NEWSPAPER
Publicity the Real Need of
Bourbons in Campaign.
Cummings Answers Allen
Also Makes go Predictions.

TIA lOOdy concerning the war pOilCleS
of the 1920 drive. Homer S. Cum
mings. national chairman, is the gem
eralissimo who will direct the next
presidential battle. That none of the
plans of the campaign in Kansas may
slip or go astray, Cummings is here in
person to unfold policies to state COM
mittee members and party leaders.
Every section of Kansas was repre-
sented at the meeting which opened
here today and will close with a din
ner tonight for the national chairman.
The Kansas meeting is the second of a
series of state conferences following
the national committee strategy meet
ing in Chicago last week. Cummings
ca me to Wichita from st. Louis, where
he conferred Saturday with Missouri
Bourbons. He expects to visit every
state in the nation in the next few
weeks At the conclusion of his con-
ferenceS with state committees and the
state and district workers of his party.
Cummings is confident the ground
plan of the big national battle will
have been well laid. He will then di-
rect the organization in the various
states and believes the machinery will
be in operation in the various states in
cessive election of a Democrat presi-
dent.
Meaning of Cummings's Visit.
Cummings and his plans are of vi
| tai concern to political workers of all
parties in Kansas. His visit to the
state at this time means the presiden-
| tial fight is launched in Kansas a full
year ahead of the holding of the ma
| tional conventions. Just one thing
| can follow Cummings trip to this
state-provided the spirit of today's
| conference is taken to the folks al
home. 1t means immediate maneuver-
| ing for position and points of vanta &c
with the view of ultimate control OF
| the states electoral vote.
Several women are in today's con-
ference. Kansas Democrats are not
| forgetting the new voters. They ex-
pect to cater to their support in tht
state and national campaigns. Cum
mings Is willy and adroit. He doesna
Intentionally overlook votes. Vote.
win elections. And the Kansas womer
4 vote-regularly. Several state. leader:
smiled broadly and nked slyly today
when it was mentioned that it was the
free and generous system of female
voting in Kansas in 1916 which gave
this state to Wilson after the spec
tacular kept us out of war cam
paign. Now the plan is to hold the
women vote next year. And this Mistel
Cummings party has whole flock o1
| ideas about delivering that vote al
| the polls on election day.
To Organize the Women.
| w omen OF the state are 10 De OF
ganized-even colonized and corrallet
for voting purposes. The plan tool
root right at the opening of the ses
| sion-took root as the veterans o.
former political wars enjoyed the com
| Portable settees and spat at the bras
cuspidors in the million dollar Hote
Lassen.
THE women were with US in 1911
| when they cast their first vote for
president and there is no reason VIII.
they shouldn't be with US in 1920,
said E. E. Murphy, of Leavenworth
state chairman. While Murphy seem
quite confident in his own mind as L
the course the dear ladies should pur
sue, he admitted it would take a littl
working to get all of them around t
his method of reasoning. So ever
county, every town., every school dis
trict is to have a Democrat club 70
the new voters only. Literature-ton
of twill come from national head
quarters Speakers whole army O
; 'em-will invade the state.
Kansas is considered good fightin
; ground, the leaders asserted. The
admit they lost some congressman las
year. But there was Wilson's appes
; that quietly and confidently. An
then it was an off year. Besides
: some of the ladies were a bit grieve
about the food substitutes and prob
ably a few were keeping books on tn
4 1o1O CdIHpdl EpteCHtS. III
Democrats hold Kansas to be goo
soil in spite of the unfavorable return
: of 1918.
They Want a Newspaper.
Corralling the lady vote isn't tn
: only matter for consideration toda.
! however. There is publicity. "Iror
!, jaw" Brown sank deeply into his cha
. as he bemoaned the shortage of pull
licity for such a worthy cause. II
r could find no good reason why
Q newspaper didn't use excessive spaC
$ to chant the praise of the nation;
/ administration and the league of ns
$ tions.
/ The Bourbons want a newspaper
Q one with a statewide circulation, lo
/ of vinegar and pep and unlimited er
Q thusiasm for the accomplishments
Q the powers in Washington sint
March. 1913. Some of the Democra
g want to put money into the enterpris
Il Others are willing to subscribe Il
n such a publication. If such a papt
cannot be found in Kansas, a numb'
Q of the leaders are willing to talk ser
Q ously to an out of the state pap,
: which might be induced to take I
d the cause here.
Z Old Faithfuls There.
:. Many leaders from all sections
C Kansas are here for the conferenc
Among some of the men who we
on the job early were: Sam Amido
Wichita. national committeeman:
. (Couffuuad oO paCa Two