The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-10-23
CURTIS WILL NOT GO.
Won't Leavs His District to Help
Beat Simpson.
HIS FIRST DUTY HE BELIEVES

Is TO His Own DistrIeC-Seventh Dis
trirf Republicans Want Curtis to
show Up simpsons Congressional
Record
Congressman Charles Curtis is badly
wanted to do some campaigning in the
Seventh congressional district in behalf
OF the candidacy Of Chester L Long
The Republicans of the Seventh dis
trict do not think they will have 4 walk
away for their congressional ticket. but
they believe they can defeat Jerry Simp-
son If every Republican worker IN the
state will do his duty.
For several days there has been
stream of south western Kansas visitors
at the headquarters Of the Republican
State Central committee urging the com
mittee TO send Charley Curtis, The Lit
tie Black Eagle Of the Kaw,' out into
theic district TO help beat Jerry.
These politicians say they want Curtis
because be can be spared out Of his own
district, as be IS sure to have big ma
jority, aud four or five speeches from
him IN the big Seventh would surely de
feat Jerry. They have urged that Cur
tis having been in congress alongside OF
the Populist congressman can better de-
scribe their unfitness than any other man,
and, as he was one Of the movers IN the
congressional irrigation scheme. he Is IN
a position to do lots of good for the party
IT'D that part Of the state.
Notwithstanding all these entreatiess
and during the past few days the state
committee has been petitioned BY lead
ing men from Sedgwick. Scott, Sumner.
Pawnee, Edwards anu other counties, no
action has been taken towards sending
Curtis into the coyote country.
The congressional committee IN this
district and the state central committee
are not anxious to send Curtis away from
home, al they consider him q power
among his own people.
The western politicians have argued
fhat few additional hundred majority
will not do Curtis any good and a few
hundred extra votes in the Seventh may
defeat Simpson and elect Long.
The state central committee however
argues that a few hundred extra majority
in Shawnee and the adjacent counties of
the Fourth district, may elect Major
Morrill, and save the entire state ticket
and it is for this reason that they are not
willing Charley Curtis shall go a-cam-
Paigning in the big Seventh
OBJECTS OF THE REFERENDUM.
As Explained BY omciaIs Of the l. 4 r.
League.
The Initiative and Referendum people
don't seem to know exactly what they
want At first il appeared that their
hearts desire was the nomination Of Cy-
rus Corning for governor. At any rate
they chose him their standard bearer.
Now they have abandoned him, and
measures, not men," absorb all their att
tention We fear the Referendum folks
don't know exactly what it is, but what
ever It IS, they want it"-STArE JOUR
NAL
The above comment indicates that you
have been misinformed a. 70 the relation
which the Initiative and Referendum
people" bear toward the several tickets
which are to be voted for at the ensuing
election The fact is that we have not
chosen Cyrus Corning or any other man
as our standard bearer, and consequently
We had no one to abandon. Doubt
less Mr. Corning desired the nom
ination Of another state ticket,
and he became the head Of the ticket for
reasons satisfactory to himself a. he had
an unquestlOned right to do. But this
was not the act Of the referendum
folks Every member of the Initiative
aud Referendum association. whether
Peoples Party, Republican or Democrat.
has perfect right to vote just he
pleases without IN any manner affecting
his standing as 3 member. All that the
association asks of its mem hers is that
they use their influence as citizens and
voters To secure the estA blishment Of the
Initiative and Referendum. which places
the law making power in the
the majority may determine to exercise
this s0verei IN ii ght
la this demand we believe that we are
In fall accord with the honest conviction
of the average voter in all parties, and
until q legislature elected by these par
ties refuse to sd bnit this question to
vote Of the people, it would be folly for
US to take independent political action.
We knOwf what we want and for
this reason we are not disposed to defeat
our own purposes by or1anizing a party
to antagonize the advocates of this vital
measure Of reform in all other part
les 1t viii be time enough
to take this kind of action when
our demands have been rejected by the
representatives of the existing parties,
something, which as vet. We have no
reason to fear. But be this as it may.
the demand for direct legisl alton will not
die out with the short-Iived excitement
Of a political campaign. 1t has come to
stay and government by the people, in
fact as well as ia name, must take the
place of our present system of govern
ment by represen natives. over whom for
term Of years the people have no con-
troll.
BY order Of the T. & r. association.
FRANK CURRY. Sec'y.
A. o. GR1esBY,
A STALET.
Committee.