Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-11-14
r.. W. TURNER BITTERLY DE.
NOuNCES HIS OLD ENEMY.
TOO MANY POPS LIKE HIM"
THAT, SAYS TURNER, EXPLAINS
KANSAS ELECTION RESULT.
Declares That Bush Is Responsible for
the Defeat of Mccormick in the
Sixth Observation-Disclosures
Not to Reapportion
the State.

TOPEKA, Nov. 13.-(Special) The polt-
Zeal row between Secretary of State Bush
and r. w. Turner. ex-secretary of the
board of railroad commissioners under the
present administration, has broken out
afresh since the election. Both men live
1n Jewell county. Two years ago 1t was
Populist stronghold. This year it went
Republican by good majority. In an in
terview. Bush declared that it was Tur-
Aers fault: that he was a traitor to the
cause of reform this year.
In an open letter, over his signature
Turner replies as follows:
Il desire to say that. in my opinion, the
defeat of the Populist state ticket is due
largely to the fact that such men as he,
on account of their opinonated. assinine
makeup. proved a continual source of dis
cord to fusion.
Because, as a lawyer, / saw fit TO vote
for a man that IN my judgment was better
qualified for the position of judge of this
district than the one whose nomination
Bush dictated, / was branded as "a man
who spent time and money to defeat the
silver candidate for judge. and elect for
that place goldbug, Rock Island attor-
ney.' etc, etc.
That, and that alone is the cause for
Mr.. Bush's ire. He is very Jealous against
the Rock Island road now, but / have a
distinct recollection that two years ago he
did not hesitate TO ask that road. and to
make myself the medium of the request
Tor about twenty-five passes TO take his
friends TO the Abilene convention. And
then ask that nothing be said about it, as
IL might injure him.
The people up here understand Mr.
Bush and that is the reason that his candi-
date for judge was defeated by 1855 votes in
the county in which we both live and II is
also the reason that Bush in this election
ran behind the Populist state ticket in
every precinct of this county on the ath
instant. and is defeated here by over 2z5.
And when the returns are all in it will
be found that he ran behind in every coun-
~ OF this district, that is the twenty-five
counties Of Northwestern Kansas.
"One of the causes of defeat was the
patent fact that the Populst party has too
many men like Bush. who by their con-
duct towards their fellows demonstrated
70 the people, that 1t is a venal desire for
ONCE that prompts them and not a love of
reform nor a desire to advance the prin-
ciples they, advocate. -----... .---.--..-
For this reason organic treatment was
necessary in Bush's case, and he got 1t
where he is best known.
II would have gladly taken an active part
in the campaign against him but did not
because Of the respect 1, entertained for
some Of the men who ran on the ticket
with him.
Bush defeated the ticket in this district
Had he been taken off and a Democrat
put in his place. Mccormick would go to
congress instead of Reeder. and the state
ticket would have received several more
thousand votes in the Sixth congressional
district.
y am glad that Bush's danse-dun,ventre
sas has come to an end