The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-02-18
Appears Before Home Defenders
Hoping For Endorsement.
Told That He Would Not DO For
Mayor of Topeka.
is GREATLY CONFUSED.
Like Adam Tries to Shift Re.
sponsibility to Wife.
Says She Owns Building Where
Joint Was Bun.

you are not the man to be mayor; we
want clean man.
These We're the words which Mrs. Car
RE Nation. speaking for the Home De-
| Tenders, gave as the ultimatum of that
| body, regarding the candidacy of J. W.
F. Hughes for mayor. She spoke to Mr.
Hughes personally in the presence of 80
members of the Defenders after he had
submitted to such cross-fire of ques-
tiOns as completely confused him and
made him glad to excuse himself as soon
as possible. The session of Mr.. Hughes
with the Defenders was held late Satur-
day afternoon in the Office OF Dr. Eva
Harding and lasted only about 10 min
utes. But in that short time they drew
from Mr.. Hughes such information as
satisfied them fully that they could not
support him for mayor in the coming
municipal campaign. Mr.. Hughes had
been asked to appear before the women
! and about o'clock the examination be-
gan with Mrs Nation as chief question
er. The first question asked Hughes
was:
Are you a candidate for mayor3''
yes"
How are you on the prohibition law
of Kansas? Don't you believe it has
made KansaS?''
Yes. believe in enforcing it -
do you drink?''
II am not habitual drinker."
DO you go into the joints2"
i do not frequent them"
do you ever go into the joints?' per
sisted Mrs. Nation.
NO"
"Well, what makes your face SO red %
my mother set me out in the sun
when was 6 years old, and the wood
pecker5 fed me-
You are something like Adam; you
lay everything on a woman. When
went down to your Office the other day
you kindly invited me in; but I told YOU
| the smell was so bad could not go in,
ana you SAID your mother was the cause
! of it; that she smoked, and you intima-
ted that the bonds of heredity were so
strong IN this regard that you couldn't
! recover yourself.
DO you smoke cigarettes?'' continued
years -
blamed; you are in a condition to be
helped and not to help others'
always expect to smoke cigarettes .
During the interview some of the To-
cal Defenders who knew his record bet
| ter than Mrs. Nation knew it. asked him
| regarding his ownership of property
where a joint was run
Mrs Mary White interrogated him as
TO whether or not he knew if he owned
! property where liquor was sold Hughes
replied at first that all the property he
owned in Topeka was his residence He
afterward acknowledged that his wife
owned some.
| Mrs c. P. Chadwick then asked If he
/ didn't own the property on East Fourth
joint.
I don't own that; my wife owns that
property" was his answer.
some or the women suggested that
man and wife were not supposed to run
a business separately. Then one or two
more questions were asked and the v,o
men finally were led to conclude that fhe
WOODS prothers had been running a
soup house in the front part and a Joint
| IN the rear of the building owned bN-
Hughes or his wife or both
Tney also decided that since he was
unable to know what sort of business
/ was being conducted in his own Dron
erty, he did net possess the trait c1II1
ming to such degree as would warrant
Topeka. = -
Then Mrs. Nation stood up and with
| that decision and emphasis which her
/ experience IN saloon smashing has given
her said:
Women. think this is a nice look
| ing man, but don't vote for him for
mayor Addressing Mr. Hughes ssYoil
are not the man to be mayor; we want
| self up
BY this time Mr. Hughes appeared TO
be embarrassed. and begged to be ex-
cused, saying that he had an ENGAGE
cigarette smoking he declared he was
not breaking any statute by induIging
| in the practice. But the women re-
| piled that they wanted a man who
would be controlled by conscience as
If he cleans himself up within fo11r
| years from now, vote for him." advised
Mrs. Nation. Keep your eye on him.
women; he's got a good heart. but the
/ devils got q cinch on him.
Hughes edged toward the door. but
half a dozen Defenders surrounded him
and began talking with him. IT didn't
come up here to talk to all these wo-
men, he complained It only came up
to talk to Mrs. Nation
| I'm your friend" said Mrs. Nation
+ consolingly as she clasped his hand
You know hakespeare SAYS Hast fflolJ
4 friend, grapple him to thee with hooks
/ of STEEL Then, as Hughes made an
! other effort to go. she said: Meet me
blingly. Then Mrs. Nation released her
/ handclasp and as Hughes fled through
| the door and down stairs Mrs Nation
shouted after him: God bless youi
/ God bless youis'
Mrs Nation said afterward in discuss
/ ing the interview: T am sorry for that
man. fer he is to be pitIed; he is q poor
weak man, and am sorry we forced him
to tell so many things that were not
/ true. Why do you know you can al
most see the whisky dripping from his
what a shame 1t is that the good
women Of Topeka should endorse such
| man. That is the trouble with the
/ fooled. This man made a speech to
/ them and they endorsed him without
asking anything more. What shamel
What a shamel Why, we even made
| him admit that he owned a building in
which there was joint