The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-09-11
NO, THANK YOU.
Republican Papers That Refuse
to Support Kelly.
List Includes Some OF Most
Prominent Publications.
In EVERY DISTRICT.
Editors Who Won't COuntenance
Dishonesty Are Numerous.
The State Printer Contest Is
Becoming Interesting.

responsible ONCE In the state IneSe
papers are either openly opposing
kelly or demanding that he show that
he is innocent of the charges made
against MIN by the county commission
ers of Miami county.
A correspondent of the State Journal
writes for list of the Republican
papers which are against Kelly. The
State Journal has kept no track OF these
papers, but the following list IS given
from memory, which includes only those
papers which are received at the State
Journal office:
FIRST DISTRICT.
Holton Recorder, Jackson county.
Troy Chief, Donipnan county.
Atchison Globe. Atchison county.
Edingham New Leaf, Atchison county.
SECOND DISTRICT.
Lawrence World, Douglas county.
Ottawa Herald, Franklin county.
Garrett Eagle, Anderson county
Paola Republican, Miami county.
Spring Hill New Era, Johnson county.
Osawatomie Graphic. Miami county.
Border Sentinel, Linn county.
Moran Herald, Allen county.
Blue Mound Sun, Linn county.
THIRD DISTRICT.
Fredonia Citizen, Wilson county.
Howard Courant, Elk county.
NeodeSha Register, Wilson county.
FOURTH DISTRICT.
Wamego Times, Pottawatomie county.
Alma Enterprise, Wabaunsee county.
Emporia Gazette, Lyon county.
Chase County Leader, Chase county.
Walnut Valley Times. Butler county.
Burns Citizen. Marion county
FIFTH DISTRICT.
Clyde Republican, Cloud county.
Scandal Journal, Republic county.
Washington Post-Register, Washing
ton county.
Frankfort Review, Marshall county.
SIXTH DISTRICT.
Phillipsburg News. Phillips county.
Stockton Record, Rocks county.
Hoxie Sentinel, Sheridan county.
SEVENTH DISTRICT.
Wichita Star, Sedgwick county.
Wellington News. Sumner county.
Liberal News, Seward county,
Garden City Imprint. Finney county.
Halstead Independent, Harvey coun-
ty.
Caldwell News. Sumner county.
This list includes sc papers in 80 diff
ferent counties. and is made I'D from
memory only of papers received at the
State Journal Office. There are doubt
inent Republican editors as M. M.
Beck of the Holton Recorder, Jack
Schall of the Troy Chief. Henry Allen
of the Ottawa Herald and one of the
principal campaigners in the present
campaign; ]. l. Brady of the Lawrence
World, John Gilmore of the Wilson
County Citizen, Tom Thompson of the
Howard Courant, Fred Badger of the
Neodesha Register, w. A. White of the
Emporia Gazette, w. A. Morgan of the
the Walnut Valley Times, w. l.. Cham
bers of the Stockton Record. and Sena-
tor Simons OF the Caldwell News. The
list includes seven daily papers.
There are others which are still sup
porting Kelly, but are demanding that
he give them some positive evidence
with which to Refute the charges against
him. The Usage County Chronicle is
one of these
Still others. like the Marvsvtlie Re-
publican, are advising the Republicans
to vote for Kelly because he is on the
ticket and it might endanger Republi-
can success to scratch him. but it ad-
mits that it was a mistake to nominate
him
Meanwhile Mr.. Kelly is doing nothing
further to disprove the charges against
him He is not even attempting to get
the $1,000 which w. D. Greason offers
him if he will get committee from ten
of the prominent Republicans editors
of the state to examine the records of
Miami county on which the county COM
missioners convicted Kelly of a short
age of s1,324.99. and get them to report
that the records have been altered or
mutilated in anv manner or to bring
In any report different from the And
1ngs of the county commissioners.
If the records have been altered in
any respect it can be easily shown and
Mr.. Kelly can get back thousand dollars
of the money he had paid over to Mi
ami county to cover his shortages. Why
doesn't he take up Greason's offer?
A careful reading of Mr.. Kelly's
statement, however, will show that he
does not charge that the records have
been altered. He leaves that for the
reader to infer without directly charg-
ing it The county commissioners state
ed, that none OF them are missing, and
that the handwriting is Kelly's.
Mr.. Kelly is sending out letters to the
Republican papers of the state offering
IN fhar4 f,-oo <,f< <,cfh fc 81 tor, ov,f
In stereotyped form If they will publish
it. If the Republican ppers of the state
want to be entirely fair in the matter
they really ought to publish Mr.. Kelly's
statement and along with it the detailed
finding of the county commissioners of
Miami county. The two documents
should both be placed before the peo-
pie. 1t would also be well for the edi-
refuted the findings or the commission
ers or shown that he is not guilty as
charged and entitled to the confidence
of the people of Kansas to the extent of
several million dollars.
Reports from the Republican county
conventions over the state indicate that
Ed Hoch is gathering in a good many
votes for state printer and that he Will
be well up towards the top when the
caucusing begins in the next legislature.
Hoch is less handicapped than any of
the other candidates. Arthur Capper
- idiuIcdppeu ny 1urtis cdndluacy IOr
United States senator. In the same way
Henry Allen is also handicapped by
Governor Stanley. Allen is not trying
to push his candidacy for state printer,
his loyalty to Stanley being greater
than his own desire for the most lucra-
tive Office in the state. People are in
clined to believe that George Clark has
been long enough at the public trough
without a vacation. He was member
of the board of charities and has been
secretary of state for four years. Hoch