The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-07-15
HAVE A HOT TILT.
Senator Burton Has Lively Time
at Kansas City.
He Meets Cyrus Leland and
Frank Brown.
HE WOULDN'T BET.
Senator Narrowly Escaped Max
ing 500 Wager.
Congressman Long Refuses to
Take Hand i'm Controversy.

Congressman Long Refuses to
Take Hand i'm Controversy.
"I have no personal fight on Senator
Burton. Our differences are chiefly over
the matter of Cuban reciprocity, and
shall refuse to be drawn into anything
that looks like a personal controversy.
Thus spoke Congressman Chester 1.
Long at the Copeland today when shown
a statement made by Senator Burton in
Kansas City last night concerning the
telegram which Burton sent to PreSi-
dent Roosevelt from the Wichita state
convention, withdrawing the recommen-
dation of J. B. TomlinsOn for a United
States marshalship, and to which he
signed MIR. Longs name without the
| latter's knowledge
'I would say Furthermore that my
| speech at Ottawa tomorrow will not be
| in answer to Senator BurtOn'S speech
here a week ago. I made my date at
| Ottawa six months ago and announced
my subject long before Senator Burton
| thought of speaking in Topeka last
week. shall discuss the subject of re.
| ciprocity with Cuba on it's merits and
will not be drawn into personal con-
] troversy with Senator Burton.
| Mr.. Long came to Topeka early this
morning from his home in Medicine
Lodge. He has been comforting with
! few of his friends here today and will
| go on to Ottawa tonight, where he will
speak tomorrow at the Chautauqua as
! sembly. He is accompanied by his Sec
retary, Ralph Faxon.
The report which brought Mr.. Longs
declaration was one published in a
Kansas City paper this morning of a
controversy between Senator Burton on
one side and Frank Brown and Cyrus
Leland on the other side at the Blossom
House in Kansas City last night. They
| with Frank Vincent of Hutchinson, and
George w. Findlay Of Topeka, who was
| with Senator Burton, happened to come
together last night as reporter was
Interviewing the senator. Senator Bur-
ton said:
sAThey are critfcising me for not sup
porting a bill in the senate which was
nothing more nor less than Demo-
cratic measure
Here Frank Brown spoke up and
said:
Then, senator, the other Republicans
of Kansas are wrong, are they?
Senator Burton replied:
NO, they are all right, and I am
with them. I guess I am all right with
my. people, when I drew the plank OF
porated in the Kansas state convention
platform at Wichita
| did you write it?' asked Brown
II did," replied Burton. Il wrote IL
in the presence of Mr.. Long and the
president and it was cordially endorsed
by the president
IN bot you s1oo you did not write
that plank in the platform" said
Brown.
Taken replied the senator.
They arose and went into the lobby,
where Senator Burton called for paper
| and ink and began to write the propo-
| sition while Brown looked over mis-
shoulder. Senator Burton started to
| write about the bill he supported in con
gress, and Brown lnterposed the op1ec-
ton that he was getting away from the
| proposition of the wager While they
| were arguing this proposition Cyrus Le-
land. who had been in the rear of the
IL. 49,
tor Burton's draft of the Cuban reci-
| procity plank had been turned down by
the resolutions committee of the state
convention.
that committee. The clause you wrote
was known to come from you and was
rejected by the committee and another
substituted Everything you presented
was turned down by the committee and
| the convention upheld the committee
by more than a nine-tenths vote"
We'll, 1 know that the reciprocity
plank was not my exact language but
the thought and sentiment was the same
as the clause / submitted. The clause
adopted l admit was drawn by Charlie
Scott, but that is mere technicality.
Anybody who has read the two will
agree with me. Mr.. Long will tell you
SO and he was present when I talked
with the president and wrote my reci-
proeity clause"
| Yes, Long could tell other things,
too" said some one.
For instance, senator" said Leland
following this up, didn't you sign Con-
gresham Longs name to a telegram to
the president without his knowledge or
CONSENT"
Il signed his name''
But wasn't it without his knowing
it?"
Yes"
"And without his consent?"
"Mr. Long will not say that. He knows
perfectly we'll the circumstances under
which I signed his name to that tele-
gram to the president If he will pub
licly complain of it then I will answer
| him in detail"
But wasn't Mr. Long there when you
sent the telegram" persisted Leland.
NO"
Not in wichita?"
Yes. he was in Wichita. but there
were thousands there also attending the
state convention and 1 could not find
| him at the time"
The argument was continued in a
warm fashion until 11:30 o'clock wher
Senator Burton had to run to catch his
train He walked up and down the
marble floor of the lobby swinging his
cane. His opponents arranged them
! selves in seats along the wall He de.
| clared he was in favor of Cuban re
| ciprocity but not as provided in the
senate hill. He declared that he and al
| the socal]ed beet sugar senators hai
| informed the senate committee tha
} they would accept the house bill with
out amendment.
'sThe bill we opposed" he said s'mads
no restrictions. 1t did not require thu
Cubans to adopt our labor laws to ex
clude pauper labor. The bill they pro-
posed attempted to present to the sugal
trust Sc, ,040,00 annually for five year.
and for that reason opposed it,
The ..-vo planks as submitted by Sena
! tor Burton and Congressman Scott t.
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