The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-02-04
EmpOria PostOffice MIDDLE Will
Not Down.
SOME ANCIENT HISTORY
Will White Explains About Mil
Ter and Roosevelt.
President Forced Admission
Concerning Martindale.

with difficulties every day. NOW Ildl
the convention is comparatively near
at hand the opposition to Miller Will
probably crystalline rapidly. The En-
poria Gazette publishes the following,
touching on the postoffice muddle at
Emporia and showing why Lyon coun-
ty Republicans are against Miller's re-
nomination.:
There is absolutely no excuse for the
denomination of Miller. His own sup
porters can not point to one thing he
has done that is even passingly credit
able. 1t is admitted even by his fr1ends
that Longs Calderhead. Bowersock,
Scott or Curtis were better congress
men the next day after they TOOK tue
oath than Miller is at the close OF ms
second term. But his friends say ne
has done no harm Even this poor
done harm to the Republican party
right here in Lyon county. What right
has congressman to openly BOAST tndt
no matter what the people want or
what they think he will give the best
postoffice in his district to repay one
man for money expended and services
rendered in the election?
THAT is the boast Miller made TO d
committee of nine business men from
Emporia last May. Again as to the
Emporia postoffice, Miller in effect takes
the position that he will give the office
to his friends no matter how often they
have knitted Republican candidates
What right has a congressman who
claims to be a Republican, to take that
position?
Can Miller find no friends in Lyon
county who are honorable and consist
ent RepublicanS2
But Miller's unsavory postoffice rec
ord is not confined to Lyon county.
From Lyndon, Carbonate and Cotton
wood Falls as we'll as other towns come
reports that of the two or three cand1-
dates for appointment, each claims a
positive promise from Miller that ne
will be appointed. In some of these
places the commission has been due tor
an he vet mr. H.
mendation has yet been made by the
congressman. 1t is thought that no
recommendation will be made till after
the congressional convention. And thus
the brilliant 90 congressman will have
the support of all these various apph-
cants in his campaign for renomina-
ton.
why should the Republicans of this
ma gnifcent district longer keep this
small politician at Washington? The
vacancy heretofore existing in the Kan
sas delegation ought to be filled by
electing a man of brains, character and
ability to represent this district"
CONGRESSMAN Miller recently caused a
Topeka paper to deny the story that
President Roosevelt had refused to dis
cuss the Emporia postoffice muddle
quence had referred to the president as
that animal at the end of the avenue.
William Allen White saw the denial,
and he Immediately sat down and wrote
the Topeka paper a letter in which he
said:
"As wrote the article in question
you may see after some calm reflection
that the Miller statement reflects on
me. The article in the Gazette stated
that Miller had referred to President
Roosevelt that animal at the end OF
the avenue because the president had
refused to appoint Wiggam postmaster.
That is the substance of it. Miller re-
plies that it is false, because he had
never discussed the matter of the EN-
wi
welt.
L have the facts from a gentleman
of hithertS unblemished integrity, who
is in a position to know what he is
talking about. He says that Miller
called on the president to talk over the
Emporia postoffice matter, and that the
president opened the matter abruptly
Mr.. Miller, want to ask you one
question.
We'll, what it tsp replied Miller.
-" Did you asked the president, offer
the ETnporia postoffice to William Mar
tindale--a man who is under indictment
for misapplying the funds of a national
bank%
Miller offered in explanation the fact
that he thought Martindale was inno-
cent, and that the charges would be dis
missed, and the president cut in with:
That is not the questionable you
or didn't you offer Martindale the
placer
Miller admitted that he did
We'll, then, said the president,
that's enough That's all I want to
know. 1 can't discuss the matter on
that basis
That is why Miller says he never
discussed the matter of the Emporia
post office with the president'-because
his position was SO unfair that the pres
ident didn't care to discuss it with Mil
Ter.
Now, of course, 1t is possible that
the Gazette's information as to the
nature of the above interview is an
error If Mr.. Miller cares to deny that
this interview or one in substance the
same occurred, the Gazette is willing to
retract what it said and to give Mr..
Miller the benefit of his own construc-
ton of what was said at that interview
if he will say exactly what did occur.
But the denial must be without equivo-
his statement was not, when he proud
ly declared that the Gazette had lied
when it said he had discussed the mat
ter with the president Also the Ga
zette is willing to reprint from any pa
per in which Mr. Miller may make the
ident as that animal at the end of the |
avenue
1.-The Gazette has no desire to be I'M
fair, and the Gazette would rather see |
Congressman Miller reelected than to |
see him defeated by falsehoods. The |
above board, or it will stop. He should |
be too square a man to resort to sub |
terfuge and equivocation in order to |
put the brand of falSehood on his OPP
ponents-if this story of his interview |
with the president is true. If it is not |
true. he is justified in his position, and |
the Emporia Gazette owes him an apol- |
ogy, which it will give. Truly,
wv. A WHITE"