The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-10-14
THEY MEET AGAIN
$500 People Hear Bailey-Crad-
dock Joint Debate.
CraddOck Fills His Time With
out Difficulty.
BAILEY SCORES HIM.
Calls Up lis Opponents Nilsson
ri Court Record.
CraddOck Fails to Answer Any
CraddOck Fails to Answer Any
of BaiIey's Questions.

People who went to the joint debate
between the opposing candidates for gov
ernor of Kansas, w. J. Bailey and w.
H. Craddock, expecting to near Mr..
Craddock founder around and have diff
hculty in filing his time, as he had at
Wichita, were disappointed. Craddock
not only filled his time. but he spoke
so easily and interested his audience to
such an extent that he was frequently
4 interrupted by cheering and received n
| tremendous applause when he had con-
4 Guided 1t is said that he has been un-
der the tutelage of John Atv God, the
''silver-tongued orator. of LeaVenworth
| recently, and portions of his speech
seemed to indicate as much AT any
rate he is making rapid improvement ds
a speaker and the debate last night was
mere evenly matched than good many
Republicans had expected.
! As to which speaker "demoliShed' the
other, it depended upon the sympatFies
of the hearer. the same as at Wichita,
and the same as it is in nearly every
joint debate. Some arguments were
clearly answered by each speaker, some
were lodged. and no attempt was made
to answer others. For instance, Bailey
demolished Craddock's argument that
the railroads in Missouri are more high
! ly taxed by the mile than in Kansas by
showing that roads of the same grade
I OF earning capacity are taxed AlBn6r IN
Kansas and that the farmers are taxed
less in proportion. CraddockS strong
point, on the other hand was that the
railroads are taxed only 10 per cent of
their value and that if they were taxed
! IN proportion to other property tho total
assessed valuation of the state would
! be doubled and the rate of taxation
/ therefore cut in two. This is the point
that is helping Craddock in his cam
paign more than any other one thing.
Mr. Bailey replied to this by denying
| the correctness of Craddock's figures.
He said that Craddock is taking the
total valuation of the entire systems
| which run through Kansas instead of
only the portions which lie in Kansas.
and that they are really assessed 10 per
cent of their total valuations in all
states through which they run.
1t was not a debate in a technical
sense. Bailey was supposed to make
/ the argument and Craddock was sup
posed to reply. Instead Bailey opened
by replying to the arguments which
! Craddock has been making and Grad
which Bailey had already answered.
/ Both speeches were largely along the
line of those at the Wichita debate
week ago with some new features mix
ed in.
There were perhaps upwards of $500
people present. The auditorium lacked
a whole lot of being crowded and there
was only handful of the leaders of
each side on the stage. On the wall in
rear of the stage were the decora tons
which were prepared for President
RooseVelt's coming. The main feature
of the decoration is the immense flag
the wall in sinuous waves, While in each
of the stars glistened an electric light.
The walls around were covered with
| vines with autumn colored leaves
| The Republicans came first on the
stage, and as Mr.. Bailey, ACCOMPANIED
by Captain H NJ. Philips, the Republi-
can chairman of the evening. advanced,
he was met by a ripple of applause.
After him came state Auditor Cole,
Lieutenant Governor Richter, Cyrus Le-
land, Morton Albaugh, J. r. Burrow,
candidate fer secretary of state; D. j.
Hanna, candidate for lieutenant govea-
nor; ]. c. Postlethwaite. James A.
Troutman, j. w. Skinner, John A.
Bright and other Republicans.
Then came the fusionists led by w H.
CradGock and c. B. Hoffman, chairman
for their side. J. NJ. Simpson got side
tracked when the Republicans came on
and got mixed up with the fusionists so
that ,he came marching on the stage
Immediately behind Craddock Then
ant governor; Charles McCrum E. E.
| Brown, Frank Thomas, Hugh Farrelly,
w. J. Babb. John Curran and others.
The debate was preceded by a song by
the Wyatt sisters. who sang the Star
| Spangled Banner and responded to an
encore with "Old Kentucky Home
While they were singing two colOred
men came forward carrying an i'm
mense banner with picture on IL.
Somebody suggested that it looked like
Bob RuggIes, but when the audience
found that it was meant for a likeness
of Bailey they promptly cheered. Then
Captain Philips Introduced Mr. Bailey
and the scrap was on
MR.. BAILEY OPENED.
Mr.. Bailey began by stating that he
did not want anything he should say
to be construed as personal but that
he should treat his opponent as one gen
tleman should treat another He re-
ferred to the handbook prepared by ny.
Craddock and his DO Right motto
It's a Joke that the Democratic part
can get any monopoly on doing right. ,"
said Mr.. Bailey. The flrst Do Right
club which I ever Joined was when I
gained my majority and joined the Re
publican party
The argument in the handbook, Mr..
Bailey said, is the same which Mr. Crad-
dock has been making all during this
campaign, and which ne made at Wicn-
tia. I want to congratulate my hon
orable opponent, though, that he is inn
proving from a rhetorical standpoint"
Here Mr.. Craddock got up ana bowed
his acknowledg ements.
Bailey called attention to the fact