The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-09-12
Alrich, OF Cawker City Record, /,
Joins Anti Kelly Papers.
Comments on the Explanation
That Doesn't Explain.
HE SHOULD WITHDRAW
The Best Thing for the Party
and Ticket.
Too Good q Republican to En-
dorse Rascality.


the list Of those who are opposed TO the
election of r. T. kelly as state treas
urer Is the Cawker City Record. edited
by L. l. Alrich. one of the prominent
G. A. r. men of the state In this
weeks issue of his paper Mr.. Alrich
says:
"That explanation of T. T. Kelly. the
Republican nominee. doesn't seem TO
explain satisfactorily to the majority
of the party papers. His name is being
dropped by many of the publishers It
is unfortunate for the party that Kelly
was nominated with cloud hanging
over his reputation. The convention
knew of this cloud and should have
turned him down. and probably would
have done SO but for Senator Burtons
appeal in his behalf. But, come to think
of it, that appeal should have been
good and sufficient reason for turning
him down. When Burton is SO insistent
on political proposition it is time to
stop, and consider and then do the other
thing.
IF Kelly is innocent. as he claims,
why did he pay back into the county
treasury over thirteen hundred dollars
which he was charged with stealing? II
he did not steal it and is an honest man
why doesn't he prosecute his accusers!
After all that has been published for
and against Mr.. Kelly it is difficult for
the reader to decide whether he Is in
nocent or guilty, and we can easily see
how an innocent man may pc persecu-
ted, as many innocent men17ave been-
ssThe best thing for the p1rty and for
Kelly himself would be for him to
withdraw from the ticket and thus re-
lfeve the state committee OF embarrass-
ment, for he certainly will be defeated
at the polls.
at is a question whether the state
committee has the authority to strike
his name from the ticket, for It was
placed there by the people through their
delegates to the convention. And, II
11o has that authority
neither does the publisher of a Repubh !.
can paper. He cannot change the ticket
made up by the convention Neither
does he have to give active support to
nominee against whom serious
charges have been made. Taking this
view OF the matter, Mr.. Kelly's name
will remain in the ticket at the head OF
this paper, and while it remains there
it is not an endorsement of him. The
Record il Republican-tt could not be
| otherwise under the present manage
ment, but we do not endorse rascaiity,
or even departure from Republican
policy by any Of the party's nominees.
| They must also be true to the avowed
principles OF the party"
| Mcpherson Opinion: Tom Kelly's
blum that he would waive the statute
tof limitation and go to trial on his
| Miami county forgeries was blum
| body knows that man can't waive the
statute of limitation any more than he
could waive the rights of life. He might
go down and tell the warden Of the pen
| itentiary to lock him up because he
had stolen 81 300 from Miami county.
The warden wouldn't do 1t because he
couldn't. Tom knew when he made the
bluff that he couldn't waive the statute
| and he ought to have had sense enough
to know that the people of Kansas
would see that he was just bluff1ng- In
fact his whole Explanation" is bluff,
and very lacking In details. It may
him anyway, but 1t will not satisfy any
man that has and uses a grain OF
reasoning power.
The split among the fusionists In Clay
county and their failure to agree on a
county ticket is the cause of new pa
per in Clay Center, the Clay County
Democrat. J. P. Stewart is the pub
Usher and Sam Maxwell the editor.
Each of the three tickets in Clay county
| now has a newspaper behind it. The
new paper in its salutatory says: I'VE
propose to print the old, old story OF
Democracy. and its saving grace, to tell
Of the healing in its wings for the ills
which beset the administration of a
government that is the best the world
ever saw and to tell the part Democ-
Of the world power today, which was
founded on the solid rock of Democra-
tic principles and prescriptions.
Three different ballots will be used in
the election this fall everywhere except
in cities of the first and second class
where there will be only two. There will
be a ballot box for each set of ballots
One will be for state and county off,
GERS, another will be for the constitu-
tional amendments, and everywhere ex-
| cept in cities the third will be for town
ship officers.
Representative Hallett, who has Just
been nominated by the Republicans OF
Rush county for the third time, is the
author of the biennial law which die
away with election on ''off" years.
Jerry Simpson is now touring ksnsas
| with an exhibition car of vesetab
from the Pecos valley in New Mextco
AS side line and just to keep his hant
in he is running for the legislature dowr
in New Mexico.
| There is trouble on at Leavenwortl
over the entertainment of presiden
Roosevelt when he reaches that town
and dispatch from there saws:
; "The row between the Commercial
club and D. r. Anthony over the forth
coming visit of President Roosevelt t,
both sides have declared positively tina
| there will be no yielding. no matte
what the consequences may be. Tw
| weeks ago. the Commercial club an
pointed committee to receive the pres
! ident when he visits the city and thi
committee has been working on the ar
rangements for his reception Las
night Mayor Ryan appointed anothe
committee and now this committee
lgoing ahead making arrangements t
entertain the president when he comes
Mayor Ryan Is chairman of this com
| mittee and he was at the head of tn
| committee appointed by the Commercia
c111b but the Commercial club used III