The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-07-22
BLOW FOR BURTON
Can Not Speak Under Direction
Of Republican Committee.
Out Of Harmony With Party in
Kansas.
NO FLAT TURN DOWN.
Will Simply Not Be Invited to
Speak.
Senator DIETRICH, Of Nebraska,
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20 FLAT TURN DOWN.
Senator DIETRICH, Of Nebraska,
Suffers Similar Rebuff.

It is doubtful if Senator J. r. Burton
will officially take part in the Republi-
can campaign in Kansas the coming
is, as a representative of the
Republican state committee. The sena-
tor will, of course, make a number OF
speeches, but they will probably be re-
sponses to personal invitations ex-
tended to him and not under the direc
ton of the state committee. He is out
of harmony with the views expressed by
the Republican state convention on the
subject of Cuban reciprocity and hence
the state committee cannot consistently
stand responsible for the views he may
express in his speeches.
Up in Nebraska Senator DIETRICH has
suffered in the same way. He offered
his services to the Nebraska state COM
mittee but was told that they were not
needed Senator DIETRICH was also
beet sugar insurrectionist while the Re-
publicanS of Nebraska are for Cuban
reciprocity.
OF course, Senator Burton will be
called upon for a great number of
speeches. He is famous as an orator
and will receive personal invitations to
make addresses, but it will not be
through the state committee, unless
there is change of attitude somewhere.
The committee probably will not turn
Mr.. Burton fatty down. 1t simply will
not invite him to make any speeches.
Then if he offers his services it prob
ably will not absolutely refuse them bu.
will inform the senator that it will call
upon him when he is wanted, or take
some such procedure.
There is some doubt as to whether
Senator Burton would be able to do
the Republican state ticket any good
in Kansas this year His actions in the
senate and the great amount of criti-
cism to which he has recently been sub
jected would have tendency to preju-
dice people against him and it might be
a i'm of tn Sro x in fa-
half of the Republican state ticket the
coming fall. He might drive away
more votes than he would make in the
present state of the public mind.
But Senator Burton will not need
to stay at hone waiting for the state
committee to call on him. He will re-
ceive plenty of invitations to speak in
dependent of the regular speakers
bureau. In fact, he already has a large
number of Invitations, probably more
than he can fill before he leaves. for
Hawaii, and his time will be fully oc-
cupied after he returns. Next Friday
evening he is scheduled to make a
speech at Junction City and Satur-
day night at his home in Abilene.
Senator Burton is in Topeka today
and in speaking of the invitations
which are coming in upon him to make
speeches, he said:
+ "I am simply flooded with requests to
make speeches. The Republican cam
paign committee of Maine has asked n
to devote two weeks in that state in
August. That state votes in September
Other states have invited me- and in
vitatiOns are coming in from Kansas
towns so thick that I can scarcely find
time to answer them.
There was a meeting" says a dis
patch, between w. J. Bailey and
Charles F. Scott at Ottawa last week
When the Republican state committee
elected the officers it invited the candi-
dates on the state ticket to make rec
q fiOOS All
Mr.. Scott, the candidate for congress-
n nan-at-large, who sent his proxy to Nj.
Bailey. Mr.. Bailey favored Morton AL
baugh for chairman, F. c. Raney for
the other places, and announced that his
vote and Scott's would be cast Be
fore the recommendations were made
BAILEY received a telegram from Scott
directing him to vote for Cyrus Ander-
son for secretary. Bailey replied that
! he had promised the vote to Raney. To
this Scott replied that NJ L. Low had
requested him to vote for Anderson and
he wanted his vote so cast That left
Mr.. Bailey out and T. T. Kelly was
! given the proxy to vote for Anderson. .
The foregoing is true so far as IL
states that Congressman Scott favored
| Anderson for secretary, but it is not
true that T. T. Kelly was given the
proxy. From one who was present
when the organization was made it is
learned that Mr.. Bailey held Mr.. Scott g
proxy and exercised it, casting the vote
| as requested.
| w. ]. Bailey. Republican candidate
/ for governor, will make a number of
! speeches in the next ten days. but they
will be at reunions, log-rollings, and
celebrations of various kinds. His ac-
live political campaign will not begin
4 until August 10. and during the last two
weeks of August he will be busy. The
following dates have been announced
for him between now and the last of
| August:
July %, Pittsburg, soldiers reunion
July 49, Downs, anniversary celebra-
| ton.
| August 1. Circlevil1e Woodman picnic
| August 2, Fulton, soldiers reunion.
! August 4, Leavenworth, Emancipatio
address.
August 10, Cawker City, Chautauqua,
2 p. M. Stockton, p. M, political
| August 20, Hill City, p. m, political
| August 21, Hoxie. 2 p M. political.
August %. Atwood, p. m, political
| August %, Atwood, p M, political
August 25. Marion, afternoon educa-
ical.
August %. Garden City, all day, fair,
Cimarron, p m, political.
August 80, Syracuse. p m, political.
Lakin. p. m, political.
| j. NJ. Nation was renominated for the
legislature by the Republicans of Ne
| osho county yesterday. Mr.. Nation was
kiona1 convention which nominated
| Phil Campbell for congress
The balance of the county
ticket is as follows: Sheriff, M G. Glib
clerk of the district court. Fred Carter;
county superintendent, C. w. Payne;
register of deeds, L. r. Stanley; county
| treasurer, R. Stevenson; county clerk,
w. L. Baldwin; probate judge, w. o.
! Jeffery: coroner. r. C. Crandon; sur
veyor, W. E Adamson. The resolutions
endorsed the administrations of Presi-
dent Roosevelt and Governor Stanley.
| the Wichita and Winfield platforms.
and especially RooseveItss Cuban policy.