The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-10-08
NOT DYING OUT.
Kansas People Show No DispO-
siti0n to Support Embezzler.
Party Collar Not Heavy Enough
to Offset Official Dishonesty.
HONOR OVER POLITICS.
That Is Position of Fearless Re-
publican Editors.
Conditions Have Been in No
Manner Changed.
HONOR OVER POLITICS.

The friends of 7. T. Kelly are making
desperate attempt to lead the public
to believe that public sentiment is com
ing his way. They keep reiterating that
the fight against Kelly is dying OUT
and that he will run ahead of his ticket
This, too, in face of the fact that more
than thirty Republican newspapers in
Kansas are actively fighting him.
The way the fight against Kelly is
dying OUT Is shown by the following
editorial from the Wellington Daily
News:
I'VE desire to again call attention to
the case of Thomas T. Kelly, Repub-
lican nominee for state treasurer. At
the time of his nomination it was
charged that he was a defaulter. as
county clerk in Miami county, to the
extent of thirteen hundred dollars. With
many others we believed that these
charges were made out of pure malice.
and took the greatest kind of satisfac-
tion in seeing him nominated over the
objections of his caluminatOrS. Since
that time the board of county commits
siOners, consisting of three Republicans.
have examined into the matter and find
that the charges are true. Then Mr..
Kelly paid into the county treasury of
Miami county the sum of thirteen hum
dred dollars claimed to be due the coun-
ty. He also makes the statement that
he has been lied about. but so far has
been very careful to keep the public III
the dark as to Just where the lie comes
in. We hold that when q Republican
convention is deceived in a man. it is
the duty Of the individual voter to rec
tify the mistake at the polls. That If
the Republican party wants to ATTRACT
recruits 1T must let the public under
stand that it does not stand for doubt
full characters that happen to get on its
state ticket and afterwards plead guilty
to embezzlement by paying in the
amount of the dafalcation. We have
become satisfied that 7. T. Kelly should
not be elected. and hope that every
reader of this paper will make careful
inquiry into the facts before voting A
great many Republican papers all Over
the state are refusing to support him.
and nearly nine-tenths of the delegates
in convention held few days ago in
his own county denounced his candidacy
and upheld the findings of the county
commissioners. Mr.. Kelly's explanation
is the same as that of any guilty Grim
inal who comes before the court for
in the history of the state a man was
nominated by the Republicans. against
whom charges were pending he was
elected. robbed the state and skipped the
country. Good ReDublicanism demands
the defeat of Tom Kelly"
Here is another extract from the Linn
County Border Sentinel:
'"The expose of Kelly's transactions in
the past. has been. already. sufficiently
aired through these different newspa-
pers and verified facts have been es-
ia blished, and distributed throughout
to apprise the voters of kelly's rascal
ity, and what they may expect of him If
he is elected to handle and control the
states finances. In order to save the
states good name, as we'll as her mon
les, the honest Republican voters of
Kansas should cast their ballots in such
way that T. 7. Kelly, as the Republi-
can candidate for state treasurer for
Kansas, will meet with an ignominious
defeat Kansas needs no Nebraska epi-
Sode and in order to thWart it down
those of unsavory reputation like Kel-
ly, and thereby save the honor and good
name of our beloved state So far as
the Border Sentinel is concerned. honor
shall have precedence over politics. TIE
Republican party cannot compel us to
eat crow. And, we are pleased to have
such company as Ed Howe, of the Atch-
ison Globe; Billy Greason, of the Miami
County Republican,; Henry J. Allen. of
the Ottawa Herald: William Allen
White, of the Emporia Gazette: John
NJ Barnes, of the Blue Mound Sun: