The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-11-05

Republicans of Butler county shall. do
next year. Yesterday morning States
man T. 3 Murdoch, Statesman Fremont
Leidy, Statesman Steve Brandon the
great second term advocate. all went
north on the Santa F7e to meet with
the state machine, the Burton machine
the Mulvane machine. OF which they are
a part. The meeting is at Kansas City
at the Blossom house, or possibly in
Topeka if the Bosses should change the
place, and these independent, fearless
boss busting reforrners who are mad at
Governor Bailey have gone up o find
Burton n-AIulvane-Ke4ly crowd want
them to do. Boss Pottle is expected
down from Leavenworth to drill the
Butler county ieutenantS in the secret
work and give them honest motives
for their course and Murdocq is expect
ing to have the machine made ticket he
is running at the head of his paper for
next year ratified by the state machine
And yet these are the gentlemen trying
to deceive the people with the cry of
stop thief and vainly attempting to
distract public attention from their own
machine by crying out that there is
some other machine and that somebody
else is guilty
The people believe in fair play and in
fair dealing, whether it be in politics OF
anything else. II is only the politicians
who are mad at Governor Bailey. the
fellows who wanted jobs for themselves
[
Governor Bailey Is giving the people of
Kansas a clean, honest administration.
He is a plain, hearty fearless man. who
has been a farmer and stockman. and
he doesn't get along well with the poll
ticians Burton doesn't like him. Tom
Kelly, the smirched Kelly. doesn't like
him. Leidy doesn't like him because
Burton has told him not to. Joe Sat
erthwaite is mad at the governor be-
cause he was not reappointed regent of
the Agricultural college.and Steve Bran
don is mad because Joe is mad; and
Murdock is mad because Bailey did
not put him on the state board of chari-
ties. And there you are.
And these men have organized a ma
chine to beat Gov Bailey, and beat Bun
Adams, and put Butler county under the
political domination of Bent Murdock.
What do the Republicans of Butler
county think of Inis. scheme anynow?
What do they think of the Murdock ma
chine? What do they think of Murdocks s
cut-and- ticket for next year, which
he is now running at the head of his pa
per? What do they think q these secret
meetings at the mouth of the Kaw, held
for the purpose of running Butler county
politics? Is it necessary to go down with
in the shadow of the great Kansas City,
Mo-, packing houses to find out what
ought to be done down here in Butler
county?
'.It is stated that Bruce r. Ieydig, who
is the Murdock slate for next year. was
invited to go along and declined. It seems
that Bruce doesn't see the consistency of
crying out against machines and then
having machine meetings to determine
what to cry out. and how long to cry it.
1t appears that Murdock machine thought
it had Bruce collared and branded and
hitched up he would stand; but Bruce
had a mind of his own and the Times is
glad to note that he is not disposed to
be led around by the nose When the
time comes there are lot of fellows who
will pull back and say: We are not the
servile fools of the Murdock-Leidy ma
chine -