The Topeka state journal., 1903-05-16
ADDRESS IS OUT.
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been that the power of party machine
ry, which should have been used for the
benefit of the entire party, was used for
the express purpose of elevating one
and humiliating the other.
Mr.. Coburn. secretary of the state
board of agriculture, asked for suffi-
cient postage to send cut agricultural
reports from his Office. These reports
are recognized all over the world as the
best that are produced. They are some
thing of which every Kansan should be
proud and which every farmer IN the
state should have. The machine de-
termined to cut the appropriation down
to a small fraction of the amount alb
solutely required. Mr.. Coburn had neg
lected to truckle to the machine. Pat
riotism in the senate prevented this out
notwithstanding this deep desire for
/ economy this reform house organized
by the machine employed a vast army
of people to assist in performing It's
/ functions Do the Republicans of Kan
sas know that some of these so-cailed
employees drew full pay but never dld
days work2
Did not some of these same employees
work and vote against some Republican
nominees for the legislature. because the
nominee was unfriendly to the ma
chine? Was this the compensation for
/ their treachery?
The Republican state convention de-
clared in favor of the election OF the
state board of railroad commissioners
/ by the people. The railroad COHluilAtfCs
/ of which the boss was chairman. killed
bill of that kind. The senate bill was
/ buried in the same house comfnlltee.
and it was only when house memDers
had become restive under the DONNA
ton Of the machine that the COMMITTEES
was forced to report the bill to the
house
/ A bill passed the senate regulating the
rates at the stoclSyards. 1t Narrowly
escaped defeat in the house at the IN
stance of the machine
The machine inserted in the bill pro
vidine for an adequate exhibition at the
I Louisiana Purchase exposition a clause
permitting the governor to remove a
member of the commission at Will, WITH
out cause. It's sole purpose was TO en-
able the governor to comply with tHe
wish of the machine and remove the
| chairman of the commission. The CHAIR
man was not a. friend of the machine.
The head of the machine was him
self a member of the legislature. The
Republicans Of the state might prop
erly assume that a man with so much
experience and such large influence
would use both for the good or the state
and the party.
1t is a lamentable fact, however, that
almost his only public effort was to
move an amendment to the last section
of each BILL providing that 1t should
take effect upon its publication IN the
! statute book, instead of in the official
state paper. The official state paper had
been inconsiderate enough to oppose
some of the machine movements.
Do the Republicans of this state think
that q man who would stoop to Sueh
trivial method Of revenge is broad
enough far-sighted enough, high
minded enough to be a political leader2
BAND WAGON POLITICS.
The leaders of the machine made
hurried trip to Washington to assure
the president that they would have an
early convention and declare for him for
nomination next year. Was it neces~
sary for the president to receive any
such assurance from the machine?
The Republicans of this state know
that the desire for Mr.. Roosevelt's nom
ination is practically unanimous, and
that if the delegation from this state
is not for him for president it will be
because Of manipulations by the ma
chine.
can this little clique of politicians
make the president believe that they
carry the delegation from this state in
their pockets? Are the Republicans Of
this state willing to have the president
believe that these men can determine
for them whom the state shall favor for
The Republicans of this state un-
doubtedly are aware that this machine
has marked for slaughter some of the
ablest most useful and most loyal Re
publicans in Kansas. Will the party
allow this slaughter to be made?
We have confidence in the Republi-
cans of Kansas. We believe four-h -hfths
of them are emphaticalIy opposed to the
Z
or not the great body of the party viii
stand up for their rights, refuse to be
dominated by the machine, declare their
own independence, nominate their own
candidates formulate their own plat
, form, regulate their own policy, abso-
lutely suppress this little narrow ma
| chine and drive it out of business
FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES.
1t has been one of the fundamental
, principles of the Republican party, from
the beginning, that there should be
: equality Of opportunity in business af-
) fairs and in the pursuits of life for al
the citizens of the United States. i
would be untrue to it's history and it:
principles If it failed to insist that there
+ should be as near as possible equality
! of opportunity within its own ranks
& We believe that the supremacy of th'
party in the state and nation is i'm.
q portant for the best interests of all whS
: live therein. To insure that supremacy
4 however. it is absolutely necessary tina
i the party itself should rule and not th'
= = The trusted officers of the party mus
be made to understand that they are it
servants and not its rulers; that patron
: age which inures to the successful par
q lty is not a personal perquisite for tn
+ men chosen to fill merely clerical an
+ executive positions to distribute amoni
+ their henehmen, without reference [
the character of the service TO be rem
dered or the fitness of the appointee 70
i the place, but that the entire party ar
l. entitled to be considered IN the d1stribu
le ton of patronage. Support of the sue
cessful nominee at the conventio
should not be the sole qualification t
i be considered.
s The Republican party in Kansas
Is too big an organization to be cOntrolle
" by bosses and not big enough to be di
= vided by dissenting and warning fac
" ticns.
The question should not be whether
Is man is a Leland Republican, a Burto
IN Republican, a Long Republican. Cui
e. It's Republican or any other man Rs
D. publican, but whether he is a loyal r.
:. publican, of good character and abilit,
D. The party cannot allow itself to
cf managed by and IN the interest Of
O. few selfish and self-appointed leader
10 who are endeavoring to crush und'
y their vicious. relentless political true