The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-04-25


find that his desertion of local politics
at this time or any other VIII certainly
preclude him from steering any ma
tional politics when the condition be
comes active. Ones who stand at the
guns after defeat. remove the spikes,
wipe off the powder stains, clean up
the wreck bend a new set Of sails, bury
the dead, and inspire what is left of the
old guard, are the ones who shall, and
the ones who deserve to captain the
ship when she shall again be put into
action
There may be some Investigating in
the official ranks of the Republican
party OF Kansas regarding the DISPOSE
ton of campaign funds in past years,
II the remarks of some of the leaders
are any indica ton.
The Kansas City Journal recently
published piece" stating that if d.
W MulVane is given only one term as
republican national committeeman
from Kansas, his friends will see that
Governor Bailey is also a -termer.
In an editorial commenting on this
proposition, Morton A1baugh, chairman
Of the state committee. publishes the
following comment.
Governor Bailey is exerting himself
to the utmost to give Kansas an adj
mlniStrat ton that will be a credit to
the state, likewise to the party and
himself and any individual, even
though he be a United States senator.
who gets out and insists that the ques-
ton of whether his adminiStra ton
pend upon whether his friends line up
behind Mr.. AIulvane for national COM
mitteeman is liable to run against
something of a snag among the think
ing. working Republicans of the state
The question is likely to be asked as to
what Mr.. Mulvane ever did for the
party that he should thus be arbitrarily
forced upon it again. The question
Ton
Topeka Capital and its continued abuse
of Governor Bailey, Senator Long and
other leading Republicans OF the state.
The question may even be asked as 10
what he did with large part of the
over forty thousand dollars OF money
sent to this state through him in 1900
by the national committee and otner
sources, more than twice what was
used by the state committee that year
or in fact in any campaign since 1896
The Parsons Sun had an editorial
along this same line a few days ago
In the course of it the Sun says:
1.-THE Kansas City Journal sets up
claim for the reelection of National
Committeeman NIulvane on the basis of
his excellent disposition of the campaign
funds entrusted to him. and crltlclseS
the state committee for its alleged mis-
use OF state funds. The Sun IS not de-
Tending the state committee in any inns
proper actions. if it IS guilty Of any but
the Journal should inform itself before
it goes further on a subject on which ~
seems to be strongly biased and unin-
formed. Let us see. MulVaue has e
special friend and representative in La
bette county. and during the campaign
of 1900 he repeatedly stated that ne was
spending money which he had received
from the national Republican commit
tee through MulVane. A hundred men
in this county can testify to that. and
more than that number could bear cyl
dence that the money was spent by this
special friend. etc to defeat the ticket
of the party which furnished it. Ais
open fight was made on Governor Stan
ley and Attorney General GODDARD on the
state ticket and on the candidate for the
legislature and several members of the
county ticket by this special friend.
ETC. backed by the money which he
himself alleged came from Mulvane
The Sun has no aninaus. political or per-
sOnal toward Mulvane. but some of his
fool friends make US weary. The Journal
and the Topeka Capital tell only one
side of the story and do that to cause
trouble. If either paper wants to be fair
and give both sides a chance, let it send
a repres enta tive to Labette county with
instructions to go into the politics of the
past two or three years and then tell the
truth. although if he did neither paper
would print his report. In 1898 and in
1902 money spent in Iabette county was
handled through the county committee,
the regular way. and in both years the
most of the Republican ticket was elect
ed, including one Republican member of
the legislature in 1898 and two ReDub-
lican members in 1902. In 1900 Nationaf
Committeeman Mulvane spent money. IT
is alleged by his own friends. through
his special friend, etc with the result
that one lonesome Republican pulled
through. and he only because of his
spite the fact that the same influences
were used against him Again we say,
let US have peace and be fair
IL, ~, 8
the Thirty-eighth senatorial district. the
big one represented at present by Fred
DumOnt Smith, are booming Capt. Ray
mond E. Stotts, of Garden City, for the
Democratic nominee next year. Stotts
served in the Spanish-American war
and was captain OF the Kansas National
guard at Garden City. The district
comprises eighteen short grass counties.
50 it spreads over considerable terri
tory.
D. W. Blaine. who is chairman of
committee of the Southwest Kansas and
Oklahoma Hardware and Implement
Dealers association appointed to make
a repoTt on the business of the state
Irvine plant. figures that the plant has
lost S34, 600 in the three years that it
has been in operation. In order to get
this result Mr.. Blaine figures that the
plant ought to pay for the prisoners
employed in it, for the penitentiary coal
used in operating it. for depreciation of
the pant dl . per cent per annufn ana
fer interest on the investment. The
plant according to Warden Jewett's re
port to the last legislature. has re-
turned to the state about SCI. 500 over
and above expenses but Mr.. Blaine fig
ures a loss OF $4,000 in addition to this.
and he thinks the state ought to have
charged a cent more a pound for its
Irvine. or a half cent more than the
Irvine trust charged. AS the plant was
established especially for the purpose of
compelling the trust to reduce its price
and not for the purpose of making
money for the state the force of the
argument is lost
Senator Burton and D. w. Mulvane
both attended the meeting of the Sew
enth district Republican congressional
committee at Hutchinson.