Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1903-10-22
John Q. Proves HIS Friendship For
Ed. Hoch.

The attitude Ed. Hoch has taken |
during the last TWO or three weeks
has placed John .. Royce in an en-
barrassing position. In the last weeks
Dispatch he tries to refute the charge
which some fool paper far from Phil
lips county had made, to the effect
that the Dispatch had joined the
'boss busters, and at the same time
he tries to show that he "trieS to be
and believes he is one of the best
friends Ed. Hoch has in the state"
The Dispatch man certainly is sin
fix" He has always posed as strong
personal admrer Of Ed HOch'S char
acter. Again and again he has laud-
ed his republicaniSm to the sky, and
has pointed to Ed Hoch as q republl-
can indeed, in whom there is no guile,
All of which we believe, not because
John said it but because we know the
man. Now Ed Hoch has come out
Squarely and said that he believes it Is
for the good Of the party to beat Bailey
at the convention. Royce worShips
at the shrine of party, regardless Of
principle, and so advocates second |
term to all officers ever nominated |
and elected by the party. He main
tainS that true republicaniSm is "vo-
ting and working straight" However,
if a county commissioner is nominated
whom Royce cannot control, he con-
sders it no violation to the principle,
to bolt aud to bolt hard enough to
defeat he party candidate. "Oh, con-
Sistency-"
Royce says he wants tOSee Ed. Hoch
elected governor "unhampered by fac
tlonal fights, and free to be the COVER
nor Of the entire people," This very
statement is an admission that the
machine faction is not above boiling
and busting il things do not 60 its
way. Then by way of proving that
Hoch is mistaken n claiming that it
is "fOr the good of the party to beat
Bailey at the convention, "-he tells
great cock-and-bull-story about the
defeat of Ed HOch last winter In the
legislature. He accuses Secretary of
State Burrow, U. S. Marshal Mackey,
Senators BuSchow, Peterson and Pes
tana, and state officers Coleman and
Kelley, all of working to the limit Of
their ability to defeat Ed HOch for
state printer He neglects to cite his
authority for these statements, but
the matter of authority is Of m inor
Importance to man like j. Q.
Even If these statements are correct
how does that prove that Ed Hoch
was mistaken in his statement ? Mr..
Royce has our sympathy, but we think
he sees the way the tide is turning
and is afraid to jump because he does
not know where he might light.
Moreover would Ed HOch stand any
better show of having the mach ines
support two years hence than he had
last year? Politicians of the Cy Lee
land brand, are utterly relentless and
give no quarter. Hoch has declare
against the machine. In this he has
committed an objectionable sin in the
machines eyes. T he machine
henceforth has nothing but
keen, cold steel for ED HOch. This
tern Of state printer and then cleo
tiOn for to the governors hip after
wards" will never be accomplished as
long as the machine is doing business.
The only way e. Hoch can ever be
elected governor or TO any other state
Office, is by SIN lShng the machine in
to such small smithereenS that it can
never be rebuilt. We know Of no
other man than Ell HOch strong
enough to smash the machine. We
are not sure but this is the call Of Du.
ty to Mr.. Hoch to sacrifice personal
desire and pecuniary advantage
for the triumph Ut clean, honest,
faithful, earnest republlcanism, I'M
trammeled by private or public
pledges. Sound the war cry! Smash
the machine I, Reverse the order and
make HOch governor, and then, after
the machine has been given the drub-
bling IL deserves, elect him to the state
printershlp.-K Kansan.
A very similar article appeared In
the Daily Capital Ofthe llth. All OF
which shows hOg the position OF the
Dispatch Is endorsed "