The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-01-10

CONGRESSMAN Curtis and their friends |
with all the patronage that they con- |
l5olied or might in the future, control. |
were at Wichita fighting for any one of |
& field Of candidates with whom they /
might defeat and destroy Mr.. Bailey. |
They eZerted themselves to the utmost /
to organize the convention with man /
for chairman who was not in accord |
with President RoOsevelt's policies. a |
man who if he had been elected chair |
man would have appointed a committee |
on resolutions that would have given his
policies luzewarn endorsement or no
endorsement at all. and which would
general public as to the sentiment OF
the state upon RoOsevelt's future
career.
w. ]. Bailey, Governor Stanley Con-
gresham Long, Congressman Calder
mead and their friends won in that con-
Vention. Mr. Burton is now in Kansas
attempting to break the force of that
victory. He desires the election of q
man for United States senator, who
Will be Iukewarm friend of the presi-
dents now and possibly his enemy la
ter. He wants a man who will not be
IN sympathy with Governor Bailey and
his administration in Kansas. but who
will do all possible to embarrass and
ultimately overthrow it He wants
man who Will be his pal and not his
colleague.
But it VIII not win. The friends of
Governor Bailey, Governor Stanley. Con-
gresham Long and Congressman Cal
derhead stood together courag eOusly at
Wichita They are more thoroughly uni
ted today than ever and all efforts to
create division and diScOrd among them
viii fail. The integrity of the party in
the state for the future is involved. The
importance of the election of some man
for United States senator who viii go
to washington as the representative of
the entire people and not be the tool
Of the present senator, is of greater i'm
portance than the ambition of any in
dividuaL Neither the people at large
nor the members elect of the legislature
will be misled by the frantic efforts that
Senator Burton and some of the Topeka
newspapers are making to create a di-
vision in these political forces that have
4 it within their power to so easily name
/ the next United States senator.
THE long and short of it is, that this
4 is not Senator Burton's fight. He has
/ been highly honored by the Repubh-
! cans of the state. Even his most devO-
ted friends must admit that he has had
all he deserves. He should quit trying
4 to make governors, railroad commission
ers, s9eak ers of the house of reDresen-
/ tatives, and other United States sena-
Kansas are fighting Senator Burton His
future is not involved in the present
contest, nor has it been in any of those
to which reference has been made in
this article, in which he has taken such
an active hand in the past"
Senator Harry Mcmillan. who reached
| Topeka today for the legislative session,
! has two measures to which he will give
I his special attention, and several other
minor ones His chief one is a bill to
have the railroad commissioners elected
by the people and to clothe the railroad
commission with more power than IL
now has. It Incorporates some of the
features of the Texas law.
Our people without regard to politics
| want some railroad legislation said
F. " nd
publican party now has an opportunity
TO entrench Itself firmly with the peo-
pie by giving them what they want. If
they don't do it the Republicans will be
turned down Just like the PopWists
| We're.
In the first place the people want to
elect the railroad commissioners them
selves. Then they want the commission
given power to adjust rates and to ell
force its orders. Another thing I would
do would be to compel railroad COM
panies to secure the consent of the rail
road commissioners before increasing
their capital stock, so as to keep them
from watering it. All watered stock is
| simply mortgage on the state. All
/ freight has to pay interest on Watered
stool
Another bill which Senator Mcmillan
/ viii push is one to provide for the state
/ owning its own printing plant. He has
written to the state auditor of every
state in the union asking for infOrma-
ton with reference to the cost of state
printing in those states. He has received
/ the following replies:
MISUNDERSTANDING contract let to
lowest bidder. Cost $50, 413.05 last year;
cost per capita. .0312.
Arlansas-Let to lowest bidder. Cost
$4,000 for two years: cost per capita,
! cent
NIissouri-Let to lowest bidder for
paper contract. Cost $4,000 per year in
Guiding paper. Cost per capita, 1 2-5
| cents
nlinois-Let to lowest bidder. Cost,
/ $25. 600 per year.
Indiana-Let to lowest bidder. Cost.
$4,000 for two years, not including insti-
tutional printing.
Wyoming-Let to lowest bidder. Cost,
$4,000 a year.
Other measures which Senator McNIil-
Ian viii introduce is one to prohiblr
snake-ea ting exhibitions. to prohibit the
Shooting or trapping of live wild birds OF
fowls, and to prohibit the employment Of
| child labor under IA in mines and fac
tories, or under 16 in case the boy can
not read and write. This is the bill
which is being pushed by the charitable
associations of Illinois. The bill against
killing wild fowl is copy of the Brand
on law, which unanimously passed the
Ohio legislature last April.
The Stanley caucus was reinforced
Friday afternoon by nine additional
members of the legislature. They were
Senator Findlay of Rice Hill of Rus
sell, Speer of johnson. Lockwood Of
Cheyenne, jerks of Franklin, Adams
of Sedgwick, Heusel of Sedgwick, Lewis
of Crawford and Hugos of Republic.
This makes a total of 81 who have
thus far gone into the Stanley confer
ences and declared that they will stand
by Governor Stanley to the last 1t is
alleged that several others will go into
the Stanley caucus and still more will
+ vote for Stanley who do not wish to
+ go into his caucus The Stanley sup
porters now claim in the neignborhood
tf,ff 10 ret hall of
ernor Stanley.
Those who have been in the Stanley
conferences thus far are Leland and
] Hayden from the First district; Per