The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-01-05
POLITICS AT ToPEKA.

EOAlI1O0 al IOEEAA.
Taking the machine point of view,
that loyalty to Governor Bailey is the
test of Republicanism, Shawnee county
in 1902 gave Governor Bailey a bigger
majority than any other county in
Kansas As the Capital has stated be-
fore, if the whole state had given the
same percentage of vote cast to Gov
ernor Bailey that shawnee county
gave, his majority would have been
114,S66, instead of the actual figures,
42,094-Topeka Capital.
The Capital thus, strange as it may
appear, practically admits its little in
f1uence in this community. The paper
was opposed to Governor Bailey before
his nomination and has been opposed
to him since his election. During the
interim it gave the perfunctory support
due from a political organ to the
head of its party ticket When this
much is said the whole story is told
Yet the Capital admits that this county
gave Governor Bailey a larger majority
than did any other county in the state.
This is quite good evidence that in
abusing him it has misrepresented its
own county.
Governor Bailey is better known and
| better liked in Topeka and Shawnee
county than he was before his election.
That is, leaving politicians and disap-
pointed office seekers out of considera-
ton, and they represent but a small
minority of the Republican masses of
this or any other community
Governor Bailey will be renominated
by reclamation at the state convention
next March. Does the Capital not know
that Shawnee county will give him a
larger majority in 1904 than it did be-
fore? If it does not, it simply lacks
political foresight in still another in
stance.
If we lose the coming state conven-
ton. it will be because of this misrep-
resentation of the Topeka sentiment:
that is, In spite of our good hotels and
unexceled auditorium; two factors
which should win US nearly all conven-
tions, except for efforts to create a fac
tional feeling and an atmosphere of
prejudice toward successful politicians.
At this writing, we regret to say, it
appears that the city of Topeka will
not have more than one-third of those
votes which will tonight settle the
place of the convention.
If by any miracle Topeka should Sc
cure the convention, to which she is
overwhelmingly entitled, except for the
unfair attitude of the party organ, it
viii be because it will be evident that
the people of Topeka as whole are
| disposed to be fair and friendly to the
Republican party as a party, not as a
faction, and that whatever adverse
| sentiment may be presented in any
newspaper is cold blooded misrepresenta-
ton and therefore not of any particular
force, or worthy of any great considera-
ton.
In justice to Topeka, we hope this will
finally be understood. 1t has been said
that the politicians in power who de-
flected the last convention to Wichita
should now heap Goals of fire on To-
peka's head and give her the conven-
ton and hope for fairer treatment
This is a nice theory and one which
can be adopted. We hope the sprouting
angel wings upon the shoulders of the
committeeman will be sufficiently de-
fined to enable them to take this happy
attitude toward our city.
The party as a party has given its
organ, the Topeka Capital, all the
patronage in its power to bestow, and
some that was not in its power. The
Capital ought to be good, with the
state, the county and the city printing
but it is not. Why? Bailey, happy
and serene in the foreground; Burton
unhappy and worried in the back
ground.
! It, must be borne in mind, however,
that a few weeks ago the fight was
centered upon Governor Bailey and
with the elimination of Hoch from the
contest, Topeka stood a splendid show
for the place of the convention almost
by reclamation, but no sooner is Bailey
no longer a target than Mr.. Bailey's
friend, Albaugh, is singled out and it
must be remembered that Albaugh is
a warm friend of Senator Long, who is
a warm friend of Roosevelt.
The one great thing which helps the
alleged machine" in power in Repub-
lican Kansas, and offsets some of it's
shortcomings, and may be set down to
its everlasting credit, is that it is
against the Burton machine and its
corrupting influences. The reader to
whom is held up the imperfections of
ruling politics must not lose sight of
the struggle now going on to put in
repair this Burton instrument of
broken cogs and rusty journals Be
tween two machines, one is in success
full operation, and the other is in the
fence corner, and, more important.
likely to stay there.
The Burton machine has bad timber
IN its frame, weak iron in its constitu-
ton and gummy Oil about its wheels.
Why do Topekans deceive themselves =?
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