The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-08-29

| figurehead, Stands for about every
thing the old time Populists professed
to hate in politics, while Theodore
Roosevelt measures up at least to
and refusal to be run by the money
power" or any other influence in con-
f1ict with his high sense of duty and
right. Surely there can be no quib-
merits and environments of the two
men. The Republican party has
given the people a good, clean adj
miniStration BoodIers and grafters
promptly punished. The trusts have
been made to feel the weight of a law
enacted by Republican congress and
sustained by a Republican supreme
thereof dissenting. The money ques-
ton has been settled, as officially adj
mitted by the Democrats in national
convention assembled-settled by the
Republicans against the bitterest OPP
position from the Democratic party
settled not as the Populists wanted,
in theory, but as they wanted in fact
in abundance of the best money in
the world, per capita" And SO we
might go on. But what's the use?
We want you to come back, our old
Populist friends. Come back to your
first love Come back to your faith
er's aid forefather's house where
there's plenty and to spare.
w. F. Sapp. chairman of the Demo-
cratic state committee. is working I'M
yertised far and near as a millionaire
mine owner of. Galena. Now the DEM
ocratS lin the rural districts believe
that, if he is so fabulously rich, he can
afford to put-up the necessary funds to
run the campaign. They are not con-
tributing, and Sapp is hard pressed for
funds see.4 assg
rd mt
nor .Hoch's opening speech and key
note is a Nery sensible document, judg
ing by what the papers say of it. One
point which had been an interesting
consider the prohibition law. He says
it will be treated the same as any other
law and that as governor he will not
make any speciality of bowling about
prohibition. A few years ago when
Morrill, was governor, Mr.. Hoch in his
paper vigorously denounced him for
not closing saloons in Leavenworth and
Atchison. He said if he, Hoch, were
governor he would close the saloons if
it took the state militia to do it, and
even if it bankrupted the state. Hoch |
as the preacher-editor and prohibition |
list could shoot off his mouth and his |
pen and abuse the then governor same |
as other reformers, but Hoch as NOM |
inee for governor will do about the |
same as any other sensible, level-head- |
ed man-he'll see that all questions |
nave more than one side. And when |
he is elected and taken his office, he'll |
let the people of Leavenworth and |
Atchison run their saloons and levy |
and collect blackmail from them the
same as Morrill,, Leedy and Bailey did, |
and then We'll all know he was talking
through his hat when ne said he would
take the militia and shoot and bank
rupt the state. etc, etc. Hoch is all
right, when he gets up close enough to
see how it is
c. S. Jobes, president of the American
bank of Kansas City, has been
made advisory member of the Republi-
can national committee from Missouri.
The position has been held 2or the last
four years by Mr.. w. B. Clarke. The
selection was made by the executive
Mr.. JobeS was a few years ago prom
nent in Kansas politics and it has not
taken him long to become acclimated
In Missouri.
All of the office fixtures owned by
the old Democratic state central COM
nittee, arrived here and were delivered
by mistake to the Republican head
quarters. The fixtures We're sent by
Charles McCrum, ex-secretary to Mr..
Sapp, the chairman. The fixtures con-
sisted of one cloth-covered table, one
small folding table, two wire waste
baskets and a small bottle labeled
old Taylor. Bottled in bond" There
vas less than an ounce of a dark brown
liquid in the bottle, which had been
packed with the baskets, and, appar-
entity, was sent to the new chairman
% be used until a fresh supply could
De obtained.
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