The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-04-26
RAISED A STORM.
Allen BoWersOck Decision Still
Causing Comment.
Even BCwersOck Papers CrIti-
else the Action.
THAT KELLY STEAL.
Blue Mound Sun Voices a
Protest.
Use Of Kelly Forces by Bower
sock Discussed.

The decision Of the state election
poai IN the Allen -Bowersock contest
meets with more general disapproval
among the Republicans of the Second
district than even the most ardent
friends of Mr.. Allen had believed nos
slpie. Even many of the supporters OF
BoWersocx say that there was no ms
tlce IN it. One Bowersock newspaper
the Blue Mound Sun, which has fought
Alien all along, says that the nomina-
ulon OF Mr. Bowersock by the votes OF
the bogus Kelly-Bowersock delegation
from Miami county was a rank steal.
1t says that many others of Bower
socks friends do not approve of the
Miami county outrage. all of which
means more trouble for Mr.. Bowersock
II he goes before the people of the Sec
ond district for reelection next No
vember.
The Blue Mound Sun, after publish
ing the decision of the contest board.
including the dissenting opinion of
AUDITOR Wells, warmly commends the
position taken by Ir.WeIls, and closes
with the following:
While the Sun heartily supported ].
l. BoWersock for congress and is on
posed to Henry ]. Allen and his fac
ton In Kansas politics, yet we are
1uiIy convinced that Mr. Bowersock
had no more right to a delegate from
Miami county than Allen had to the
solid vote of Linn county, where he
was defeated by a vote of more than
three to one in the primaries. There
never was more disgraceful steal,
nor a more uncalled for political trick
resorted to to defraud the Republicans
of a county of their rights, than the
bastard Kelly convention in Miami
county at which a Kelly delegation to
the state convention and a Bowersock
delegation to the congressional con-
Vent1On were Selected-a convention
held without the semblance of author
lCy and in the selection of which less
| than One-fOurth of the Republicans at
tending the two primaries participate
in. There are thousands of Mr. Bower
socks friends who do not approve of
his making use of the Kelly steal in
Miami county to secure his nomina-
ton. He should have gone into the
Garnett convention with his 81 dele
gates honestly elected McGrew with
his 81, and Allen with his 35 delegates
and taken his chances, for this is the
strength, according to Mr.. Wells, that
each candidate was entitled to enter
the convention with, and this is the
opinion of a large majority of the Re
publicans of the district and state"
Secretary of State Burrow has hand
ed Bank Commissioner Albaugh a
bunch of complaints in return for the
mention which Mr.. Albaugh made of
him last week in connection with the
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES decision. AlDauRn
said Burrow was not to be blamed
for the decision for he did not know
any better either morally or intellectu-
ally. Mr.. Burrows reply is as fol-
| lows:
"Who is this man Albaugh who
passes judgment in such clear and
concise manner on the morals and in
teIligence of his fellow-men? Is he
| the man who is quoted so extensively
: by Kansas newspapers opposed to
the Republican party? Is he the man
; who left such brilliant record for
honesty behind him as receiver for the
: First National bank of Emporia that
he now hides in the lavatory of the
car when passing through Emporia, in
order that he may escape the embar-
rassment incident to meeting irate de-
positors of the bank? Is he the man
who in 1887 ran for the Legislature in
Pratt county on the Independent tick
ct? Is he the man who betrayed the
people of Saratoga, Pratt county, when
they were trying to get the county
seat, by testifying before the board of
county commissioners that he had, un-
authorized, written 167 of the names on
the Saratoga petition and that they
were the names of persons who never
! had lived in Pratt county? Is he the
: man who supported Judge Nimock, the
. regular Republican nominee for judge
} of his district from July to october,
and then switched his influence to
) Judge Clark, the Democratic candi-
date for the closing month of the
campaign? Is he the man who sent
word to me at the Wichita convention,
in 1902 at 8 o'clock in the morning,
that unless I would divide the vote of
my delegation he would put candi-
date into the race against me, who
came to me the next morning pleading
that I keep the story from the news
papers as he was just joking?
IF the answer be yes, the Albaugh
who is quoted as pointing the path OF
rectHude is an individual of so high a
moral and Intellectual character that
his criticism is undoubtedly prompted
! bx a desire for a higher standard of
integrity among public officials. With
: AIbaugh's record before US, studious
) avoidance of his every public action
= should assure success to all Officials
; striving to live honest lives. Nature
contemplates no waste. The rattle
) snake the creeping, crawling, Shiny
: reptiles are here for a definite pur-
pose. So is Albaugh. If his record
shall but serve as a warning to young
men. the creature will not have lived
lin vain II the lesson of his life be SC
we'll learned that Kansas be spared
the shame OF another Scarlet Woman
in political life. Natures ends will
have been subserved.
"Believe me. I do not resent Al
; baugh's opinion of me. 7 invite and
: enjoy the censure of one who has
! lived so pure a life But when a mar
! knows that he stands so far above the
z remainder OF humanity n the matter
of morals and integrity. it is rather
rough on US weaker mOrtals for him
to CONSTANTLY pirate of the inability OF
others to reach his standard. OF
course, he IS intelligent He admits
2 1t. A look into that face viii con-
5 vince any man that intelligence is
there. Being OF a secretive nature
: he hides his feelings beneath a mask
= and the intelligence may not be ap-
parent At first glance. Some who