The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-10-01
THIS IS THE LIMIT
Ridiculous Story About w. X.
Stubs i'm Eastern Magazine.
How He Overthrew "The
Machine" in Kansas.
GAVE $4,000 TO X. U.
This Because an Appropriation
Failed to Pass.
Had 100000 Which He Sent
to Chicago For.
Revolution Originated i'm Atchi-
Revolution Originated i'm Atchi-
son Road Appropriation.

mOpOl1tan. They Will find out good
many things they never even suspected
| before.
Fort instance, they will find that the
boss buster uprising in Kansas last
winter was caused by the last legisla-
| ture refusing to give the State univer-
sity a $4,000 appropriation that w.
r. Stubs wanted, and then turned
around and gave the Soldiers Or
phans' home at Atchison $4,000 for
a paved road from Atchison to tn
home-and Bale Waggener, a Demo-
crat, was the member from Atchison.
They will learn that this road is only
a mile long instead of four miles as
it measures. And they will learn that
it was of no material benefit to any
one except the farmers along the way.
They will learn that this is what
made Mr.. Stubs rise and smite 'the
machine They will learn that Mr..
Stubs. to keep the university from
losing anything because he was the
representative from that district
went down in his pocket and gave the
university $4,000. They will find
that Mr.. Stubs, when he determined
to fight the machine" called up his
Chicago offices by telephone, found out
how much the balance was there, and
calmly ordered two hundred thousand
dollars"
Kansas people will find in this mag
azine article that Governor Bailey felt
the heel of purity, weighted down by
Stubs, grinding down on his neck. He
raised his head from the dust and
kissed the sole of the merciless foot"
This great mass of information which
will be new to Kansas people is con-
tanned in an article entitled, Breaking
Up a State Machine" by Robert Clark,
Jr. The identity of Mr.. Clark is not
disclosed but to a person who IS con-
that he has been very much imposed
upon. 1t is also evident even to those
who know nothing of the facts that he
investigated only one side of the mat
write.
The subhead to the article is How
a Member of the Kansas Legislature
Conducted a Successful Warfare Upon
a Corrupt State Machine Controlled by
His Own Political Party" and beneath
a picture of Mr.. Stubs is the follow
ing: walter Roscoe Stubs, Member
of the State Legislature from Douglas
County. Kansas, who Downed the
State Political Ring and Prevented the
denomination of Governor Bailey"
The article is really funny. Mr.. Stubbs
himself, who is, of course made the
hero of the story, probably will not
stand for the statements which it con-
tains, as they are too ridiculous.
Mr.. Clark starts his story as fol-
lows:
"Out in Kansas there is a turnpike
a mile long that is responsible, perhaps.
for one OF the greatest political up
heavels which the seate has ever
year. and has cost the state $4,000. The
appropriation was secured by Demo-
cratic member of an Overwhelmingly
Republican legislature.
cat first only the farmers along the
road were materially benefited. Today
there is not a loyal citizen in Kansas
who is not glad the highway was
built.
whenever they think of the rock road
cannot help struggling their shoulders
and cannot keep from speculat1ng on
what might have been ff-h they hao
played fair"
This is the introduction. Then after
referring to Mr.. Stubs and his cleo
ton to the legislature, the article con
tinues:
lone thing he loved-a square deal.
When he got up to Topeka he did not
get it. He had been elected on Re~
publican ticket, but he was not INSIDE
of the ring and when overtures were
made to him to come in and save him.
self and his constituents he refused
ITO use a polite expression, Stubbs
was ignored. Every measure he IN
troduced was allowed to ole an easy
death. The Kansas university at Law
renee. and the board of regents nat
urally looked to Stubs to secure the
appropriation for its maintenance.
Stubs in time introduced Dill ASK
ing for an amount in keeping with
past requests. The machine had been
waiting for this. The managers, to
revenge themselves upon him, cut
down the appropriation twenty thous-
and dollars. The loss of the money
was a blow to the university. 1t need
ed the money. To Stubs it was
slap in the face. He didn't need the
money, but he wanted square deal.
Not content with throwing down
the gentleman from Douglas, the ma
chine decided to walk all over him,
and the twenty thousand dollars was
given to Democrat to build a turn
pike in his county. That started
smoldering fire under the machine,
which in time was destined to blaze
up and consume it.
1.-The Democrat went back to his
county with the twenty-thousand-do
lar appropriation. The members of
the ring returned to their homes, Sc
sion had been weathered without so
much as slipping a cog, and thinking
to come back to the next legislature, |
haul out the machine from its shed
under the state house. oil up the run
ming gears, and run rough-Shod over
any honest legislator who might
chance to slip into the next House
s.Stubbs went back to Lawrence.
The regents of the university knew
all about the loss in the appropriation.
Some of them had written to Stubbs,
but their letters remained unanswered.
Stubs hunted them up when he got
back to town.
Well he drawled out. the leg
islature cut the university appropri-
alton twenty thousand dollars. 1t
and it wasn't meant for a blow at the
university. The shot was aimed at
me. You all must not lose anything
by sending me to the legislature. This
will make up for it, he said, and laid
an envelope on the table
"The regents opened the envelope