The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-10-01
POLITICAL GOSSIP.
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When Ex-Governor ST. JOhn came &c
Holton some twenty years ago and III
a speech in the opera house put in
about one-third of his time roasting
the Recorder, this paper had less than
a thousand paying subscribers. From
that memorable occasion the prosper
| ity of the paper was assured and its
career since has been onward and up
ward.
When the Populist party first organ
lied in the county some fifteen years
ings addressed by the smaller fry, and
the county seat rallies at which the big
guns like Jerry Simpson exploded, the
theme most popular and that which
brought forth the most enthusiastic
cheers from the long whiskered, horny
handed, iron jawed statesman were
denunciations of the Recorder.
1t is strange how most men enjoy a
roasting bee. One of the best and
closest friends the editor of this paper
ever had in Holton attended the meet
ing conducted by tramp fakir evan
geliSt, one BoleS, every night for three
weeks just to hear him roast the edi-
tor of the Recorder. This same man
who is no friend of Hoch. called us up
Monday night after the speaking and
in great glee asked us how we liked it.
When we learned that Mr.. Hoch was
going to speak here the Recorder in a
friendly spirit advised him to steer shy
of First district politics, and all the
questions that have caused the unfor-
tunate factional troubles in this local
ity. We thought the advice gooS. so
did many others, including Mr.. Hoch
himself, as he followed it nearly to the
letter Men have many different ideas
about advice. Some will hear advice
and act on it if they consider it good
and be cordially thankful to the ad-
visor. Others will listen to advice with
courtesy and at least assumed appre-
citation and then go and act exactly
contrary.
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number appears to be our candidate
for governor, who will listen to advice
and act on lit to their benefit and then
denounce and perhaps roast the person
who gave it. Now it may be The Re-
corder was presumptuous or at least
preSuming in advising our candidate
for governor, but there are some cir
cumstances connected with politics in
the recent past that make us think it
was needed.
For instance two years ago there
were a large number of Republicans in
this county who were perfectly well
candidates on the Republican ticket
who had not been nominated by Re
publican votes. Mr.. Hoch came here to
make a speech and with information
in" and by so doing did not make
single vote for the men he designed to
help but made several political enc
mics for himself in this county.
Second congressional district was at
the hottest and Tom Kelly was using
every Infamous art of which he is
master, to steal the delegations from
his own and other counties for himself,
Bowersock and Walker, Mr.. Hoch, who
was not then nominee of the party,
went down there and made a speech
defending Kelly's methods and helped
him in every way he could. Mr.. Hoch
is good man himself and takes it for
granted everybody else is good and is
easily worked, and the kelly-Topeka
gang are adopts in working such men.
This is why we thought it only fair
to Mr.. Hoch to give him pointer as
to the condition of affairs here. We
are glad he took the pointer, If he did
roast The Recorder.
The gist of Mr.. Hoch's rebuke was
that having held an Office under former
administrations it is now
the DUTY of the editor of The Recorder
to shut his eyes to dishonest methods
and vote 'er straight re-
gardless of consequences, which Mr..
Hoch says he is going to do and which
he said was the duty Of every Repub-
lican to do cor go over to the Demo-
Gratis where he belongs
AS we have remarked before Mr..
Hoch is good man but here we viii
have to dissent from his views While
is infallible. Suppose Mr.. Hoch had
received the office of state printer and
been put in touch with that $4,000
year steal for four years, would he
have considered that even that would
have put him under obligations to vote
for a known and self-confessed embez-
zler, and for a gang who had stolen
their county delegations and their
where he belongs? In connection with
this would Mr.. Hoch mind stating in
Thoughts He Has Been Thinking"
how it is that a Republican who con-
politics and denounces dishonesty and
thievery in primaries belongs in the
Democratic party? Does Mr.. Hoch re-
alize just what an undeserved tribute
he pays to that corrupt old organlza-
ton?
The foregoing is an editorial COM
ment in the Holton Recorder on Mr.. |
EIoch's Holton speech. Elsewhere
the Recorder warmly commends |
Mr. Hoch's speech-most of it-be- |
cause it dwelt on national issues. In
The course of its news account of the |
speech it says:
FOLLOWING the friendly suggestion |
made in last weeks Recorder Mr.
Hoch was silent on several issues over |
which there is some factional dispute |
N this county. He failed to refer to
he pretended nominations of Charles
Curtis and A. D. Walker and the steal .
ng of the Jackson county delegations
Nv the Curtis Walker crowd He did |
lot mention the school fund commits
ZION and the Comanche county bond
ieal. He had no defense for Tom KEEL
V, the proven defau1ter, nor the state
contest board who pretended to sit in
Justice on the First district controversy
,ut who gave Curtis the decision with
tut examining the evidence presented.
N short Mr.. Hoch Skillfully avoided
hese indefensible issues and said not
word in support of the un-Republi-
AN and revolutionary methods en-
,loyed by the CurtiS-Walker crowd in
Jackson county,.
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