The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-06-17
Democratic Champion Has Ideas
for Kansas Champaign.
Would Let President Roosevelt
Entirely Alone.
ONLY ON STATE ISSUES.
Thinks There Is Enough Am
munitiOn at Home.
Items of Interest Which Deal
With Politics.

IF Judge David NJ. Dale the probable
Democratic nominee for governor, has
his way about it, the Democrats in
Kansas will this year make their cam
paign on state issues and leave Roose-
Welt alone. The Republicans, on the
other hand, viii be anxious to push ma
tfonal issues and avoid any mention of
state affairs.
Judge Dale realizes that there is little
hope of doing anything in Kansas
against the popularity of Roosevelt.
Not only all the Republicans, but
large percentage of the Populists and
many Democrats as well have q great
admiration for President Roosevelt and
at present they are inclined to vote for
him. On the other hand, the Republican
state ticket does not appeal very
strongly to POpulists and Democrats,
and there are many Republicans VINO
will bolt it, judging from the present
factiOnaI feeling.
It will therefore be impossible to
carry the state against Roosevelt, and
It will do no good to attempt to whit
tie down his majority, as a majority
OF 10000 would give him just as many
electoral votes as an $4,000 majority.
Judge Dale figures that it will do good,
however, to attack the state ticket.
There is a belief among the Demo-
Gratis that there is a chance for them to
elect at least q part of their state
state issues win also enable them to
elect more members of the legislature.
Judge Dale realizes that to say mean
things about Roosevelt would drive a
lot of Republicans to vote a straight
ticket who might otherwise do some
boiling. Therefore Roosevelt and
Dale" clubs are by no means an i'm
probability during the coming cam
paign.
Reports from Smith county state that
there were a good many sore spots left
as a result of the representative fight
an the Republican convention. DE-. Bill
by whom the Burrow faction used to
make its fight against L. NJ. Linton
was turned down when it came to the
convention and an entirely new man
nominated.
This from E. w. Hoch comes very
near being a capital offense: we don't
care to provoke a controversy with our
boss buster friend, Bent Murdoch, of
the Ell Dorado Republican, but what
has he to say about that grease-diet
theory Of his, in the light of the des-
perate valor and tremendous prOWess
displayed by the Japanese, who are
vegetarians2 Lettuce hear from you,
Bent. Please rice and remark"
The judicial convention in the Ninth
district has been called to meet at Nc
Pherson on Tuesday July 49, 1t is
pretty certain that there will be
chance for a deadlock. Reno county
viii stand by Judge Q. M. Williams,
whom Governor Bailey recently APP
pointed to the vacancy. Harvey county
will support Senator G. e. Branine, and
Mcpherson county will line up for p. J.
Gale. Each county viii have the same
representation.
A vice presidential boom has been
started for George R. Peck formerly
of Kansas" He has been suggested as
a suitable running mate for Roosevelt,
and it is said that he is willing to
take the nomination. The Kansas City
Journal in commenting on the Peck
boom makes the following comment ed
itorially:
George r. Peek-that was man
long ago, in the days when Jim Mer
rift, Lew Hanback,, Noble Prentis, John
"a. Martin, Bishop Perkins, Preston P.
Plumb, John J. ingalls, and others were
the leading or the lesser lights in Kan
sas politics. Kansas had nothing much
but railroads, farmers and veterans
then, and the difficulties of a public
life were few and easy to handle. But
things are different now. The old guard
has most all gone, and if Mr.. Peck
should play the exile of Erin act and
return to the state of his first sue
cesSeS there would be compare lively few
of the old familiar faces to greet him
In their stead would be an entirely new
crowd whose prominence is matter
of only recent years.
when Mr.. Peck was at the height
of his glory in Kansas, Chester L Long
was an obscule student in his law of
flee at Topeka, Charley Scott was do
ing clerical work in New Mexico and