The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-04-11
MIR. STUBBS is BACK.
He Evidently Secured an Inspiration
of Real Reform.

He Evidently Secured an Inspiration
of Real Reform.
W. R. Stubs. chairman of the Re
publican state central committee, has
returned from his trip to Wash ington.
where he talked with President
who are in Washington.
As a result of his talk with the
president, Mr. Stubs says he is con-
WINGED that Joseph L. Bristow did
nothing but his duty in connection
with the Burton prosecution Mr..
Stubs also speaks out as though he
had caught some of the inspiration of
real reform. Among other things
which he says the Republicans of
Kansas have to accomplish is to pass
a law ito let the money of the coun-
ties remain in the counties until need
ed by the state, instead of being
placed in Topeka banks to draw in
terest for the benefit of the state
treasurer"
In discussing his Washington trip,
Mr.. Stubs said:
Ct want to say that Roosevelt is a
great fellow. The American people
owe him a debt of gratitude which
even his election to the presidency
viii not pay Roosevelt is the head
and front of the wave of business and
political morality which swept over
his country few months ago and
which will not recede until it has
cleaned the cOrruption-tainted affairs
of our country. Roosevelt began the
work of cleaning out the bOodlerS in
our national affairs. He hates a
boodler as much as Folk does and
there has been the same cry that he
is hurting the party and all that sort
of thing.
with courage and energy arose to
combat corruption in high places.
While a majority of the members of
the Republican party and as many
Democratic voters condemned hood
BOO0-
ling got to be common in our halls of
congress. The great trust companies
and other powerful corporations made
a practice OF bOodl1ng- Poor senator
Burton was only a small potato, and
while every man feels sorry for him,
it seems a little more humiliating that
he sold himself for $4,000, when the
current quotation for other men in as
high position was at least $4,000.
Il was proud of the esteem in
which Senator Long is held every
where. Kansas can be proud of SEN
ator Long. BristoW is another man to
be proud of, and, of course, Pension
Commissioner Ware is a brilliant
credit to the Sunfiower state. These
men, with our congressman and 9TH
ers in official life, viii do much to
counterfeit any unfavorable criticisms
founded upon the recent unfortunate
scandal.
Zone thing of which ] am convinced
is that Bristow did not take an un-
usual interest in the prosecution of
Burton. have it from the very best
authority that BristoW did only his
simple duty and that there was any
thing but 'perniciOus activity on his
part toward the Burton case
81 was delighted with the attitude
of the Washington delegation from
Kansas toward the Hoch campaign.
Senator Long promised that as soon
as congress adjourned he would place
himself at the disposal of the Kansas
Republican committee for active cam
until cleo
ton. Bristow said his three newspa- |
pers in Kansas would be devoted to
the aggressive support of the Repub-
lican ticket. The healing OF any and
all wounds in the party and the COM
plete restoration of good feeling every
way is one of the most gratifying
things about the situation across the
line today. The one thing that jars
is the contest in the Second district
between II. J. Allen and Congressman
Bowersock. That will be settled,
however, by the highest tribunal in
the state, and I do not believe that
any permanent i'll feeling will remain
The state committee will wait until
the contest is decided and then turn
in and help elect the candidate. That
is the only course left open to US.
1.-THE election of Hoch, while it is
of perhaps the most Importance to the
Republican party in Kansas, is not all
that we have to do by any means. We
must do some redistricting, revise our
primary system, do away with the
state printer 1000 year graft, let
the money of the counties remain in
the counties until needed by the state,
instead of being placed in Topeka
banks to draw interest for the benefit
of the state treasurer. We must see
that the number of unnecessary state
employees is cut down perhaps two
thirds. This will save the state of
Kansas half a million dollars year.
There is great room for reform, and
I never felt so much encouraged in
this direction as I did after 1 had
shaken the hand of Roosevelt.