The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-10-31
Mr.. STUBS FIGURES.
Says Roosevelt VIII Carry Kansas by
100000.

Chairman Stubs, of the Republi-
can state committee, has decided that
Roosevelt will have upwards of 1907
600 votes in Kansas more than Par
ker- a good many other people have
been confident of this for weeks. 1t
is to be hoped that Roosevelts plu-
rality will exceed rather than fall be-
low the 100, 900 mark.
Mr. Stubs also says that Hoch's
vote will be nearly as large as Roose-
Velt's. This is a matter of great doubt
with people who have studied the po-
litical conditions in Kansas, but even
if it is true it does not mean that
Hoch's plurality will be anywhere near
as great as Roosevelt's. In fact. it is
likely to fall $4,000 or 5000 below
RooSevelt'S plurality, depending large
ly upon the vote the Watson electoral
ticket receives. Mr.. Stubs forecast is
as follows:
"A correct poll taken on Roosevelt
and Parker, and HOch and Dale in
about $500 precincts out of a total
of 1900 indicates that Roosevelt will
have upwards of 100000 more votes
than Parker in the state and that
Hoch's vote will be very nearly as
large as Roosevelt's.
This poll was taken with unusual
care-the name of every voter in a
precinct being listed and his vote
checked for presidential candidate and
governor and the vote on election day
ought not to vary to any considerable
extent from the results above indicat-
ed. Any change should increase the
ma1oriues, as there are a great many
Democrats and Populists who have not
indicated for whom they would vote
and would not be greatly surprised
to see these figures considerably in
creased w. r. STUBBS.''
Mr.. Stubs Address.
Chairman Stubs has also issued an
effort to save votes for Mr.. Hoch. 1t is
as follows:
ITO the Voters of Kansas:
Political parties like churches insti-
tutions and individuals do not always
live up to their ideals and principles
Recognizing these facts, the Republican
party of Kansas has inaugurated
movement which has for its ultimate
of all the evils which have fastened
themselves upon our organization, in
Guiding the elimination of every graft
or CRATER from public service. It pro-
poses to place the business of the state
on as sound. conservative and econom-
1cal a basis as any financial or business
institution in the state
The causes that led up to this move
fnent are well known and are more OF,
less common in all government of ma
lions, states and MUNICIPALITIES In
many of the older and more -thickIv
populated states political systems have
been fastened upon the people which
place the control of politics and govern
ment almost solely in the hands of a
few persons, who, by the dishonest use
of power in their own interests rather
than public interests. have misgoverned
the state and brought discr/dit upon
the party whose confidence they have
abused and betrayed.
THE people of Kansas have been so
engrossed with their own individual af-
fairs and interests that they have not
given as much time and attention to
the management of public business as
their own welfare demands. The bust
ness. educational and moral interests
of our state, as well as the good name
of Kansas. demand that the men who
own the farms, manufactures and bus
mess institutions of this state give
more of their time ana energy to the