The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-07-25
ANTHONY REPLIES
Tells Why He Is Not'Supporting
Curtis.
Says His Nomination Wasn't
Fairly Secured.
ONLY NOTE OF DISCORD
Charges Topeka Congressman
With Disorganizing Party.
Mr.. Pringle Wins the Legisla-
tive Contest in Usage.

| While d. R. Anthony, Jr., did not
| have an opportunity to reply to the at
| tack of Congressman Curtis on him in
the recent meeting of the Republican
state committee he does so editorially
in the Leavenworth Hines. Mr.. Curtis
asserted that if any member of the
state committee did not intend to sup
port the entire Republican ticket he
should be put off the state committee.
This was a direct thrust at Mr.. An
| thony, who is fighting Curtis.
Chairman Stubs evidently does not
share in Mr.. Curtis views that the COM
mittee ought to dismiss any member
| who is not supporting the entire ticket,
for when one of Mr.. Curtis Doniphan
county poStmasters demanded after the
committee meeting that Cyrus Leland
supporting Mr.. Curtis and perhaps one
or two of the state candidates, Mr..
Stubbs stated that the committee was
not in that sort of business.
Mr.. Anthony, in his reply to Curtis,
alleges that a large number of First
district Republican do not regard Mr..
Curtis as the Republican nominee for
congress and therefore do not feel
bound to support him. Here is An
thongs editorials:
LAS might have been expected, the
only note of discord sounded at the
meeting of the Republican state central
from the First congressional district.
Now that he has arbitrarily had his
name placed on the Republican ticket
q candidate for congress by par
tisan contest board, Mr.. Curtis could
not resist the temptation to take shot
at his opponents in the Republican par
ty who had opposed his denomination.
1t is this revengeful Indian instinct i'll
Curtis that has proved his undoing.
"Inasmuch as the First district con-
gresham has succeeded in disorgan-
izing and disrupting the Republican
party in nearly every county in his
district it is evident he would like to
extend the same disrupting influences
into the state committee.
Chairman Stubs and most of the
committee fully realize, however, that
there is a majority of the Republicans
of the First district who conscientious
ly and honestly believe that Curtis is
not the Republican nominee in this
district, and that they cannot support
and vote for a man whose name ap-
pears on the ticket by means OF fraud,
trickery and corruption. These thous-
ands of Republicans in the First dis
trict who do not approve OF MI Cur
tbs and his methods. will probably vote
for Governor Hoch and the Republic
can state ticket if they are allowed to
do so. and Mr.. Hoch,s9 managers Will
doubtless go a little slow and will fail
to heed the demand of Curtis that the
state committee make his personal
quarrels in the First district their
own rtaL
1.-The meeting of the Republican
editors of the First district to be held
at Holton on July 2s, and the public
statement which it is expected that
this association composed of nineteen
of the regular Republican newspapers
of the district will give to the public,
will probably go far to enlighten Mr..
Curtis as to the status of public opln-
ion in the First district.
THAT nominations for public ofhceS
can be stolen with impunity in the
state of Kansas and the theft be al
lowed to prevail and go unpunished,
is a question which every Republican
in the district will prefer to decide Tor
himself under his God given preroga-
tive as an American citizen.
Theodore Roosevelt would stano
for what is right and honest and just,
though the heavens fall. The honest
law abiding Republicans of the First
district prefer to do the same and FOL
low the example set forth by their
illustrious president. The sacredness
of American liberty an dof American
citizenship depends upon the exercise
of this right"
The fight which the late boss busters
have been making on Speaker Prlngle
in mis- candidacy for denomination Ior
the legislature in the northern dlstrlct
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