The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-06-29
He Leaves Topeka After Talking
Over Campaign.
Has Not Yet Selected a Place
for Headquarters.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Mr.. Stubbs Has Not Yet Selected
1t.
The Campaign May Be Opened
at Marion.

W. IL OluDDSs chairman OF the H6-
publican state central committee. re-
turned to Lawrence last night, after
talking over the opening of Republi-
can state headquarters and the open
ing of the campaign in general with
Secretary Miller. ]. n. DoIIey, D. w
Mulvane and some of the candidates
on the state ticket.
The selection of a place for head
quarters has not been settled as yet.
During the last two campaigns the
headquarters were in the private
house just east of the Copeland. The
different rooms down stairs were used
as Offices, the largest room upstairs
was utilized by the campaign speak
ers' bureau. and the rear rooms were
used by the force of employees in send
ing out literature and letters. There
was no room. however. for the rank
and file to gather and work up en-
thusiasm. That is the objection to a
private house. Besides it is occupied
at present anyway.
Both the National and the Copeland
hotels have made propositions to Sc
cure the headquarters. The National
was the HEADQUARTERS of the boss bus
ters during their ante-convention cam
paign, and it is still utilized by some
OF them, although most of the leaders
have drifted back to the Copeland. The
hotel that has the HEADQUARTERS will. of
course, secure a considerable patronage
from that fact. The management of the
Copeland proposes to build a second
story on the small building just south
OF the hotel and use that for political
headquarters. The first story is used
as the hotel pool room, and, when the
city administration has not been too
strict, there have been thirst-quenching
accessories in connection with it.
The time for opening the headquar-
ters will depend somewhat on the
place selected for them. If a suitable
location can be found they will be op-
ened next week and Secretary Miller
will spend all his time here. Chairman
Stubbs VIII also be here most of the
time.
The Marion county Republicans want
! to open the campaign there in Mr..
HOch's home town. D. w. Wheeler and
J. s. Dean suggested this idea to Chair
man Stubbs last night. Tney want to
cans there from all over the state. Mr..
Stubbs looked upon the proposition
with favor. but it will not be decided
Mr.. Stubbs has not yet appointed his
executive committee, but he will prob
ably do so shortly.
The Douglass Tribune. which fought
the nomination of J. B. Adams for state
senator in Butler county, is in doubt
whether to support Adams now that ne
umn and half in explaining its posi-
ton and then asks, What should we
dor
Frank P. Pomeroy, who was nomi-
mated for representative by the Re
publicans of Jackson county Satur-
day, was one of the Thompson dele
cation to the Wichita convention who
was thrown out by the boss busters.
His opponent in the recent repre-
sentative contest was one of the Walk
er delegates from Jackson county who
were wrongfully seated in the state
convention.
Lincoln" the Washington cores
pondent of the Boston Transcript writ
ing of the appointment of Paul Nor
ton as secretary of the navy, gives the
following under a Chicago date line
which is of interest to western read
ers:
president Roosevelt has long want
ed to have Paul Morton associated with
his administration. Their acquaintance
grew out of that between the late 7
Sterling Morton and Mr.. Roosevelt.
who came to be very warm friend Of
the former secretary of agriculture.
Secretary Morton was one of the great
characters who occasionally get into
public life. Full of original ideas, Wig
orous in patriotism, coura geous and
honest to the last degree, he will be
long remembered in Washington and
admired even though his attempts to
stem the Niagara-like tide of paternal-
ism which he encountered proved una
vailing- His attack on the free seed
gratuity was typical. President Roose-
welt has been particularly attracted by
two traits in the younger Morton, aside
from a general resemblance to his dis
tinguished father. He possesses great
executive ability, being one of the per-
sons who do things and, secondly.
does not measure everything in life by
standards of money. He has been Of
fered much more lucrative positions
with other railroad companies than
but having set about to help make the
Santa Fe a great ans-continental
route, he has preferred to stay with 1t.
Similarly, his acceptance Of cabinet
position now will be at a considerable
financial sacrifice.
Morton takes it because of his de-
sire to assist in the administration Of
Theodore Roosevelt. The two are men
of much the same type, except that
Morton has none of the presidents i'm
pulsiveness, but is very prudent and
self-contained. This is one respect in
associates differ from him 1t had been
the presidents original intention to try
to get Morton for the department of
commerce and labor, to succeed Secre-
tary CortelyOu. This, however, was con-
sidered undesirable. The bureau of
corpora tions comes within this depart
ment and while the president realized
that Morton was too big a man and too
patriotic to be Influenced in the per
formance of duty by any personal in
terests, it was felt that as a concession
to popular prejudice against railroad
officials he would better 90 somewhere
else.
cancy in the interior department, Nor
ton would be ideally fitted to fill it