The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-10-01
POLITICAL GOSSIP
Ex-Governor Stanley Makes q
Good Speech.
Advises People to Vote for Safe
Men for Legislature.
THE PARTY is NOT ALL
Says Kansas Needs Men Like
Folk Of Missouri.
Intimates That He Might Vote
for Such Democrats.

Ex-Governor w. E. Stanley seems to
have made pretty good sort of a
speech at Emporia Friday. He advised
men to vote for good nominees for
members OF the legislature regardless
of party affiliations. If the Republican
nominee for the legislature does not
happen to be the right sort of man.
and the Democratic nominee is the
! right sort OF man, Governor Stanley
thought Republicans ought to vote for
the Democrat, and vice versa He said:
THE great trouble with our state is
in the character of the men we send to
the legislature. This is representa-
tive government. Men sent to the leg
islature should represent their COM
| munities in every way. A candidate
for the legislature should represent his
constituency first politically, second
morally. He should be a man of un-
questioned probity. Third, from a
commercial standpoint, ne should be a
| man of some business standing; fourth,
intelligently he should be a man OF
education and sense. But what hap-
pens? Often just because a man hap
pens to represent them politically, rep
resent them in one thing, in party poll
tics or affiliation, Republicans are told
to vote for man who is a debauche,
who is a deadbeat, who is ignorant and
stupid. Why should a Republican be
asked to vote fC< man who miSrepre-
sents him on three important things
and represents on one thing?
II hope the time will come in Kansas
when Republicans will have courage
and sense enough to vote for men as
candidates for the legislature who rep
resent them most thoroughly, even if
they have to get over into the Demo-
cratic column to do it. 1 hope the time
will come when the Democrats will quit
voting for men VINO n1isrepresent them
and be brave enough to vote the Re-
publican ticket when good governments
requires them to do so. Party loyalty
is good thing; am party man, but
loyalty to country is a better thing and
should be first considered There is a
| good deal of talk about the corruption
uncovered by the Missouri legislature.
but 1 am standing here to tell you that
| if Kansas had a man as brave and
honest and shrewd as Joseph Folk cor
| ruption just as bad as that in Missouri
would be brought out in another state
which I need not mention. We need
men like Folk. 1 am a pretty good Re-
publican here in Kansas. 1 love the
old party; but, say, l don't know how
it would be if 1 lived over in Missouri"
| That sort of a speech can be COM
mended by every man whose loyalty
| to his state is above his loyalty to mis-
party. If the spirit of that speech is
carried out men will not support the
yaller dog who happens to be on their
party ticket, and the result will be bet
ter government.
remarks apply to other officers besides
members of the legislature, however.
He might have drawn the line, for in
stance, between an honest man and
one who is not honest when both ars
running for state treasurer. He might
have pointed out that when men who
have not been faithful to their trust as
members of the school fund commits
sion, voters should not support them
again.
| Congressman Curtis was down in the
! Third district recently and in an inter-
view in the Coffeyville Journal he In
| quoted as follows:
"It is not generally known but
worked hard in my district for that
crowd of fellows that is fighting me.
| 1 wanted things harmonious. 1 urged
| the people to stand for Bailey and not
| stir up a big fight. But I expect it
| let things alone. 1 never got any cred
| it for it from the crowd"
| This is more news for First district
| people.
| Judge Dale's dates for the coming
week are as follows:
| Yates Center, October A, evening.
Neodesha, October 5, evening.
| Garnett, October 6, evening.
Chanute, October z. evening.
| Independence, October s, afternoon
| Cherryvale, October 8, evening.
L. j. Pettijohn chairman of the
Seventh district Republican congress-
SiOnal committee, estimates that Con-
gresham Murdock will get better than
| 10000 majority in the coming election.
| Chairman Stubbs is sending out cir
| culars to the "first voters of Kansas
| asking them to support the Republican
| ticket. Among other things he says:
believing that the future of Kansas
| and this great nation depends very
1 largely upon the attitude of our young
men of today, we are giving them spec
| ial recognition and soliciting their
sistance during this campaign, which
we are making in the interest of good
government
1t would be interesting to know If
Mr. Stubbs includes T. T. Kelly and
| the present school fund commissioners
| in his campaign for good govern
ment.
Burlington, Kan, October Judge
David M. Dale, fusion candidate for
governor, DR.. F. B. Lawrence, candi-
didate for state treasurer, addressed the
largest meeting of the season at the
opera house last night Several hun
| dred people were turned away. The
| audience was enthusiastic and Judge
Dale made many friends among Re-
publicans The meeting was consider
ably larger than the Hoch meeting the
night before.
Hoch ROasts the Recorder.
1From the Holton Recorder.1
| There is nothing that helps a news
paper so much as an occasional roast.
| ing becOme used to the sensation rath-
on inv the DroceSS AS if not only