The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-02-12
BARNES LOST IT.

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fight on their hands at home. but now
that is won and they are beginning to
fix things elsewhere. H. W. Bedeli,
E. c. Clark and T. A. White were up
from Labette county Thursday visiting
at Hoch headquarters in Atkinson's
interests. They belonged to the anti
crowd in Labette county. but they are
for Atkinson.
E. w Hoch was in Kansas City last
evening ON his WAY from Paola, where
he attended the Kelly trump" conven-
ton in Miami county, to Downs. where
he speaks this afternoon. T. I. Kelly
was with him in Kansas City. Mr..
Hoch gave out the following:
The present upheaval in Kansas was
not individual act. it was the combined
and spontaneous expression of the best
men in the Republican party against
the rule of the political boss. The
movement is unique in history. 1t was
a revolution started by the fire of pa
triotiSm for party and for state on the
part of the men who love the good
name Of the state and who hold de-
cency above political spells. We who
are now reclainafng Kansas from the
thraIdom of the political machine
demand leaders instead of bosses; or
ganization instead of party machine.
In my speeches / am now combining
myself to the internal affairs of the
Republican party. / seek to demon
strate to the honest Republicans of the
state the necessity for them throwing
off the yoke of the bosses. In all my
active life in Kansas, covering a period
of a quarter of a century, / have never
seen so much interest taken in the DO
l1tical affairs of the state. Even in the
midst of a presidential campaign there
has never been the outpouring of the
best element of the state to the meet
ings that are now being held all over
the state. 1t is a striking commentary
on the LOYALTY of the rank and file of
the party to honesty. decency and in
tegr1ty in public administration"
Mr.. Hoch is disappointing a good
many people who have always held him
in the highest respect because his ac-
tons now are not in accordance with
what he says. He maintains in the
above that the movement of which he
is the head demands leaders instead
of bosses" Yet in the past three days
he has been attempting to~dictate to
the Republicans in the Second congress
sional district that they shall defeat
Henry Allen for congress. Possibly
Mr.. ,Hoch figures that when he does this
he does it as a leader, but when a
member of the opposition faction does
| it the other man is a boss.
Again he says the movement was
started by those who hold decency
above political spoils,' yet Mr.. Hocn
and his organization is trying to keep
| T. T. Kelly, an acknowledged fOrger
and thief, in the state treasury, over
the protests of thousands of honest
Republicans. This sort of thing was
not expected from Mr.. Hoch.
| The Holton Recorder, which is recog-
nized as one of the best and most re-
liable Republican papers in the First
district, publishes the following editor
ial under the heading, 1.-The Hoch Band
Wagon"
1.-The Recorder is one of the country
papers that is not falling over itself to
/ get into the Hoch band wagon. We
have known Mr.. Hoch for number of
years and have always regarded MIN as
a good, clean, reputable, honest man.
If it was not that we fear he would De
/ handicapped with a gang of unscrupu-
| lous political thieves who have no COM
ipunctions about stealing nominations
and overriding the majority in the
most fragrant and high handed manner,
we would have more confidence tnat ne
would make a good governor
before we make any very strenuous
effort to climb into this band wagon we
wish to know whether or not ne en- en-
dorses the course of the Curtis W alker
crowd in this county as developed IN our
county convention, and the MANY OF
in the First district congressional con.
vention In other words We wish TO
know y whether r me- or red than 'a ~ 'f
Mr. Hoch may claim that this is a
matter for the people of this county and
this district to settle and that he has
nothing to do with it But it is matter
of vital Importance to the LOO Repubii-
cans of this county who went to the pI1-
mary Tuesday, January q, and legally
land fairly elected rs delegates to the coun-
itv convention. 1t is also a matter OF SUI
lprerne Importance to those 10 legally elect-
ed delegates to know whether a Curtis
Walker chairman of a county convention
lean arbitrarily deprive them of their
rights IN convention in favor of 40 VINO
lare on their side. It is a matter also OF
1.-THE very szravest Importance to the ten
men who were legally elected delegates
to the congressional convention and
whose rights to sit in that convention
were attempted to be hlched from them
Inv a majority of the congressional COM
imittee The ten men who were fairly anc
IIegaIly elected delegates to the state con-
ventiOn also feel some interest in WhetneI
or not they are to be treated in like man
liner as were the congressional delegates
Ns.Refore we make a rush to get INTO the
FIoch procession we would like to know
for certain that he repudiates the state
rnenf made by his friends and supporters
that he favors the nomination Of Tom
Kelly. a self Acknowledged defaulter ano
thief for state treasurer. Reformers are
ali right when they are thorough ano
mot half way reformers- 1t is all right &c
he opposed to the Leland so-ca1led ma
Iehine, provided the infamous acts OF {