The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-07-29
POLITICAL GOSSIP.

| The newspaper reporters have a habit
doing what they call leading man up
to the jumping off place" and then ask
ing him some embarrassing questions,
questions the politician who is sup
posed to answer would rather not COM
NIT himself on. Some politicians take
| the bait, answer the question, and af-
forwards deny that they ever said it.
Others get mad and refuse to talk.
Those who are more experienced see
| what is coming and shy.
| Frank farrell led Governor Bailey up
| to the jumping off place Thursday af-
| ternoon, but the governor only looked
| over and then SHE'D off and grinned- A
number of newspaper men were sitting
around Governor Bailey's office talk
| ing when one of them asked the gov
ernor if ne intended to make any po-
fliticaI speeches this fall.
| IT'S too hot to think about making
political speeches yet" said the COVER
nor.
Have you rendered your services to
the Republican state committee yet?''
asked FARRELL He intended to follow
| this with the question whether the gov
ernOr would make speeches for the en-
tire state ticket and Congressman Cur
tbs, which was the jumping off place"
1t would have been a good newspaper
| STORY whichever way Bailey an
swered.
| But Bailey only looked over his nose
glasses and smiled. 81 haven't been in
vited yet" he said.
| Governor Bailey has repeatedly stated
| that he will make speeches in the COM
| ing campaign if the state committee de-
| SireS him to. His statement about not
being invited was reported to Chairman
Stubs, however, and Mr.. Stubs i'm
mediately went to the state house to
extend the invitation, but the governor
had gone He went to Montgomery
county last night to look after some oil
interests.
Speaking of newspaper men and Gov
ernor Bailey most people naturally sup
pose that the reporters of the papers
which abuse the governor and misrep-
resent him would keep away from him
and they are surprised when they find
such is not the case. Every reporter
who makes the state house recog-
nizes Governor Bailey for what he is
one of the best men and officials who
ever sat in the state house. and they
are on friendly terms with him. In fact,
the governors office is the favorite
loaf1ng place for the state house news
paper men.
Some time ago when the fight on Gov
ernor Bailey was the most bitter and
the columns of the boss buster papers
were filled with abuse on him, man
who was a violent partisan of the gov
errors appeared in the outer room OF
the governors office He looked
through into the next room and saw
number of newspaper men sitting
around with their feet on the COVER
nor's table, smoking his cigars and ap-
parently having a good time. He learn
ed from clerk that some of them were
reporters who were writing the misrep-
reservations of the governor, and it
made him so mad that he went over to
the Copeland and did not come back.
The Republican state committee will
have to find another presidential cleo
tor in the Third district to take the
place of w. c. Robinson, president OF
the First National bank of Winfield.
pan h
national committee, says that national
bankers are not eligible for places on
the national ticket.
Oskaloosa, Kan, July 29.-The Re
publican committee for the Thirty-sixth
judicial district, composed of Jackson
and Jefferson counties, met here Thurs
day afternoon. and after a hopeless