The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-01
POLITICAL GOSSIP
Mr.. Stubs Trying His Hand at
Dictator Business.
Proves That He Intends to Be
the Boss.
lie WRITES TO HANNA.
Asks Him to Give His Friends a
Hearing.
Mr.. Beeson Has a Plan for a
New Ballot.
lie WRITES TO HANNA.

maticn of some of the senate COM
mittees. He has written to Lieutenant
Governor Hanna with reference to
some of the rumors concerning COM
mittee chairmanships in the senate
and has asked that he and his friends
| be given hearing about some or the
| chairInanships.
| OF course Mr.. Stubs has perfect
right to do just what he has done, and
he would be held responsible if he did
not do it, but that very thing is what
the boss busters have been bowling
about. If machine" man had done
such a thing a great fuss would have
| been made about "bossism.'
Mr.. Stubs is member of the
| lower house. He will be it's speaker
and will name its committees Ac-
cording to boss buster argument he
ought to be satisfied with that and not
try to dictate anything about the
| senate committees. He is also looked
upon as the personal representative of
| GoVernor-elect Hoch. He will not do
\ anything that is not approved by Mr..
Hoch. If Hoch and Stubs were ina
| chine men the boss busters would cry
| that Hoch is interfering with the leg
tslative branch of the government
This is as bad a sample of bossism as
Cyrus Leland or Morton Albaugh
| AS a matter of fact Mr.. Stubs is
the present boss of the Republican
party in Kansas. He is the head of its
the nomination of Mr.. Hoch. He
| bosSed the state campaign. He al d
Mr.. Hoch together are responsible + :
| the state platform. If that platform is
not enacted into law Stubs and Hoch
will be held responsible. 1t is adj
mitted that Mr.. Stubs will run things
| in the lower house, and as he is a
/ member of that body that might not
,lea,- 1F Tl,7f
| if the senate should be organized so
that it might antagonize the house
there might be trouble and some of
! the promises of the Republican plat
form might not be adopted. For that
reason Stubs will have to dip into
the organization of the senate, not as
speaker of the house, but as the boss
| of the Republican party. If he does
not and the Republican platform is
not enacted into law. Stubs and Hoch
will be held responsible.
Stubs did not like some of the
gossip which he heard about the SEN
ate chairmanships, SO he sat down and
wrote Lieutenant Governor Hanna
about it. Here is what Hanna wrote
back: rs
my Dear Stubbs: From what
can gather L do not think it necessary
for my presence to make up the COM
mfttee assignments as they seem to be
nearly all parceled out and it now
looks as though I will be lucky if 1
am permitted to retain the presidency
of the senate. Rest assured, however
that if everything is not gone by the
time I take the oath of office that I
Will give you and your friends a hear
ing. L have no promises out as to
any Craftsmanship and will make none
until the proper time"
w. F. Sapp, chairman of the Demo-
cratic state committee, has called a
meeting of the committee at Topeka on
December 10. Jim Orr of Atchison has
written of
fort, another member of the committee
that he suppOses the meeting is for the
purpose of viewing the remains of their
late friend, the Democratic party, and
that Brandenburg will be called on to
conduct the autopsy.
The southeastern part of the state
may see some county seat fights before
long. Girard is afraid Pittsburg will
try to become the county seat of Craw-
ford county, and Oswego is afraid Par
sons is planning to capture the county
seat of Labette county.
Chalk Beeson, representative from
Ford county, is in favor of a change in
the ballot law so as to put a separate
circle over the national, state and coun-
ty tickets. Then if voter wanted to
vote the national and state tickets
straight but scratch his county ticket,
he could mark in the circle at the head
of the national ticket and that at the
head of the state ticket, but keep out
of the circle at the head of the county
ticket.
Professor B. S. Mcfarland of the
Kansas Agricultural college, has made
some interesting deductions from the
vote cast by the various states at the
recent election. He shows that only
four states polled a greater percentage
of the male voting population than
Kansas. The percentage of votes to
male voting population was: Indiana,
1922; West Virginia, SO; Kentucky, S6.7, |
and Ohio, 85S. Kansas had percent
age of 85.5. Louisiana only cast 1877; |
South Carolina, 179, and Mississippi, 16
per cent of their male voting popula-
ton.
Kansas had a population of 1,470,495 |
cast 353. 766 votes, and counted ten in |
the electoral college. Florida, Georgia, |
Louisiana, Mississippi and South Car |
DINA, with 5.547, $50 greater population, !
cast 22,1O2 votes less than Kansas. and |
counted forty-two. Idaho, Montana, |
Nevada, North Dakota. Utah and |
wyoming had 1874, 633 less population, |
cast 1865 fewer votes, and counted |
eighteen. New Hampshire. Rhode Is
land. Vermont, and Maine had 407, 756 |
greater population. cast 1894 fewer
votes, and counted eighteen. Idaho, |
Nevada and Wyoming had 1,174S47 less
population, cast "a, 226 fewer votes, |
and counted nine.
New York had 4.164077 greater popu- |
lation, cast 93S,649 more votes than |
Florida. Delaware, Idaho, Montana, |
gon, Rhode Island, Utah and Wyom- |
ing. New York counted thirty-six, the |
other states counted thirty-two.
On the other hand, if the votes be |
cast directly for the president, Alaba-
ma, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, MisSiS- |
sippi and South Carolina, containing |
lis per cent of all the population, would |
count on the total vote A per cent
Wrecked in Red Sea.
Island of Perrin, Dec. 1.-The Por- |
tuguese transport Sac Thome, which |
sailed from Lisbon November 10 with |
troops and passengers bound for East |
Africa has heen wrecked in the Red |