The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-03-09
REPUBLICAN GUNS OPEN.

not as vigorously as one would expect.
Mr.. STUBBS' SPEECH.
". r. Stu5bs in accepting the gaVel
spoke as follows:
w r. Stubbs upon taking his place as
chairman of the convention said
tsThe movement which is responsible
for the presence of the majority of these
delegates here today is. in my judg--
ment, the product of seed sown and
standards raised all over this fair land
by the greatest president of the greatest
nation in the world today.
Theodore Roosevelt demands a high
er standard of morals. integrity and
general qualifications in public service
than any president in recent years.
'Rooseveltism, as l understand it,
would condemn as the worst of crimes,
all traffic in public Office, padded pay
rolls and profit of every kind by state
officers al the expense of the people.
Rooseveltism demands absolute 10y
atty, fidelity and faithful service from
public servants to their employers.
An employe of the state who be-
comes a lobbyist in the interest of some
measure before the legislature which is
calculated to benefit some person or
persons at the expense of the people
of the state he is serving is guilty of
treason and should be forever diSQuaI-
ified from holding public Office.
Public officers are employees. All their
! time, energy and ability is paid for and
/
lie demands of her employees the same
| fidelity, loyalty and faithful service that
| is required by the business world, then
and not before will public affairs be con-
Quoted on a business basis.
The object of this movement is to give
Kansas an honest, patriotic, business like
state government. The success of the
movement will depend entirely upon the
results attained We have made prom
ises which the DeonIe Of kansas have a =
cepted and by their votes at the primary
demand that you make these promises
nd acf and fear,f
EFFORT must be made to redeem every
promise. II we fail, we can not expect
to retain the confidence of the people. If
we succeed, then, and not until then, will
our victory be complete.
Now that the battle Is over it remains
Tor Mr.. Hoch and his associates to show
the people of Kansas that they not only
have the disposition, but the ability. to
MAKE good the reforms promised.
For myself 1 want to say now and here
that in the distribution of state patron
age. 1 desire Mr. Hoch to feel absolute
freedom To use it in the first place SO
as to give the state the best possible SER
vice, and next to make the Republican
solid, compact organization. And I sin
cerely hope and trust that the men who
will prove to the people of Kansas that
thelr EFFORTS nave been unselhsh by up
holding Mr.. Hoch in his efforts to build
up and strengthen the party"
The speech of Mr.. Stubs was re-
ceived with great applause at points
in which he made references to Roose-
| Welt and the present movement Which
| he declared was the assertion of the
Republican independence of Kansas.
About half of the speech was deliv-
cred apparently extemporaneously.
when suddenly the speaker said, I be-
lieve l will have to refer to my manu-
script" He thereupon took a roll from
his pocket and read the remainder of
1 the address
After Mr.. Stubbs had concluded, Co
mer 7. Davies OF Concordia was elect
ed secretary, with Herbert Cavaness
of Cnanute, and A. Newman of Topeka,
as assistants.
Mr.. Need then asked to get in Dan
! Dyer as sergeant-at-arms again, but
Stubbs said it was not time yet. The
/ persons who had been appointed in last
nights caucus to make the motions as
to the various committees did Their
part.