The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-05-03

an interview, IN the daily papers. re-
leVing his mind on the situation and
among other things stating that as
bank commissioner I would have to
work officially on the various boards
with the executive council and that I
did not speak with half of them when
we met The latter part of his state
ment is incorrect and he could have
learned of his mistake If he had asked
any single member of the executive
council. 1 have never declined to speak
to a single member Of the council nor
has single member of the council ever
declined to speak to me. In ma king this
statement I supposed that Mr.. Stubbs
has been misinfOrmed and did not con-
slider me of sufficient Importance to cor
rect a false statement which he had put
in circulation. I have since come to the
conclusion that Mr.. Stubbs Is entirely
too careless with the truth to permit
the matter to longer rest in silence He
seems to be determined to injure Gov
ernor HOch and if possible defeat his
denomination and he is also willing to
iniure the personal character Of any one
who may come between him and his ul-
innate object
I am forced 10 the above conclusion
from the interview which Mr. Stubbs
gave out on Wednesday, April 26. In
that interview Mr.. Stubbs says: Mr..
Royce. to my mind did not possess in
any sense the necessary qualifications
for this position He is practically
and stated frankly to me personally
that one reason he was so ANXIOUS TO
get the place was that he wanted 10
learn business methods and hoped that
he might some day become business
man himself
Royce Passes the Lie.
Mr.. Stubbs is hereby very respect
fully informed that Mr.. Royce never,
frankly nor in any other manner, per
sOnally to him nor to any other person,
4 a II ON
versation I ever had with MIR. Stubbs
was in the presence of Senator Young,
Of Beloit, and I call upon the senator
to assist in denying such an incorrect
report of our conversation. A statement
that I was without business experience
would be absolutely false, and a man
would be fool who would make such
a statement whether true or false. What
I said was that I was without banking
experience, only such as had Obtained
from the lobby side of the cashiers
window. That I had anticipated a great
deal of pleasure in asSociating with the
best business men of the state, but that
his bitter opposition had robbed the
position of all of the anticipated pleas
ure and that I no longer wanted it
Senator Young was present at the time
and knows that 1 made no such state
ment as is credited to me in the inter
view with Chairman Stubbs.
so far as the necessary Qualifica-
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be perfectly correct, but he ought to
be willing that such disqualification
should appear from a misadministra-
tiOn of the office.
Instead of being without business
experience I have been continuously
in business for 26 years and never in
all my life did I work on salary for
any man, firm or corporation Even
before I was of age I was a trades
man and always worked for myself.
my pay depending entirely upon the
amount of work done. The day I was
of age, June 1, 1879, commenced the
practice of law in the town of Smith
Center, Kan, and have been con-
tinuously in business for myself every
day since and have never. during ell
these years asked financial nor politi-
cal quarter from any self appointed
boss.
Il make this personal reference to !
myself in order that the bankers of
the state may not think that a perfect
ignoramus has been appointed to the
head Of the great department of state. /
which deals with their business, as
they might with only the Stubbs in
terview before them.
Very respectfully,
"JNO. Q. ROYCE"