The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-10-08
"Creech is a man who can affo

'Creech is a man who can afford to
wait is what one well known Kansas
politician said "He is man who is
growing bigger all the time The
fact that makes Creech particularly
desirable to the anti-Hoch faction as
gubernatorial timber, however, is his
freedom from alignment, openly at
least, with any of the Republican fac
tons. He was appointed by Speaker
Stubs to the craftsmanship of the
ways and means committee of the
house, and consequently is supposed to
stand well with Stubs. But at the
same time, he is said TO have become
5isgusted with zoel1 and the Hoch
tility to the STANDARD Oil company and
the railroads. He would like to lead
d revolt on Efochss and there are many
anti-Hoch people who think he is one
of the coming men Of the state.
At the present time the politicians
who are fighting Hoch say that they
are not going TO make any further
fight until Hoch plays his prohibition
fall down in his efforts to enforce the
prohibitory law. They might not be
above lending their efforts to defeat
the objects for which Hoch is striving
at Kansas. City. And they feel that if
they can beat Hoch on the prohibition
issue which he has opened up. and
show that he is a failure in the en-
forcement of the law, it VIII mark his
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Is There \ Slate?
The Stubs slate" so far as it has
been completed at the present time, is
said to include the following:
For governor-E. W. Hoch.
For lieutenant governor-Ansel r.
For secretary of state-J. W. Creech
of Dickinson.
Mr.. stubbs says there is no such
thing as his slate. He was in Topeka
Thursday, and when asked about the
slate proposition replied:
Il don't know of any slate; 1 don't
believe anybody is making slate
It was reported that Mr.. Stubs
was in Topeka for the express purpose
/ of talking the ''slate" over with some
of the crowd. Stubs denied this re-
port, too Governor Hoch was out of
1 town, and John @. Royce said he
/ hadn't been invited to join the con-
/ ference, so it was evidently a purely
/ Stubs affair, if it was anybody's.
Mr.. Stubbs said he was in Topeka
for the purpose of comforting with
/ some railroad officials. but it was oh
! served that he spent a good share of
the afternoon mixing with the various
state officers.
The effort to steal Creech away
from the anti-Hoch faction by offering
| the job of secretary of state bears the
marks of w. r. Stubbs' handiwork. 1t
| is just about the kind of move
! Stubs would be likely to make.
Williams for Attorney General.
In connection with the rumOr of a
| "Stubbs slate" there is some talk
about the possible candidacy of F. L.
Williams Governor HOch's private
secretary, and law partner of G. c.
Coleman, for Mr.. Coleman's place OF
attorney general
It is not likely that Mr.. Williams
would have given up a fine law prac-
tice and moved to Topeka merely t.
take the place of private secretary tc
Governor Hoch. He undoubtedly has
other ambitions, and the general be
lief is that he hopes to succeed his law
partner in the Office of attorney gen
eral. Mr.. Williams is a good lawyer
he has been associated with Mr.. Cole
man in a number of important case
which have come up in connection
with Mr. Coleman's official duties. He
was one of Governor Hoch's chief ad
visors in the Kelly dilemma. Person
ally he is a very affable gentleman
and says that he is not going to be (
candidate for congress
He was born in Illinois, and i
about 40 years of age. He was edu
Gated at the Illinois State Normal ant
, took his law course at the Columbi;
Law school. He went to Clay Cente
to practice law Immediately after hi
graduation 10 years. ago, and has beel
there with Mr.. Coleman ever since.