The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-04
GOES AFTER HOCH
Ewing Herbert Stings the Gov
ernOr With Sarcasm.
$50 Good that He IsMushy" Says
Herbert.
DUTCH FACE AND NAME
But No Dutch Spirit to Make
Things Hum.
Very Few Politicians In Favor
of His denomination.
FACE AND NAME


Ewing Herbert, in the Brown Coun-
ty World, expresses his opinion of
Governor Hoch with considerable free
dom, as follows:
The recent gathering at Topeka in |
the interest of Harry ]. Bone for /
United States district attorney was (
significant compliment to Senator Long /
in more ways than one. Stubs (
has gone back to the HOch /
reservation although hurt by Hoch's |
bad treatment of him. When Cover |
nor HOch Endorsed Dean for contnu-
ance as United States district attorney /
he gave some mixing of the situation, /
for Dean has been the connecting link
between Leland and HOch and 1t IS
said that Dean and Leland have dc
tated more of Hoch's appointments
than the governor. They named the
| only officer given Brown county-the
highly offensive CiIbert-naklng
personal visit to the governor IN MS
| behalf The governor himself told us
that he appointed Gilbert at their So
hcitation, and he further admitted that
/ the appointment was q mistake when
| it became clear to him that his TRENDS
in Brown county should have been
given the right to name the appolntee
To equalize matters Governor Hoch
proposed and promised to name an
other official at the suggestion of the
/ Brown county people opposed to Com
selected was o. J. Nugent, whom Lee
land defeated for senator. For some
reason Governor Hoch has never made
the appointment as he agreed to. Pre-
sumably Leland protested against Nj
gent and Governor Hoch was too much
of a rabbit to go against Leland, who
has so evidently led him up on the
United States senatorial mountain ana
shown him the promised land.
OF the two hundred or more men
who went to Topeka to see Senator
Long there were not one dozen who
favor Koch for a second term. The
majority openly admitted that he is
great disappointment. Despite the
fact that the temperance people IN the
churches and societies seek TO Drace
him UP with resolutions compliment
ing him for his bold stand" for law
and order it is generally known that
he is weak and, for all his big tax, IN
clined to lay down on the issue he has
made=the enforcement of the pro-
hibitory law. He has had to be con-
tinually lashed into action by friends
land newspapers before making any
move he has made. As he stood in the
hotel at Topeka the fellows were snlil-
Ing because the eminent prohibition
ist'' must have known that within 200
feet of where he stood there are four
joints and there are nearly 1000
Throughout the state.
The sincere prohibitionists want Gov.
! HOCn
looms without delay or clubbing. They
want the saloons and breWeries closed
in Leavenworth, Wichita, AtchisOn, To-
pel1a. and elsewhere. So far Gov. Hoeh
has succeeded admirably in offending
the anti-prohibitionists without fully
satisfying the prohibitionists. Besides
that he has added to the forces now lin
ing up against him the men who helped
him into office whom he has disregarded
! by appointing to place those who were
; / &c ar AZ n words
tried to hold both ends of the string and
has estranged and wounded his friends
without gaining the good will or sup
port o. his enemies.
That the great majority of the people
will stand by him if he succeeds in clos
ing the joints as he has promised TO do
there is no doubt but they are becoming
impatient because of his big talk and
more or less abortive efforts. In Kan
sas City Kan. where, with the help OF
the brewers-Lord bless 'em-he has
f. put the lid on, countless boot-leggers are
at work and many speak-easies and
illicit places are doing business. sun,
he should have credit for good work
done in Kansas City and if he will carry
1t On through the state he may possibly
secure a denomination, but his hating,
! wa billing gait is losing him friends eV-
; cry day and at Topeka, Friday, he was
5 about as lonely as any governor the
t state has had.
The people understand that the joints
have bought many officials and corrupt
= ed many local authorities. They have
t bought the law-are paying tribute to
ourts-demoraIizing the people who
should be taught to respect law. The
people are openly taught by the press
in Leavenworth, Atchison and Wichita
that the revenues paid by violators OF
law will lesson taxes and improve the
r schools and streets. Such needs might
be a thousand times better paid for
and more cheaply paid-without such a
low estimate of law-without bribery
and corruption and incident crime that
r follows in the wake Of liquor selling and
: drinking
: No one denies that Gov Hoch is a
good man. He is SO good that he is