The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-05-02
F. DUMoNT SMITH TO STUBS.
Points Out How the Leader Made His
Mistake.

F. Dumont Smiths promised
''piece" about W. r. Stubs appeared
this week in the Kinsley Mercury.
Stubs is given a few tips straight
from the shoulder of the editor-states-
man of Edwards county, and the att1-
tude Of Hoch is strongly endorsed.
Senator Smith says in his editorial;
THE metropolitan press has been
paying cons1derab bic attention lately to
the relations between Governor .Hoch
and w r. Stubs. It is said that as
result of the appointment of John Q.
Royce as bank commissioner, an APP
pointment against which Stubs pro-
tested to the last the intimate rela.-
tons heretofore existing between the
two men have been broken; that
Stubs no longer visits the governors
office and the governor no longer
sends for Stubs to consult with him.
The Kansas City Journal recently
charged openly that HOch was guilty
of ingratitude in ignoring Stubs pro-
test against ROyce's appointment;
that Hoch owed his position to
Stubs persistent fight against the
machine and organization of the boss
busters.
"Tommyrot! Hoch does not owe his
position to Stubs or anyone else.
Hoch's nomination was as little the
result of organization as the declara-
ton of war against Spain 1t was in
spite of organization, rather than be-
cause of it. The old machine had gone
too far the people demanded a new
deal, and nothing could have stopped
st. That Stubs was a big factor in
the movement no one denies, but he
did nothing then Or later that entitled
him to run the governors Office, to
dictate appointments or control the
governors will.
AS a matter of fact during the win
ter the governor was criticized for con-
sulting Stubs too frequently, yielding
to him too often The only serious
rHuH- Il,
was in his hesitation. if not open op-
position to the refinery bill and that
was solely due to Stubs influence.
Stubs was determined to beat the re-
dnery measure, and used every ounce
Of influence he had with the governor
TO accomplish it. He was honest Of
course, but ne placed himself in OD-
position to the most unanimous
public sentiment that Kansas has seen
since the rebellion. He Influenced
HOch, to the same end, and Hoeh was
later compelled to retrace his steps
and doubtless realizes now that he
made mistake. a mistake for which
MT, Stubs is chargeable more than
any one else. Throughout the session
of the legislature. Mr. Stubs was
paramount in the governors ONCE.
He had the entree at all hours regard
less OF who was ahead of him. The
governor listened to him first and last
1.-THE measures that Stubs desired
received the gubernatOrial sanction
ana dlA llE AluuenCe OF the admins
tratiOn was put behind them.
But when 1t came to the bank COM
uissionership, HOch felt that he owed
an obligation, personal in its nature.
sacred to him above anything else, to
Royce. Stubs made his mistake
when he stepped between the governor
and that strong and abiding friend
ship and loyalty that Hoch holds to
those whom he thinks have been his
friends in the past.
efROVCets appointment is NOT 0OOrf-
lar. No one disputes that. But the
people do not care much who is bank
commissioner, If the Office be we'll
served, but they do care much that
they have a governor with will of his
own, a mind OF his own, who preserves
through all pressure his sense OF
loyalty to his friends.
cone of the complaints that was
made against Governor Bailey was that
he abdicated his own Office and yielded
to certain influences rather than fol
low his own path. Now the complaint
against Hoch is the reverse, that h
does not abdicate his Office but uses
his own judgment"
Senator Smith then goes on to say
that Governor HOch is too sensitive to
public criticism and newspaper com
ment. In conclusion the article says;
THAT he is sensitive to criticism is
perhaps q good sign. 1t shows thai
his hide has not thickened, he is not
callous he respects so much the Yer
dict of the people that he sometimes
mistakes a newspaper editorial fol-
che true Vox popuh.