The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-08-03

in their property on 2-eent fare basis,
there is no disposition on the part OF
any one with whom I am acquainted to
enact such laws.
The men engaged in this work are
rot. as Mr.. Ripley supposes. dema-
g0gues aud sensa tionalists They are
as rule, the same class of men who
have worked faithfully and earnestly
during the past two years to free Kan
sas from railroad and machine DONNA
ton in politics. They are men who wers
tfreless and indefat bic in their efforts
10 pass the state depository law the
board of control law, the new railroad
law, the school fund commission law
the state printer law. and on the whole
to put the public business OF Kansas
on a sound. square, honest business
basis. instead of a political graft basis
These facts are based on CONNER
cial statements listed by stock ex-
change which are considered undues-
tionable as to facts and entirely re-
liable in every way"
Colonel Bent Murdoch gave out the
following statement:
You recall that a Kansas newspa-
per says that Ewing Herbert and my
self engage space in the Kansas CITY
newspapers before we engage hotel ac-
commoda tons when we visit your city
so my extreme modesty prevents me
from saying anything for publication
But, as you ask me for something Of
human interest concerning Kansas.
Will say that during all of my fifty
Years residence in the Sunfiower state
never In all these years have the ele-
ments seemingly cOnspired to make
the state as beautiful, as prosperous
and rs happy a S it is today.
What about the political conditions
do you ask? The movement for q
square DEAF which started from the
prairie grass gains force and strength
and power every day. The people - e
in il and 1t viii sweep the state in
NOVem Der. For instance. nOtWith-
standing Mr. Stubs has not an
nounced himself as a &C indicate for the
senate on the square deal platform. we
find no later than this morning that
Senator Long made speech in Circle
vile in which he defends the Katy
alnd suit; Mr.. Charles Curtis rushes
into print in defense of the Indian
Territory coal land legislation, While
Mr.. Ripley. president of the Santa Fee
railway. comes to the defense Of the
railroads in an attempt to prove that
2-cent fare will not pay for axle
grease. SO you viii observe that there
is something doing in tn prairie grass
and sunshine country
Nothing on earth can prevent the
voters of Kansas from registering an
honest verdict at the polls in Noven-
Der. The square deal candidates will
be overwhe lmingly elected. while the
others will be invited to stay a home,
ana the beauty OF II all IS II1J IN ct 2
is no excitement about it. The YER
diet viii be a clean, cool. deliberate
one The fellows who have been max
ing Kansas a political football Will dis
appear.
"A man chosen to Office is a hired
man, a public servant. and not boss.
The tariff. must be revised in the in
terest Of the people and not in the
interest Of the robber trust. Railway
employees must run their railways and
not attempt hereafter to run the poll
ties of the state. The political up
heaval in Kansas will go on until the
square deal is everywhere recognized.
A CRATER is a thief and voters and
taxpayers of Kansas have concluded
that from this year on they viii quit
hiring detectives to watch their public
servants to keep them from robbing
the state or the gOvernm ent in the
name of liberty.
Il see by the papers that Senator La
Toilette in his speech at Clay Center
said that Senator Long voted in com
mittee against his (LaFollette' 50
amendment to prevent the government
from turning over the coal lands in the
Indian Territory to the corporations
It seems to US Mr.. Long should rise
and explain his vote All Kansas
would like TO know about it. He is a
hired public servant and must account
70 the people for his actions in the sen
ate or take the consequences.
Madison Makes Reply.
Judge E. H. Madison. of Dodge City