The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-24
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meeting Considering the fact that the
night was so stormy. the crowd was
very large Those who attended both
meetings stated that Allen had nearly a
third more people present than did scott
The Allen supporters in Douglas county
are very enthusiastic bunch, and gave
allen plenty of applause.
After the Allegro male qUartette had
sung couple of selections. Henry
Allen opened up and had the aug ience
going his way from the start
Not q Practical Politician.
zone of the charges made against me
stuug me deeply said MI Allen. They
say that I am a practical politician
can't see anything TO suts tanIate that
charge. Mr.. Scott has been in p0ilIies
Is years. and has held office most of
that time / don't say this with any
desire to reflect on Mr.. Scott. ] wish
to express n1y admiration for him IN
his ability to avoid trouble nave
thrown a greet many brlckbats ana
dornicks. I have found that they do nol
return after many days as bouquets
but as briCkbats and dCrnlcks- nav
always had too much of desire 10
knock chips off peoples shoulders. NJ
result is that MT Scott has held the
offices I have passed him several tunes
when he was going up and j was com
NOW there was that man Doolittle
who said he was paid SO by me 20
make a pon of his township " nay
practical politician would have employ
ed Mr. DocHttle at the time they en-
ployed him frst2"
M Allen laid the emphasis on the
FIRST" indicating that he believed thar
somebody had bid higher for Doohl
ties services. He then denied All
knowledge Of the deal
"a didnt know Of it until IL was TT
ported i'm the newspapers. said AlleH-
81 never authorized anybody to give
Mr. DOOlttle any money BuL Me1ll1
to say that / ara grateful to Mr.. Zen
WI nj
money to get poll made OF TINS couH-
etv But they selected man to ma e
zone poll who kept their money 81
months and then concluoeq mar y
wasn't right. and brought IL PACK, l
say it was good enough for them thal
he did bring the money back.
Roasts the Capital.
Allen accused the Topeka Capital or
nalicicusly mistreating and ABUSING
him. He said that paper printed d
s'grapevine" telegram from Ottawa
7771rDortfue TO state that Allen was
eh0ut to withdraw from the race
When Aliens friends sent TO me
rapftal strong endOrsement OF
Allen signed bv 185 out Of l9O Dust
ness men Of Ottawa. and asked tnat
st be given equal publicity Win tns
withdrawal story. the Capital buried
the announcement on the edltoFidi
page. (which no man Of good sense
said Allen. ever reads.
Allen also showed the audience
copies of the Ottawa Guardian' a
publication started UP for the purpose
of fehting Allen i'm his home county.
"I have here i'm my hand a copy OF
this Notwithstanding sheet Sa1d
Allen. cit is Charley Scott organ,
1T has no advertising. and no subscrip-
ton list. The publisher is an ire
spOnsible printer. Tt cost at least $4OU
to get out and mail this edition all
over the district. Is it not making a
large draft upon our credulity 10 say
inc q
secs Nothing Wrong in 1t.
sI do not consider that there was
anything wrong in the transaction Of
engaging in the printing business with
Mr.. Clark. For fifteen years have
been. i'm no other business If there
had been a loss, would have been re-
sponsible for my part of that loss II
the plant had been destroyed by fire or
accident. my large investment would
have been jeOpardized. 1t was purely
a business transaction, which enabled
Mr. Clark. without financial embar-
rassment. to carry out his contract [
received my profits from the invest
ment and suffered my loss when We
sold our plant to the state Of Kansas
at the close of our contract for one
third less than it had cost us The
transaction did not cost the state an
additional cent for its printing and the
public did not suffer.
'If Colonel Learned, who was once
4he owner of the Lawrence Journal
had received a contract for the print
ing In Douglas county and had finally
sold an interest in his paper to MI.
Stubs or MI Bradv. or Mr.. Bower
sock. and these IT. en- had as the result
of that purchase participated i'm the
profits that came to the plant from
Che county printing, would that have
been considered morally wrong or an
improper trQnsaCtiOn2 Or if Mr. Bra dy
had secured the county printing and
had formed partnership With Mr..
Finch for the purpose of carrying out
his contract and Mr.. Finch had pur-
chased an interest i'm the plant fo- do
ing that work and had received a part
of the profits that accrued from that
work would that have been an i'm
moral Transaction
The Question Of Motive
but Mr. Stubs says that the mo-
tive which induced me to support Mr..
Clark for state printer was the desire
7 had to participate in the profits of
the public printing contracts. on that
subject desire to say that I would
have supported EMr. Clark just as
strongly as I did had 1T never been
suggested directly or indirectly. that
Mr. Clark wanted a partner in the pur-
chase of an equipment for doing the
work. I supported him for the same
reason which doubtless led Mr. Arthur
Capper of the Topeka Capital who was
also candidate for state printer to
withdraw and give his support to Mr.
H0ch for the Office, namely. because OF
the factional lineup on the senatorial
issue. II would not have been posi-
BILE for Mr. Capper had he so desired
10 change any votes which had former
~ been for him to Mr. Clark. Tt would
not have been possible for me to have
induced my friends to vote for Mr.
HOch. The contest in that legislature
which overshadOWed every other con
test was for the seuat0rship. Arthur
Capper, of the Topeka Capital. and Ed
Hoch. now governor of the state were
candidates for state printer and were
both favorable to Mr.. Curtis for United
States senator. Mr.. Clark was favor
able to Senator Long. and I was favor
able tn Governor Stanley. When Cap