Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1906-07-12
, stnhh. and Kis QuestIOna.

Inc that he iS the whole thing 10 Kan
sas politics, has evolved What b
thinks is 9 smooth scheme 10 Asktpl
queStions--bus is really the resource
Of the dewagogue.
stubbs a a disappointment aS I
political leader. His head was turned
by little political honor that cirCum
stances forced upon him two year,
ago. He Joined in the movement &c
relegate q few "bosSes" to private
life, and having been q member
OF the legislature from his county
and having considerable money which
be had made out Of the railroad bust
nesS round about hi the "boss
busters" gave him the Craftsmanship
of the movement. The movement
was eminently successful, and Stubs
seems to have taken to himself all the
glory. He was elected chairman Of
the state central committee. and
knowing that the chairman and secre'
tary Of that committee had been the
whole thing for several years prior to
bis taking the office, be naturally sup
posed that as such chairman be was
to be the entire thing himself. In
dulging himself in this very natural
fallacy, be started out to run the Re-
publican party In Kansas, and to die
tate each and every detail Of its policy.
In the campaign Immediately prior
to the state convention be sent out
his orders to "every county In the
state" expecting that none would
have the presumption to question
either the authority or the wisdom Of
the great chairman" Of the Republi-
can party Of Kansas. When he came
up to the state convention and found
that the party bad only estimated
him at his real individual value, and
that instead Of "having the party In
bis vest pocket" he only had "cor'
poral's guard" Of followers, his
feathers dripped and his pride was
seriously offended.
To return to the life and influence
Of private citizen Of Douglas county
and to be estimated at his real worth
was CALLING to his pride and now in
order to again gaia little notoriety
be assumes to dictate to the party
the details OF the laws which the
next legislature shall enact.
So be has sent out o statement pur-
porting to give the detailed provisions
Of certain laws that be proposes that
The next Legislature, under the penal.
" Of his august auathems, shall en-
act. And II every candidate on the
Republican state ticket from governor
Town to state superintendent and !
commissioners does not pledge him
Ieli and the newly elected Legislature
% enact these laws with the detailed
I'D literatim, just az die.
ated by Stubs, the entire Republi. a
an ticket is to have the opposition Of
Or. Stubbs. 1t matters not to Mr.. 9
tubbs that not single member Of h
be state ticket from top to bottom, ii
xcept possibly the lieutenant govern. a,
r, will have the least thing, officially,
D do with the passage OF laws BY the
'gislature, yet this particular time
opportuns for the demagogue to q
OF in bis work and Stubs is improv- II
git OF
The four questions prOpouudsd to "
10 state candidates are so framed be
lat they must be answered Eyes" or ~
no." Probably the only one Of the n
ur questions propounded which a y
an with any self respect and inds- al
'ndent' manhood about him could he
ISwer directly is the last one, and or