The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-11
STUBS IS IN,IF--
Conditional Announcement of
His Senatorial Candidacy.
A. c. Mitchell Tells why He
Will Be for Mr.. Stnbbs.
NOT SURE ABOUT 1T.
Indications Are That Stubbs Is
Playing for Position.
Stubbs- Bristow-Murdock Com
bine Said to Be Formed.


ably be a candidate for United States
senator.
Mr. Mitchell even goes further than
| to say that Mr.. Stubbs will probably
be a candidate, it would afford me
pleasure to give him my earnest sup
/ port
All of which does not indicate that
! w. r. Stubs is really in the senatorial
race, but merely shows that Stubs Is
4 desirous of staying close to the en-
trance of the big tent so that he can
keep close track of what is going on
inside.
Mr. Stubbs probably does not expect
to make hard fight for the senatorial
Office this year. but he is getting him
/ self in shape to run against Long two
years hence. Mr.. Stubbs' physical con-
dition is not very good, his eyes having
not entirely recovered their strength
Stubbs would not risk losing his eye
sight for a seat in the United States
senate, and he will probably try to hold
his friends in line and deliver them
either to Murdoch or Bristow- Muir
dock is Stubbs' first choice, because the
election of Murdoch would mark the
finish of Chester I. Long But next to
Murdock. Stubbs will be for j. L. Br1s-
tow of Salina.
The following is A. c. MitchelPs in
terView about Stubbs:
wv r. Stubbs will probably be
candidate before the Legislature this
winter for United States senator. The
conspicuously large questions before
the people today, and which must be
dealt with by congress are the agricul-
tural interests of the country, the con-
troll of the trusts, construction of the
Panama canal. the railroad question,
the labor question and that of banking
and currency.
Mr. Stubs was raised from boyhood
in Douglas county, where he started
as a farmers boy working for wages.
From this he has risen in his business
and in the affairs of business until two
years ago. and for several years pre-
vious. he was engaged in work involv-
ing millions of dollars per annur1l7- ana
employing at times several thousand
Vorxrnen. He put In four years OF, time
on the Chicago drainage canal during
/ its construction, and probably has more
pra ctical and technical knowledge OF
that kind Of work than any other man
who would be in the senate. His knoWl-
edge thus obtained would be of great
value to the country. II his construc-
tion work, he came in contact with
labor and labor organizations. and has
a practical knowledge of the conditions
and war is of labor, and IN this respect
is qualified to meet these important
questionns, not only from an intelligent
practical view, but also from huma7e
standpoint.
"Ors of the greatest questions under
consideration today is the proper ad-
justment of the charges for services OF
the public service corpora tions. That is,
what is fair to the people and what is
fair the corporation. Mr.. Stubbs be-
ing a practical railroad builder is bet
ter prepared to meet this question than
woulo be a man without this kind of
experience and knowledge on the sub
ject He is used to handling big things,
has large practical experience with
them and we all know that sound judg-
ment can only be acquired through
practical experience.
Mr. Stubbs' experience of nearly a
quarter of a century on the farm, pre-
pares him to aid in protecting the in
terests of the farmer. which. up to this
date, seems to have been sadly neglect
ed.
s*Mr. stubbs, feeling that his business
interests would interfere with his value
in pushing legislation which he believed
was needed by the people, practically
abandoned a valuable business two
years ago, the fact being that he sold
out his railroad construction plant and
has not been engaged in active con-
struction work in the past two or three
CONGRESS must deal with practical
questions involving almost entirely the
management of the affairs of our peo-
ple as a. great business machine. The
United States senate is a forum where
these questions are considered and
threshed out, and it seems to me that
the practical knowledge and good judg-
rnellt in the affairs of business possessed
by Mr. StuDDS gives mn p1cRS4A dtAOA 1Cl
this work which would be very valuable
not oEly to the state, but to the country
at large.
He is up to date. He has demon
strated his ability to handle successful
ly the largest business enterprises, and
above all his integrity has never been
questioned even by his bftterest enemies
and should he become a candidate, it
would afford me pleasure to give him
my earnest support
washington, Dec. Representa-
tive Miller of Kansas. who made his
campaign for reelection this fall on a
standpat platform. has suddenly real
lied that there Is at least one tariff
schedule that should be revised. He
has made the discovery that the lum-
her dealers and manufacturers have
organized a trust that Is robbing the
people.
resolution providing an investigation
of the entire lumber industry of this
countrvx The Kansas congressman
saws his attention has been specifically
directed to the arrogance of the trust
IN the southwest, where its exactions
have prevented development by set
tiers. He has found that for the last
three years the price cf lumber has
advanced at an astounding pace until
the dressed product did a few years
The Miller resolution follows the
lines of the resolution offered in the
senate last week by Senator Kittridge.
It contains no suggestion that the
Dingley rates on lumber might be re-
vfsed so as to bring the trust into