The Topeka state journal., 1906-06-08
POLITICAL GOSSIP
Curtis Followers Are Starting
COburn RumOrs
That He viii Use SenatOrshlp
as Stepping Stone.
WANTS IN CABINET.
Believe That lie VIII Soon Tire
of Being Senator.
Dolley Gives Out Another HOch-
Stubbs Statement.
WANTS IN CABINET.

Pa0Dfe Who want 10 see -Ae-- 49,
curtis elected United States senator
are now doing their utmost to MAKE
# appear that when F. d. Coourn
accepts the appointment Of United
States senator. as they are conhdehO
ne will do, his object will be TO use
it as q steppingstone to Presloeile
Roosevelts cabinet in the capacity OF
secretary Of agriculture.
said one of Curtis managers yes
terday. ut will only take Coburn
about two months to get thoroughly
sick Of that senatorial job He Is not
the kind of man that mixes easily
with the senatorial crowd He can
stand it to to sit around and do moth
ing, and that is what he would have
to expect for a number of years, for
he would get no good committee
assignments. Besides, Coburn
health is bad; he will probably go to
pieces in Washington Coburn Is
man who is thoroughly in love with
his work He would dislike to give
up place here which he has prac-
ticaIy created. But I believe that
Coburn would like to be in the cab
met, he would be willing TO take the
apDoiutment of senator if he thought
-A+NN
] do not anticipate that COburn viii
be q candidate for election to the SEN
ate even if he takes the appointment.
Nevertheless the Curtis managers,
as well as the people who are inter-
ested in other senatorial candidates.
are very much disturbed by the i'm
mense show of popularity which the
appointment of COburn has developed
for him. What they are afraid of is
that the farmers of the state viii get
.@F al
resentatives and senators to vote for
Coburn. Said a well known state
politician.
"If somebody should take up Co
burn and start petitions going in his
behalf, as someone is almost certain
10 do, every farmer in the state would
sign. The members Of the legislature
could not get away from that sort Of
proposition. It would mean their
death-knen if they did not vote for
Coburn. I do not believe that very
many Of the members of the legisla-
ture are tied up to any candidate so
that they can't break away. They all
realize too well the value of being in
dependent. Tt might start something
serious for the other candidates if the
Coburn sentiment should get to going
good and strong
J. n. Dolley has given out another
statement about Governor Hoch's
promise to appoint Stubbs He says
LLtL Governor E1QCu mas given Out an
interview discrediting Dolley's former
accusation of bad faith, but so far as
known, Governor Hoch has simply de-
clined to talk about that declaration.
Mr.. Dolley saws:
Governor Hoeh gave out an inter-
view yesterday in which he attempted
to discredit my statement that he,
Governor Hoch, had positively promis-
ed me personally to appoint w. R.
stubbs United States senator when
ever the vacancy occurred. When 1
made that statement I was pretty
warm under the collar or I probably
would have said nothing about it. But
now that 1t has been said cannot
amord to have Governor Hoch or any
one else question the exact truth of
my statement, for my integrity is
worth more to me than any considera-
tiOn in politics. Governor Hoch has
claimed to me for more than one year
that he was for ". r. Stubbs for the
United States senate to succeed Bur
ton and made the following exact
statement to me on a Rock Island train
between Maple Hill and topeka about
one year ago The question of Bur
tons successor came up and Governor
Hoch said to me: 'DOlley. I am going
70 tell YOU something: when T3urfOn's
seat becomes vacated I win appoinf W
r Stubs to succeed him and viii
appoint him at once as soon as the
Vacancy occurs.
"This was good news to me. and 7
thanked the governor for his promise
Several times since that promise was
made he has confirmed in positfve
terms that he would keep it in good
faith
II have. for the past wear. given
large part of my time, at a heavy ex-
pense to me, working in the interests Of
governor Hoch-which he will not deny
and never asked or received one sin
gle favor from him politically or 9th
erWise- 1 have done this largely on
account of Mr.. Stubbs. and frlIv ev
pectlng Governor Hoch would keen bis
promise. 1t never occurred to me that
ne eouIa pe induced to go back on his
positive promise to me, together with
q large majority of my friends in kan
sas who had stayed by Governor F4ocb
through thick and thin, always on the
1lffng line for him. I have earpaetl1,
hoped to see Mr. Stubbs in the T-nited
States senate. Mr Stubs has the abiI-
1ty to see through the schemes ~ 10
politicians and political grafters and
80 mas tne courage to wage relentless
var against them in the interest of the
people on that account the corpora
lions and the politicians of all crseds
ana factions have combined to drive
him out Of state ooIitics.
7 have nothing but praise for NJ
Soburn- He has filed his present nosi-
ton with distinguished honor E5,,f ~
course, we can not expect him at his
age IN life and inexperience in legisla-
tive work to do the rough sledee han,
mer work that is needed SO badlv in
public life today and especially in the
United States senate
While I feel indignant and anerv
when think Of the ingratitude OF Gov
eFnor Hoch in the way he treated Mr.
stubbs; ] want it understood that I
am Republican and expect to sunDort
every honest and worthy man On the
Republican ticket"
The removal Of w. H. McCamish
from the Office of assistant attorney
appointment of c. W. Trickett to fhS
position, which was announced Thurs