The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1906-05-11
ISSUES HOGH COULD PLEAD
WILLIAM ALLEN WHITE TELLS A
FEW OF THEM.
kansas Governor Up Against Some
DiscOuraging Facts OF His
Administration.

William Allen White, Bent Murdock
and other clever editorial writer's Of
the state, are having a good deal OF
fun with the republican ticket Mr.
White calls upon Governor HOch to
sound the tOcsin," and promises to
get out his hew-gag and come in on
the chorus This is Whites piece
An Old-time republican came into
the Gazette Office today and demand
ed to know why the Gazette did not
give heartier support to Governor
HOch and the republican state ticket
There vii be no question about the
loyalty Of the Gazette to the republi-
can party in this state when the is
sue is defined, but just now the issue
has not been made. The Gazette is
waiting for Governor HOch to make
the issue and to declare how he de-
Sires this fight to be made
There are several issues which
would interest the people and any one
Of them properly put might be a win
ner- But which one shall take the
lead2 Shall the republican papers
Of Kansas 90 to the people and proud
" point to the fact that after going
to other governors and being refused,
the Katy railroad went to Governor
HOch and got him to lend the name
OF Kansas to suit that would de-
spoil settlers Of their lands? That
would be a ringing issue, and when
Governor HOch gets ready to outline
IL the Gazette will be Loyalty with him.
The railroads have been greatly
abused. they need more land. their
attorneys should be encouraged to
rob the people, not only Of their crops,
but Of the land on which these crops
grow, and in lending the name Of
Kansas to the railroads in their suits
against the people Governor HOch is
doing the wise and proper thing. But
the Gazette has no desire to crowd
this issue to the front, until the gov
ernOr says that is the one on which
he expects to run
There are other issues upon which
he might make a whirlwind cam
paign- He is sworn to enforce the
laws Ct Kansas, yet in twO-thirds Of
the counties Of Kansas the law is not
enforced, and the governor knows it
issue and when the governor sounds
his clarion note, the Gazette will tOOt
its pumpkin reed pipe in hearty uni
SON
The laws concerning the use Of
public money were violated, and the
man who violated them was one OF
the chief instruments which encom-
passed the governors nomination, and
his denomination The issue Of True
and Loyal Friendship to a ScOundrel
would make the welkin ring. in Kan
sas, and when Governor HOch decides
to sound the tOcsin, the Gazette will
begin striking its hew-gag, and we
Will all be of in a bunch
The railroads were about to cap
ture the state republican convention
two months ago. They were using the
corruption OF passes openly, and they
were accomplishing the outrage Of the
republican party as shameleSsly as
ever any public indcenCy was ever
done; the people called for help; Pc
titiOnS began coming in asking for a
special session making pass-giving a
felony. Certainly If ever there was
an emergency in this state it was then
But the governor strangled the cry
Tor help and gave notice that he
would let the bribery go on, and
what has happened2 When he gets
ready to defend that action on the
stump and to make the failure to
save the good name Of Kansas an
issue, the Gazette will join him in
the endeavOT.
with Standard Oil, and was doing
fairly we'll Suddenly the suit was
dropped, and the governor knew il
and consented to it, though in Mis-
successful end. When the governor
gets ready to make that an issue and
go before the people saying that not
only is Kansas unable to fight those
who disObey the prohibitOry law, not
only is Kansas unable to fight those
who steal the states funds, not only
is Kansas unable to prevent the cor
ruptiOn Of her politics, not only is
Kansas unable to keep from lending
a hand to the railroads who are steal
ing the land Of settlers-but in the
Tight against Standard Oil that is stir
ring the whole nation, Kansas IS too
weak and too helpless to continue the
the governor gets
ready to sound that slogan, the Gaz-
cite Will be with him But he must
choose the issue.
There is no question OF the COVER
nOr's personal integrity. There is no
question Of his loyalty to the republi-
can party; there is no question about
his desire to do right. But there is
a serious question as to which Of
these great Issues above named he
will take when he goes before the
people. 1t is rather up to the COVER
nor to decide which issue shall be