The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-06-15
POLITICAL GOSSIP
Taylor Riddle Springs Sensation
at Emp0ria.
Asks Fourth District Democrats
to Nominate Republican.
ON A SINGLE PLANK.
Would Have Him Stand for
Tariff Revision.
Thinks He Would Have Chance
to Beat Miller.
ON A SINGLE PLANK.

Sensational developments may be ex-
pected from the Fourth district Demo-
cratic congressional convention which
is to be held Saturday at Emporia.
Taylor Riddle, the former chairman
Of the Popuhst state central committee. !
is in Emporia trying to work up a SEN
timent in favor of the nomination of
a tariff revision Republican on the
Democratic ticket Riddle wants the
convention to declare in favor of
Roosevelt, and tariff revision, and let
it go at that.
This is likely to prove a mighty
popular platform for Democratic
candidate in the Fourth district. Con-
gresham Miller of that district came
to Topeka at the time Of the Republican
state convention and made speech
which did not ''set well'' with many
of the delegates especially the Fourth
district delegates. He declared strong
~ in favor Of the protective tarifI as II
now exists. and roasted the revision
lists to a dark brown. Miller IS none
too popular with the Fourth dlstrlct
Republicans on general principles, ana
his speech made him still more un-
popular. There is a strong element IN
the party which is ready to knlIe MN
at slight provocation- All the pans
have been laid to bounce him out OF
the nomination two years hence, but II
was decided that he should be allowed
to have the job without hgnt uNtli
that time.
The movement advocated by Taylor
Riddle for the nomination of a tariff
revision Republican on the Democratic
ticket is an unexpected backfre on the
plan of the Republican management
and may result in Miller's defeat for
reelection There is reason to sus-
pect that Riddle has been encouraged
to bring out this scheme by some OF
the dissatisfied Republicans in the
Fourth district.
sprung his scheme, the Democrats
would have nominated Ed Thrall of
Eureka. Thrall is big cattleman, and
would poll a big vote in the Fourth,
try.
The breach between Hoch and Stubs
was widened today by the pupflcatlon
Of a letter from Stubbs IN whlch ne
calls the governor sharply to account
for an alleged interview in which the
governor is quoted as saying that
Stubs applied for the senatorial ap-
pointment This is the letter:
ssNow that Kansas has full represen-
tation again in the United States sem
ate it is due my friends and myself
that some wrong impressions IN con-
nection with the appointment be cor
rected.
governor Hoch has been quoted in
the public press as saying: I have been
asked for the place by W. r. Stubbs.
It has been said. and / guess Stubbs
has admitted it, that he discovered me.
thought I had been discovered about
20 years before we ever heard of Stubs.
have been asked to appoint him be-
cause he has done so much for me-
SIT in the first place, ] never asked
Governor Hoch to appoint me senator,
never discussed the appointment per-
sonally with him but once, and that
was in the presence of Senator Dolley
and at Senator Dolleys request. At this
meeting Senator Dolley called Governor
Hochs attention to his promise to him,
and HOch replied that conditions had
changed so that he was considering the
appointment Of an outside man who
would not be a candidate before the
legislature for the place. Governor
Hochs promise to Senator Dolley was
evidently made with the full expecta-
ton that Dolley would convey the news
to me, and while this occurred nearly
one year ago, in all nay conversations
with the governor since that time have
never even referred to the question of
whom he would appoint, with the above
one exception.
Furthermore. my friends all over the
state have very kindly offered to bring
in delegations and circulate petitions to
the governor in my behalf, and I have
uniformly advised against getting into
a campaign for the appointment
IF the governor did not make the
above statement he should deny it pub
Hcly. and if he did desire specific
statement from him. It is perfectly nat
ural that the cut-throat professional
politicians in Kansas, who have been
deprived of approximately 100000 an
nual income from the various CRAFTS
which have existed in this state, to-
gether with the public service corpora
tions should use every means in their