The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-20
Col. Bill Sapp Won't Be Candi-
date for Governor.
But He Says Things Look Bright
for Democrats.
PEOPLE ARE AROUSED.
Great Independent Vote Will
Help Them to Victory.
The People Are Disguised With
Machine Rule.

Il am not a candidate for the Demo-
cratic nomination for governor said
Colonel William r. Sapp, chairman Of
the Democratic state central committee,
Monday, and he said this about as en-
phatically as a man can say anything.
B. L. Stroether, one of the old time
Democrats of the state and editor Of the
Calena Evening Times, has suggested
that Col. Sapp would be an ideal can
didate for governor and urged that he
be nominated, but Col. Sapp threw
damper on any boom that might be
started for him by declaring that not
only was he not candidate for COVER
nor but he did not intend to be one
Il have never sought public Office. MI.
Sapp added, and 1 guess 1 viii not
start in now
Col. Sapp came to town Monday to
take a hand in completing the arrange
ments for the second annual banquet
of the Kansas Democratic cluD Whlch
is to be held on Thursday night ana also
to get things in readiness for meelhS
of the Democratic central committee
which he has called for Thursday after
noon and which will really be the open
ing of the Democratic campaign IN the
Things were never brighter for a
Democratic victory in this state than
they are this year" said Mr.. Sapp- O1
course the Democrats cannot win IN TINS
state alone, but there IS great mae
pendent vote here and there are any
quantities of independent Republicans
in this state who are Disguised with tns
actions of the men in office ana the
machine that was responsible Tor put
ting them there. The public conscience
is being aroused all over the state at
the acts of the state ofhclats- 1hey are
not representative Republicans 1heS
are merely z set of grafterS ana nypo-
{ nd r,a0r1fn of the state are not
going to stand for them any longer
We are going to put up ticket WAieh
will warrant the support or all men
who interested in civic decency ana We
expect this ticket to get the suppo.l
Of the great army Of honest men IN TINS
state And in getting this support we
will be bound to win. The time Is TIPS
4 for the people of this state 70 see lhtl
an honest state government is estap-
/ lisbed and believe they are gong 10
do it bv electing tht Democratic ticket
I Criticism of the harshest character Is
prevalent all over the state from strong
! Republicans at the way their represeh-
+atives in office have run things during
the past few years and they are going
Concerning the report that proceed
ings are to be brought to invalidate
the law under which Arthur Fuller
was appointed judge, because OF ms
decision that the assistant attorney
generals have no authority 70 ENFORCE
the DrOhibitOry law. MT Sdpp sSiu-
''I want to say this for Judge Fuller.
that he is a mighty smart man, and
some of these people who are after
his scalp may find out before they get
through that they are attacking a
good man. Fuller is Republican, l
know, but I do say that he is good
/ Judge. and when he says that thing
is law. you can pretty near tie to it. :"
Prior to last winter Crawford
county was in a judicial district with
Bourbon and Linn counties. The last
legislature passed a law taking Craw-
ford out of the old district and max
ing it a district by itself Under the
constitution it takes a two-thirds vote
of each branch of the legislature to
create a judicial district. The Craw-
ford county judicial bill was omni-
bused with a lot of other bills. and
the records show that it lacked two
votes of having a two-thirds majority
in the house.
Relying upon this technicality, the
enemies of Judge Fuller expect to be
able to knock out the law creating
! Crawford a separate district. This
would act as an custer from Office for
( Judge Fuller. It is understood that
! proceedings will be started in the su-
/ preme court to test some ruling of
Judge Fuller's on the ground that
1 Judge Fuller has no right to make
any rulings whatever.