The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-04-28
POLITICAL GOSSIP.
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as a member of the board, and might
strengthen the ticket.
John O. Royce, who is opposing
( Stubs in this convention, is strongly
I in favor of I. D Youngs nomination
and has been putting in some good ticks
for Young among the antf-Stubbs pe0-
pie This strengthens YOung's chances
In case the Stubs people control the
convention. they will probably nom
mate Young and Kanaval and let the
other crowd have the third members CT
the board.
There was an important conference
Of some Of the leading politicians Ct
the state at the Baltimore hotel in Kan
sas City yesterday. Henry J. Allen, W.
T. Morgan. Cyrus Leland and others
were in attendance. The meeting is
said to have had something to do with
the work Of the coming state conven-
ton.
1t is expected that ex-senator ". A.
Harris, the Democratic nominee for
governor will return to Kansas Sun
day from his business headquarters in
Chicago. Mr.. Harris was interviewed
at his home at 4zS1 Ellis avenue. Chi
caso. and said that it would not be un-
til September or October that he opens
his campaign in Kansas.
Asked about thegHrso4hAI9ition law Mr.
Harris said.
i believe in enforcing all laws 1
don't think it is the duty Of a states
executive to go out into the brush to
hunt for hOrsethieves. but it is his
duty to see that the law is enforced in
all cases that come before him.
II do not expect to make long cam
paign, said Mr. Harris, land the ma
ture of it will depend on the advice of
my friends. I have yet Received no
official notification of my nomination,
and all I know about it is the kilograms
I have received from friends. 1 did not
want the nomination and never had an
idea of getting it until a telegram was
received informing me that L had been
nominated However, since it is the
win of my friends and firm supporters
that I shall make the canvass, I shall
do my best and I think the chances
for Democratic success were never
brighter in Kansas than now.
While cannot begin the regular
campaign before the latter part of Sep
TENDER or LIST of October it is possible
that I may make occasional visits to
different sections Of the state, in the
meantime and discuss live issues. Ny
campaign must necessarily be a short
one
IF am elected governor of Kansas
I viii see that Kansas does not lag be-
hind the foremost state in the Union in
the general uprising against graft and
the domination of corporations. 1t is
my conviction that we in America
everywhere are subservient to the laws
Of our country and this is as true of
the corporation as it is Of the indi-
vidUal. Everywhere there is move
ment for the return to. the primary
principles of good government and
Kansas has the fever as much as any
other state 1t viii be my am bit1On &c
see that Kansas occupies a place in the
first rank of this movement I shall
strive to see that graft in all its forms
is completely eliminated from the state
AS my supporters know, am
heartily in favor of a strict revision OF
the tariff. This desire in the interest
of the consumer and for the purpose
OF securing a broader market for our
surplus agricultural products.
"Our present tariff is the most exOr-
blt1nt imposed by any civilized nation.
and it acts as a barrier to cOnfine our
trade to exceedingly narrow fields. If
other nations should impose the same
tariff against our products as we i'm
pose against theirs, and they threaten
to do this soon. 1t will mean the ruina-
ton OF American commerce.
Railway passes / regard as a NUS
ance and an abomination. They must
be entirely abolished as a means OF
purifying politics. No railroad is giving
away passes for the love of politicians
but for the expectation of favors in
return, and when a politician or officer
accepts railway pass it is a virtual
promise that he will give the railroad
value received. not of his own posses
sions but of the peoples rights. The
giving OF passes mas reached a stage
where It's abolition ought to be desired
as much by the railroads as by the
people, and I believe the railroads will
assist in the movement
The conventions are still endorsing
Hoch for governor, but the on6rma-
ton Of the Stanley story has not vel
become known. It will no doubt put
a good many delegates in an enhar-
RAISING position when the fact that this
hc1
They viii not know whether their in
gtructions are binding under changed
conditions
Another Large Hotel in Topeka.
The opening of the new hotel sThe
European" at Fourth and Kansas
avenue. on May first will aid materially
in caring for the delegates to conven-
lions as well as the travelling public
Everything about the hatef is new anc
The