The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-05-07
POLITICAL GOSSIP
Kansas Republican Editors in
Insurgents Camp.
Wm. Allen White Calls on
Gov. H0ch.
SOUND THE TOCSIN. "
Asks Him to Take Lead and
Define Issue.
Bent Murdoch Says Majority
Should Be 100000.
$ SOUND THE TOCSIN. "

William Allen White, Bent Murdoch
ard other clever editorial writer's Of
the state, are having 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 demanded
to know why the Gazette did not give
heartier support to Governor Hoch and
the Republican state ticket. There viii
be no question about the loyalty of the
Gazette to the Republican party in this
state viii the issue is defined, but just
now the issue has ne been made. The
Gazette is waiting for Governor Hoch
to make the issue and to declare how
he desires this fight to be made.
There are several issue which would
interest the people and any one of them
properly put might be winner. But
Y hich one shall take the lead2 Shall
the Republican papers Of Kansas 90 TO
the people and proudly 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 a suit thatWould
despoil settlers of their lands2 That
would be a ringing issue, ana W0Cn LON-
ern0r HOch gets ready to outline II the
Gazette viii be loyalty with him. The
railroads have been greatly abused;
they need more land; their attorneys
should We encouraged to rob the people,
rot only of their crops but of the land
on which these crops grow, and in lend
ing the name Of Kansas to the railroads
in their suits against the people Cover
nor HOch is doing the wise and proper
thing. But the Gazette has no desire TO
crowd this issLe to the front, until the
governor says that is the one on which
he expects 10 run
There are other issues upon which
he might make a whirlwind campaign
He is sworn to enforce the laws of KAN
sas. yet in twO-thirds OF the counties Of
Kansas the law is not enforced, and the
governor knows it is not enforced; that
would be fine issue and when the
governor sounds his clarion note, the
Gazette win toot its pumpkin reed pipe
in hearty unison.
The laws concerning the use Of pub
lie money were violated. and the man
who violated them was one Of the chief
Instruments which encOmpassed the
governors nomination, and his Tenomi-
nation. The issue of True and Loyal
Friendship to a Seoundrel would make
the wellSin ring. in Kansas, and when
Governor Hoch decides to sound the
tocsin. the Gazette will begin striking
its new-gag, and we will all be off in
a bunch.
THE railroads were about to capture
the state Republican convention two
months ago. They were using the cor.
ruptiOn of passes openly. and thev were
accomplishing the outrage of the Re
publican party as shamelessIy as ever
any public indecency was ever done:
the people called for help: petitions be-
gan coming in asking for a special ses-
sion making pass giving felony. Ger
Iainly If ever there was an emergency
in this state 1t was then But the gov
ernor strangled the cry for help and
gave notice that he would let the
bribery 60 on, and-what has happen
ed? When he gets ready to defend that
action on the stump and to make the
failure to save the good name of kan
sas an issue the Gazette will join him
in the endeavor.
The state Of Kansas was STRUGGLING
with standard oil, and was doing fair
~ we'll Suddenly the suit was dropped.
and the governor knew it and CON
sented to it, though in Missouri the suit
IS being carried to a successful end
When the governor gets ready to make
that an issue and go before the pao-
pie saying that not only is Kansas nm
able to fight those who disobev the
prohtbitory law, not only is Kansas
unable to fight those who steal fba
states FUNDS, not only Is Kansas IN
able to prevent the corruption Of her
politics, not only is Kansas unable to
keep from lending a hand to the rail-
roads who are stealing the land Of set
tlers-but in the fight against STANDARD
OH that IS stirring the whole nation.
Kansas is too weak and too helpless to
continue the struggle-when the COVER
nor gets ready to sound that slogan
the Gazette win be with him. P,1f he
must choose the issue
There is no question Of the e-o,-e,
nor's personal integrity There is no
question Of his loyalty to the Renub1i
can party; there is no question about
his desire to do right But there is a
ion
great issues above named he win tsl-e
when he goes before the people. # is
rather UP to the governor Ia daci,5a
which issue SHAH be made foremost II
which.
Tar be it for one of the ballbearers
TO quarrel with the corpse about fhe
text at the funerali" 'ii
z. 3. Murdock sizes Nm the s3+,,a +i1,,
IN the following sarcastic fashion
There is no good reason whv tbe
Republican state ticket should not t,s,-e
a 100, 600 majority in November. The
railroad people got the lieutenant GOV
ernor, the state board Of railroad asses
sors and the state board of railroad
commissioners. The clabber-facs5
oarnacles got the pie while the SOW
ereign squats got Hoch
'As we understand Hoch aereee ~,
deposit MS resignation in escrow v-i+b
Tom Kelly to be accepted at orca
should the charges against him he
proved ana as the governor promises
TO call out the militia and enforce t1a
prohibitory liquor law in Wichfta
Atchlson, LeavenWorth, Topeka. and All
the otner rum-soaked towns innoedi
stely after he is elected to a sacord
term. we can see no reason Uhv The
Republican voters of this land Of the
free ana nome OF the brave should not
rally round the flag and who0p 'er NJ,
for every straight man on the RepubIi-
ran ticket.
THE fact that the Democratic state
convention grabbed all the planks float
nE around in the state and put them
1to their platform. leaving nothing but