The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-06-18
ROCH TO STUBS.
Governor Replies to His Old
Leaders Criticisms.
Never Said Anything Rejecting
Upon Him.
He WAS PROVOKED.
Didn't Like Statement That
Stubbs Made Him.
Dodges Question of Authenticity
of Interview.
He WAS PROVOKED

Governor z. W Hoch. who thus 1af
has endured in silence the bitter at
tacks of his former friends W. X
Stubbs and J. NJ Dolley, was hnaHy
forced to show his hand today, and dc
tated a reply to the Stubbs-Dolley ae-
cusations.
Dolley accused Hoch of bad faith, IN
that Hoch promised to appoint Stubps'
and then went back on his promise
Stubbs followed this up with sign
ed statement in which he demanded
that the governor either affirm or deny
this interview attributed to him;
have been asked for the place (of sena-
tori by W r. Stubbs. It has been
said. and [ guess Stubbs has admitted
it. that he discovered me L thoughI
had been discovered about 20 years
before We ever heard of Stubbs- nave
been asked to appoint him because ne
has done so much for me
Governor HOch paid no attentlon TO
Stubbs' first demand, because he was
on his way to Indianapolis when IL ap
peared in print So today Stuobs got
out another signed statement, IN Whleh
he intimated that Hoch had gone back
on his promise to appoint Stubbs sena-
tor because Stubbs was standing up TOT
the people and Hoch was trying 10
switch over to the politicians
Governor HOch, in his statement TO-
He does not affirm or deny his former
interview. but he does not deny tha1
Stubbs asked to be appointed senator
The statement amounts to an afhrma-
tion of the statement that StubDs asked
for the senatorial Office. This IS Hoch's
statement.
Never Reflected on Stubbs.
During my recent absence, in at
tendance upon the National Editorial
association at Indianapolis. an article
seems to have appeared IN the news
pa apers# over the signature of Hon. W.
r. Stubbs replying to an alleged in
terview of mine. This has been foi-
lowed by second article signed by
Mr.. Stubbs on the same subject. Some
time ago Hon. J. \. Doiley gave out
a signed statement in reply to an
alleged interview of mine Now in
neither of these cases have 7 given
out any interview at all, and I did
not see these alleged interviews in
print until / saw them over the sig
natures of these two gentlemen. In
each case, casual conversations were
reported, with the usual inaccuracy
in such cases. unintentionauy, I think,
on the part of those reporting them
I have made no reflections upon Mr..
Stubbs but have uniformly treated
him with courtesy and kindness.
Indeed. I have furnished him with
many compliments with which to
strengthen his published criticisms of
me. The oft reiterated charge in GER
tain newspapers, that I have been
ungrateful to Mr.. Stubbs and that he
made me. discovered me etc, did pro-
woke from me the remark that I was
tired of these reflections; that I had
been trying to make myself for a
quarter of a century before Mr.. Stubbs
came into prominence. But L did not
attribute these offensive illusions to
Mr.. Stubbs Neither have 7 insisted
4|= he 4r
insist that I must deny every alleged
reference to him. I am not ungrateful
to any one But it is impossible for a
governor to pay all of his personal
and political obligations with political
appointments and indeed. I have been
In hearty sympathy with the spirit
and declarations of the movement of
1904, namely that in the selection OF
public servants the interests Of the
state and party should be constantly
kept paramount and mere personal
and selfish considerations. as far as
possible. eliminated.
"A most difficult and delicate duty
devClved upon me in the solution of
this senatorial problem. All of the
prominent candidates had been my per
son9l friends. To most of them I was
under personal and political oblga-
tons. This was particularly true as to
Messrs- Curtis and BristoW. but neither
Of these have taken Offense at my ac-
tion. but have been prompt to gener-
0usly and highly commend it. as did
the others. 7 believe that 90 per cent
of all the Republicans in Kansas-yes,
20 per cent in every county in the sta te.
endorse my two selections as. under
the peculiar circumstances. wise. In
this as in all matters. during my ad-
ministration. 7 have tried to fulfill my
promise made repeatedly to the peo-
PIE. that I would not be factional nor
personal In the discharge of my admin
a-~Na-
century. [ have given unseIfshiv Of my
time and such talents as I possess to
the Republican party and its principles.
and it has always been more pleasure
to me to commend than to criticise my
party associates. My failure to ap-
hection upon him than upon the other
distinguished gentlemen who were
also candidates for the same position -
Malicious, Says stubbs.
In the last statement to come from
Mr. Stubbs he says that differences
nave arisen between himself and the
governor involving his good faith with
The people of Kansas, and the welfare
of the Republican party. Asked ia
STATE the nature of these differences
dr- Stubs said
don't care to go into that now,
put II the governor wants to open up
the subject I am Wiling"
lhls IS Mr.. Stubbs' statement
IN Governor Hoch's interview he rep.
resents me demanding the appointment
or United states senator. on the ground
that / had discovered him (Hoch). an5
had done SO much for him Under al
the circumstances 1t would have beer
perfectly natural thing for me. wher
Governor Hoch was profuseiy Offering
me anything and everything within hi.
gitt to have asked for this appointment
mt did rot do so. On the contrary.
seld Governor Hoch 7 had no persona
IaVors whatever to ask Of him. and
have steadily and consistenf1Z7 ,71e5v,
tained that position