The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-21
STARTS The BALL
Curtis and Ants in Contest at
LeaVenWOrth.
COngressman's Friends Force a
Fight on Committeeman.
WILL OPPOSE BIDDLE.
Another Candidate Entered at
the Last Minute.
w. r. Stubs Issues Another
Bulletin About Allen.
WILL OPPOSE BIDDLE.

Even with no opposition at all to the
reelection of Charles Curtis to congress
from the First district, an exciting Cur
It's and anti-Curtis fight is promised
over in Leavenworth county. There are
two candidates announced for the posi-
ton of congressional committeeman,
and this is where the line of battle viii
be drawn.
". I. Biddle is the committeeman
from Leavenworth, and he is not espec-
tally friendly to Curtis He has
strong grip on the situation, ana up to
last Saturday. the Curtis people were
unable to get anybody to come out
against him. But evidently Mr.. Curtis
had given orders that the present lun
in his own warfare should be used as
an opportunity to further strengthen his
position by fight on Biddle. An effort
was made to get Captain Taylor Cur
tbs man ana candidate for sheriff, to go
after the Job of committeeman, but Tay-
lor declined. Then w H. Courtney was
induced to send in his name, together
with S25 deposit. But at 1880 Satur-
day night, Courtney telegraphed in mis-
withdrawal. However, Curtis friends
managed to keep their feet by sending
in the name of DR.. Stewart Mckee in
time to get his name duly recorded.
Hence the fight will be between Biddle
and Mckee.
On Monday afternoon, the I.eaven-
worth county Republican committee
held meeting, and endorsed Curtis, ana
advised every body to go to the prl-
maries and vote for Curtis. But at the
same time the Curtis wing of the party
was busy stirring up a fight on Blddle,
and the harmony part of the program
was rather thin.
Another act in the exciting drama of
How Congressmen Are Made was pre-
scented to the public Tuesday by W. r.
Stubs. Mr.. Stubs does not let many
days so by now without getting his
typewriter into action, and taking
few shots at Henry Allen, The latest
contribution on the subject is as fol-
lows:
several newspapers whose political
interests are bound up with Henry Al
len are making a desperate enort 10
make the voters of the Second congress
sional district believe t1at the nght
against Allen is inspil by personal
motives. What are the facts Have
ALIENS personal habits or private life
been discussed2 Have his domestic
and social relations been dragged into
the campaign Certainly not IN 50 Idf
as I know.
Mr.. Aliens political methods and
public services have been the sole basis
of the fight against him so far as l am
concerned. What honest man will deny
that mans public record and polltcal
methods are legitimate subjects for the
fullest discussion when he is candl-
date for public Officer
What honest citizen can afford to
indorse the state printer bargain which
/ is charged against Allen and which ne
does not deny, or the Wlnheld asylum
fraud which Allen Endorsed?
'fWill Mr.. Allen himself, or his po-
litical friends, dare to defend, over
their own signatures, Mr.. Aliens action
when he employed by the state as
chairman of the state board of chart
ties. went on the floor of the house of
representatives of Kansas and helped
defeat the senate stitching and binding
bill which would have saved the state
several thousand dollars had it become
'eWhat honest citizen will contend
that public officer. sworn to support
the state, is not guilty of political trea-
son at least when he uses his in
/ f1uence against the commonwealth, his
employer?
Senator Burton was sentenced to
Jail and fined for using his influence
against the government when he was
a federal office holder. To me it is in
omprehensible how any man can see
any material difference in Mr.. Bur
tons work against the government as
a federal Office holder and Mr.. Allen s
work against the state as a state
Office holder The shadow cast over
the fair name of Kansas by the Bur
/ ton episode Will not be removed for a
| generation.
Does any voter suppose Mr.. Allen
can be separated from his political
reputation if by chance he should be
/ sent to Washington Does any citi-
zen need any other motive than good
citizenship to inspire opposition to
him?
1.-THE principal reasons given why
! Allen should be nominated are that he
is a good mixer, a good fellow, makes
/ witty, funny speeches and is continual
/ ~ filled with gurgling laughter Chaun-
/ cey DepeW was the greatest mixer in
New York, made the wittiest speeches
and wore a smile that it was supposed
would never come off. David Graham
1 Phillips saws in a recent article that
/ Depew's wit and mixing qualities cost
1 New York 500 million dollars. Scott
! is not a funny man, is not a mixer in a
( political sense, but when the greatest
/ problem that has been before con-
/ gress for years was under consideration
/ one year ago, Mr. Scott made q speech
I in favor of the peoples rights and
/ against corpora ton control that was so
/ sound and clear and unansWerable that
/ the president of the United States con-
/ graduated him both personally and by
letter.
(Which of these two men would re-
fleet the greatest credit on the Repub-
lican party and state of Kansas
CIV. R. STUBBS.'
Easy for Calderhead.' announces the
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