The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-19
POLITICAL GOSSIP
Mr. Creech Faces Crisis in POlit-
ieal Career.
Win Have Opposition for His
Legislative Seat.
MORGAN OPENS WAR.
Show Up Mr.. Stubbs' Record on
Railroad Question.
Voted Against the Anti-pass Bill
in House.
MORGAN OPENS WAR.

in House.
J. W. Creech, of Abilene, member OF
the house of representatives and Tor
some time a possible candidate for gov
ernor against Z. ". Hoch- is now fac
ing crisis In his political career BE is
to be compelled to fight for renomina-
tion to the legislature, and the indica-
tions are that he viii have a hard bat
tie
A w. Rice, vice president of the Citi-
Eens bank Of Abilene, and ". N Haw-
ley. a business man OF Herington, are
both aspirants for the legislative job.
and they viii contest MT. Creech's right
10 return to his place in the house
Creech has his eye on the gubernator-
lai chair He would have been delight
ed to get into the fight this year, but
Hoch's strength was too great for him,
and he couldn't figure out an opening
In the ranks So he decided to stay on
the reservation for two more years, but
It is generally understood that he has
been expecting to make q hard fight for
Lhe nomination in 1908. The legislative
night In Dickinson county VIII seriously
mar MI CreeCh's political prospects if
~ goes the wrong way II Creech is
beaten for nomination to the legislature,
II means that he is practically eEmlna-
ted from politics. If he wins, he will
md his chances for the governor nOmi-
nation materially strengthened.
While In the house Mr.. Creech was
chairman Of the ways and means COM
mittee, to which position he was ap-
pointed by Speaker Stubs. While not
much as speechmaker, Creech was
recognized as one of the substantial,
conserva tive men Of the house. He was
opposed TO radical action against rail-
roads, and is himself a railroad con-
tractor.
The Record is being drawn on ". r.
btubbs. w. z Morgan. of Hutchinson.
has declared war on Stubbs' antiran-
road professions. and in the last issue
Of the Hutchinson News. gives some in
teresting facts about Stubbs' railroad
record in the house.
Morgan shows that it was Stubbs who
voted against the antipass bill, and shat
6tubbs' influence was used against the
passage Of the railroad bill, though On
the dnal vote. Stubha- was so unfor-
tunate as to be absent
The editorial printed in the News is
headed Mr.. Stubbs' Poor Memory" 1t
says.
Mr.. w. Roscoe Stubbs has a cheerful
way of claiming all the credit for good
legislation which was enacted by the
last legislature. His memory must be
short, or he must be figuring that 9TH
ers viii not remember the position he
took on the railroad legislation which
he now Ostensibly fzvors. The time for
MT Stubbs to have done this was when
the legislature, Of which. he was a mem
her was in session, hut nt that time
he was always negative OF colOrless On
the subject.
AS speaker of the house he Absolutely
refused to put George Plumb, J. T.
White or any other avowed advocate OF
Ia ION
railroads. The writer Of this remem-
hers we'll when a committee called on
MT Stubbs to urge Plumb, Of Lyon for
q place on that committee, and he abso-
lutely refused to do so because, as he
said, PLUMB was a mar of opinion and
advocates Of the railroad bill the least
bit of help and. in fact, was known
TO be opposed to the shippers bill, al
though he was so busy parceling out
1obs and telling Go+ernor Hoch what to
do that he really took no part
When the final vote was taken on
the railroad bill Mr- Speaker Stubbs
was absent and not voting (The
record IS on page 965 of the house
5ournal)
Mr.. Stubbs declares now that he is
iu favor Of a bill to prohibit free passes
and reduce the maximum rate for pas
senRer fare. Such a bill. house bill
IS o.. was before the last house. Mr.
Stubbs did not favor it. And when the
bill came I'D for final action, and
Grafton until after the apprO priation
bills had been acted on. a motion that
was the same as indefinite postpone
ment and death. Mr.. Stubbs voted to
thus KIN the bill. (House journal,
The fact is that Mr.. Stubbs was op-
posed to any real railroad legislation Of
any kind while the legislature was in
session. and is only in favor Of such
measures between sessions. Governor
HOch did much to help with the rail-
road bills. but AIr. Stubbs was either
against unplaceable or absent and
not voting
Jbhn H. Atwood of Leavenworth.
V-ilA5lot retire from Kansas politics. nor
VIII he give UP his residence in Kansas.
He said to Leavenworth Post re-
porter:
1T is true that I have opened a law
Office in Kansas City, but I have no
intention at present Of quitting Leaven-
worth as my place OF residence, and
nerefore nave no desire to give up the
position Of national committeeman"
4r. atwood is Of the opinion that W.
j. Bryan is the choice of Democracy at
this time for the presidency IN 1908.
and he believes the Nebra skan VIII re-
ceive the nomination unless something.
not now on the political horizon. de-
velops
A new branch of the Civic League is
70 be oreanized at Emporia on Wednes-
dayg March zS. The speakers will be w.
r Stubbs ]. J.. Bristow. George r.
Tucker Of Eureka and T. NJ. Potter Of
Peabody. 1T has been generally sup
posed that the Civic League had gone
to sleep, but according to the Emporia
Gazette It IS just getting down to busi-
ness. The Gazette saws. ssThis meet
luE should be attended by every. good
citizen IN Emporia. no matter what
party and no matter what faction of
either party he trains with This IS
matter that is above party. The contest
On this country now has gone out OF
party politics. Tt Is q. contest between
the shippers and al taxpayers on the