The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-05-03
Mr. WheatIey Discusses His I'm
expected Defeat.
Ticket Stronger Than With
Him-Perhaps-He Says.
CLARK GIVES 1T UP.
Planting Corn More Profitable
Than Politics.
Fitzgerald Says Railroads Didn't
Dictate Nominations.


Today the politicians are telling how
Ct happened at the convention Wednes-
day. and forecasting the results at the
November election.
George ". Wheatley. who was de-
4eated for the nomination for the Of
nee of railroad commissioner by Geo
W. Kanavel, said:
Il shall make no effort to contest the
nomination simply because it happened
to be close Ny defeat was due to the
fact that the counties which were
strongly in favor of my nomination did
not throw their votes to the right place.
They might have thrown all their
strength to Ryan, Ryker and myself
and left Kanavel out, but Of course as
most of them came close to the head
OF the roll call they did not know who
was to be the weakest man. My own
county gave Kanavel II votes.
II believe that the Republican ticket
is a strong one. stronger possibly, than
t. would have been had been nomina-
ted I have been hammered pretty
hand, without cause, and no doubt
good many people are prejudiced
against me. and would vote against the
ticket If I happened to be on it. want
to say, however. that my every action
on the board of railroad commissioners
has been guided by what I believed to
be right and fair and just.
Governor H0ch is stronger now than
he was before the election. I do not
believe there is the slightest chance to
beat the Republican ticket as it stands"
AnseI R. Clark. the defeated candidate
for lieutenant governor, said this morn
ing just before leaving for his home in
Rice county:
II am going back home to plant corn.
It is more profitable than politics. PeO-
pie may for a time endure the kind of
political sIul-duggery we have seen
here, but 1 can't believe that it will be
a fixture in Kansas. I have not
word to say against the personnel of the
ticket which has been nominated. They
are all good men, so far as 1 know.
But the platform is weak. I do not
believe that the actions Of the conven-
ticn viii be endorsed By the Panubii-
cans of the state
w. J. Fitzgerald the successful can
didate for the nomination for lieutenant
governor, says: The candidates zvEo
were successful in this convention were
chosen because they had better organ
ization than the other people. do not
believe the railroads had anything to
do with the result It was simply a
matter of combinations between various
sections Of the state, each section hav-
ing its own candidate to look after. We
were able to bring about certain COM
binations which resulted in the election
of the ticket which believe everyone
Will admit is composed of men against
WhoE- little can be said The men on
this ticket are not professional polite
ians: they all have their private busi-
ness interests. and are not dependent
upon politics for living. For my part
I want to say that the railroads do not
control me. and If I am elected, [ will
do the work Of my office in a manner
which I believe VIII be for the best in
terests Of the people,
John O. Royce. state bank commission
er. said. The Republican ticket will be
elected without doubt The good feel
ing which prevails among Republicans
as result of the convention is most
encouraging There is not nearly as
much bitterness as I expected"
S. G. drummer. defeated candidate for
state auditor, said THE Republican
ticket is strong. and it viii have my
support have already assured my
successful opponent. Mr.. Nation. that
ne viii have my enthusiastic support
snd mean what 7 say"
Says stubbs Has Evaporated.
Judge W r. Smith, general attorney
Tor the Santa Fe railroad, made this
statement concerning the result of the
convention:
1T required no great powers of
prophecy to foreten the evaporation of
Stubbs. He has exhibited no genius
except as an artful seducer of suscepti-
blefmen whom he fattered into a be-
leI that their high oredr of statesman
ship had not been appreciated Stubbs
Is the political Cupid of Kansas His
impossible arrows have been shot into
the ribs OF Tilted politicians causing
his repudfated subjects to cast goo-zoo
eyes toward the capitol He is an emo
tlonal politician purely He would
have exploited Knownothingisrn had
he lived in its day with the same ar1Or
mat he has lnveighed against corpora
lions To have been an A. P. A. would
have been delight to him. Popular
approval is his sole aim A bubble
reputation suf1ces. With no symptoms
of statesmanship, he regards running
Tor office as the chief end of man. His
last attempt TO fan into a flame the
extinct embers of Populism in Kansas
has failed nisera bly,"
s. H. Brandon, representative from
Butter county. says. ftAs far as the
personnel OF the ticket is concerned If
is al right The strength Of the Re
November But it viii have a hard
rub. The platform is as weak and
Vacillaung as HOch himself Tt sounds
as though he might have written It,
The platform is homeopathic: YOU can
take almost any quantity of that sort
OF STUN wlthout hurting you. But it is
my opinion that the Republican party
was in a condition where it needed a
good stiff dose of physic''
Nearly all of the politicians have
left for their homes Those who have
not are planning to leave this evening
A few stayed to take IN the head On
collision at the fair grounds tonight
but the head on collision at the AEdi-
torium Wednesday was plenty to sat
isfy most of the delegations.
sudden Death Of a Veteran.