The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-17
POLITICAL GOSSIP
B. L. Strother dominates the
Honorable Bill Sapp.
Says Democrats Want Man of
Courage.
CRANE IN THE RACE.
HOlton Lawyer viii Try to Be
Attorney General.
Stubbs Talks of Arresting Some
One for Bribery.

B. L. Strother. one of the old time
! Democrats of the state, and editor o.
the Galena Evening Times. has nomi-
mated Bill Sapp of Galena for gov
ernor. Colonel Sapp has had some
thing of this sort pursuing him for q
number of years, but he has never al
lowed it to overtake him. He has
even declared of late that he did MOI
want to be chairman of the Demo
cratic state central committee again.
But perhaps he and Mr.. Strother have
an understanding about the governor
business. This is Mr.. Strother's nomi-
nation letter:
"Gaiena. Kan.
ITO the Editor of the State Journal:
Several prominent Democrats of
the state have been mentioned for gov
ernor, but reasons best known to them
selves have declined to become can
didate. Noweto help matters along, I
feel confident that the man I am about
to mention will accept the nomination,
if rendered him, will enthusiastically
make the race and be elected.
IF the Democrats of Kansas intend
to make any serious efforts to defeat
HOch, or any man whom the Repub-
Hcans may nominate. this year they
must use wisdom in the selection of
their candidate.
In order to have any hope of sue
cess the standard bearer must be
man of recognized ability and expert
ence, of high character and one whose
sympathy is with the masses of the
people. He must have the courage
and backbone to call spade a spade.
as well as good sense and above all
must be in line with the ideas of re-
form that strongly permeates the
public mind at this time.
with all due respect to other gen
! tlemen who have been mentioned we
/ believe that Hon. W. F. Sapp, chair
man of the Dem cratic state central
Loo n ms nd
/ experience, meets the requirem ents
! better than any other DemOcr who is
/ available. If nominated =Sapp would
make one Of the most enthusiastic and
4 aggressive campaigns ever made in the
| state and if elected, which he would
be, would give the people an admins
/ tratiOn that would be credible alike to
/ his party and to the state. With such
a man in the executive chair the dis
] reputable monkey business that has dis
graoed Kansas for the past eight years
would come to a sudden end. Why
! not nominate Col. w. F. Sapp2 He
would prove a winner.
''B. L. -STROTHER.'
W. H. McCamish. the special assistant
# attorney general appointed by Governor
Efocb to enforce the prohibitory law in
/ Kansas City. Kan, has decided to be-
4 come q candidate for county attorney
I of Wyandotte county. McCamish has
not made brilliant success of the joint
4 closing business, but of course he is
working against great odds. It seems
very funny for WyandOtte county to
have a dry candidate for anything.
They have organized civic league
/ at Kansas City which proposes to take
/ a hand in politics. and get behind Nc
I Camish's candidacy. The fact that there
are three other candidates in the field
may help MeCamish. The others are
NJ ]. Reitz. J. L. Smalley and W. L.
/ Wood
A. E. Crane, of HoIton, is to be a
I candidate for attorney general Crane
/ is one of the brightest lawyers in kan
sas. but he isn't one of the kind that
puts on style Some months ago, he
went back to Washington to present
/ case to the supreme court of the United
I states It was a verv important case,
I involving as it did the authority Of the
I government to control the actions of al
/ iotted Indians. Crane held that an In
/ dian could not hold q double attitude
/ of citizen and ward of the government.
Upon his contention that an allotted
/ indian must be treated as citizen OF
the state in which he lives Crane ap-
! pealed from the decision of the lower
/ court The washington newspapers
! thought Crane was joke, and they told
! about how he appeared before the
4 august supreme court wearing a neglige
+ shirt and sackcoat. Crane made his ar
/ sunent and then the judges commenc-