The Topeka state journal., 1906-04-06

attempts to DO any political work
1 which interferes with the professional
/ politicians. the corporations. and the
grafters who use their political inf1u-
enee for their own benefit rather than
for the benefit OF the state. I do not
! consider that I could have a higher
/ tribute paid to me than to be counted
worthy of a general fusillade from
the guns Of the corporations, the
/ grafters and TIE professional poll
ticians of Kansas. I am sure that the
I little part that I have taken in Kansas
| politics does not entitle me to SO much
attention from these brethren, and I
want to say here and now that in my
I judgment the men who have grown
/ rich through the petty gratis that have
been tolerated in Kansas during the
last few years should be considered by
| the public as in contempt Of court and
not worthy of a rehearing by the
voters OF Kansas until they present
themselves with clean hands.
The coterie Of professional poitici-
ans who have loaned, or hired, them
selves to the railroad companies of this
state for the purpose of controlling the
next Republican state convention ana
nominating a state ticket that viii con-
| stitute the board Of railroad assessors
and be controlled in the interests of
! the railroads and the politicians nearly
/ all belong to the class of men who
lobbied and worked during the last ses-
sion Of the legislature against the
I DCdf0 OIL GOILIOl Dill. lle primary ElSC-
/ ton law, the state depository law the
railroad law, and every other law that
in any way whatever interfered with
the rights and prerogatives or limited
/ the powers and functions of the pre-
fessional politicians IN Kansas. While
all Of these r.len did not work against
all the laws referred to, their tnf1u-
! ence and association and methods were
distinctly in favor of the politicians
rather than the people.
| to discuss these questions during the
progress of the campaign in the See
ond district, and did not want to at
! tract public attention from the main
and vital questions at issue in the
campaign
Frank B. Dyer. assistant state sup
e1intendent of public instruction. has
decided that he viii not withdraw from
I the race for state superintendent IN
! spite of the fact that he failed to get
the delegation from his home county.
THE teachers in so many different
counties seem to desire that I be
+ candidate" said Mr. Dyer, that do
not feel like Withdrawing from the race
I was beaten IN Sedgwick county by
! lot of professional politicians, and in
/ the election last Tuesday. the people
/ showed what they thought of that
/ crowd by electing a Democrat for city
attorney. and Democratic councilmen
! in several Of the wards which are sup
/ D0SGQ 10 De COntIOil6Q Dy THESE DOSS0S
The crowd which turned me down was
sufficiently discredited by the people
/ there at home to warrant me in ask
4 ing 70. the votes OF the state conven-
tion delegates in spite of the fact that
do not have my own delegation"
On account of the sedgwick county
4 row, and the belief that It viii result
/ in putting both Dyer and Carson at
disadvantage, in their race for state
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+ the Eighth district was announces
Thursday It IS John E. Mathers, ex-
county superintendent Of Butler coun-
ty. and secretary of the Kansas Pu-
pills Reading circle
Down in Fort Scott things are lining
up for a red hot fight between the
Stubbs and anti-Stubbs factions, over
the election of a representative to the
legislature The Stubs crowd have a
candidate in the person of S. M. Land,
While the opposition will probably get
behind a man named Griffith. Mr.. Land
was the Republican candidate for state
senator six years ago but was defeat
ed by John Caldwell.
At the Third district congressional
convention Thursday, Congressman
/ Campbell made a speech in which he
+ explained his attitude on the state
4 hood proposition. The Third district
cause Campbell did not join the insur-
gents. Campbell said to the conven-
ton:
Some of you have said to me: What
about statehood?' There are few public
questions that are closer to me and in
which I am more interested than state
hood for Oklahoma and Indian Terri
tory. I went into a caucus a few weeks
4 ago in which I knew I would be in the
minority But il was a Republican
+ Ioc 74n
/ considered in the house the next day.
THE speaker OF the house, who is
very fine man, and man who has
i helped make states and history in this
country for years. took exception to
] the senate amendments to the statehood
+ bill. He made one Of his shirt sleeve
I talks, and you know I must have been
] interested and in earnest when fol-
/ lowed him and disagreed with every
I statement he had made. There were
/ thirty-eight of US in the minority and
+ lab for the speaker. Our rule was
I beaten. 1t was Republican caucus
What was to do. Should [ have bolt
ed and become an insurgent? thought
/ it better to get on the inside and do
what I could to accomplish my pur-
pose I told him how much interested
I was, and he asked me how it would
| suit me If Oklahoma and Indian IerT1-
tory should be admitted to the union
! during this session of congress. I told
him that was what [ wanted, and he
said: My boy, We viii give you Okla
horna before the gavel falls on this ses-
sion and we will get Arizona and New
j Mexico If we keep fighting the blankety
blank senate enoughi'
Il also sought Dalzen. chairman Of
the committee of rules, and he prom
ised me that we would get Oklahoma.
1 then joined the speaker and think
1t is unfair to say that Kansas and Mis-
/ souri, representatives could save the
statehood bill. Had motion been made
to accept the senate amendments, the
! speaker would have ruled it out Of or
der. We were voting on rule which
provided that the bill should be taken
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