The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-16
POLITICAL GOSSIP
Socialists at Parsons Set a New
Fashion.
Candidates Deposit designations
With Committee.
MAY BE ACCEPTED.
Az Any Time Organization De-
cides to Do SO.
Unique Platform Is Adopted in
Convention.

Convention.
Down at Parsons. the Socialists have
set a new fashion In the nomination of
their city ticket. Every man nominat-
ed on the ticket las deposited 'in
escrow with the Socialist city central
committee his resignation. duly signed
and approved, which can be accepted
by the conlnitteeEat any time it is
deemed advisable to do so.
The Socialist ticket is so far the only
one in the field at Parsons, and unless
the other parties get busy, 1t Is likely
to be the only one at the election, for
the time for nominations expires in one
week
The Socialists have nominated a can
didate for councilman and member of the
school board in each of the four wards
OF the city. At the convention at which
the nominations were made, the escrow
resignation plan was adopted. It was
specified that If any OF the candidates
would not sign such form Of resigna-
ton as might be drawn up by the
secretary Of the convention. they would
be stricken Off the ticket, and their
places filed by the Socialist city COM
mittee. Any time any of the candi-
Of the Socialist committee. the commit
tee can pull the string.
The Socialist party IN the southern
part Of the state has quite following.
At Parsons, there is to be Socialist
daily paper started. It Is said to have
already q guaranteed circulation of 500
copies a day, and it will make a spec
ialty Of reporting labor news.
The Parsons convention adopted
platform, of whicn some Of the planks
were as 3oIlows:
all the time
I'VE believe with Lincoln that every
, worker is entitled to the full product
Of his labor:
ITO secure these, We believe that all
the productive utilities should be owned
by all the people.
I'VE believe that the competitive sys-
tenn has been weighed in the balance
and found wanting and that its days
are numbered and viii soon be. ended.
Therefore, every true citizen should as
sist in Fastening the coming Of the CO.
operative commonwealth which is to
replace the present system.
I'VE are in favor of municipal owner
ship and ma na cement Of all pubic ser
vice enterprises where ever possible
under existing conditions, and would
grant no franchise except by majority
vote Of the people, and only then on
/ condition that the entire property shall
be reverted to the city without COM
pensation at the end Of specified time,
or that the city may take IL over at
any time at its actual value.
1--WE favor proper compensation for
all city officials and would abolish the
fee system"
A. H Tanner, of Mapleton, Bourbon
county is the latest man to take
hand in the Allen-Stubbs letter writ
ing campaign in the Second district
Mr. Tanner replies to q recent COM
] sl014 7f 1-cT
object Of Mr. Tanners letter seems to
be to admit that Congressman Scott
ssgra fted'' and justify it by stating that
anybody else would have done the
same thing. After speaking of the
low pay received by state senators,
Nj. Tanner says:
'sBut the legislature finally found
wav to help the matter some by pass
ing a law giving every member a sec
retary (Which they didn't need). Then
. they all had their wives or daughters
appointed for the place and then gen
orally left them at home to save ex-
penses. That is right, and II Grant
and I ever get there we will turn the
trick. After the fashion and custom
now in vogue, Mr.. Scott did right. The
Roosevelt bird had been around and
he needed the money Mrs Scott
made a little mistake. She should
have left the child with its papa out
in the corridor. while she went in to
sign up and then quickly change
stepped in IN time to swIpe the check
''In regard to that extra 500 in
Washington. 7 quote from your let
ter: Did it ever occur to you that
the government furnishes this fund to
g congressman in order that he may
employ an assistant so as to make
his work for his constituents more
effective2'
Honestly it never did It occurred
to me that perhaps congress passed
that law for about the same reasons
that the Kansas legislature passed the
other Eaw referred to above=to in
crease their salary: but Mr. Scott
didn't help make either law He IS
not to blame. He did right in each
case. He did Ike all the rest. pocket
the little graft. then own up to the soft
! impeachm
The following is the new Republican
committee selected IN the Seventh ju-
( diciaI district al the congressional con-
vention Thursday: }rber, John II.
Nichols; Barton, Ira H Clark; Clark,
NJ G. Stevenson; Comanche W c.
Montague: Edwards. G. A Mosher: Fin
ney. c. E. Snyder; Ford. NJ. ". Sutton
. Grant, A D. Lee; GRAY. A P. Emery;
Greeley. Clement L. Wilson; Hamilton,
George Getty; Harper, John P. Parker;
Haskell, John J. Miller, Hodgenan. F.
I. Burt: Kearney. L. 2. Kimball. King
man. Frank Harlow; Kiowa. c. E. Lew
is. Lane F. H Iobdel1: Meade F W.
Flick. Merton. c. P. Craddock: Ness. P
E Frayer, PaWnee. Herbert Porter:
Pratt. George W Stewart; Reno. Sheri-
dan Ploughe: Rice J. T. Nash: Rush,
A c. Whiteman: Scott G. NJ Starr:
stafford J. N Rose Stevens. J. W.
Kelso: stanton, J. B. Reynolds; Wichi-
ia, E Nyckoff.
A. G. Mitchell. Of the firm of Bishoo
I e Mitchell Of Lawrence. has announced
/ himself as a candidate for the legislature
/ sgainst J. T. Brady the editor of the
{ T a1rrar7ca Journal BRADY is one of the
frst ffeutenauts in the Stubbs company.
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