The Topeka state journal., 1906-06-25
HARRIS is HERE.
Returns From His Visit to
Washington.
Thinks HOeh Might Withdraw
From u. 4. & Z. Case.
WHAT HE WOULD DO.
Would Make Application OWith-
draw at Once.
Confident That Populists Will
DO Right Thing.

Colonel ". A. Harris, Democratic
nominee for governor of Kansas
dropped into town today after his
Washington trip. which he took for
the purpose of Investigating the Mis-
souri,. Kansas & Texas land suit, wh1cn
promises to be one of the principal is
sues of the campaign
1T seems to be the general impress
sion. said Colonel Harris in talking OF
his lnvestigauon OF Inc Katy SUIT tndt
the officials of the Katy railroad 40
not have the slightest expectation OF
winning the suit but that the Rocke-
feaers expect the action of Governor
Hoch to boom the stock in that ROAD
SO that they can unload their holdings
at a profit by setting forth that the
governor of the state mas allowed the
railroad company to bring SUIT IN the
name of the state, many people Viii
be led to think that the railroad com
pany is about to come into possession
OF thousands of acres of Immensely
valuable land. This may be reason
abV expected to effect the sale or
stock / am informed that Wllnah
Rockefeller has bought immense
blocks of the NJ x. & 4. stock ana IS
now ANXIOUS to work up the Market
''Of course there is good reason to
believe that when the matter comes
before the supreme court this fan. the
court will simply say, We do not tnink
that the state OF Kansas has any rlgnl
10 exercise its trusteeship in this man
ner. and we viii refuse 10 near t!le
case. In fact,1 rather expect the
Gonrt tn take that action. The govern
nent agreement with railroad com
panv was that Kansas should act as
trustee of the land whenever the iaho
should become public domain. ohost
existing conditions the land never VIII
become public domain, and hence the
states trusteeship viii never take Ell
feet This is the view Of the case taken
by every lawyer with Whom tdlheu
IA hile in Washington, ana / talkeo 70 g.
great many and some of the ablest III
senator Long and Congressman
Curtis told me that the action OF the
governor was absolutely contrary 70
everything they mad done MhAe IA
washington and they could not under
stand his course at all. Lawyers N
the government land department sara
that the action of the governor was
entirely without justihcauon-
Gould HOch withdraw this sulL now
if he would2" was asked.
Il should think so, replied Col. Haf-
liz.
IF YOU should be elected governor
would that be your policy
IF I were elected. 1 would see that
an application should be made 10 the
court for leave to Withdraw OF course
after the issues iS< the case nave been
Joined. and the hIgants are in court,
ii is a matter for the discretion OF the
court as to whether one Of the parties
shall step out in this way. But / be
Heve that under the circumstances II
would be permissible.
Col. Harris says that there is no plan
on foot to interfere in any way with
the work of the Populist state conyen-
tiou to be held in Topeka on July 4.
1--WE have the utmost confidence IN
the Populists. said Col. Harris We
believe that they viii do the right
thing we certainly viii not interfere
with their convention. L am billed LoT
a speech at Garnett on July 4, but It
viii not be a political speech. shall
not refer to politics on that occasion
Col. Harris was asked for a copy of
his speech to be delivered at the Fort
Scott banquet next Saturday evening
He said:
II never wrote but one speech in my
life, and that one / never delivered:
1T was a speech about free silver. 1
shall have no set speech for the Fort
Scott banquet. I viii simply think
over what I want to say, and then get
up there and say it
VIII you be in Kansas the rest Of
the summer"
i will be in Topeka and Lawrence
until next Saturday" said Col. Har-
ris. am working man, ana can
AFFORD to put in all my time in this
campaign. 1 have to earn my living as
Have you moved your family to
Kansas yet2'
No replied Col Harris. My wife
expected to come with me to Kansas
this trip, but she had to have an op-
Grafton performed on her nose a few
days ago and was unable to travel.
am negotiating for the purchase Of a
house in Lawrence. but have not yet
made any purchase.
Tt is expected that number Of Dem
oc1atic statesmen viii flock to Topeka
this week to confer with the man whom
the Democrats hope to make governor
Of Kansas