The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-04-13

ward, and six delegates and six alter
mates from each township, with the
exception of Delaware township, where
the number of delegates shall be
twelve. six from the Soldiers home.
and six from the townships at large
to make up the county convention to
select twenty-four delegates and
twenty alternates to the state
convention. which county convention
shall meet Wednesday, April IS, at
p, m. at the court house in the city
of Leavenworth.
Resolved, That the chairman be
authorized to appoint supervisors to
conduct the primaries on recommends
ton of the committeeman from the
various wards and townships ana to
deemed necessary.
Resolved, That the name OF F. J.
Ryan, for secretary of state, and J. NJ.
Cory for railroad commissioner, be
printed at the head of the ticket above
the list of delegates for each ward
and township with a, square where the
voter can aff1x cross mark after the
name, and the one receiving the larg-
est total vote in all the wards and
townships of the county shall receive
the instructions and have the support
of the county in the state convention"
w A. Morgan has written a com
munication to the Chase County Leader
in which he says some things about w
R. Stubs in a very plain and straight
forward manner. He evidently does not
approve wholly of Mr.. Stubs declara-
TONS He says in part:
If the railroads are taking part in
the pending campaign, and I believe
they are, they have started their most
adroit henchmen out to get as near the
head of the people, ride along with them
and like the experienced herder turn the
procession until they get them to mill
ing and then, like the stampeded herd.
they can easily be controlled.
wv. r. Stubs placed himself at the
head of SCOTS campaign and devoted
most of his time telling what the last
legislature did in the way of railroad
legislation-points with pride to the
present Shippers law and demands
the passage of laws making two cents a
mile the maximum passenger fare on
railroads and the abolition of free
passes.
Now what are the facts? Mr.. Stubs
was speaker of the lower house of 1905
AS speaker his power to advance and
pass bills was unlimited, yet he made
no particular effort to pass the very
measures he now advocates When
measures looking to the control of the
Standard Oil company and other mo-
nopolies were pending, Stubs not only
used his power as speaker against them
but left the chair and opposed them by
speeches from the floor and either voted
against them or absented himself.
House bill No. 280, an antipasse law,
was opposed by Stubs after the man
ner of a demagogue; on a motion made
by Cy Leland to postpone the bill IN
til after the consideration of appropri-
alton bills Stubs took the floor, adj
vocated and voted for the motion and
il passed That motion killed all anti
pass legislation for that session as the
last bills considered by every legislature
are one or more appropriation bills.
The bill making two cents a mile the
maximum passenger fare for railroads
was also opposed by Stubs. by voice
and vote, and it, too was disposed OF
by postponement until after the con-
sidera ton of appropriation bills
when the law now on the statute
books, known as the shippers BILL
was pending the friends of the measure
could get no assistance from Stubs,
and on its final passage Ito adopt the
conference committees reporD Mr..
Stubs absented himself and is record
ed as absent and not voting
Another. straw-The Kansas City
Journal which is owned and controlled
by Chas- Gleed, a director of the Santa
Fe, supported Scott early and late, as
did the Topeka Capital. controlled by
the Mulvane bank at Topeka, the local
financial institution of the Santa Fe IN
that city.
7 do not wish to be understood as
saying that Scott was a railroad candi-
date, but I will make this prediction and
1 suggest that you cut it out and paste
It in your hat. that if the Stubs In
fuence secures control OF the Republic
can state convention as it did at Wich-
tia two years ago. the people of Kansas
will be milling on the railroad ques-
ton for two years more. may be mis-
taken-I hope am
Don't miss the japanese fete at the
Grand Monday and Tuesday. Seats on
sale now at Rowley's drug store.