The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-03

Allen: that he had done his best to get
a candidate out against him in Wyan-
dotte county; that he desired to punish
him even more effectively than he did
by the passage of the board of control
bill at the last session of the legislature.
But now that Mr. Stubs has publicly
disavoWed any such intention, it would
seem that Congressman Scott has lost
a valuable ally
Mr.. Stubs says:
The most powerful weapon the pro-
fessionaI politician Wields is his ability
storm of political dust about irrelevant
matters, which obscure important, per-
tinent facts which are germaine to the
question.
gressionaI district has been remarkable
in this respect. The Allen forces have
given out the impression that a terrific
political battle is in progress; that the
influence of the whole state admins
fration is being used to its fullest eE-
is Scott's manager, and IS organizing
the entire district against other similar
stories. What are the actual facts?
First the state administration, so far
as I know, has not assisted in any re-
spect either Allen or Scott, but have
kept entirely out of the campaign. Sew
eraI state institutions located in the
Second district have positive and eX-
plicit instructions to not favor IN any
respect either Mr.. Allen or Mr.. Scott,
or take any part whatever in the fight
Second, MI. Scott has been in the
Philippines during the summer and in
Washington attending to his duties dur
ing the winter, and has devoted but
little time to campaign work
Third, so far as am personally con-
cerned, I have not put in, all told, as
much as one days time in the past
three months in the Second congress
sional district campaign. My time IS
practically taken up with my private
business, and yet I am constantly ad-
vertised as manager of SCOTS CAM
paign.
It is true that have been outspoken
against Allen. His political methods
and practices are, in my opinion, un-
wholesome and not for the best interests
of public welfare. He belongs to the
machine school of politics which places
private interest and personal gain above
public service.
can see no difference morally in
his relation to the state and Senator
Burton's relation to the general gov
eminent. When Allen went on the
floor of the house of representatives
and lobbied against the senate Dill IN
1903 which provided that the executive
council should let the stitching, bind
ing, etc. of the state printing to the
lowest responsible bidder, his attitude
toward the state was, as regard, e1-
actly the same, from the standpoint OF
good morals, as Senator BurtOn'S attl-
tude was toward the nation, when he
tried to favor the st. Louis concern at
the expense of the government
The charges of Cyrus Leland that
Allen traded votes to George Clark for
an interest in the state printer business
remain unchallenged, and Aliens ad-
mission privately to his friends that he
had an interest in the state printing
plant seems to settle that question.
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Allen. paid to protect the interests OF
the state. standing on the floor OF the
house of representatives of Kansas
working to defeat a senate bill that
would save to the state CHS employer)
a large sum of money annually, in or
| der that he himself might put part of
that money in his own pocket.
Should this character of public SER
vice be rewarded with a seat in con-
gress. or should the state laws make
such perfdy a criminal offense against
the state?
Can the Republican party afford to
recommend for a position Of public
trust a man burdened with unchal-
lenged charges and a public record Of
this kind? Can the people of the Sec
ond congressional district afford to
send man to congress who stands
with an unchallenged charge of trying
to get his share of the state printer
graft. rather than helping to eliminate
it from our political system?
In discussing the necessary dualifl-
cations for public office President
Roosevelt says that it is a perfectly
safe rule to say that no man who has
himself participated in graft in public
I Office. or condoned the same in others,
| is eligible to any Office of trust.
have no personal quarrel with Mr..
Allen, and as a private citizen I should
! have no controversy with him. But
when he seeks to represent the people
! in congress his public record and his
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public concern, and if that record and
those methods are such as to show
/ that he would not be a creditable rep
resentative, the people are entitled to
know It. ". R. STUBBS
Lawrence. Kan, Feb. 2.