The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-12-28
RoBr. STONES ANNOUNCEMENT
Tells Why He Wishes to Return to the
Legislature.

To Ny Constituents:
am a candidate for reelection to
| the legislature from the Thirty-ninth
district. 1t will be my third term, but
the rule against the third term has
never applied to judicial. congressfon-
al or legislative positions: For in
stance, Judge HaZen, Charles Curtis.
Chester 1. Long and large number of
third termers in the last legislature.
In the last two houses ! have been
glad to help enact such laws as the
state printer law, which reduced the
state printing to a business PROPOSE
ton istead of sinecure; the board OF
control law, which has taken our
charitable institutions out of politics.;
the state depository law, which yields
thousands of dollars interest on state
funds instead of leaving them as 3.
plaything and temptation to the state
treasurer; the state school fund law.
which guards the investment of our
school money; the grain rate law; the
antipass law, which not only prevents
discrimination but will help to elimi-
nate some of the influence of the rail-
road in politics; the state railroad
law; the 2-cent mileage book as a
compromise; the Kansas railroad ter
minal law, which compels the rail-
roads to maintain depots in Kansas
City, Kansas, thus making the bulk OF
our agricultural and live stock Ship
ments interstate and subject to our
state laws. These are laws which any
one might be proud to have had some
part in enacting. but nearly every one
of them were passed over the violent
opposition of the men who have for
merly controlled the politics of this
county, and who are now trying to
reorganize the machine against me.
Those who opposed these measures
(before their enactmenD and called
praising them just as the very men
who defeated the primary law last
winter are now most vociferous in
claiming to be for such a law.
n ha fn
house to help finish the good work al !
ready begun.
want to help enact: A state wide |
direct primary. not mongrel OF
chine leaders of this county tried to
force upon US, but bona f1de law like |
the original Stubs bill; a 2-cent fare |
law, so that the order made by the |
commissioners will be binding; a uni |
form system of accounting in state Of |
fees; @ limitation on stock and bond |
issues of public utility corporations, |
some reasonable regulation of the |
professional lobby; a guaranteed bank |
deposit law; and a maximum freight |
rate law. along the line of the one |
passed by the last house and defeated |
by the senate.
These are some of the laws that I |
believe would be in the interest of the |
people. l believe they will be enacted |
by the next legislature but most of |
them will be opposed by the same ele-
ment that killed the freight rate ana |
primary laws in the senate last win
ter and crippled every other measure
that was in the interest of the people |
as against the corporations.
The machine leaders of this county
say that no one can go to the legisla-
ture from this county who will not be
for Senator Long for reelection. 1 |
am unwilling to make any such
pledge For the reason and because |
of my position on the above mention
ed matters a bitter and determined |
is beinG formed and 7 ex-
pect every method known to the art
to be used against me. It Is for you
to say whether or not they shall win.
FOBERT STONE.