The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-10-07
He Was Elected as a Fusionist
in 1900.
Is 1T TO BE BRADLEY2
Anti-Stubbs Crowd Hunting
Candidate for Governor.
Senator Curtis Opposing Change
I'm Internal Revenue District.


from the Lyon-Greenwood district,
was in Topeka Sunday visiting friends
Mr. Wright was elected on the Re-
publican ticket in 1900 over w. L.
Huggins of Emporia. He moved to
Kansas City two years ago, and has
been making money rapidly in the
real estate business. In speaking of
vBolitical affairs Mr.. Wright said:
81 call myself a Democrat now. but
as matter of fact 1 am not very
good Democrat. 1 am ashamed to
say that 1 don't know exactly what
am. 1 used to belong to the Repub-
lican party, and went off with the
Bryan movement. have never re-
gretted my action, but at the present
time 1 do not believe that it would be
good policy to elect Bryan president
of the United States. Roosevelt has
made an excellent record as president,
and if the Republicans nominate Taft
as it seems almost certain they will
do 1 believe that he will sweep the
country Bryan is wise enough to see
that ne could not hope to win over
Taft. The people like Taft, because
they believe that he will carry on the
work of President Roosevelt thlnk
that under the circumstances, he
would be a better man to elect than
Bryan, though Bryan would make a
good president If the Republicans
should by any chance nominate Falr-
banks or some man of that kind, /
Bryan might run, and would have a
very good chance of election.
while 1 have not been engaged in
politics for some time, 1 have kept
some track of political affairs
down there in my district. and am
watching the movement in the Fourth
district Congressional fight with inter-
est. 1t looks to me as though Miller
I don't know whether Tucker could
beat him, but 1 doubt it. There. are a
number of aspirants for congress in
that district ard most Of them would
rather see Miller go back than to put
a new man in 1t is the same situa-
ton there that 1T is out in the sixth
district.
political affairs in Kansas seem to
be very much mixed, and it is hard to
tell what the outcome will be. The
Republicans have a big fight brewing
among themselves. If they can't find
anybody else to fight. they can be
counted on to fight each other
Mr.. Wright while in the state SEN
ate made a good record. and was rec
ognized as one of the clean. able men
of that body. He was one of the last
Kansas.
Senator w S Fitzpatrick of Sedan
while here Saturday tried to have
subject of governorship, but Bradley
was out of the city w. s. Fitzpatrick,
w. P. Hackney of Winfield and Mort
Albaugh visited for a while Sunday.
Dave Mulvane and Congressman P. P.
Campbell dropped in later. They say
that they We're not talking politics.
.'I have not hunted for sentiment for
Bradley yet" said Fitzpatrick. Il had
hoped to see him here and then there |
might have been something on the sub
ject"
Fitzpatrick says that talk to have him
debate in Topeka with Stubbs is
Joke {
Washington, Oct. 7-Senator Curtis t
will appeal to Secretary Cortelyou to t
prevent the internal revenue commits !
new state of Oklahoma to the Arkan- /
sas internal revenue district. The sem !
ator filed today with Commissione: g
Capers a statement showing the work 7
of Collector Simpsons office. (
The order making the transfer will | 7
not be made for the present, although I 6
the commissioner has decided to make i
the change. The internal revenue bu-
reau is a branch of the treasury, and
Mr.. Curtis will ask Secretary Cortelyou
to see that the new state remains in
the Kansas district.
If it is transferred to Arkansas a |
number of good jobs will be lost to {
Kansas.
"A. M JACKSON, Oh w lnIelO, ana VINO |
has been mentioned as the possible
Democratic candidate for governor at {
the next election, is warm admirer of s
William Jennings Bryan. He has come t
out with an interview in the Kansas /
City Post in which characterizes Mr. t
Bryan as the "ablest champion of the c
people, e
Among other things in this interview t
he says: y
There has never been any danger of | I
Mr.. Bryan, through his influence with t
the Democratic party, speaking or do 7
ing anything which was not Democrat
ic and which did not meet the feelings
and convictions of the great masses of
Democrats.
to Mr.. Bryans position, not only in
the Democratic party, but in the ma ,
tion.
He is regarded as the ablest expo
nent of pure and undef1led Democracy
of this nation, and he would under no
advocate any measure or
principle which was undemocratic or 1
which would not in his judgment re- e
dound to the welfare and interest of the i
people. No one is authorized to speak i
for Mr.. Bryan, for he has the happy i
faculty of speaking for himself but his Il
whole life and devotion to Democratic 6
principles justifies all in saying that I
anything which would not be in his
judgment to the best interests of this f
'.AIl of the good things which have Il
been attributed to President Roosevelt 1
and his administration are conceded to
be the fruit of the tree planted by the
Democratic party. and Mr.. Bryan has
been the special champion of those F
things. There is no longer any division T