Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-07-20
Kansas For Taft Because TAFT
Seems to Be Rooseyelt's
Legatee
DID KANSAS START RuMPus?'
Tho Governor Talks of the Fight on
Standard Oil and Says Kansas is
Saving 100000 on Coal Oil Alone =
Back to the Country Print Shop
When Kansas Gets Thru Using Him.

Governor Hoch, Of Kansas, the man
who has not feared TO meet the stand
ard oil company in the political arena
land has not yet lowered his arm,
twice nominated for governor by ac-
ctamation of the people of his state,
politician. country newspaper publish
err printer and citizen in ordinary, Is
visitor i'm Marshalltown today and
the chief attraction at the Marshall
town chautauqua this afternoon. He
is a big man physically as we'll, a type
of the kentuckian, with genuine
Blue Grass face and hand grip. DEM
ocratic, plain of speech. forceful OF
manner and breezy as a Kansas
zepher, he is delightful parsonage to
meet and talk with. At his hotel this
newspaper men and the conversation
free and informal. He Is modest
man; not magnifying himself or APP
pa.rently conscious Of his Importance
ard of the services he has rendered his
own com monwealth and the general
public by his courageo and I'M
flinching stand against aggression
upon popular rights. He gives no
impression of the professional poll
tican. the smooth, insinuating and
cautious class of political manipula-
tors that have been in the ascendancy,
but his visitors carry away the con-
yiction of a manliness and tenacious
rectitude Of purpose that explains why
ard how the machine met and lost to
fighter, who when they had him
licked had Just begun to fight Withal
very common man. One who when
relative called upon him went down
into his suit case and brought out the
pictures of his wife and children say
ing, Some folks may think 1t some
what silly for man to carry with him
the photographs Of his family, but |
never looked at it that way" Cover
nor Hoch is very "comm0n" man OF
"a type that should be, and happily is,
becoming commoner.
No. said the governor in response
to question, Il am not considering
personal candidacy for the senate now
or In the future. l have no personal
political ambitions. When l am done,
sor the people are done with me-, I'll
&C back 10 Marion and the country
print shop Che owns and edits
weekly paper in the little town of
Marion) and speak at chautauquaIs as
long as they want me. I never asked
for but one office that of state prin-
ter. / thought could reform the Of
n bn a,.fx- md
make a little money. The machine
beat me one vote in the face Of the
support of the 500 newspaper of Kan
sas and the will of the people. Then
there came call for me as candi-
1"te for governor, ! refused 1T. Then
500 men got together at Topeka and
declared for me. Some few men In
my own town got out and in a few
minutes raised campaign fund Of
$500 sent it up to "Boss Buster
headquarters and said I had to run.
drove the prairies for month and
my opponent, Gov. Bailey withdrew.
The machine had been running things
with high hand, and I was only
part Of the movement to return the
government to the people.
1--WE are making progress with our
fight against Standard Oil. In fact
think Kansas started all the rumpus
that seems likely to end in putting that
company where it belongs. We have
made it possible to build and operate
successfully sixteen independent oil
rehneries and have reduced the price
Of coal oil to 5 cents a gallon.I es-
inmate conservatively that Kansas is
ca wing $500 Ono on coal oil a1Onp We
have no two cent fare law but one that
provides for mileage books of 500 miles
and interchangeable of 1000 miles. Our
primary bill was defeated but the pri-
mary is coming to Kansas. Your Iowa
law is step in the right direction.
We must arrange some way to prevent
manipulation of primary nominations
by a multiplicity of candidates. 1t is
fundamentally right that the people