The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-09
T. DuTnOnt Smith Makes Pro-
phetic Utterance.
GIVES STUBS AN ISSUE
With It Will Sweep the State
Two Years Hence.
Fitzpatrick Again Cracks His
Whip Over Senate.
Makes Bitter Speech Attacking
Mr.. Stubs Integrity.


ate killed the whole proposition of pri-
mary elections by refusing to accede tC
the request of the house of repre- senta-
tives for a new conference committee
The vote was % to IL against any fur
Their conference. The political lodge OF
% senators lined up all but one of its
usual votes.
The result is entirely satisfactory tc
David W. Mulvane, who was at the bot
tom of the primary election fight. Null
vane now expects to be able without
any difficulty, to deliver the state of
Kansas to Fairbanks for president, and
regardless of the wreck of the Repub-
lican party in Kansas. to become the
dictator for federal patronage in this
state.
The following roll call, which is one
of the last to be taken in the senate
during the present session. shows which
senators were willing to disregard the
demands of the people for a real pri-
mary election law:
Against a conference-Benson, Belts,
Brewer. Buschow. Caldwell. Carver.
Chapman. Conner, Fitzpatrick. Fulton,
Gr1ffin, Hamme, Harrison, Haskell.
Hughes, Lower Noftzger. Porter of
Crawford. Porter of Montgomery, Still
lngs. Waggener, Wilkerson-Z2.
For the confeTence-Blaker, Dolley,
Getty. Gilbert. Hodges. Huffman. Mar
tin of Bourbon. Robertson. Simons,
Stannard. Stewart Tucker, Young-13
Absent-Hayden. Miller, Martin of
WOodson, Quincy, Smith.
1t was highly sensational session at
which the senate obeyed the crack of
the Mulvane whip. and it marked the
parting of the ways of the two factions
of the Republican party From now or
the issues between the factions are
clearly drawn and there will be no
quarter. TIE Republican party is split
in two in the middle. and no compro-
is in fevhf 49,
battle for supremacy 1T 7the--next Re
publican state convention will begin at
once, and will be between the people
on the one side and the railroads and
politicians on the other.
Senator Fred Dumcnt Smith declared
In mis- speech this morning that in re-
fusing a compromise. the senate would
give to w. r. Stubs an issue on which
he WOULD sweep the state two years
from now.
Stubbs Heard Himself Abused.
Senator Fitzpatrick, the Mulvane
agent in the fight on direct primaries,
spoke for twenty minutes. and his re-
marks consisted mainly of a bitter
TRADE against Stubs and the square
deal movement. He had just started
his speech when Mr.. Stubbs himself
entered the senate. and took a front
seat next to Senator Hodges. directly
across the chamber from Fitzpatrick.
From that on F'itzpa trick aimed his re-
marks directly at the leader of the
more bitter and personal in his de-
nunciations. Part of the time Stubs
sat back in his chair and smiled, but |
at some particularly savage thrusts. /
he would lean forward in his chair. his /
face white and teeth set, and looked /
as though. he would relish a chance to /
make a few remarks himself
Sitting beside Senator Fitzpatrick, !
and in close conversation with him
during most of the debate. was Rep 4
resentative F. B. Wheeler of Crawford I
county, one of the members of the 4
house conference committee on pri-
maries appointed this morning, and
also one of the most bitter and inn
plaza BILE enemies of all square deal
Wheeler used to be a
Populist member of the legislature.
If Senator Fitzpatrick started the
wedge which split forever asunder the
two factions of the party. it was Sen
ator Dolley who drove the wedge
through when he stepped up to the
bat to reply to Fitzpatrick. Dolley
pra ctically charged that Fitzpatrick
was a liar, and did it with rather thin
ly yelled diplomacy. The tension was
great at this stage in the proceedings.
and it would have taken very little to
have started a personal encounter be-
tween members.
When the request of the house for
new conference on the primary bill was
read, Senator Smith said: Ordinarily
he senate should accede to this request.
made up my mind days ago that we
could not compromise. On this PROPOSE
lion 1 believe that there is no possibil-
" of compromise. 1t must be direct
or nothing. No senator. so far
as 1 know. has changed his mind and
doubt whether the house could get a
ma jority for its bill. The
)nly thing now is to check this up to
he people. If the people want direct
primary they will get it at the next SEES
sion. because they will instruct their |
representatives. in the legislature
-hink we should refuse the request
I differ from the senator from Ed
wards" said Senator Getty. Il believe
he people want primary law. 1 be-
ieve the senate should have a new con-
'erence committee. and / believe that
his time the president should -ppoint {
hem of his own vOlition without inter- | !
erence from anybody"
FitZpatrick's Ridicule and Sarcasm
Senator Fitzpatrick said. Il was on
me conference on this bill. and no pro-
position looking to a compromise was
except that the house might
'e willing to let the senate do as it | :
'leased on freight rate legislation If we
would accept the house primary bill"
senator Fitzpatrick then reviewed the
'rogress Of the further negotiations for
compromise The compromise bill" I
aid Senator Fftzpa trick lis a more :
Elective primary bill than the author :
f the house bill ever supported before
lie of the state have generally been dis +
ussing. If Mr.. Stubs and his associ- {
ties in the side show which they are Y
ttempting to run to the Republican c