The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-25
POLITICAL GOSSIP
Senator George Tucker EspOus-
es Square Deal Cause.
Comes Out Boldly in Favor Of
Platform.
EYE FOR THE FUTURE
Expected He Will Be Candidate
for Congress.
Stannard Expected to Succeed
Him as Senator.

Another recruit has publicly an
nounced his enlistment in the Square
Deal movement. 1t is Senator George
Tucker of Eureka, Greenwood county.
Through the columns of his paper, the
Eureka Herald, Senator Tucker pub
licly espouses the Square Deal cause.
The fat-footed declarations of Cy
Leland and Senator Tucker in favor of
the Square Deal are doing more to put
backbone into that movement than any
amount of conferences in Topeka.
1t is expected that Senator Tucker is
preparing to become candidate for
congress in the Fourth congressional
district against ]. M Miller. Miller is
a machine man, stand patter" in
tariff matters, and generally out of
harmony with the people of his dis
triet It is believed that Tucker stands
a good show to beat Miller for the
nomination.
Some of the Fourth district people
anticipate that Senator Tucker will in
vites Miller to settle the fight with a
congressional primary. 1t will be up
to Miller to accept such a proposition,
and If he does, the two men will go be-
fore the people on their merits. Mil
Ter will have the Mulvane machine be-
hind him, and all the machine politi-
clans throughout the district. He will
also have the advantage of a wide per-
sonal acquaintance throughout his dis
trict. Senator Tucker is comparative
~ young in politics, but his advance
ment has been rapid, and indications
are that he could beat Miller on his
record
As successor to Tucker in the state
senate, it is likely that Lyon county,
which is entitled to its turn at the Job
this year, will nominate c. A. Stan
nard, the present representative from
that county. Stannard is a Square Deal
leader.
The following is Senator fuckers
Il aO1 la rat in ia NJ a
movement:
IF excuse for the launching of a
square deal movement among the
Republicans of Kansas We're necessary
it could be found in the methods of
the last legislature. Certainly that
body did not, in many important pieces
of proposed legislation, carry out the
will of the vast majority of the Re-
publicans of Kansas. If justification
for the existence of such an organiza-
ton were needed. we could find it in
the political methods that have been
in vogue in Kansas much of the time
in the last quarter of a century.
Are affairs political in Kansas
worse than those in other states? Are
Kansas legislators less mindful of the
peoples interests than the legislators
of other states? Both of these ques-
lions we unhesitatingly answer in the
negative. But with her splendid his
tory and her present position a sa lead
er in public thought and action, Kan
mediocre position. If political meth
DDS in Kansas are not all that they
should be; if legislation enacted in
Kansas is not everything that the pub
lie feels it is entitled to- expect of it's
law makers, then certainly it is the
right and the duty of every good citi-
zen to use his honest endeavor to bring
about an era of better things in
Kansas.
1--WE are. in sympathy with the
square dear movement and we be-
lieve that a large majority of the Re
publicans of Kansas Will wish 1T sue
cess. We do not believe that this or
ganization. was promoted with the
view to furthering the political inter-
ests of any set of men. Such a charge
has it's inception in the mind of some
practical politician who hears in this
uprising the voice of the people, feels
the insecurity of his position and sees
his political power slipping away
'fHow foolish the charge that am
ACKNOWLEDGMENT. What matters il
though selfish men join this move
ment in the hope of obtaining office
To be effective this movement must
have the cooperation of the majority
of the Republican party. Certainly
the majority of the Republican party
would not be deceived by few selfish
men.
oughly aroused. They are dissatisfied
with the inaction of the last legis-
lature upon vital measures, such as
the primary election law and genuine
railroad legislation. If the people are
not given sedative they will rise in
their might and run things to suit
themselves. Realizing this, the cry
has gone forth that this Square Deal
club is organized in the interests of
some man who desires to be governor
of Kansas. This is the sedative, but
we hardly believe it. will be effective.
We believe in the square deal move
ment; we believe its promoters are
honest in their motives and we feel
that it is going to accomplish good in
Kansas"