The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-25

In our borders, and the cost of operat
Ing the same, in order that our courts
may be enabled to ascertain whether
| such rates produce fair returns upor
| the capital invested.
%. We demand that a passengel
| rate be established which shall apply
to all our citizens alike. whatever theii
financial position may be and If com
| pensatory, we demand the enactmen
of a fiat two-cent per mile passenger
| rate law for all distances Travelled
| wholly within the state.
r a We demand that a state wide
! direct primary at which every political
party shall be required by open vote te
name its candidates for all elective
| township officers. be established, and
| in order that there may be no Jug
Cling with words or trimming OF
| phrases We ask for the enactment OF
house bill No. 1913. commonly known
| as the Stubs bill, practically as 1t was
| reported to the house by its commit
tee on elections and for the clearer
demarkation of our purposes we are
resolved:
81 We fatty oppose that sort of
sccalled redemption of party pledges
by which the word of promise is kept
to the ear and broken to the hope,
and by which people have been SO
frequently and successfully flimf1am-
med in the past. We demand that
questions of political policy and ex-
pediency be submitted to the people IN
such a square, open and fair manner
that they may know exactly to what
their candidates are committed. We
affirm that no declaration in any par
ty platform should be so worded as 10
be susceptible of one construction Tor
campaign and another for legislative
purposes If this theory is wrong the
people should vote against IT, we
will cheerfully abide the event If the
theory is right, if 1t is in the interest
of self government and good govern
ment the people should vote in favor
of it and any representative who then
opposes their expressed will is justly
chargeable with being faithless to
their interests and false to his trust
2 That we demand that party COM
mitteemen, local. state and national,
confine themselves to the duties Tor
which they are chosen and cease to die
tate to senators and representatives In
the duties for which they are chosen.
We point to the record OF our state
committeeman, our state senator ana
two of cur state representatives as IL
Illustrative of what the people may ex-
pect of persons selected and approved
of by political machines.
- That We call upon our United
States senators to report the partisan
conduct and interference with political
affairs by certain government OFFICIALS,
to the president of the United States
and TO the rational department of JUS
tice-
-. That we commend the Honorable
Thirty ninth district, for his magnfh-
cent defense of true Republicanism as
we understand it, and rejoice tnat
Shawnee county claims him Tor ner
own.
as. That we express our appreciation
of the heroic stand maintained through
many wearisome weeks by the little
band of square deal senators as they
battered against the medievalism OF
the lodge and especially do we taken
pleasure in acknowledging the impair
tiaI honesty of Lieutenant Governor
Fitzs erald. who could not be moved TO
DO an unjust thing. by use OF threat
ca jolery or friendship.
is That. as we recall the splendid
ability and endurance of our Square
Deal champions in the house during
hose fateful imprisonments of the last
Friday and Monday of the session, our
faith in the people and in repu bl1can
government receives a new baptism
and we earnestly desire that the man
her of choosing state senators be so
modified that never again may the
state be subjected to the humiliation
which it suffered so keenly at the hands
Of the senate of 1907. ee~ Ens
az. That, as a means to continue |
he good fight we are Ia to a success |
'ul conclusion, we hereby asolve our |
selves into the Square Deal Republican |
,lub of Shawnee county. For our |
guidance we adopt a simple form of |
yovernm emit: Our officers shall be
chairman a Secretary-treaSurer, and a !
rice chairman from each township in |
he county Of Shawnee, and each ward |
n the city of Topeka. These officers |
hall be our executive committee, any |
our of whom acting with the chair /
nan shall constitute quorum for the |
transaction of business. The chair |
nan or executive committee shall have |
power at any time to call together the |
central committee. which shall be COM
posed of one person from each voting |
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powers of these officers md commit
ces shall be the same as appertain to |
ike officers and committee in all poll
ical organizations. A complete enroll
n ent of the Republican voters of the
.ountv who are in sympathy with the
purpose of this club shall be made at |
nee, and the following membership
ard shall be used for that purpose:
The secretary of the Shawne County
Republican, Squares Deal club is hereby
to enroll me as a member of
he organization and thereby pledge my
self to support only candidates who are
in favor of the Square
Deal measures. and especially of d.
'ect primary law compelling nominal
ion of all candidates. including con-
yressional. state and United States SEN
,torial candidates, by popular open
vote:
Precinct Observation-Disclosures.
No membership is to be charged. but
Zach voter is requested to pay into the
treasury one dollar to aid in defraying
he necessary expenses of maintaining
he organization and in securing a COM
olete enrolment OF the Republican vot-
.rs of the county. The first annual meet
ng of the club shall be, held on the first
Saturday in January, 1908.
IS That to secure the strength of
Union in this contest we call upon our
brother Republicans in the several
of the state to effect similai
and we pledge them gu:
lnselfish cooperation in this supreme
rial of popular government and man
mood SUFFRAGE"