The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-12-30
Tells His Supporters He Hasn't
Yet Decided.
LELAND In THE RACE.
Former Boss Formally Enters
the List.
Conflicting Reports About Pri-
mary in Sixth.

governor, and If he gets in, the
chances are that he will secure the
nomination.
This is the result of a square deal
caucus at the Copeland on Saturday
afternoon, which was held unexpect-
edly and quietly in an upper room of
the hotel. Men known to be in SYM
pathy with the square deal movement
were quietly invited to withdraw from
the lobby to the designated room, and
there a crowd of about twenty were
assem- bled.
Mr.. Stubbs was urged to allow his
name to be used as candidate for the
Republican nomination for governor
He insisted that he wanted to be
United States senator. not governor.
Finally, however, Mr.. Stubbs said that
If he could be convinced that there
was an overwhelming demand that he
get into the race, he would become a
candidate for the governorship.
]. A. Bishop of Salina was selected
secretary of the ''Stubbs for COVER
nor movement, and he will devote his
time to stirring up sentiment for
Stubbs and getting expressions of
opinion calculated to show the Law
renee man that he is needed in the
governors office. Mr.. Bishop will
probably open headquarters in To-
peka.
Among those who attended the eau
Gus which urged Stubbs to get into tn e
fight We're: Judge Rees, Med Kim
bail. Senator Frederick H. Quincy.
Senator George E. Tucker, Frederick
Mercer, w. F. Musser. Mr.. Ericsson. j
A Bishop. c. F. Stannard. j. T. White,
Bent Murdoch, Senator J. N. Doiley
and Robert Stone.
In speaking of his plans. after the
meeting. Mr.. Stubbs said:
'I am not seeking the governors
H. Tx,it
States senator. 1 have trained myself
and studied for legislative work. I do
not know much about the executive
office as it was not in my line. How
ever, there seems to be some demand
that I get into the race for governor.
Several strong men demanded that I
do this l do not care for my per-
sonal ideas and there are conditions
which might arise which would cause
me to yield to their demands. I do
not know yet what 1 will do. but it is
possible that things may appear which
would make it imperative that get
into this race in order to preserve my
principles and those of the men who
have fought with me. Something
must be done soon. There are but
sixty days until the convention. If
the machine men control the conven-
ton they probably will control the
legislature. That is something we
on how the situation develops whether
1 get into the race or not
Next to the organized boom for
StubbS for governor, the most import
ant occurrence after the meeting of the
state central committee was the for
NAL announcement of Cyrus Leland
that he would be in the race for the
nomination.
Leland's formal announcement was
pretty thoroughly anticipated as he had
told many people on Saturday morning
that he would make a formal announce
a
1t is now practically certain that Le-
land and Hornaday will be in the fight
for the nomination to the finish The
question is which one of them will get
the bulk of the support of the anti
Stubbs crowd.
Many politicians think that Senator
Long will not aid either Leland or
Hornaday. but will keep entirely out
of the governorship fight. They think
that Long will view with considerable
complacency the nomination and cleo
ton of w. r. Stubbs to the office of
governor. for it would just about put
Stubbs out of Longs way as a rival
for senatorial honors. Stubbs could not
very we'll get the Republican nomina-
ton for governor, and Immediately be-
gin a campaign for Longs job in the
senate. The square dealers would have
to find some other candidate against
Long if Stubbs should be elected COVER
nor.
If, on the other hand. Stubs should
become candidate for the nomina-
ton for governor. and should be de-
feated in the convention, the probability
Is that he would be a most dangerous
rival of Long for control of the legiS-
lature. 1t would be the Hoch state
printership over again. Hoch was beat
en- for the job of state printer by the
political machine, and the result was
that the "peepur' rose up and hit the
machine at terrific jolt, and made Hoch
governor. If the machine should beat
Stubbs for the nomination for COVER
nor, the almost inevitable result would
be to make him United States senator.
s. H. Dodge, editor of the Beloit Ga
zette and one of the old time newspa
per men of the Sixth district, was one
OF a delegation of Mitchell county peo-
pie that attended the political pow-wow
here Saturday, and doomed I. D. Young
for the Republican nomination for con-
gress in the Sixth district. Mr.. Dodge
said in speaking of the bitter fight in
Mitchell county between Young and
Mead for the control of that county:
False reports concerning Mr.. Young's
withdrawal from the race for the NOM
ination, and concerning the alleged
strength of Mr.. Mead, the other Mitchell
county candidate, have been so persist
emily circulated that it is due Mr..
Young that his friends set these false
rumors before the public in their true
light.
THE fact of the matter is that Sen
ator Young is certain to beat Mead in
Mitchell county by either a direct pri-
mary or a convention. Four out of five
Republican newspapers in Mitchell