The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-12-14
The Special Session Talk Re-
vived Once More.
Believed Now That Governor
Will Cali One.
UP TO THE COMMITTEE
Turning Down of Primar
Awaited With Interest.
Supposed 1t Will Be Followed
by the Call.

There is a decided renewal today of
the special session talk" and rumors
are prevalent, that Governor Hoch has
about made up his mind to call the
law making body together soon after
the first of the new year.
Some think that the governor, in
his conference with Chairman j. T.
Moore of the Republican State Cen
trail committee on Friday afternoon
gave Mr.. Moore clearly to understand
that it is his intention to have spec
ial session unless the state central
committee adopts a primary plan Tor
the nomination of the state Republ1-
can ticket in 1908. Governor Hoch, it
is said, will be satisfied if the commit
tee adopts a primary and will hold in
allegiance the other matters, such as
the freight rate matter, the guaranty
deposit law and the limiting of lev1es
under the new taxation bill.
There is no doubt that the state
central committee has been thorough
ly lined up, and can be voted against
the primary plan if the leaders SO die
tate. For that reason, the po1tlclans
have been assuming that the commit
tee would call no primary. If. how
ever, the leaders of the dominant fac
ton in the committee conclude that
primary is the only way to avert
special session. they may allow
through the primary plan.
Several prominent state house poll
ticians who are opposed to the pri-
mary plan, and who have not up to
this time admitted that there was any
likihood of a primary, frankly stated
today that in their judgment a spec
ial session is very likely-to be called,
and that the call will not be long de-
layed 1t is the expression of such
people which has given the impetus
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seems that somebody has been given
a tip and that political maneuvers
are being framed up accordingly
One man said today in speaking of
the situation: eff Hoch calls a pri-
mary, twill be generally assumed
that he is going, to be candidate for
the United States seHateH Now I'M
der such conditions, what. will Chess
ter 1. Long and w. r. Stubs do? OF
course Long and all his friends will
ed States senator. Stubs, if he real
lied that the passage of primary
law would mean the entrance of Hoch
into the race, might also oppose the
passage of the bill 1t is doubtful
whether Long could be beaten in
primary with both Hoch and Stubs
in the race, for Hoch and Stubs
would divide the vote which ordi-
narily would go to Stubs. This would
be especially true If the senatorial
legislative districts, each district in
structing its own representatives. And
that is probably the, way it would
have to be arranged.
c. H. Luling, ex-insurance commits
sioner who is in town today, insists
that the people are greatly agitated by
the new tax law, and that serious trou-
BILE is likely to result from the failure
of the legislature to limit the tax levies.
.sThe old farmers said Mr.. Luling,
.eare lust getting it through their heads
what this law means, and they believe
that the new law is going to result IN
a big raise in taxes"
: c. B. Kirkland, of Saline county, who
was one of the Original hackers of the
tax bill. and was prominently mention
ed as a candidate for place on the
today on business, ana IN speaking oI
the tax law said:
s.No extra session is necessary to
tinker with the tax law. Inc men
who make the levies are also tax
payers, and they are working for the
welfare of the taxpayers. Iney can
easily figure how large levy to make
under the new assessment 10 raise ene
same amount of money that has been
raised in the past, and the Ordinary
board of county commissioners isn't
going to raise any more money than
il can help. We can trust the people
of this state for one year, and by that
time the legislature vii nave basis
to work upon in limiting the lev1es
1t will be all right in the country; in
the cities, and especially in the
ssboon" Cities it may be harder to
control the civ councils. But the tax
law is a good one, and we ought to
try it a year before making any
changes