The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-12-28
sN0STATEP PRIMARY
Republican Committee Decides
to Hold a Convention.
Topeka Selected as the Place,
March. 4, the Date.
VOTE WAS NOT CLOSE.
Stood Twenty-One to Thirteen
ON Primary.
Session of the Committee
Rather Stormy One.
Taft Is However Unanimously
Endorsed for President.

Topeka is the place and March the
time for the next Republican state con-
Ventton of Kansas. The direct primary
was knocked out by vote of q to ID
and Taft was enthusiastically endorsed
Tor the Republican nomination for
president of the United States.
The above is summary of the work
\ done this morning at the meeting of
the Republican state central commit
tee in the small dining room of the
Copeland hotel
w. R. Stubs had a proxy and at
tended the meeting. When Stubs,
Anthony and Leland Joined forces and
clashed with Mulvane Morgan and
Moore on the subject of calling a pri-
mary in 1908, the sparks flew, and much
personal animosity was manifested.
Not only did the committee kill the
Anthony plan for direct primary in
1903 under the direction of the state
committee. but it killed a resolution Of
fered by Mr.. Anthony endorsing the
general primary proposition Then
Mort Albaugh, who had been fighting
the primary, took Anthony's resolution,
cut it in two in the middle, struck out
a few obnoxious words, and submitted
the remains to the committee as a
peace offering to the direct primary
faction Stubs and Anthony voted no
on this Albaugh proposition, and Chair
man Moore also voted no. because he
didn't want the primary endorsed any
way. But the Albaugh resolution car
ried by a vote of 81 to 8.
Take it altogether and the meeting
was a decidedly stormy one, and will
not tend to promote harmonious rela-
tions between the machine and the
square DEAL Today's session was a
victory for the machine at every point.
They demonstrated that they are in
absolute control of the committee-just
as everybody supposed they were. The
only proposition upon which the two
factions united was the endorsement of
Taft, and upon the nomination of Taft
will largely depend Republican har-
mony in Kansas in 1908.
Morgan's Taft Resolution.
1t was IL O'Clock before the meet
ing commenced. The crowd of sew
eral hundred politicians in the hotel
lobby commenced to jam itself into
the little dining room where meetings
of the state committee are nearly al
ways held. There was the usual dem
sity of tobacco smoke and the usual
lack of accommodations There was
no table for the reporters and not
nearly chairs enough to go around.
Before any trouble started, w. Y.
Morgan of Hutchinson got the floor
and presented his resolution endorsing
Taft The resolution follows:
Whereas, The time required fol
the action of primaries and conven-
tons prevent the Republicans of Kan
sas taking the early action they desire,
and
Whereas. We want the Republi-
cans of other states to understand our
position; therefore. be II
Resolved, BY the Republican state
central committee. that the Republic
cans of Kansas are in favor of the
president of the United States
The resolution was seconded by w.
X. Stubs. after he had assured him
self that it didn't say anything about
" hat har eE r.
or a primary.
Then a proxy holder named Kret-
singer from Emporia tried to start a
fight on Taft by moving to lay the
resolution on the table, but no one
paid any attention to him, and his mo-
ton was not seconded.
The resolution was adopted unanl-
mously.
Mulvane Had the Call Ready.
David W. Mulvane. Republican ma
tional committeeman from Kansas,
then presented to the committee
call for a state convention and moved
Its adoption. One interesting feature
of the call was that lit allows each
county to elect. delegates to the con-
ention in whatever way it sees fit.
This is the only concession made by
the machine to the direct primary
sentiment.
The call says:
THE delegates to the state conven-
and at such times and under such
rules and regulations as may be pre-
scribed by the county central commit
tees of the various counties. The ba-
sis of the apportionment shall be one
delegate at large for each county, and |
0ne delegate for each 200 votes or |
major fraction thereof cast for Chas |
E. Denton for secretary of state at |
he last general election The cali |
liked the time of the convention as |
March 4. and the place as Topeka
stubbs Springs Primary Amendment |
As soon as Mulvane had offered /
MS call, w. r. Stubbs presented as an |
amendment to the call a resolution !
for a direct primary on July |
10. d. r. Anthony seconded the |
amendment. The resolution was as !
whereas the majority of the Re-
1ublicans of the state of Kansas de-
Sire to choose all their nominees for
tate offices and for United States
Ienator by direct popular vote without |
he Intervention of a convention or
,ther delegated body and
Whereas, the Republican state
central committee exists only to re-
iect the sentiments and carry into ex-
.cution the wishes of the Republicans
# the state.
therefore be it resolved by the Re-
publican state central committee of
he state of Kansas
THAT the nominees of the Republi-
IAN party for the various state and
egislatfve offices to be voted for at
he general election of 1908. and the
Republican party nominee for United
states senator to be elected at the
session of the legislature in 1909 shall 4
30 chosen by popular vote at a direct