The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-06-11


resentatives."
It also contains the following:
ferrins an any further in detail to the cases
with regard to clerk hire and recommene
dations as to leases After careful con-
port numbered 1895. 50 far as they relate
to present members OF the house OF rep
resentatives. which the committee assumes
to be the limit Of their jurisdiction, they
have unanimously reached the conclusion
With With n said Cases aaS tha2 Would Justify the
finding that any member of the house OF
had st ANA member
ton Herewith. or that any member has
anything that did not appear to be within
the line Of his official duty according to
long-established CUSTOM"
That report was made on April "a. 1904.
Congress adjourned shortly after thar
he Sad s 1astg
| reputation as fourth assistant postmaster
general and he naturally wished promo
ton. It was his desire to be a member OF
| the cabinet. But. after this special COM
mittee report was made. whatever pros
ishsd. shortly after congress re-convened
| in the following December. Mr.. Br1stow
to leave the post Office department HIS
ambition to become member Of the cab
inc, met was not sealised but one Of the mem
California. who signed the special COM.
mittee report, was shortly afterward APP
L
/ since remained in the cabinet.
Mr.. Moody, whose name was in the list
a1owance. was made stto on eye general by
| President Roosevelt. and was afterward
appointed associate justice OF the supreme
i also included, has since been appointed
second assistant postmaster general
1 included. has been appointed a member OF
| the interstate commerce commission.
w me Mc repHrt ~ vas also signed b. Samuel
Hit Of Illinois. since deceased, and Thec-
i signed by the three Democratic members
/ o: the committee.
In my opinion. whatever may be my flu
tempt to distort the facts and misrepre-
sent what happened. viii react on those
report Of the post office department. It
Viii not result in any personal benefit to
and FAIR b ns P gag sb Of Knsas are
tfves to strict account, but they will not
endorse by their suffrage an unjust and
the facts and the record proper SH con
sidsred do not Justify the accusations
senate on the currency bill. Senator La
toilette endeavored to defeat it by talking
It to death. He spoke for over eighteen
hours ana yet the record shows on page
1861. Goth congress- LIST session, that after
talking eighteen hours against the bill he
cedes mine on the. roll call. The record
shows that he first voted against the bill
ana then ne CHANGED his vote he says. 50
motion to reconsider. and SO his ST name me
II against which he talked for eighteen
hours. An inspection Of the Record win
show; however. that another senator made
ator Lafolette voted for the motion IfI
should GO before the people of Kansas and
was in fact for the BILL because his name
is found in the list of those voting for It,
an act as are those who are responsibie
for this article. which does not state that
} l was paired but which says was hidden
IN the cloak room to avoid voting when
my name was called. :,
!, Mr. White in a recent article took occa-
sion to quote his candidate as saying that
he was in this race to beat me for the
; senate He also denied In the same article
4 that there was any deal Contract or
4 agreement between Mr.. Bristow and nv
. self IN relation to his candidacy for the
senate n az against inst .I me want here and
and deny most emphatically that there is
any arrangement or agreement between
us to the emect that ifsI am successful L
Il will favor him for an appointment and IL
, ne is SUCCESSFUL that he will favor me. Il
am candidate for the United States sem
t held an appointive office in my life and
do not expect to hold one. have served
my time in securing, OF assisting Mr..
Bristow to secure. appointive OFFICES: Il
g have spent too much time already in var
3 ious EFFORTS to assist him am through
i do not expect to assist him further and
} certainly I will never ask him to help me.
) / am candidate for the senate only and
pie Of this state believe that have en-
g deavored to make a good representative
OF their interests in the congress of the
United States. In my ten years service
In the house a-sl in the senate have of
> course made mistakes; but in that time I
act but that believed would ultimately
be for the best interest Of the people of
Kansas.
The impression is ATTEMPTED to be made
by Mr.. White and Mr.. Bristow that am
etuPD to the Senate or Tn non
true. I have been able since have been
in congress to assist a few only of the
been possible for me to have assisted more.
] It is gratifying for me to state here to-
whom have favored have generally A en-
deayored to reciprocate. No man in pub
lie life ever had more devoted and loyal
friends than 1 have had during my career
. in the house and senate.
There have been very few exceptions
, have not cancelled the obligation. One Of
: the exceptions is opposing. me in this con-,
me whether he is my opponent or some
other equally ambitious Republican. II my
record. when fairly inspected, is satisfac-
; tory to the people OF the state, no other
candidate rses Will t be seriously c1nsIdered
this language about me:
''wiH this man.. honest though he is.
clean of personal life though he may be,
SAcClIVe III lie SERVICE Oh wall street
though he has proved himself. be able to
stand up and mock God and scott at the
views of men and succeed in It? He is
appealing to the old, old god of Mammon;
he has power; he has men to run at his
beck and call because he has public offices
with which to reward them"
Never was a more unfair or .untruthful
statement made. I have never been guilty
of hooking God or scoffing at the views OF
II men, Neither have power, nor men TO
run at my beck and call. believe in God
and also believe that justice and right
will prevail in the end. have ALWAYS
been anxious to obtain the views of the