The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-10-27
Mrs. Burton Makes an Attack
on Mr.. Stubbs.
,ENTERS ON LARIMER.
Says He Is Attorney of the
Trust.
Robert Stone Issues Statement
Favoring Proposition.

Robert Stone, Republican candidate
for member of the house of repre-
sentatives from the south district of
Shawnee county, has issued a signed
statement in which he declares him
self in favor of state publication of
text books. Mr.. Stone says:
81 hope to help enact a law this
winter that will give us state publica-
tion of school text books. 1 in
troduced plank to that effect at the
Republican party council
"The present system is a failure and
has given to our pupils books that
are a disgrace to the state, and in To-
peka. at least, the cost has not been
reduced.
"(Signed) ROBERT STONE"
Mr.. Stone is not alone in the ad-
vocacy of such a reform. Attorney
General Jackson is said to favor the
plan, also William Allen White, and
other Republican leaders. 1t is the
plan which is being chiefly pushed in
the present campaign by Mrs. G. G.
Burton, the Democratic nominee for
state superintendent of education
Mrs. Burton is attacking w. r.
Stubbs in the present campaign be-
cause she claims that he is insincere
in his protestations of reform, and Is
unwilling to pledge his support to the
books.
In speech last night at Oakland,
Mrs. Burton made a terrific attack on
Stubbs, and charged that he was be-
publication, by H. G. Larimer of To-
peka, whom she charges with being
in alliance with the school book trust.
IF Mr.. Larimer has sufficient in
huence with Stubbs to keep him from
endorsing state publication" says Mrs.
Burton, "the book trust will pay him
enough to make him independent the
rest of his life"
Mrs. Burton at her meeting last
night read a letter written by Mr.
Larimer in 1900, at which time Mr..
Larimer was acting as an attorney for
the American Book company. G. G.
Burton was at that time agent for the
American Book company. The letter
was as follows:
Ian. Is, 1900.
"Mr. G. G. Burton, Topeka, Kan.
Mr.. Dear G. G.:-J. G. Wood says
he has no answer to make to the at
tack of Mr.. McCray except the line
that he had in the next mornings Capt.
tai in which he said that Mr.. McCray
was liar. 1t seems that it is true:
the executive council of the state of
Kansas paid the bill for printing those
Grand Army circulars. 1 do not know
how in the thunder it was managed,
or what excuse they can give for 1t,
but the states money paid for a critic
ism attacking the state book I asked
Wood on what ground it was done,
and he said it was done to help the
Grand Army, claiming that it was
perfectly legitimate. I do not believe
either you or / would say it was per-
fectly legitimate, but of course I am
not talking about it anywhere else. 1t
was surprise to me.
Yours faithfully,
III. G. LARIMER."
This letter" says Mrs. Burton,
shows how Mr.. Larimer stands with
the book trust. McCray was making
a play by attacking the executive
council for allowing a certain pamph-
let to be printed attacking one of the
state text books. Mr.. Larimer stated
in his letter that he knew such action
was not legitimate but that of
course he wouldn't say anything about
it. Larimer is just as close to the
American Book company ever, and it
is his influence that is holding back
w. r. Stubs from advocating state
publication. I have tried to get Mr..
Stubbs to take up this matter with
that he should take a strong stand
in this matter, but he has said he
hasn't time In spite Of the urgent
requests of one of the most prominent
Republicans in the state that he should
investigate the scandalous conditions
existing, Stubs refuses to investigate.
81 am making a frank, honest cam
paign. I have publicly advocated the
election of F. S. Jackson for attorney
general, because he is honest, and IA
vors state publication. / am opposing
Stubbs because he isn't honest, and IS
opposed to state publication"