The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-05-16
POLITICAL GOSSIP
Senator Dolley's Bluff About
Auditor Nation.
Not Regarded Seriously by the
Politicians.
MADE GOOD RECORD.
Only Fault Found Is With Ste
Y nOgrapher in His Office.
She Dared to Write Some Let
tiers for Mr.. Leland.

The threat of J. N. Dolley, manager
of the Stubs campaign, that the
square Dealers will bring out
candidate for state auditor against
James Nation, may be bluff. me
politicians don't know exactly what
to make of it, but several of them
expressed the opinion today that the
Stubs people do not seriously intend
to make a fight on Nation.
1t is contended by some that Mr..
Stubs has all the fight he can handle
on his own account, and that ne
would not jeopardize his own interests
by starting fight on the other state
officers. No one claims that Mr.. Ma
ton has not been a good officer. He
has made an excellent record.
1t may be, however, that the Stubps
people are SO confident of their own
strength, that they feel that 1t would
be no handicap to them to have the
fight opened up all along the line.
There is no doubt that Mr.. Stubs
would like to see number of changes
made in the list of state officers, be-
cause those now holding office are not
inclined to be very friendly to him.
he would have to work against a
hostile executive council, which Is
composed of the secretary of state,
auditor, treasurer, attorney general
Superintendent of education and gov
ernor.
Dolley's complaint against Auditor
Nation is based largely on the fact
that Mrs. Maud Gilyeat, special as
sistant state auditor, has written
some letters on her typewriter for Mr.
Leland. Mrs. Gilyeat has worked for
Mr.. Leland in several campaigns, and
felt under personal obligations to him.
She says that she wrote the letters
purely as a personal favor to Mr.. Lee
land, and that Mr.. Nation had moth
ing whatever to do with it.
The Anthony Bulletin. Democratic
paper, has attacked Senator Long on
the ground that he did not support
President Roosevelt in the freight
rate controversy. It refers to the
failure of Senator Long to endorse
Later this bill was practically
merged into the Hepburn-Dolliver
bill. But Senator Long still stood
silent and uttered not word. After
the bill had been amended in many
ways Senator Long was whipped into
his desires and he did vote for it
Just once, on final passage and as
party measure. He is not entitled to
any credit in that matter and we
doubt If the entire letter of the presi-
dent does give him much credit.
Senator Long finally supported the
amended bill as a sort Of conces-
sion to public opinion"
Ralph Faxon,. Senator Longs secre-
tary, and editor of the Garden City
Telegram, comments as follows on this
matter:
"There is absolute Misrepresentation
and misstatement Of fact in this edi-
torial of The Bulletins. It Is not a
fact that the Esch-Townsend bill was
merged into the Hepburn-Dolliver bill:
Ny>r-1 ,1t, disco r6o al
by all. The president would finally
have nothing to do with 1t. It's un-
constitutionality, in that 1t sought to
combine the executive, the legislative.
and the judicial in one tribunal, was
conceded. Senator Long squarely told
the Wichita Chamber of Commerce
that he would not support the Esch-
Townsend bill and told it why. He
declared he wanted an effective law.
What he declined to do was to pledge
ganization asked, Get right with the
president before congress had met,
before the committee on interstate
commerce Of the senate had made its
report, and before the president him.
self had declared in his annual mes
sage what he would recommend in the
way of transportation legislation.
when the president made his an
nual message in December, 1905. and
when the Hepburn-Dolliver bills were
u,
the first to give emphatic approval to
these measures. and early in December
he made a speech before the Knife and
Fork club of Kansas City declaring
he favored the Responsibilities bill
and would do all he could to secure
its passage Following this incident
he went back to Washington and en-
tered the thick Of the fight. AS to the
rest It Is well known that he was one
of the group of senators that made
the Hepburn law.
"Now as to the presidents letter:
The Bulletin says there is no date to
IL. The letter was written by the
president on January 81, 1906. This
was when the fight over the Hepburn
bill was at its height. 1t was when
the group of senators to which Mr..
Long belonged was laboring day and
night to perfect the measure and pass
it. The letter as printed is the en-
tire letter written by the president to
Mr.. Long. 1t is not case of 'ex-
the letter in it's entirety. and 1t was
ali on the subject of railroad rates. of
Mr., Longs connection with the con-
test, and of approval of his course"
Salina. Kan, May 16.-At a meet
of the Democratic club of this coun-
ty, Judge r. A. Levitt of this city was
Endorsed as the candidate for con-
sress from the Fifth district against
Mr.. Calderhead. Mr.. Levitt refused
to let his name be used unless the
party of the district would pay the
expense Of the canvass. This was
agreed to so far as this county is con-
cerned. Harry Mcmillan Of Mime
apolis, who had said he was a candi-
date for congress, will be candi-
date for lieutenant governor. The
Democrats are making preparations
TO have a big time here next Wednes-
day. when the party of the entire
state will be represented here by
many delegates. and when the confer
ence will decide on a Democratic can
didate for governor.
Ralph Faxon is supporting Con-
eressman Reeder in his paper the
Garden City Telegram. He says: ''The
fact that Mr.. Reeder and the secre-
tary of the interior have it figured