The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-06-10
His Expected Answer Will Be
Made Tonight.
Boards LION in DEN.
Home of His Principal Accusel
William Allen White.
His Speech Contains Forty
Thousand Words.

lh1s evening Mr.. Long will speak at
the Whitley opera house, and his
! speech will be an answer to the ia
nous newspaper charges of William
Allen White, printed on May II, under
the title: ''The Strange Case Of Sena-
tor Long"
Long is in the enemy's country. He
is under the gum Of the best pro-
ducer of literature in Kansas-Wil-
liam Allen White. But he will have an
enthusiastic audience tonight. Hun
dreds of his friends from Topeka,
Kansas City, Wichita, the Seventh dis
| trict and elsewhere will be on hand.
THE Strange Case of Senator Long"
is being printed now by the thousands
as campaign document. William
| Allen White is printing the pamphlet
in his Emporia print shop, and J. L.
Bristow has his presses at Salina
| working overtime on the same docu-
| ment. Everybody who has not read
this interesting ''j'accuse" will have
| chance to do so before the primary.
| In a similar manner the speech of
| Senator Long, to be delivered tonight,
will be circulated by hand and by mail
| to every voter in Kansas.
Il am sorry my speech is SO long,"
asfd Senator Long today in speaking
| of the document of 10000 words
"but I couldn't say what 1 wanted to
| in less space. 1t sometimes takes
about three pages to explain three
| line accusation. 1 promised the people
| on every one of the charges. I fulfill
I that promise in my speech
The probability is that Senator
1 Long will trim his written speech
4 considerably in the delivery. 1t would
/ take about six hours to deliver 40,
600 words, and an audience would
have to- be chained and gagged to
make it submit to six hours of politi-
cal ministration. The 10000 word
speech is mainly intended as cam
paign document, to be read and
! studied, rather than listened to from
| the platform.
! Some of Longs friends have ques-
toned his wisdom in going to EN-
I poria,~ the horne Of his accuser, to
make his formal answer, and open his
| speaking campaign. 80 Car
! ''It would have been better" said
one of them, "If Long had held this
meeting at Wichita, or Topeka, or
Hutchinson. where White wouldn t
have so much sympathy"
/ But it was an act of considerable
| courage on the part of Long, and the
people of Kansas like courageous acts.
| Even though there may not be as
much demonstration over Long as
there might have been at some other
point, it may prove to be a good
move from the standpoint of political
effect.
Everybody will await with interest
! to see what William Allen White will
do. He has printed plenty of advertis-
ing for the Long meeting, but it has
all been paid matter, and each
| reading notice" complimenting Sena-
tor Long has been plainly marked
"(adv.)" One of Mr.. Whites friends
was in his office the other day and
dress was mentioned. White picked
up fat bundle of documents which
he had just received from Washing
ton.
"When get time to dig into these
things q little further he said,
Senator Long will have to make an
other speech to defend his record ="
So the battle has just begun.
Senator Long and the Topeka dele
cation left Topeka today at noon on
the Santa ,Fe.
The state journal will print Senator
Longs address in full tomorrow
about three pages-also a summary
giving the salient points and features
and making about two columns.
The following is one of the advertise
ments which the Long people have
been running in William Allen Whites S
paper during the past week:
Every Republican in Lyon county
should hear Chester 1. Long at the
Whitley opera house June 10, at 8
y.
the United States senate today. He
stands for all the great Republican
measures that Roosevelt and Taft rep
resent, in harmony with both; stood
with Mckinley during his administra-
ton. Come out to hear him tell What S
the matter with w. A. White.'-Adv.' .
One of the strongest supporters OF
Mr.. Bristow in his fight for the Re-
publican nomination for the United
States senate has given out a rather
sensational explanation of the now
famous platform conference" which
Twas held last week at Taft headquar-
ters.
This conference was attended by
Taft. Senator Hopkins, Attorney Gen.
In his last article, w. Y. Morgan used
this conference as a text. and argued
that it demonstrated that Senator Long
was in the fullest sympathy with the
probably Republican nominee for pres
ident.
1.-The real facts of the case are these '
said the Bristow man. Senator Hop
kins and Senator Long were in that con-
ference as the representatives OF the
conservative wing of the Republican
party Taft and Ellis were there as
the representatives of the Roosevelt
crowd. Taft and Ellis wanted to draw
up platform embodying the Roosevelt
principles, but the conservatives put
Hopkins at the nead OF the PLATFORM
committee This made it necessary for
Taft to make some concessions to the
machine and the conference was held
to straighten out the differences. The
interests sent Hopkins and Long into
the conference to polish off as much
of the Rooseveltism possible from
1.-The platform, and still leave platform
which the Taft-controlled convention
would swallow. Senator Long was not
There as friend and supporter of Taft