The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1908-01-10
GOVERNORSHlP

apportioned out the otflces with the
enoluments 10 their respective
henchmeh, has already got busy
and brought out ex-Gov. Bailey
Mr.. Bailey is good man and
made good governor outside OF
the fact that he was purely ma
chine man and allowed the machine
to place the sp ,ils where they
would do them the most good, and
enforced such laws as appealed to
him and let these that could not
be enforced without an effort glide
along with little attention.
The people of this state for the
last lew years have been crying
reform and clammoring against
the encrcahl ments of trusts and
corporations and demanding the
rigid enforce ment of the prohlbi-
tory law as well as all other laws.
1t is now up to the people to de
eide whether the good work be-
gan and SO successfully prosecuted
for the last year, shall be continued
or allowed to lapse and gradually
drift back to the old order Of
things.
II the old m acbire is allowed TO
name ahe governor and dictate TIE
appointments, practically all the
gain of the last few years in the
line of good government arc
corporate control will be lost and we
will find ourselves in the grip OF
the railroads as firmly as we were
before.
Are the people Of this state look
. ing forward and upward or are they
beginning 10 falter and turn back
There never was a more critical
time for the reform movement in
Kansas than right now.
The hearts Of the people are in
right place and all will be well if
they but wake up to the peri's aud
exigencies Of the present time.
the state convention has been
called for a very early date and
tim Of the primaries and county
con ventions will soon arrive. 1t is
q: the primaries and county con-
yentions that the foundation for
the work of the machine is laid.
If the voters will simply pull
themselves together and get out to
primaries and elect delegates who
are fair minded and with the
people instead Of those men who
stand in with and are maniL u ated
by tine politicians and fixe the
reform measures inaugurate by the
present administration will be car
ried out and continued. But just
so sure as the masses of the people
stay at hsme from the primaries
aud leave the selection Of the dele
gates to the P slitioal schemers, just
that sure will all we have gained in
the last few years be Iost. In sp-
position to the machine candidate,
Bailey, fer Covernsr, we have
Mr.. Stubbs Of Lawrence. He is a
s'rsng man .and stands Ter all the
advanced ideas Of reforming this
state. For the direct primary, the
control ami regulation ct corpora
tisn. and the rigid enforcement Of
Ian and all hat the people Of the
state nave been demanding in the
way Of reform and better and
cleaner administration Of the laws
sissnds of the Republican vsters
sf this state have become disgusted
with the political management Of
this state and have simply said they
would have nsth'ng to dc with cen
ventions this year but would simply
sste fsr the Demscratic candidate
fer Governor We hope this re-
sslve will be recoDsidered. We new
have il within eur pswer 70 smash
the Of lImachin: an place a mal al
the head Of state affairs who is per-
f.ctly fearless and will carry cut the
iII Of the people to the very best OF
his ability.
Nswnsuss yourselves prepare