Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1908-03-13
Political Gossip

tne precedent established at that
convention of sending United
oates Senators as delegates to the
national convention. Governor
noch does not believe IN the sys-
TEN. He says 1t is wrong and that
IL should not be followed by the
Republicans of Kansas.
1t appears to me". says the
Governor, that it is not the
proper thing for any man ,,who is
to be brought into such close per
sonal relations with the President
OF che United States as is a United
OtaleS Senator to sit in a national
convention which names the presi-
dental candidate. II the Senator
supports the successful candidate,
1t puts that candidate, when elect
ed, under obligations to that Sena-
tor. which should not exists if the
President is to be free to do, ab-
solutely without restraint. what
he ought to do for the good of the
country and the good of the party.
No President should be under
such obligations to any one. In my
judgement the situation 1sis..very
similar to that xistingsssbetween
the President and federal ''''office
holders. The President issued
orders that federal office holders
must keep out of the political con-
Ventlons and not to play politics.
The same rule ought to apply to
United States Senators with rela-
tlon to the national convention.
Beside this, there is, of course,
the minor consideration that the
United States Senator already las
had great honors. conferred upon
him, and it would seem more p1o-
per for him to stand aside and allow
such positions as delegates to.the
natiOnal convention to be given to
other loval party workers.
From no standpoint is this
system defensible. and...s.T do..not
believe that, in the long run, it
will be the prevailing system in
this country. A plan ofsnthis kind
which is inherently wrong. will
sooner or later be discarded.
However. this action. was taken
By convention. and conventions
are not representative. They
are dominated by political, leaders,
and generally controlled bv poll
tical workers..
10 an interview at Topeka a few
days ago j. N. DoIley, campaign
manager for W. R. StubbS, said
that the square Dealers, had no
, intention to get into the senatorial
fight between Long and Bristow,
I'VE are entirly out''of the..sena-
torial fight" he said. Whether
we remain so depends upon. the
action of the Mulvane crowd which
is backing Long"
ID. W. Mulvane was asked this
afternoon if be had anything to say
in reply to Mr.. Dolley's yelled
threats"
Yes" be answered Il want
to say this: If there is any such
thing as a Mulvane crowd in Kan
sas it is squarely and absolutely
against Mr.. St1bbs for governor"
As to whom it is for, I'm not pre-
pared to say, but it is against Mr..
Stubbs. Pm anxious that this
should be known so that if there is
a Mulyane crowd in the state the
members of that crowd should
know that there is no intention
upon our part to compromise in
any manner with Mr.. Stubbs;'.
This declaration by Mr.. Mulvane
settles all rumors regarding an
alliance beween the square deal :
er. and the machine crowd. It's
to be war now with every indics.
tion that the Mulvane-Long- Cur
tis factions will be solidly behind
Leland and againts Stubbs.
The impression is stronger just
now than ever that the race for