The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-04-06

political underbrush into the open and
have been beating the brush for
some years.
Mr.. Mulvane disclaims that he has
been the head OF the railroad lobby
that has infested the Kansas legisla-
ture during the past few years. This
statement must have been surprising
news to the railroad, book trust, insur-
ance and other interests. 1 am now
expecting Mr.. Mulvane to deny that
he and his machine associates have
opposed the enactment of the general
railroad law, antipass law, Iwo-cenr
rare law, treasury depository law,
board of control law, primary election
law, and almost every other important
measure that has been written into the
statutes of Kansas during the past five
years and without which the Republi-
can party in Kansas would be dis
credited in this era of progress in
american politics.
VIII Mr.. Mulvane deny that he has
been the constant companion of the
rallroad attorneys and machine lobby
| IN the legislature and state and county
conventions during all this time and
mas been a leading spirit and guiding
hand in the management of the oppo-
sition to these laws?
VIII Mr.. Mulvane deny that he
| used his influence with the United
states postoffice department in WASH
1ngton to prevent the issue of fraud
order and was paid $4,000 for that
| service! Does any one doubt that Mr..
Muivane's employment in work of this
kind has been due, not to his emil
hence as as a lawyer, but to his po-
| iltical office and power?
secretary Taft denounced Boss
COX in Ohio because he was making
| merchandise out Of politics in that state.
The whole uprising in American poll
tics Is in rebuke of just such abuse of
great political power. The utter
righteousness of the old machine
| crowd of politicians, who have grown
| lie nf off hn1l oxjv,
themselves hoarse for Taft and Roose-
welt, both of whom condemn publicly
and continually everything that ma
chine politics in Kansas stands for. is
citizen in politics.
Mr.. Mulvane says in his statement
that Stubs has been working for
Stubbs only in politics. During five
years 1 have served in three regular
| sessions end two special sessions of the
| state legislature and served two years
| as chairman of the state central COM
| m1ttee. More than four months of the
latter time I spent in Topeka looking
after the campaign. During all this
time have received from the state of
| Kansas and from all other political
| sources, as payment for services rem
dered and expenses, not to exceed eight
| hundred dollars. During this five years
| have put in the greater part Of my
| time in ali effort to help place the pub
mess basis and to eliminate graft and
grafters from our political system.
Mr.. Mulvane charges that I secretly
bolted the last Republican state ticket.
I did not bolt the Republican state
ticket either secretly or otherwise dur
ing the last election, and have never
yet bolted a Republican ticket. 1 voted
the ticket straight and not only that
but joined many other loyal Repub-
licans in putting into our platform an
amendment by petition, three weeks
after the state convention, that saved
many thousands of Republicans votes
for the ticket and prevented a humili-
ating defeat at the November election
and this condition Of danger to the Re
publican ticket was the direct result OF
the old machine bosses combining with
the railroads and controlling the state
convention in the interest of the cor
porations and politicians who were OPP
posed to progressive legislation.
Mr.. Mulvane says that the Demo-
Gratis voted with me on the primary
election law in the house, which is to
their credit, and I will ask Mr.. Null
vane If the Democratic senator and
railroad attorney from Atchison was
not one OF the leaders Of the Republi-
can senate lodge against this measure
and many others during the last four
years?
81 have been pretty busy and unable
to attend to this correspondence before
!, but will be at Mr.. Mulvan'e disposal
at any future time.