The Topeka state journal., 1908-05-05


dawning,- where the spokesman In pup
lie office will be branded and punish
ed the same as any criminal In prlVate
life, and where the public affairs OF
the state and nation viii be admlnls-
tered in the interest and for the wei
fare of all the people, rather than for
a small number or a small class OF
people. OF course, Mr. Leland's dou-
ble-barrelled campaign, where ne MINI
self carries an olive branch and talks
harmony and peace on the one hano'
while he carries with him an orator
and friend who is armed to the teetn
with all kinds of political guns ana
bowie knives, is unique method OF
warfare, but this is Mr.. Leland's own
way and he has right to choose his
plan of campaign.
.'One of Governor Hochs favorite
quotations in his platform speeches is
the following: Gratitude is the sweet
est flower that blooms in the conserVa-
tory of the human heart. 1t is GER
tainly commendable in the governor to
pluck a few of these sweet and fra
grant blossoms for the benefit of Le-
land and Ex-Governor Bailey, but many
of his personal friends believe that
the governors conservatory might be
enlarged and the production of this
rare and beautiful flower increased.
"W. r. STUBBS."
Cyrus Leland was in Troy Monday.
and the Stubbs attack was transmitted
to him by long distance telephone. Mr..
Leland promptly prepared the follow
ing reply:
During the campaign Of 1904 Cover
nor Hoch's plurality in Doniphan coun-
ty was 1,155 and the plurality of the
Republican candidate for secretary of
the state was 1,O03. I talked with Mr..
Stubbs over the telephone during that
campaign and advised him that 1t
would be for the best interest of the
Republican ticket and Governor HOch
if the governor should not go into DON
iphan county. Mr. lStubbs asked me II
l was for Hoch and / told him that 1
was I told Mr.. Stubbs that Governor
Hoch would get the full Republican
majority in Doniphan county, and ad-
vised him that we ought to have no
meeting by Mr.. Hoch because we
would have meetings with local speak
ers for the reason that they could do
and my advice was correct as is shown
by the election returns.
'Mr. Bristow spoke in Doniphan
county during that campaign and ask
ed me while there if Doniphan county
would give Hoch a good majority and
I told him that it would He also ask
ed me if I was for Hoch and 1 told
him that I was. and upon being asked
| if he might take that message to the
governor l told him Yves. Governor
HOcn afterWdrQ received the message
and has since said so.
I'm regard to my boiling the con-
gressional ticket at the election l have
only to state that 1 did not, as the
returns show. Some papers, including
two independent or Democratic papers
| in my county, stated that l done so to
which I paid no attention, but anyone
that attempts to convey the idea to the
public that l bolted Mr. Curtis at the
| election is telling a falsehood. Curtis
received in 1904 a plurality of 1,f97 and
| in 1907 plurality of $780,
w. H. Ryan, chairman of the Demo-
cratic state central committee an
nounces that Governor Haskell of
Oklahoma will be at Salina. May 20,
and deliver the address to the conven-
ton of Bryan clubs.
Mr.. Ryan has issued a booklet in the
interest of his campaign for governor,
which is a reprint of his speech de-
iivered at the Democratic state con-
vention. Mr.. Ryan calls it Turn on
the light" He says: I'm my opin-
ion, taxation will be the issue of the
campaign in Kansas this year.
"a machine will not stand the strain
of its work and give satisfaction until
| 1t has been constructed on correct
principles 1t is SO with the machinery
| of government. Much of the friction
and fatality has been due to incorrect
principles of government. The most
| important power of government is the
power to tax; if, therefore. taxes are
not raised in accordance with correct
principles-if in performance of its
chief function, the government is
| fundamentally wrong, political cor
| ruption and economic distress are to
| be expected.
Each should contribute to the sup
| port of the government according to
| the benefits he receives from the gov
ernment. Man is the instrument by
| which government is administered. He
should carefully guard the ship of city,
county, state and national govern
ments as they are entrusted to his
care and see to it that laws be admin
istered for all the people and no spe-
| cial favors granted. A farmer should
be taxed on a basis of his earnings, a
railroad on the same basis, and at the
actual cost and freight rates based on
| the same principle