The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-09-23
e. s. Waterbury Puts IndeDend
ence Candidates on Record.
He Promises to Straighten Out
L the Tangle.
WILL SEE THE REBELS
Find if They Really Want to
Quit the Ticket.
Then New Names Will Be Sc
cured to Fill Vacancies.
WILL SEE THE REBELS

E. s. Waterbury. OF Emporia, man
ager OF the Hearst campaign in Kan
sas, today filed with the secretary of
state the petitions for the nomination
OF an Independent state ticket. Mr.
waterbury had 2.7OO names on his petit
tons from 25 different counties. and
says that he expects to have total of
1000 names before the petitions stop
coming in However. the limit Tor nj
ing names is September "a. 1t requires
1.500 names to get an independent tick
ct on the ballot. and Mr.. Waterbury
has plenty.
six OF the men whom Mr.. Waterbury
placed on his petitions for state offices
have refused to serve. Concerning this
situation. Mr.. Waterbury said today:
Il have not heard anything direct
from these six men. and do not know
whether they want to withdraw or not,
except from what the newspapers have
printed. 1 believe that after 1 see them
and have a talk with them they viii
withdraw their withdrawal. They pro-
baby don't understand the circum-
stances The fact is. l never asked
those men whether I could put them
on my list. I went to Graham county
with a man named Roark. and there
met man named Thaddeus Knox,
both Of whom were we'll acquainted in
the county. About 100 men in that
for independence in politics. 1 was glad
to find such an active force ready to
cooperate with the state movement,
and Mr.. Knox suggested these names,
which I placed on the ticket. Mr..
Knox said he was sure they would be
all right"
The men who declined to serve on
the ticket were as follows:
Presidential elector. Price Sturgeon
Lieuteant governor. John s. Beecher.
Secretary Of state, J. S. Stevenson.
Treasurer, Thaddeus Knox.
Superintendent Of education, Samuel
Talley.
-. railroad commissioner. A W. McVey.
Mr.. Waterbury said: If 1 ind that
these men will not serve on the ticket,
! shall try to have their places filled
without delay. I don't know just what
method will be taken to do this. but II
would seem that IL the law allows a
man to withdraw. il ought to also al
low a substitute to be appointed.
We will have meeting of the cam
didates nominated on the Independent
ticket within a short time. This VIII
be our party council and we viii
probably adopt the platform provisions
Of the Independence party, and add to
that platform what local paragraphs
We deem advisable. Thus our Kansas
Independence movement will be Joined
Nith the Hearst Independence partys
movement. For the purposes OF the Of
fetal ballot, we Will be independents,
but for political purposes We will be-
long TO the Independence party.
. 1T is too early to predict what
vote we will poll in Kansas, but 1 ex-
pect that we will hold the balance of
power between the old parties. 1 ex-
pect to get a majority Of the colored
vote OF the state We have two
negroes on our ticket; I. F. Bradley
OF Kansas City, Kan, for attorney
general and John ". Jones of
Arkansas City for presidential elector.
The Independence party favors things
which the negro wants, and the
negroes will vote for US.
We will also get a heavy vote from
the labortng men of the state.
think the labor vote will be divided
between the Socialist, the Independ-
ents and Bryan"
Mr. Waterbury stated that T. L.
Hisgen. the Hearst nominee for presi-
dent will speak at Wichita but that
he is not sure that Hearst will be
there.
The Independent ticket which was
nominated by the Waterbury petit
lions, but which is likely to be shat
tered considerably by Withdrawals, is
as follows:
For presidential electors-Horace A.
Keefer. farmer, Walula: Martin V.
Rork. lecturer. Topeka; Nels Anderson,
farmer. Topeka. John W. Jones. me-
chanic, Kansas City; Theophilus W.
Floyd, painter. Parsons; James A.
Campbell. carpenter. Emporia: ]. l.
Hoover. mechanic Clay Center: Price
Sturgeon. farmer. Palco: H. B. Hewitt.
merchant, Stafford; Charles c. Meyer,
barber. Wichita.
Governor-John W. Northrop.
author. Wichita; lieutenant governor.
John 5. Beecher. farmer, Graden; sec
rotary OF state. James H. Stevenson.
farmer Hill city; auditor Edgar C.
Fowler. mechanic Topeka; treasurer
Thaddeus Knox, farmer. Bogue; attor-
ney general. I. T. Bradley, lawyer.
Kansas City; superintendent of public
instruction. Samuel TalIey. farmer.
Happy; superintendent of insurance,
Norman ]. Waterbury, stenographer.
Wichita; state printer. William R.
Eyster, printer, Topeka; railroad com
missioners, a. ". McVey, farmer.