The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-03-14
POLITICAL GOSSIP
What the Newspapers Of Kansas
Are Saying.
Divers Opinions About the Sit
uation in State.
ARE WIDELY APART.
Stubs Appears to Have Major
1ty of Weeklies.
Some Dailfes That Support Bris-
tow Leave SfuhhS Ont

Many people say that the daily and
weekly newspapers of the state, by
their attitude on political matters, can
dictate the result Of the primary cleo
lions.
But if one sets out to determine how
the first Kansas primary is going to &c
by the attitude of the daily and weekly
newspapers, he will have difficult I'M
dertakng, especially on those matters
where the fight promises to be hot.
W. R. Stubs seems to have the most
support of the country weekHes in his
race for the Republican nomination for
governor. Weekly papers are comment
ing much about Stubs, good deal
about Long, some about BristoW, and
a little about Hoch.
Bristow's candidacy for the United
States senate seems to be taking hold
better than some had anticipated 1t
would. Bristow will get more support
from the daily newspapers than will
Stubs, because number of papers
which will support Bristow refuse to
support Stubs.
The papers which support Long are
scattering, though good many Of them
take filings at Hoch and Stubs and the
square DEAF generally.
Comments from about thirty of the
representative country newspapers of
the state are here presented. they hav-
ing been selected at random from the
State Journals exchanges:
Manhattan Republic: Senator Long
made a speech in which he heralded
himself as the original Taft man but he
did not declare for a single progressive
principle that Taft is fighting for If
Senator Long had declared for these
principles first and then for Taft be-
cause of these principles, he would not
now have to fight to retain a seat in
the senate. No sane man questions that
Riley county Is overwhelmingly for
Stubs and for the principles for which
he stands. Yet. by reason of the Long
Calderhead combination in the central
committee and the disfranchisement OF
1000 Republican voters of the county,
Riley county was solidly against Stubs
on every question.
LIE Roy Reporter: Governor Hoch is a
good Rooster. The way he put the
county politicians in his letter to A1vah
Sheldon, editor of the Ell Dorado Times,
furnishes an interesting episode in
Kansas political literature.
Kansas City Gazette: For this much
let Republicans be thankful. Hon. J. L.
Bristow and Senator Long will base
their claims for the Long succession,
not upon personalities, but records.
This puts the contest on a high plane,
but it does not deprive citizens Of their
inalienable right to take notice OF soft
pedal strains and gum shoe methods
that mark records that will be over
hauled.
Spring Hill New Era: J. Ralph Bur
ton, who has been dead so long politi-
cally that the people had forgotten
about him. now declares that he can de-
feat J. L. Bristow for the senate. Sure
1y this threat from Burton ought to
elect Bristow if anything could.
Abilene Reflector: One of the
states shrewdest politicians predicts
that if Stubs and Leland stay in the
race and fight it out Leland will win
by 10000 votes. 1t does not look il
now but August is a long way off.
Clyde Republican, (Cloud county)
The Cloud county Republican con-
vention did not go far wrong when
they endorsed Senators Long and Cur
tbs and Congressman Calderhead, as
we see that the state convention gave
both Senators Iona and Curtis, a
magnificent endorsement by sending
them as delegates to the national con-
vention; this is as it should be.
Harper Sentinel, (Harper county,
The endorsement of Senator Long
at the meeting of the congressional
convention in Wellington Monday Is
the best thing that has happened for
Long politically thus far in the cam
paign. The Eighth district was sup
posed to be antagonistic to him, but