The Topeka state journal., 1908-05-26
Laughs at Report Of Politics In
His Election. m
ENJOYED THE FIGHT.
VIII Live in Topeka During
His Term.
"Chalk' Beeson and mike" Sut.
ton in Controversy.

W. A. Morgan, the new department
commander of the Kansas Grand
Army of the Republic, is in Topeka
today making arrangements to take
UP his headquarters in Topeka.
Concerning the political side of the
recent big fight for the office of de-
partment commander. Mr.. Morgan
said:
1.-THE Leland -Stubbs governorship
tight did not enter into the controver-
sy. 1 know that 1 had Stubs men
and Leland men fighting for me, and
/ think Mr.. Boyle had the same sort
of support After the election, and
the report that it was 'Stubbs vic
tory 1 looked the situation over care
fully, and concluded that about eight
out of ten OF the old soldiers at Kan
sas City were for Leland. That was
q representative crowd of old soldiers,
and 1 think that 1t will probably hold
true throughout the state that the old
soldiers are about eight out of ten for
Leland.
"I couldn't make a guess on how
the fight between these two candi-
dates will come out Down in Chase
county where / live, the sentiment is
all for Stubbs. When 1 went to Kan
sas City l was surprised to find so
much sentiment for Leland among the
citizens of that town.
THAT was a splendid fight we had
at Kansas City. 1 enjoyed every min
ute of it, When 1 went down there
to get headquarters / found that all
the rooms in the big hotel had been
taken by the Boyle forces. We had to
make our headquarters in the Metro
politan hotel. a smaller and cheaper
nj rlt,f old soldiers not
very wealthy lot, and they preferred
the cheaper hotels and boarding
houses. and we went to work and or
ganized all of those hotels and board
ing houses. We didn't have the dig
nifty and the style of the other crowd,
ers."
Mr. Morgan will take charge of the
department commanders office on
June /. He will engage rooms in To-
peka, and will live here most of the
time while he is In office. Mr. Morgan
is a man of broad experience, is gen.
ial and Industrious, and will no doubt
do much for the Grand Army. He has
been abroad three times In recent
years.
Concerning the appointment of Chas.
Harris and w. w. Denison on his or
fee force. he said:-------------
'.I think that Il can persuade these
two men to retain the offices to which
they have been appointed. They agreed
to take charge temporarily, but 1 want
them to stay. Mr.. Denison VIII receive
only a nominal salary for his work. and
will probably not need to devote more
than an hour day to his duties. Mr..
Harris will draw the pay which is not
divided between two officers
Tribune, Kan, May 26.-The petition
of W. P. Morrison is being circulated
n securing of the nOmina-
ton in the Seventh district on the
Democratic ticket for congress to sue
ceed Judge Madison. Mr.. Morrison is
an abstracter at Sterling. Kan.
A. B. Kimball, editor of the Belle
willie Freeman, says that Senator j. E.
Brewer Is entirely mistaken about the
possibility of S. 8. Smith getting the
majority OF the votes in Republic coun-
ty for the Republican nomination for
congress.
"I notice an interview in your pa
per-" says Mr. Kimball. "by Senator
Brewer in which he says that s. s.
Smith will carry Republic county for
congress. He will not carry one side
of the county. 1 DOUBT II he will carry
a single election precinct, with three
in the race. Smiths support is mostly
confined to the city of Belleville, and
even here many of the men who en-
couraged him to come to the county
will support Mr.. Calderhead.
II enclose a clipping from the Free
man showing the favorable manner in
which Mr.. Rees was received in the
two townships which contain one fifth
of the Republican vote of the county
There are other townships where the
proportion is equally large"
The clipping enclosed says:
Judge r. r. Rees was in town Fri
day night. Mr.. Rees had just COM
pleted tour of the county and found
conditions much to his liking. Out OF
4S Republicans in Courtland to whom
his petition was presented 43 signed it
An equally large petition was secured
in Scandia In about the same proper
ton. Mr.. Reess candidacy is meeting
with a gratifying reception in all the
townships"
The state Journal prints elsewhere
today William Allen Whites article
on Bristow The editor of this paper
wrote White that he thought both
Long and Bristow ought to pay him his
current rates-ten cents word-that
Long ought to pay for some words
but that Bristow ought to pay for the
whole article about him. White was
cautioned however to bill and col
lect from each before August A. In
this connection the Atchison Globe
has the following readable summary
of Morgan's contribution printed in
various papers this week:
William Allen Whites campaipr
in the Kansas City Star for Bristow
for United States senator, and his
attacks on Senator Long, caused w
Y. Morgan, editor of the Hutchinson
News. and Senator Longs manager
to come to his defense. Morgan
claims it was Long who let Bristov
down easy when he lost his Job a.
fourth assistant postmaster genera
by securing him an unimportant as
signment to Panama, and that Bris
tow was a supporter of Long until h,
decided he wanted Longs Job: tina
Long has been with the president OIL
Cuban reciprocity, his Philippin,
policy, the Panama canal. deep waite
improvements, the money question
irrigation experiments, preservation
of forests and other real Roosevelt
policies. That Long is being attacke,
for opposing amendments to TIL
railroad rate bill. prepared by sucl