The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-10-19


person Of Walter Roscoe Stubs, the
Republican nominee for governor, called
by his admirers the la Toilette Of Kan
sas and by his enemies names unfit for
publication
stuobs Is unique and forcefuI indi-
Vidual, OK not much learning. but OF
much native shrewdness. one OF his
biographies deals with "a career OF
activity began in n quiet Quaker VII
lage Stubs waS born about fifty
years ago in the little Quaker village
OF Hester IN Douglas county Kan
dritted with his Quaker parents TO Iowa
ana then back 70 Kansas. st artcd in
lie by feeding construction gangs on
the Santa Fe and various roads. became
a IdLroad contractor grew rich and IN
lS2, entered the Kansas Legislature,
S GIlere ms force at once attracted notice.
since then. ne has been rapidly getting
ms grip on Kansas Republican politics
tie ran Tor the Senate when Long was
hrst chosen but WIS beaten.
Grand Stand Player
dis enemies say he Is a grand stand
player, that he is a hypocrite in HIS
radical stand for the rights Of the
people. that he accepted Missouri Pacific
money to help conduct one Of his cam
paIgns and that In his youthful DAYS
| he played poker and stripped the coin
from his competitors. Still, none OF
these charges seem 10 prevent Stubs
from getting votes. When he speaks TO
l g crowd, he takes of his coat and tears
on mis-. collar and neckrie and then goes
| at q hammer 5nd tOngs. He gave some
| onense 10 genteei folks IN Topeka the
other day by taking on these items Of
! ms raiment at the Taft meeting in the
auditorium here. Still. he crowd cheer
ed him and most OF them seemed to like
Guess it was because he saw some
] lzbOring men IN the audience" said
one man who doesn't like Stubbs.
| Stubs is worth watching. because he
| plans TO go 70 the Senate. He IS
/ credited with having the way all map
/ ped out. He will serve the coming
] term as governor, II elected, and then
1 another. and viii then go in quest OF
l the scalp OF Senator Curtis. called IN
/ Kansas The Indian" because he is
| part Kaw.
Expect Battle Royal.
Every one looks for a battle royal
when Stubs and Curtis collide
The Indian won't be asleep" said a
Kansan in talking OF IL. Long was
asleep when Bristow went after him,
/ but Curtis is always awake"
! Curtis. incidentally. is said TO have
| the largest personal correspondence Of
I any man II Kansas. He keeps in touch
| But the coming Senatorial row that
/ viii make the earth shake in Kansas
| VIII not be participated IN by StuDbs
/ and Curtis alone Another man Is
J looming UP who is laying his lines for
/ this Office 1t is no less a person than
Representative Victor Murdoch. some
| times described as the ring-tailed
shorter OF the Kansas delegation" who
| Is always on a rampage against the
/ machine. and who viii get most ev-
erybOdy'S vote in the Eighth district
this fan. MurdOck's friends wanted
him 10 go after Longs place. but he
/ thought IL wise 70 hold on 10 the Job
he had. That he could have won out
is generally conceded. tdasmuch as the
I success Of Bristow IN the primaries
was due not 20 BrstOw's popularity,
but 70 the fact Long vas not liked by
/ Kansas
Oppose His Ambition
To no small degree - lac. that
Stubs has his eye on the Sen Ite en-
lters into the present campaign Many
/ Republicans VIII not support S-dbbs,
because they do not want 70 help him
10 the Senate Here again, Democratic
votes will be his salvation
An Interesting phase OF the present
I Senatorial situation IN Kansas Is that
! BristOW may have trouble getting the
Il election even il the Republicans have
majority OF the Legislature. II the
margin Of Republican votes IS narrow,
Il IS not unlikely the friends Of Long
in the legislature will bolt and refuse
ito be bound by the outcome Of the
\ primary. Il so happens that more Of
the Republican nominees for the Legs
| lature are Long men than Bristow
men, and an ugly situation when that
body meets is likely 20 be presented
i OF course. II the Democrats carry
the Legislature, there will be no such