The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-04-20
POLITICAL GOSSIP
A. O. Miller Says Long Will De-
feat BristOw.
Also Expects Leland to win
\ From Stubbs.
NOW ARE LINING UP.
People Who Have Been On'
decided on Governor.
Believes Republicans Should
Avoid Reefs Of Radicalism.

A. Q. Miller, editor of the Bellevue
Telescope, in Republic county, is one
of the conservative Republicans Oh the
Fifth district who believes the Repup-
lican party should avoid the reefs OF
radicaIism He was in Topeka today
on his way to the state editorial meet
ing in Emporia. In speaking OF po-
litical conditions in the Fifth dlstrlct
he said:
There is no doubt that Senator Long
will beat J.. L. Bristow. Long Will carry
Republic county, and 1 believe that MS
victory over Bristow throughout the
state will be decisive.
LELAND is constantly gaining
strength. 1t is. just as the State Jour-
nal stated few days ago-all the anti
Stubbs strength which has been lying
around loose is being turned over TO
Leland. I know that Leland is gain
ing strength in the Fifth district, and
/ believe that he will beat Stubs.
"Of course this primary is new
thing, and it may bring some sur
prises Stubbs will make noisy cam
paign, and the surface indications VIII
be that he is ahead. In the senatorlal
fight, the strong organization backing
Long will probably make the olsgest
Long Until the votes are counted al
ter the primary We can't be positive
how the new plan has worked, and
what the silent vote has done
3D. r. Bullen, of Republic county, is
now circulating his petitions for con-
gress, and will stay in the fight. While
Rees and Smith are cutting each other
to pieces, Bullen is going ahead making
hay. and l believe that eventually he
will be the man to beat Calderhead.
"a n
to the Rees-Smith factions as COM
promise l don't believe that the race
will go to a finish with three candi-
dates against Calderhead, and 1 don't
believe that Bullen Will be the one 10
quit.
"Over in the Sixth district there
promises to be quite a fight on Reeder,
but / believe .Reeder has much bet
ter chance to return to congress than
has Calderhead. I suppose il the anti
Reeder people could get together they
might give Reeder quite fight, but l
doubt whether they can make COM
bination. 1t looks to me as though
Ham was the logical man to oppose
Reeder He is a more clean cut,
representative Kansas man of his fac
tion than is Young.
Abilene Reflector: The amusing side
of the Stubbs- Mulvane controversy is
that Mulvane has his Office nailed
down with the nails clinched on the
other side while Stubbs is still on the
ragged edge and hasn't yet caught on
to the joke.
Bent Murdock's criticism of State
Journal story: Newspaper stories to
the effect that the half a dozen fed
eral Office holders anG associates, who
are conducting the Long campaign
are the brainiest men in the state is
tommyrot They are no smarter than
hundreds of other Kansas people and
the only chance they have of winning
out is that they can get all the money
needed to conduct an aggressive CAM
paign. Without money and lots of it
the whole bunch couldn't carry a half
dozen counties in the state. But one
of them can or will carry his own
county,
One of the stump speakers in Cyrus
Leland's campaign will be Ex-Governor
Willis j. Bailey of Atchison. Bailey
proffered his services, it was an
nounced from the Leland headquar-
ters. and will get into the thick of the
fight for his old time political captain.
In all the Leland camp has been mob
ilized twelve speakers.
The Chanute Sun hands this bouquet
to the machine" Some of the
Stubbs faction may bolt the ticket in
case of defeat at the primaries, but
the socalled machine will vote the
ticket whether they like it or not The
socalled machine Republicans are par
tisans and always loyal to party. 1t is
their partisanship and fealty to party
that has made the Republican party
great and strong. 1t is the reform
microbes that destroy party fealty. The
radical, uncompromising reformer re-
fuses to sacrifice anything for narty,
but demands that the saving prin-
ciples of partisanship be sacrificed in
stead. The Democrats have another
blow coming, if they are expecting anv
held from the machine Republicans in
case Stubbs is nominated. The same
votes that saved Hoch will elect