The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-04-28
POLITICAL GOSSIP
VIM. Allen White Takes Shot
at Bailey.
Charges That He Also Was Dis
loyal to H0ch.
LELAND ALSO In LII.
This the Veteran Emphatically
Denies.
Another Chapter in an Inter-
esting Controversy.

That Bailey, Leland ana otupps "oio
all somewhat cool and distant toward
Governor Hoch in his last race for
election is the assertion made by Will
lam Allen White in his Emporia Ca
xette Monday afternoon.
Mr.. White does not deny Baileys
charge that Stubbs did nothing to help
Hoch. He simply says that Bailey and
Leland were in the same boat. The
following is Whites editorial
willis ]. Bailey is fine fellow, but
he has a severe compound fracture of
his memory. In abusing Stubbs for
not supporting Hoch, Ex-Governor
Bailey forgets that he went on the
stump in Kansas for the Republican
ticket two years ago with the under
standing that he was not to mention
Hoch.
Bailey showed up in Enporia in the
course of the campaign and came
around to the Gazette Office for nice
quiet talk. At that time the Gazette
was somewhat hostile and rampageous
toward certain phases of the Hoch ad-
ministration, and the aforesaid hostile
and rampageous attitude of the Ga
zette seemed to please Ex-Governor
Bailey greatly; and he said that he
would be everlastingly fried. grilled.
stewed, baked, roasted and boiled or
the short ugly word to that effect II
he would mention Ed Hoch or indorse
his administration in his public speech
eS.
80 Bailey went up and down the
state making Republican speeches and
ignoring the Republican ticket. Stubbs
was no torchlight procession in that
campaign. He did not blow fiambeaux
or rapturous joy over the renomina-
tion of Hoch. He was just about as
joyful as Governor Bailey, but not
more so.
And Leland wouldn't let Hoch come
into Doniphan county during the cam
paign. at least that was the story dur
ing the fight. But Stubbs, at the num-
erous Emporia conferences when there
was talk of bringing out independent
candidates for various Offices shut off
that movement and said he would have
nothing to do with any bolting move
ment.
However, that is all beside tie
point. What if Bailey did ignore Hoch?
What if Leland did freeze him out?
What if Stubbs didn't tear up the side
walks for Hoch with unrestrained joy?
Isn't this free country? Hasn't
Roosevelt bolted his ticket many times
and oft? Didn't Taft go down to Ohio
and advise the defeat of the Republi-
can ticket three years ago? When the
interests II ones party and ones coun
try conflict the man who doesn't bolt
is pretty poor patriot. The time has
passed when it counts one way or an
other against mans candidacy
whether he bolted or voted straight.
THE head of the Republican ticket
this year in the nation is enough of a
bolter to justify any Republican voting
about as he thinks right and asking
the other fellows what they are going
to do about it. There are some rea-
sons why Stubbs should be nominated
governor, and doubtless some rea-
sons why Leland should be nominated
for governor, but the fact that both
of them SHE'D to the side of the road
when the Hoch procession came by has
nothing to do with the case.
LELAND has fought Curtis in times
past, with entire propriety, too, so far
as that goes: and if Stubbs didn't take
the stump for Hoch, he took it lust
much as Leland ever took it for
Curtis. We are all sinners in these
matters and what We need is not JUS
tice, but charity. And while Bailey and
Leland are making their campaign, if
they want to pluck sawdust out of
Stubbs eyes, they should remember
the good old First district fight, and
pick the law logs out of their own
eyes"
Cyrus Leland has issued a denial of
his part of the alleged unfaithfulness
to Hoch, and points to the election re-
turns to prove his case. He says:
Mr.. White says, and Leland would
not let Hoch come into Doniphan coun-
ty during the campaign. at least that
was the story during the fight Cover
phan county. He spoke at Troy, in my
opera house and I entertained him at
my home during his stay there
"Doniphan county gave him $50 ma
jority in 1906 and Douglas county gave
him 1SS majority the same year. In
1904 Douglas county gave Hoch 2131
majority and Doniphan county gave
him 1,155 majority at the same time
supported Long for senator instead Of
Curtis five years ago. Neither one was
he 0f &c
Mr.. Curtis ran for congress in the First
district he received the full party vote
in Doniphan county. This tells the
story"
Emil Brunner the we'll known KAN
sas university football player. is now
candidate for the Democratic NOM
tnation for county attorney in Potta-
watomie county. Drummer will nm
doubtedly get the nomination. and vii,
run against r. S. Hicks. who will be
the Republican candidate Hicks has
held the office two terms
f. B. Baker. a friend of Congressman
Anthony, mas written to Anthony the
following letter endorsing the candi-
dacy of returned missionary who
wants job as interpreter in the Unit
ed States service He was a mission
ary in China dozen years. and can
speak, read and write the language ILL.,
a native or better. Whether he learnaJ
to eat rats. don't know The govern
ment needs him for an interpreter
somewhere, but does not know it. so #
becomes your duty as federal OFFICE
holder to impart the information. Yon
might mention to the president the
next time you are taking a drink with
him that the applicant has nine chill
dren. BY arranging this matter Vol,
will make 1t unnecessary for me to
have a new congressman sent from tbis
district for two years more, at least"