The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-01-11
How Newspapers Receive Bailey
and Stubs Candidacy.
situation as 1t Appears to Edi.
tors Everywhere.
is DUE TO BAILEY.
Many Comment Upon Old Kelly.
Stubs Combination.
others Give Lawrence Man
credit for Primary Movement.

Inc Ioiowtng comments and editorial
opinions are taken haphazard from the
republican newspapers In Kansas
Ihey apparently indicate the sentjnn.n+
OF the people of the localities in yvh,o,,
lney are published, and prove Coz
ciusiveiy that the people are divides =,
1ne question of whether ex-Governor
w. j. Bailey or W. r. Stubs shou,d h.
Ine next governor of Kansas.
Here they are:
osoorne Farmer: No better forum.
couio oefall the Republican partv a,
Kansas than for all factions to GET to
getner and make w. J. Bailey the rr,,,,-
NEE Tor governor this fall. It wonId ~.
d righteous vindication of the. e-aa,s.t
wrong ever done a citizen of the .t...
IN the realm of Republican polit,c-
me Farmer has always been forw
Daiey Tor anything he wanted. We ar.
sun TOT him. We wanted him for INT,
~ tI ales senator last year. He is one
- .ao cieaheSt, sQuarest, abIestg r,er A.,
the state. Mr.. Bailey Wo,iId soan N
Sne nomination were rendered hin h,,t
ne win not get out and make a firh+ ~.
~. ne rs wrapped up in his great banE.
likes Ms ess,. at Atchison. Atchison
the FAMILY likes Atchison. Mr.. Rai 1..u
would go into the office with M coy
on him: His administration wo,,id nss s
une OF fairness and impartiality. Thers
sar,,o. 70 no hypocr1tical tears and con-
,vasoIy OF soul monkey business. He
wouio give Kansas an Intelligent nat
OIlc ana clean administration After
man mas met Bailey, shaken HE hens
looked into his honest, genial corr
thousands Of men were nis1ad u:
Ineo up against Bailey four years az ,o
dney nave always regretted it and ar
only looking for a chance to atone u
s mouio De elected by tremendous ma.
CoHeyV1lle Journal: The Ren,,bl;cor
state convention, it should be rennsr,,
| pefed, would gladly have renonnino+ad
w. .. oaiIey In 1906 if he. had consented
Governor Hoch. Those who attendaa
| that convention at Topeka will rearIiIv
recall the enthusiasm with which M
balley was receiyed when he appeared
1t was the greatest demonstra fio,, -
| any time during the session and IL b,,f
| Ioreshadowed what is now cor,,tx~ r.,
pass TWO years later. Mr. Bailey l. :
man OF remarkable strength and popu-
| larity and will be- renominafed easiIy
| March 4 at Topeka His nominattoy
means sure and sweeping victory for
the Republican state ticket next fall
with one exception every Republican
| newspaper in MONTGOMERY county is
against Mr.. Stubs nomination for
governor. That newspaper will proba-
Oily be in line between now and March
| 4, as it should be.
| Yates Center News: w r stnhh.
| of Lawrence has announced his can
didacy for governor on the alleged
| Square Deal platform. This will make
the race between Ex-Governor Bailey
who represents the whole Republican
party OF Kansas, composed of the
| most honest, loyal, law-abiding set of
men that ever honored any state, and
Walter Roscoe Stubs, the only holy
| and righteous man Kansas has. There
can not be any question as to the re-
| suit. Kansas Republicans will not
stand for the insult that Stubs and
his handful of followers heap upon
| them every day by referring to them
as grafters, machine politicians, and
kindred suggestive names. When any
man or set Of men suddenly become
| better than their fellow men 1t Is
| time to give them a severe letting
alone.
Chanute Sun: Mr.. Stubs appears
| to be in a perpetual state of lombard
| ment of imaginary attacks on the
rights Of the dear people in general
and the political ambition of Mr..
Stubs in particular.
Frankfort Index: If Ex-Governor
| w. j. Bailey should enter the race for
| governor he would be nominated and
elected hands down. An injustice
was done Governor Bailey in refusing
him second nomination. He should
be rendered the nomination without
being required to announce himself a
| candidate.
Emporfa Gazette: Kansas is "pizen'
| IL, Y
ever met on earth, in Heaven or in
the furnace room, that one didn't ask
the other about "the situation" There
fore, a few brief. sensible remarks
about the Situation as regards the
gubernatorial race may be pertinent.
! To a calm, unprejudiced observer
which the Gazette ever strives to be
| it would seem that il the legislature
| passes a good, stiff primary law, 1t
justifies Stubs and makes him strong
with the people. If it fails to pass a
good, stiff primary law it gives Stubs
an issue which makes him strong
with the people. If the legislature
passes a patched up primary law it
| gives Stubs more work in public life
| and makes him stronger than ever
Just what the machine can do with
| that legislature to help Bailey, Isn't
visible to the naked eye. Indeed. 1T
| begins to look as though one could
/ jump off the roof of the Bailey boom
without Earring the needle in the
most delicately balaneed compass in
all this wide, beautiful world. and
| that to climb on to the Bailey boom
one would have to go down cellar and
! come up about three steps Not be-
cause Bailey isn't a fine fellow. hof-=
est. conscientious, courageous and in
telligent: but because Republicans
don't like to have their candidates
brought OUT by a Democratic rail-
road attorney. aided and abetted by