The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-07-25
Republicans Will Carry Indiana
in Spite of Kern.
TAKES SHOT AT BRYAN
Says His Record Is Made of
Dead Issues.
Denial of Lawrence Charges
About Mr.. Stubbs.

OnlleO states. Inc SOBER judgment OF
the people will do this. and the nomi-
nation of Kern. the Indiana candidate
for vice president on the Democratic
ticket will not prevent that state from
going for Taft"
This is the opinion given by Cover
nor E. W. Hoch, who returned this af
ternoon from a lecture tour in In
diana.
THE day when the voters of this
country can be fooled by being given
vice presidential candidate in exchange
for their votes is past said Cover
nor Hoch. Thine was when the nomi-
nation of a candidate from a given
state or locality would insure the
safety of that state or locality. But
that time is past, and the politicians
haven't discovered it. 1t takes time to
hammer it into the heads of politicians
that the voters of this country are
guided more now days by principles
than by the empty honor of having
some individual hold a Job.
II believe that William ]. Bryan has
been growing stronger with the people
of the country so far as his personal
character is concerned. Personally, he
is well liked by the people; politically
he is discredited. People who might
be inclined to support Bryan will.
when they think about his political
record. change their minds. Every one
of the things which Bryan advocated
is a dead issue. Free silver is dead.
imperialism is dead, and the govern
ment ownership issue he himself re-
pudiated.
II believe that. Taft will be a better
president than Roosevelt. He will be
as strong as Roosevelt without Roose-
velt's roughness. He is fighter, but
he won't attempt to accomplish SO
much by the hammer and tongs meth
3D. 1 believe that Taft has wonder
full qualifications for the presidency"
Cyrus Leland will have a double
header campaign going next week. F.
B. Dawes viii! be making the maj
round up in the Sixth and Fifth dis
tricts, while Mr.. Leland and w. j.
Bailey will be hitting the high places
in southeastern Kansas.
Mr.. Leland's dates follow:
Monday and Tuesday, Cherokee
county; Wednesday evening, FREEDOM
ia; Thursday afternoon. Eureka,
Thursday evening, Howard.
Mr.. Dawes will be at Beloit Mon
day night; Gaylord and Smith Center
on Tuesday; Scandia and Republ1c
City on Wednesday; Clay Center, Gar
rison and Oldburg on Thursday; Hav-
ensville on Friday and at picnic at
Garfield park in Topeka on Saturday.
The GARFIELD park picnic is sort of
side attraction to the Bristow-Long
debate.
John T. White of Ada. member of
the lower house of the legislature, who
was in Topeka today, said in speak
ing of political conditions in Ottawa
county:
"Rees, believe is going to beat Cal
derhead for congress. In our neigh
borhood, it is all for Stubbs and Bris-
tow. I don't know how it is in other
parts of the state, but I believe that
Bristow is going to pull through. He
has a much harder fight than Stubbs.
There is no opposition to the nomina-
ton of the square deal candidates for
the senate and house In our district
Senator LaFollette Of Wisconsin will
sneak at a free meeting in Emporia
on the afternoon of saturday, August
1st Congressman Victor Murdoch of
wichita will also speak there in the
evening of the same day.
The Lawrence World contains a fiat
denial of the intimation given in the
Mahin & Mahin letter to Charles M
Sheldon that w. r. Stubbs was presi-
dent of a booze club which was raid
ed at Lawrence Not only does the
World deny that Stubbs has ever been
connected with any club of this sort,
but it prints the following letter,which
was sent to Mahin & Mahin:
Lawrence, han., July lSUo
''Mahin & Mahin, Attorneys, Smith
Center, Kansas.
Gentlemen: In your letter of July
18th to Chas. NJ. Sheldon, you claim to
quote the following from the Norton
News: We see where a club room of
which the Honorable Stubbs is presl-
dent. was raided last week for selling
booze at Lawrence, Kansas. We hard
" know whether this will conflict with
his prohibition plank or not; 1t viii
certainly make it squeak if nothing
elSe.'
1.-The statement made by the News is
unqualifiedly false. Will you see that
the same is corrected. Respectfully,
GEO. ]. BARKER, Mayor.
IS. E. CARMEAN, City Marshal"
Inquiries continue to flood the yattor-
ney generals office about what to do
where there are no candidates who
have taken the trouble to file nomina-
ton papers and where in consequence
no names will be printed under the
titles to such offices. The attorney gen.
eral advised them as follows:
whether any candidates names are
printed under any office or not, the
name of each office will appear on the
ballot with a printed or dotted line
under it and a square to the right and
the voter can write in the name of
some suitable person and vote for him
and nominations may thus be made
for every office by every political par
ry, and this is also true as to precinct
committeeman
J. S. Stevens. Rocks county sup
porter of w. B. Ham for congress- has
given out a public letter In which he
defends Hams record as a member IF
the state legislature. and says that
Ham will be nominated "Reeder
will not get so votes IN Rocks coun-
ty" said Mr.. Stevens. Mr.. Ham, ac-
cording to the statement. is opposed