The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-12-17
POLITICAL GOSSIP
Stubs Back From Washington
With Reinforced Ideas.
Natural Resources, Waterways
Improvements, Good Roads.
FIVE KANSANS THERE
At the Last Meeting of Insur-
gent Congressman.
CranstOn of Parsons Has Ideas
on Direct Legislation.

Governor-Elect Stubbs, his wife and
two sons, who have been visiting in
Washington, D. c., for the past two
weeks, have returned to the Stubs
home in Lawrence. Mr.. Stubs re-
turns to Kansas a still more earnest
advocate of water ways improve
ments and better roads.
He has numerous plans which have
been formulated since he visited
Washington for the betterment of
conditions in his state and while the
better roads movement is one which
will undoubtedly receive earnest at
tention, a number of other improve
ments will be suggested by the incom-
ing governor. He has made arrange
ments for a visit from Chief Forester
Pinchot who will be in Kansas during
the early part of February for the
purpose of solving the problem of
improving and saving the natural re-
sources of the state.
Concerning the problems which he
has in view at this time Governor
Elect Stubs said:
81 consider the question of i'm
proving the natural waterways of our
country the most important economic
problem that will face us in the next
more of this haphazard work, which
does not bring results, but a SyS-
tematfc campaign for the improve
ment of inland waterways which will
make them effective means of trans
portation. The waterways work, so
far has been child's play, like build
ing a trans-continentaI railroad five
miles at a stretch and not connecting
the stretches But now under the
leadership of Taft, this work will be
systematized and a great deal accom-
plished.
II visited the good roads depart
ment at Washington and saw the
various methods that are being used
to improve the public highways 1t
will be an economic investment for
the people of Kansas to take up this
good roads question and work upon
some definite plan for the improve
ment of our highways"
Without an especial attempt to re-
fleet on the intelligence of the average
election board a few of the questions
and answers propOunded to one of the
election judges who is witness in the
Getty contest case in Wyandotte coun-
ty does the work
by who were you appointed judge
on this board?'' this witness was
asked.
Il don't know" he replied.
who was the candidate for state
senator on the Democratic ticket?''
Bryan came the answer loud and
clear as though the witness for once
was sure of his ground.
who was the candidate for senator
on the Republican ticket p" was then
asked the election judge Witness and
he promptly answered:
81 don't know
Just at the present time any news
from the national capital touching on
tariff revision by the next congress is
of particular interest to Kansas. Kan
sas occupies a rather embarrassing
position in regard to tariff revision"
said Fred S. Melville of Kansas City
at the Arlington, to reporter of the
Washington Herald.
THE Kansas congressional delega-
ton" continued Mr.. Melville, was
elected on tariff revision platform,
but since the ways and means COM
mittee has gotten down to work it
develops that Kansas wants a reduc-
those which it produces. 1t is opposed
to putting sugar and hides on the free
list and to keeping zinc ore on the free
list
~. L. Bristow," added Mr.. Melville,
"who will succeed Senator Long in the
senate on March 4, says he will op-
pose any reduction on the tariff of
sugar which will retard the develop
ment of the beet sugar industry. West
ern Kansas is branching out in the
production of sugar beets. One fac
tory is already in operation at Garden
City, and two more are promised for
the Arkansas valley, providing, of
course, the tariff doesn't put the beet
men out of business.
Incidentally, 1 might add that SEN
ator ]. r. Buttons stand for protec-
ton to the beet sugar industry when
the Cuban tariff bill was under con-
sideration was the beginning of his
troubles, which resulted in his retire
ment from the senate and his landing
in jail. His opposition to the Cuban
bill engendered the i'll will of the adj
ministratiOn, and from that time his
troubles began.
Still, Bristow says Burton's exper-
fence will not retard him from taking
1.-THE cattle industry of southwest
ern Kansas is opposed to the removal