The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-10-01
POLITICAL GOSSIP
AilrOad Pass Question Crops
Out in Campaign.
Chairman Martin of Democratic
Committee Is Silent.
DOES HE USE A PASS?
That Is Question Now Before
the House.
DOlIiver to Address Overflow
Meeting on Saturday.


Democratic state central committee.
has not yet replied to the charge thai
ne rides on a railway pass, but some of
his friends have started back fire in
MS behalf The State Journal received
n today the following anonymous COM
municatioa from Burlingame, Kan:
Editor Topeka State Journal:
viii you please notify Chairman
J. n. Dolley. of Republican committee,
and ]. w. Moore, Of Marion, through
Your paper, that Mr.. ]. A. Stavely, oS
Lyndon. Kan, a candidate for state
senator in the Usage county district. is
an attorney for the Santa Fe railway.
The can notify Hearst if they want
Ito
II happened that Clyde Miller. of
sage City, was in Topeka today, and
- v question of Stavely's railroad con-
~ sectiQnF was referred to him. He said:
That - all very nice, except the fact
that Mr.. Stavely is not an attorney for
the Santa Fe. He was at one time at
ltorney for that company, and rode on
lpass, I presume, but he has severed his
connection with the railroad company
and surrendered his pass. That ought
to be a sufficient answer to the COM
+ plant. We are going to elect Mr..
b Stavely to the state senate. You can
count on that"
"Bnr' Gesner. the Republican mem
Der. of the legislature from Barber
county, will have to stay at home dur
ing the CO ting session of the legisla-
ture, for the contest board in Barber
county, after recounting the votes OF
the recent primary election, has deter
mined that ne was defeated for the Re-
publican nomination by a majority OF
two votes by Samuel Griffin, the con-
testant.
On the face of the returns Gesner
beat Griffin by two votes, and the GER
tihcate of nomination was issued to
Gesner. Griffin tried to get the con-
test board in the county to hear his
complaint, but the board refused Grif-
I'm had to nandamus the board
through the supreme court in order to
pet 1t to take action. The board COM
pieted the recount OF the votes Wednes-
day, and the result was that Griffin
secured enough advantage in the re-
count to give him the nomination by
exactly the same margin that Gesne-
has claimed 1t.
This fight between Griffin and Ges-
ner was a square deal and machine
contest. Griffin was the square deal
candidate in Barber county, while Ges-
ner had always lined up in the legisla-
ture with the machine. It would be
rather a remarkable coincident II SEN
ator Longs county should send up
Square deal representative.
N|. II Is likely IndI senator DOlllNeF. OF
Iowa, will address a big overflow at the
2tSnd opera house on Saturday even
Ing for the benefit of anv who are un-
able to get inside of the Auditorium.
Senator Dolliver is one of the great
orators of the country. and those who
aan't set in to hear Taft will have a
great tx they can hear Dolliver. The
chances are that as far as eloGuence is
concerned, Dolliver has Taft completely
olftclassed.
when Taft finishes speaking at the
kuditorium he will be taken to the
Grand opera house and will make a few
rn4narl1s to the crowd there.
Beginning this week, the state COM
rlittee will bill Governor Hoch. Sen
etcr Curtis and Senator Long for the
est q the campaign. Governor Hoch
boH besn busy up to this time with
Official business. Senator Curtis has
seen campaigning in Indiana and other
states. Senator Long has been devot-
ing his time to private affairs. but
Z from now on these three big guns will
he at the disposal of the state commit
tee and will whoop things up for the
ASxfrt5re Republican ticket from Taft
= own
Brhe Democratic committee has is
shed IN pamphlet form its attack upon
Waiter Roscoe Stubbs. 1t is sort of a
summary of all the old charges which
have been made against Stubbs from
time to time. 1t first says that Stubbs'
personal property in 1907 was as
sessed at $14.6SO. and in 1908 was as
sessed at $SO.5S1. 1t then takes up
the charge that Stubbs received con-
tributions from railroad companies
while running the Hoch campaign,
and discusses these charges as fol-
lows:
Mr. Hoch. the Republican state CEN
tral committee met for the purpose
OF organizing and elected Walter Ros-
zoe Stubbs chairman. Whereupon
Mr.. Stubbs arose in his place and
made a speech. Among other things
he promised the committee that i'm
mediately after election he would pub
iish a statement showing the names
az contributors and the amount of
contributions to his campaign fund
and with great show of temerity he
promised that there would not be any
railroad money in the report After
the Election, first one and then an
other called upon Mr.. Stubbs to full
m his promise and to publish a list
az his contributors. He failed to do
50. and has ever since failed to do so.
The reason he failed is simple
rs ~One of the first things Mr. Stubbs
Kid after leaving his committee
Meeting was to go to the railroad Of
1 fees in Topeka and tell the officials
Athat he expected each railroad to do
sNnate him as many tickets as he needed
Nor his speakers and workers in the
errftory which could be reached by
their road He told these railroad
people that he wanted tickets. not
passes. for the reason that the people
would know that pass is free
transportation. Such tickets as Mr.
Qtubbs desired were furnished in un-
limited quantities and of course Mr.
Stubs would not want to publish that
fact.
.'Ti.s second reason is that three
ka1roads contributed $1,000 each to