The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-07-28

plain homely phraseology. He told OF
his coming to this country 80 years ago
and how he grew to manhood here. He
reviewed his early life of hard work
and deprivation. and related how he
got his education.
The audience was composed largely
of country people. who drove In for
the occasion. The merchants nearly all
closed their stores at o'clock. the
hour set for the speaking, and every
mast In town fioated a flag all day.
Mr.. Stubs said that the result Of the
primary. so far as he and Mr.. Leland
are concerned, depends upon the farm
ers.
IF the farmers get out to the pri-
maries." said he. II shall feel assured
OF victory"
J. NJ. Miller of the Fourth district
has issued long reply to the charges
made against his congressional record.
Mr.. Miller takes up each charge In de-
tail. and gives his answer. Mr.. Miller
is opposed by State Senator George Z.
Tucker, who fought the Senate lodge
at the last session. Tucker has been
making a house to house" campaign
OF the Fourth district IN a buggy.
At the time OF the Fourth district
con gressionai committee meeting. the
enemies OF Miller and Cannon tried 10
put through a resolution condemnins
Cannon's stand pat" policy on the
tariff. Miller, 1t is claimed, declared
that he would not dare to go back and
face Cannon If such a resolution should
prevail. In speaking of this incident.
Mr.. Miller says:
II am grateful to Mr.. White for
charging me with having said at the
Fourth district convention at Usage
City last spring that II could not face
Speaker Cannon If the people of my
district passed the resolution conoeInh-
ing the stand-pat policy of Cannon" l
did not use any such language.but will
frankly state what actually occurred
The committee on resolutions reported
indorsing the national and state adj
ministrations. also tndorsing all candi-
dates for state officers and commend
Ing the two United States Senators and
the Congressman for their work. and
instructing the delegates to the ma
tional convention to vote for VIM. H
Taft for President, then a substitute
resolution. declaring in favor of a re-
vision of the tariff, and a declaration
In opposition to the stand-pat policy
of Joe Cannon, also resolution say
ing that the Endorsement Of the Con-
gressmen and Senators was only to be
understood as an Endorsement In so
far as their acts and votes were In
harmony with the policies of Theodore
Roosevelt. I opposed the adoption OF
the substitute, saying that I was most
heartily in favor of that part OF them
in reference to revision of the tariff.
and II reelected would dedicate what
ever ability I had to a revision Of the
same. but that 1 was opposed to that
part which I regarded as personal
reflection on the Speaker Of the House
of Representatives, and said that in
view of the fact that the Speaker had
recognized Kansas by making scott
chairman of the committee on agricul-
ture, Reeder chairman OF the commit
tee on irrigation. myself chairman or
the committee On claims. and placed
Mr. Calderhead on the ways and means
committee. which is regarded as equiv
alent to craftsmanship, virtually
giving four important chairmanships
greatest recognition It has ever had.
to Kansas. thus giving to our state the
1T sincerely hoped that the conven-
ton would not adopt that part OF
the substitute referred to. and by a
vote of 70 to 26 the substitute was
defeated. It has been charged that
am controlled by the speaker. By
those who know me no denial of the
charge is necessary. = If 1t was,
would refer you to my colleagues Of
the state delegation. who know It Is
not true. I do not agree with the
speaker on many matters of legisla-
ton. and have frequently voted
against him. On the subject of tariff
revision / want to repeat what said
in SO speeches made in my campaign
two years ago: L am firmly con-
WINGED the time has come when the
American people should give serious
consideration to the subject of the
tariff with view Of having wise
revision of the same made as early
as possible, believing. as I do. that
the schedules ought to be changed so
as to be in harmony with conditions
which prevail now, rather than those
prevailing in 1897. when the present