The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-09-05
POLITICAL GOSSIP
New RepublicanMachin Pleased
With the Old One.
Its Members Are Lining Up for
the Ticket.
SORE SPOTS FOUND.
w q RiasoII One Who Ia Said
SORE SPOTS FL
w. G.. Bissell One Who Is Said
to Have Grievance.
j. L. BristOw Here on His Way
to Salina.

One of the things which is causing
great satisfaction at Republican head
quarters is the way the machine
Republicans are lining up for the state
ticket, and rendering their time and
labor to the state committee.
For time after the primary 1t
looked as though the bitterness re-
sulting from the Stubbs-Leland and
BristowLong fights might cause a
serious split in the ranks. But as the
days go by, one after another of the
machine leaders is getting into line,
and by the time of the election, 1t is
not likely that the Democrats will be
able to count on much support from
sore" Republicans
OF course there are spots where the
soreness breaks out. Earlier this
week the State Journal printed an in
tervieW with w. G. BisSell of Phillips
burg, a prominent Republican, former
county attorney and one of the speak
ers at recent Kansas Day club ban
quet- This interview indicated that
Mr.. Bissell was expecting a Bryan
landslide. which would take the whole
of the Republican state ticket along
with it. 1t was the way a man gen
orally talks when he has a grievance
against the dominant crowd in his own
party. The Democrats were greatly
pleased with Bissells interview, and
will probably use it as a campaign
document.
But some or the sixth district peo-
pie who know Bissell are greatly dis
gusted with him. It is charged that
he is sore because Attorney General
Jackson would not appoint him as as
sistant in conducting the prosecution
of the lumber trust. They say that
Mr.. Bissell has "queered' himself with
the Republicans of the state by his
| discordant interview, and might as
well go it whole hog and join the
Democratic party. These are the
sentiments expressed by a Sixth dis
| trict man who fought hard for Leland
and Long in the recent primary. Both
| Senator Long and Cyrus Leland have
pledged their support to the ticket,
and nearly all of their friends will do
| the same.
The story about the Organization of a
| Railway Mems Protective association
| is again going the rounds 1t is said
| that a mysterious man named Rodg-
| ers at Kansas City is quietly" work
Ing up the movement, which has for it's
| object the banding together of all the
| railway employees in the country to op-
| pose at the ballot box any candidate
or party which is hostile to the rail-
road companies.
1t is evident that such an oreaniza-
| tion would have the cordial sympathy
and support of the railway companies
but the railway employees, it has been
frequently observed. have a way of vot-
ing about as they please. In fact there
has sometimes been tendency on their
part to take a crack at the railway
system which employees them.
]. L. Bristow was in Topeka Friday
evening on his way to Salina. Mr..
Bristow spoke Friday afternoon at
Lawrence at harvest home picnic. It
was in Douglas county that Mr.. Bris-
tow held his first political office. He
was elected clerk of the district court
in that county soon after he finished
his course at Baker university.
Mr.. Bristow said:
Things look fine over the state, and
1 expect to see the Republican ticket
pile up one of the biggest majorities
in the history of the state. Out west,
the farmers are all lining up strong
ly for the Republican ticket. They
have confidence in Mr.. Stubs and the
things he stands for and wants to give
him chance to pass the measures he
has been advocating.
Taft will draw well with the voters
of the state and I look to see both
the national and state tickets receive
heavy ma5orities."
Dave Blaine. representative from
Pratt county, will again make the race
for representative as an independent
candidate. Blaine was elected as an
Independent at the last session of the
legislature and preserved an absolute
ly independent course throughout the
session.
partisan lines are not being drawn
so closely now," said Mr.. Blaine "I
believe I can serve the people of my
district better if elected as an indepen-
dent candidate. / want to return to
the legislature to see the railroad law
passed two years ago amended and put
in force. Under this law, the cost of
the construction, operation and main
tenance of the railroads should be de-
termined and the railroad required to
give the value of their business and
the amounts of income on classifica-
ton, from passenger business, govern,
ment mail and express companies. The
rates then could be regulated on a
just and equitable basis
Chairman Dolley of the Republican
state committee, has under considera-
tion plan to divide the state up into
speaking districts. He may make each
congressional district a speaking dis
trict for a week or two weeks work.
They will be moved then to another
district and new set of speakers will
follow them.
In this way long jumps by rail can
be avoided and much money saved In
the past the state committee has
switched the speakers around to suit
the convenience of the county cam
paign managers. From now on the
county managers will have to arrange
their meetings to suit the convenience
of the state committee.
While there will be just as many
Republican meetings held this cam
paign as in the past, they will neces-
sarily have to be addressed by local
talent Heretofore the committees
were able to shift speakers of almost
any caliber around over the state. This
time the speakers will have to be di-
vided into classes.
The Emporia Gazette, which made a
hard fight against the nomination OF
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