The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-05-27
That Calderhead Will Capture
Republic County.
IS NOT ALL ONE WAY.
Topeka Negroes Movement
Against Secretary Taft.
Prof. BIackmar Not a Candidate
for State Senator.


statements from both the Rees and
Smith factions concerning the prob
able standing of Republic county IN
the coming primary to select a Re-
publican nominee for congress.
Now comes from Clyde. Kan,
statement that neither Smith or Rees
will get Republic county. but that the
county will go head over heels to
Calderhead.
The communication says:
Clyde, May 27.-"From political
standpoint it rather amuses the men
in the Fifth district who know some
thing about politics to see articles in
your political column from Albert
Kimball of Belleville, formerly from
Scandal. Rees has no following to
speak of i'll Republic county outside
of one or two townships. and Kim
balls friends, while S. S. Smith has
good organization all over the coun-
ty. 1t is a well known fact that
Calderhead, the present congressman,
has a better organization than either
Rees or Smith. 1t is conceded -bv, well
posted men that Calderhead will re-
ceive more votes in kepuoIic cvun.y
than either of them as the farmers
and old settlers of Republic county
know Calderhead and believe in him
and trust him and they will vote for
him at the coming primary.
I'm Cloud county it is conceded that
Calderhead will carry the county over
Rees on Smith. The farmers of Cloud
county as well as Republic county
know that Calderhead has given them
the best rural mail service possible"
1t is said that the effort of the To-
peka negroes to make political
demonstration against Taft at Chi
cago is not meeting with the expected
cordial support from negroes through
out the state. Some of the branches
Of the Progressive league will refuse
to take any action against Taft. They
say that the action of the Topeka
negroes is stirred up by the clique
| which was after w. T. Vernon, and
| that 1t is really an effort to hammer
Vernon, who is a Taft supporter.
Stafford Republican: A story has
reached Stafford to the effect that the
| Gazette Publishing Co., of Hutchin-
son has bought the Independent. The
| Gazette company has been figuring on
starting another daily in Hutchinson
-Democratic-but if this rumor is
| correct the third daily will be
| eliminated. Two dalies for Hutchin-
son is quite enough in our humble
| opinion and the Gazette has probably
| made a wise turn in getting hold of
! the Independent.
| Frank w. Blackmar. one of the
state university professors whom the
| Stubs faction at Lawrence tried to
| bring out as a candidate for the Re-
publican nomination to the state SEN
| ate, has declined to run.
J. L. Brady is still the only candi-
| date. For some reason it seems that
| the Stubs people are not satisfied
with Brady, and are trying to find
| someone to contest the place.
Cyrus Leland, Republican candidate
| for governor, has an active press bu-
| reau, which is sending out lots of stuff
to the Kansas newspapers. Mr.. Lee
| land also seems to have an energetic
corps of assistants hunting up stuff in
| the record to use in his campaign.
Leland himself is splendidly posted on
| the political history of the men and
measures of Kansas, and knows just
| what sort of campaign stuff can be
| obtained, and what effect it will have.
| This week Mr.. Leland is making no
! formal speeches. He is simply visiting
various towns and getting acquainted.
| w. r. Stubs habit of issuing fire.
quent statements in the newspapers in
answer to the people who crfticise or
attack him is regarded by some as
mighty good campaign work, and by
| renee Gazette, which hates Stubs,
| thinks it is a bad mistake. which will
probably cause Stubs to continue the
| policy industriously. The Gazette
says:
nobody and takes it from nobody the
Gazette desires to call his attention to
| the fact that he is making the most
| serious mistake of his campaign in
fellow that tackles him. It looks as
! though his enemies, observing that he
has a thin hide, are setting fellows to
work all over the state throwing sharp
a h i'm iv, ardn
| lash the air, paw the earth, and bel
low. 1t was perfectly right and proper
for Mr.. Stubs to answer any and
every letter or charge made by Mr..
proper for a candidate for governor to
go shooting around in the brush after
every fellow who throws brick at
him. Already Mr.. Stubs has seriously
crippled himself by his letter writing
habit, and should he break himself OF
it. Letter writing is as dangerous to
a politician as bottle Of whisky is to
the ordinary man. A little of either
is all right, but too much will fix the
works of every one who indulges'
1t has reached the stage where they
are trying to decide who has the best
nandshake, Stubs or Leland. The Ar
kansas City Traveller says: while
Cyrus Leland was in the city did you
shake hands with him? Did you shake
hands with Walter Roscoe Stubs
while he was in the city? Did you
notice the difference in the hand
shakes? Leland took hold Of your hand
in an Indifferent way as if the cere.
mony were an effort and a bore to him
There was no friendly grasp Of the
hand which one enjoys when he shakes
hands. The Stubs handshake was JUS
the opposite. You knew when he SHOOK
you by the hand. It was as If it were
no effort for him. He grasped your
hand nrmly and gave 1t warm snake
as If he were glad to meet you anS
that you were his friend. There was Z
noticeable difference in the handshake!
of the two men and we believe Stubs
had the better one"