The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-09-10

terion, the negro now holds the balance
OF political power in Kansas as he does
In Missouri. This in itself is bad
enough. but in Kansas we have suffer-
ed for long years the outrage of mixed
schools. fastened upon US by the Re
publican politician.
Mixed schools lead the negroes to
aspire to mixed society and this close
contact of the races is productive of
troubles from which Kansas would be
Tree If the negro had less political
power and were not admitted to the
same schools with the whites.
Kansas has long been weary of the
negro politician and it is more than
weary of the mixed school. Patience
has it's limits. and believe that the
time has come when the people of Kan
sas VIII join with the people of Mis-
souri, in restricting negro suffrage.
L do not advocate the disfranchise-
ment or the negro on the ground of his
color. That idea is abhorrent to the
principles of our free government and
its execution would be in conflict with
the constitution
But our constitution will permit the
ACKNOWLEDGMENT of the ignorant, de-
PRAYED, lazy, vicious and debauched
negro and this Acknowledgement
should be accomplished to the end that
our free institutions may not suffer.
JOHN H. ATWOOD,
Democratic National Committeeman
for Kansas"
The Garden City Telegram, owned
and edited by Ralph Faxon. Senator
strong stand against any "bolting" of
Republican nominees for the legisia-
ture on account of the fact that ali
nominees are now pledged to support
Brlstow in the legislature for United
States senator 1t comes as u straight
lid to Senator T,nnp'S fpiondc 70
bushwhacking, and line up Yor the
support of Bristow. Mr.. Faxon says:
The Topeka papers are printing
pieces from Greeley county, stating
that fifty Republicans have petitioned
robert Eadie, nominee for the legisla-
ture in the Wichita Greeley district,
asking him to declare whether ne VIII
vote for Chester I. Long or Joseph L..
Bristow for United States senator, If
elected.
Greeley county is a Long county. al
ways has been, and gave him a ma
jority in the recent primary. For this
reason, some of the senator's rriends
there appear to think 49, Mr. EaGIe
should vote for him, instead of the
nominee. Bristow.
THE Topeka papers are say:no thar
there is a possibility that Republican
members of the legislature, friends of
Mr.. Long, instructed for MIN in the
recent primary, will refuse to vote ror
"Of course, ones friends, loyal. hon
est, and likely hurt over the primary,
are likely to make talks about what
they will do, but it is probable that as
the campaign goes on, they will de-
cline to refuse their support to legisla-
tive nominees.
THE primary is over, Senator Long
was defeated. ]. L. Bristow is the par
ty nominee for United States senator.
The Telegram, which was probably as
good a friend as Senator Long had in
the state, proposes to do all it can to
see that Kansas has a Republican In
the senate as Senator Longs success
sor. 1t does not believe in many
things which Mr.. Bristow believes IN,
but it does believe that Mr.. Bristow is
infinitely preferable to a Democratic
senator. 1t earnestly hopes that Sem
ator Longs honest. Woodworking, regu-
lar friends throughout the state win
feel. in the end. as it does in this mat
ter"
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