The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-07-30

hundreds of dollars to pay these and
other expenses. Where were the In
terest" in this dark hour of our his
tory. Probably. Mr.. Sheldon can tel
1 US.
II was present when Joseph Hudson
then editor OF the Capital. in this same
| dark" hour, made his plea to Mr.. Lee
land to save the Capital from bank
| ruptcy and implored him to take stock
in the same. I remember very well the
| answer Mr.. Leland made: I do not
care to become a stockholder in the
| Capital, however, the leading Repupn-
| can paper in the state must not fail
| during the campaign, and Will secure
sufficient funds to keep the CaPitai
| going until after the election The
money was furnished, and after the
| election the Capital changed hands.
Again we owe debt to the old SOL
| der we can never repay. When KAN
sas soil was first baptized with the
blood of freedom, Mr.. Leland volun-
teered and offered his young life in be-
half of his beloved Kansas, and every
white man and every colored man
should join hands on the 4th day of
next August and say: we owe this
tribute of respect to the old soldier,
Cyrus Leland, Jr., and We will make
him our candidate. And the young
man, Mr.. Stubs, can be given his re-
ward by and by
II have not one word to say against
the honor and character of Mr.. Stubs,
however 1 prefer the man who has
given almost a lifetime of honest ef-
fort and self sacrificing devotion to
the Republican party in Kansas"
The redhot. fight for congressional
nomination in the Fifth district gets
still hotter as the end draws near. The
latest "roorack" to be harnessed and
l. AA fall IN %
from the Junction City Sentinel:
"A rumor comes from Saline county
that Judge Rees will withdraw from
the congressional race before the week
is out.
THE Judge realizes that he can not
win and he is being greatly embar-
raised by the fact that his candidacy
will endanger all the election judges
and clerks in the district who are
liable to a Jail sentence under the
Kansas election laws II they count any
votes cast for him."
The friends of Judge Rees deny that
he is going to withdraw, and say that
if any effort is made to interfere with
counting Judge Rees' vote, the election
officers will be mandamused.
81 am sorry" said W. C. Austin of
Cottonwood Falls. while in Topeka
yesterday. "but the next state printer
will not be a Topeka man
OUTSIDE Oh 1Opchd Wlio Is
outside of Topeka who is not running.
He is using that fact in his campaign.
But what will you do after you are
elected 2" was asked of Austin.
"Oh. then I suppose 1 will be To-
pe Mr. Austin i1i Is WORKING the santi-ro,
peka" business pretty hard in his
campaign. He is sending out a cir
cular which says:
eff you believe this is a good propo-
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printer W. c. Austin of Chase county,
which county has never had state
office. while Topeka, where the other
two Republican candidate for state
printer live, draws more than $4,000
every year in salaries from the state"
The Abilene Reflector says Of Albert
T. Reid: One of the important places
on the state ticket is state printer, the
position held by Tom McNeal, who is
a candidate for third term We have
no kick on McNeal who is a mighty fine
gentleman and a capable officer. But
there is a candidate who will receive
more favor in this section. Albert T.
Reid, the we'll known artist and car
toonist He was born and raised in
the Fifth district and has become one
of the leading Republicans of Kansas.
He deserves especial favor from the
Fifth district and the fact that McNeal
has had the traditional two terms al
lowed state officers makes it probable
that there will be a change this year.
Mr.. Reid is in every way qualified for
the place. is newspaper publisher
and has thorough knowledge of the
business of printing. He would fill the
office with much credit and 1t will be
the right thing to put him in the place.
Cyrus Leland has given up being in
Topeka next Saturday, and will spend
the day in Kansas City. Kan, where,
with w. J. Bailey, F. B. Dawes and
C. X. Cubbison he will make a grand
final round up Of his political forces.
Leland will undoubtedly get tre-
mendous vote in Wyandotte county,
and expects that his vote there will
go a long ways to offset the whole
of the remainder of the Second dis
trict.
Frank J. Ryan, candidate for re-
nomination as a railroad commits
sioner. will spend all the time from
now until the day of the primary in
Kansas City, Kan, in the interests of
Cyrus Leland. Ryan is an ex-tele-
will put in his time in Kansas City
working among the members of the
labor organizations trying to line
them up for Leland.
A big Republican rally will be held
DeIOre the primary III SihPoilo'
Saturday. August I. when Robert M
LaFollette, United States senator
from Wisconsin. and Congressman
Victor Murdoch, of Kansas, will be
the principal speakers. A large tent
with seats to accommodate 5000 peo-
pie is being put UP especially for the
occasion. and it's location is only two
blocks from the center of the bust
ness district At o'clock in the af-
ternoon, when Senator La Toilette. is
billed to speak, all the business
houses will probably close. for two
hours, opening again at o'clock.