The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-09
POLITICAL GOSSIP
Congressman Anthony Says Tar
iff Bill Will Be Passed.
Believes President Will Take a
Hand.
BRISTOW AND CURTIS
Believes They Will A gree on Dis
tribution of Patronage.
Expects That Entire Delegation
Will BE Consulted.
BRISTOW AND CURTIS

Congressman Dan Anthony of this,
the First district. who returned Tues
day from Washington to remain at
home until the senate passes the tariff
/ bill, talked interestingly last night
about political affairs.
Mr.. Anthony feels assured that con-
gress will in the end pass a tariff bill
with the revision downward instead OF
upward as the present trend of events
indicates. He said that President Taft.
while now keeping hand off. would
get in the tariff game and express his
views in no uncertain terms when the
bill went to conference between the
two houses.
| AS regards the Stone appointment
and revokement. Mr.. Anthony was per-
fectly willing to discuss the episode
which had begun SO badly and ended
so pleasantly for him. The tall con-
wise head on his shoulders and he
talked guardedly and modestly about his
triumph in the matter of federal pat
ronage. He declared that the Kansas
delegation in Washington would not
have opposed the Stone appointment and
the Taft gift to Stubbs had the COVER
nor been frank and fair with the dele
cation in that regard. 1t was the fact
that the governor sought not only to
make political capital for himself out
Ol Tie CIedl6Q Iu0 I'LL
preston that ne handed one across to
the delegation, and especially Anthony,
that aroused the opposition OF the dele
cation, according to Mr.. Anthony.
Speaking of the incident. he said:
When President Taft was shown the
Topeka papers containing the glorious
story of the Stone appointment said
Mr.. Anthony, 'he was annoyed before
he had finished reading the article and
his decision to evoke the appointment
10
ing on the part of the delegation who
had been ignored in the matter. Kan
saS will get the place, just the same,
but it will be given to some man who
has the endorsement of the delegation.
Senator Curtis will name the man with
the approval of the rest of the delega-
ition. Several applications have been
lreceived from well known Kansas law
yers."
Mr.. Anthony was of the opinion that
Senators Curtis and Bristow would .-ot
have any trouble over the federal ap-
pointrnents for Kansas. He thought
that these senators would iron out their
differences over who was right and who
was not in amicable fashion. There
was no disposition at all on the part
of the senators to go to war, on the
contrary both were experienced enough
| in politics and had the good of their
state at heart to work together in all
important matters. Mr.. Anthony was
would adopt the Iowa plan of calling
the entire Kansas delegation into con-
ference over the appointments and Sc
cure their approval of the names the
two should designate for the places.
Mr.. Anthony does not expect con-
gress to finish the tariff bill and ad-
! journ until late in the summer, pos
sibly August Speaking of his vote
on all important roll calls this sea-
| son. he said:
II have voted on every roll cali for
the best interests of my state and my
party. 1 did not join the boilers in
| the insurrection against the house Or
/ ganization and l am proud of it. L
am not lodging that issue. l was
elected by Republican votes and I
worked and voted with President
Taft's expressed wishes when the
| house was organized.
''On all roll calls I have voted for a
| downward revision of the schedules
on necessities. / am not a Democrat
or Populist or a free trader. Pro-
lection of our industries is still the
great and guiding principle of the
Republican party, but the progressive
clement of the party, of which I am
member, demand revision of cer-