The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-22
ARE IN NO HURRY
Chanute Bankers Do Not Care
: for Guaranty Law.
None of Them Will Come Under
It's Provisions.
STILL ARE TALKING
Stone Appointment Continues
to Be Source of Gossip.
A Democratic View of the Stu
alton.

Here is a new phase of the guaranty
of deposits question in Kansas. In
Chanute where there are four banks
a large volume of business and pop
ulous community there seems to be
no demand whatever for particlpa-
tion by these banks in the guaranty
scheme. One of these state bankers
declares that only one of his deposl-
tors has ever mentioned the guaranty
matter to him at all, and that was III
the form of a cursory question as "
whether or not he intended to JOIN
the guaranty association. There are
four banks in Chanute, two state anu
two national banks. None OF theSe III
stitutions will join the state or the ma
tional bankers guaranty associations
so long as public sentiment in thelr
community remains at its present
stage of indifference over the matter.
The Chanute bankers do not appear
to be very enthusiastic over the new
thanking law, but will not make hnal
decision in the matter until after the
State Bankers convention next week
The independence Reporter, one OF
the influential dailies of the Third
congressional district, draws moving
picture of the frightful scenes OF car
mage sure to become a reallty IN tIle
coming battle between McNeal ana
district next summer. The Reporter
might be called a machine paper, as
the Third is a machine district put II
gives McNea1 better than an even
chance on account of his popularity
and ability as a campaigner. The Re
porter then refers to the coming
struggle between Governor Stubbs and
Senator Curtis as follows:
But this is not all. Governor
Stubbs and his friends are highly in
fI0 Stone matter. TheY
have blood in their eye the die Is
cast and it is to be war to the teetn-
The lines are being hard drawn. reel
ing runs high in both camps. StubOs
is going after the scalp of Curtis. In
the Third district the feeling is that
Curtis has all the best of it, but Cur
tbs has always been popular down TINS
way and is widely known. He mas
done a great deal of campaigning
here. He is of course strong in his
own district. But his opponents point
out that the Indian is not we'll known
over the state. In the western coun-
ties where Governor Stubbs is well
known and strong. Curtis is almost
stranger. The contest will be with the
people, by direct vote, and Stubbs
counts his strength with the people.
Curtis has not been before the people
of the state as Stubbs has been and he
has this disadvantage
recent controversy growing out of the
Robert Stone appointment to a place
In the department of justice in Wash
sngton Barney Sheridan's Paola Spirit,
one of the most influential Democratic
newspapers in the state, takes the
Stubbs side of the controversy as fol-
lows:
while, perhaps. Democrats have no
look in on a Republican row, we may
be pardoned for going far enough only
~ In 7f1-rx xTat-cx
between Governor Stubbs and President
Taft over the appointment of Mr..
Robert Stone, of Topeka, to a position
in the attorney generals office in
Washington, it is plain that Governor
Stubbs has the best end of it.
Gas is often done, the president sought
to break the fall of the failure of the
national bank guaranty matter for
Stubbs bv rendering to him personal
appointment-that is, giving him the
right to name a Kansas Republican to
assist in the office of the attorney gen
cral of the United States. Many a
president before Taft had done the same
sort of thing. Governor Stubbs was
told by the president to name man.
The appointment of Mr.. Stone was
thereupon made.
latter the appointment had been
made, Mr. Stubbs did not express him
self in the newspapers or otherwise.
He didn't brag about 1t nor crow eth
er. Some OF MS 1901 IrlSnQS, however,
along with his alert enemies, rushed
into print and made it appear that
Stubbs had cleaned out the whole Re
publican delegation from Kansas A
COPY of the Topeka Capital with scare
headlines, telling how Stubbs had out
witted his opponents within the Re
publican party, was adroitly placed
before Taft after a cabinet meeting
Just when he had come out of a lot
of other troubles, and he hurriedly
kansas which, for the time being at
least. put Stubbs in the fog.
after reading President Taft's let
ter to Stubs and Stubbs' letter to
Taft, the average reader would saw
that the letter Of the Kansas COVER
nor is the more dignified of the two
Evidently, if a mistake were made it
was by the president and not the gov
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