The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-04-10
NOT VERY CORDIAL
congressman Anthony Discusses
Stubs Washington Visit.
Gives Some Inside History Of
the Taft Conference.
WHAT PRESIDENT SAID
PRESIDENTIAL
Considered Question as Embar-
RAISING TO Admins ration.
Rebuked by Hitchcock for the
Murdoch Telegram.

Leavenworth, April 10.-The Times
prints the following editorial, no doubt
written by Congressman D. r.. An
thony for his paper, setting forth what
he declares under the heading: "What
Happened in Washington and refer
ring to the recent visit of Governor
Stubs, Attorney-General Jackson and
Bank Commissioner Dolley:
Some of the facts in regard to the
recent visit to Washington of Cover
nor Stubs. Attorney General Jackson,
and Chairman Dolley are just begin
ming to reach Kansas. Although Sem
ator Curtis and Senator Bristow had
been for some time faithfully present
ing the necessary arguments to the
Washington authorities to secure if
possible permission for the national
banks of Kansas to take advantage
of the State Guarantee law, and it was
already known that President Taft
was opposed on principle to the idea OF
the guarantee of national bank depos-
its and that the national banking laws
would not permit of the object desir-
ed by the Kansas authorities. 1t can
be well understood that the trip of
Messrs. Stubs, Jackson, and Dolley
to Washington under these circum-
stances was looked upon as being I'M
necessary and unwise and as tending
to result in embarrassment to Presi-
dent Taft and the Washington author
tiles.
After declaring himself as opposed
to the plank in the Democratic plat
form framed at Denver calling for
guarantee of bank deposits it can be
readily understood that President Taft
would hardly change his decision
which had been so strongly sustained
by the country in the national election
and reverse himself at the request of
the Kansas officials however much he
would ordinarily like to cooperate
with them and to remove every pos
sible legal obstacle to the carrying out
of the state law. But it was making
good politics out in Kansas so the
Washington junket was made at the
expense of the state.
s'The Times has it from the most
reliable source that President Taft
plainly informed Governor Stubs and
Chairman Dolley that he did not de-
sire to reverse his former decision
upon this question and furthermore
that he considered the question pre-
scented as embarrassing to the Ma
tional Administration; in other words,
1t was the opinion in Washington that
Stubs and Dolley were endeavoring
to make political capital out in Kan
sas at the expense of jeopardizing the
presidents sincerity on the question
VI tic odl dllCC VI poilh
deposits.
'There was however. one very sat
isfactory outcome of the Washington
junket. President Taft, in words
which could not be misunderstood has
expressed himself to others, that he
desired it to be. understood that the
position taken by the two Kansas con-
gressmen, Murdoch and Madison, in
boiling the Republican organization of
the house of representatives and vot-
ing with the Democrats was not en-
dorsed by him and that Congressman
Calderhead, and Reeder. had voted
strictly in accordance with his ideas
and his recommendations of what was
best for the Republican party and for
the country in consideration of the
issues presented in the organization of
the house. And it is generally I'M
derstood that the information was so
to Stubs, Dolley and Jack
son.
'.And this is not all When the
Kansas statesmen visited Postmaster
General Hitchcock, former chairman
of the Republican national committee
and who is generally recognized as the
political adviser and manager of the
Taft administration they were also
plainly informed by Mr.. Hitchcock
that the course OF certain Republican
boilers and traitors in the organiza-
ton of the house of representatives
not endorsed by him. and the unwis-
dom Of such an unholy alliance with
Champ Clark and the Democratic
minority was plainly pointed out. Of
course this information was vouchsaf-
ed to Governor Stubs and Chairman
Dolley because of the telegram which
they had sent to Washington endors-
ing certain Republican boilers on the
Kansas congressional delegation.
"And now for the development
which capped the climax. AS the re-
suit of the statements made to the
Kansas visitors by President Taft and
Postmaster General Hitchcock it soon
became noised about that the telegram
to have been sent by
Stubs and Dolley and Valentine to
Murdoch and Madison was in reality
a forged telegram and that while
Stubs and Valentine had probably