The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-18
Blind Oklahoma Senator Makes
Speech at Cawker.
Raps Congressman Reeder and
the People Applaud.
HARRIS FOR CONGRESS
Jake Sheppard Enters Him in
the Second District.
Thinks He Could Be Elected on
Tariff Issue.

Blind Senator Gore OF OkIahoma.
whose eloquent speeches were a fea-
ture or the special session of CONGRESS
was one of the main attractions on the
| Dill or the Lincoln Park chautauoua
In Mitchell county last Sunday. Ac-
| cording to Z. r. Tucker of Cawker
| City, who was in Topeka today. there
was a record breaking crowd out to
| hear this famous Democratic orator
discuss the men and events nov in
the public eye.
The senator, during the course Of
his address. repeated his statement.
given publicity some time ago by east
/ ern newspapers. that If he lived in the
Eighth congressional district of Kansas
he would vote for the Republican con-
gresham, Murdoch, for recollection
over any opponent. Democrat or other
| wise. He also declared that he would
vote for Senator Brfstow II he lived in
Kansas.
Now Mitchell county is inthe Sixth
district and the crowd was expecfinE
some mention of Reeder, Congressman
from that district Senator Gore did
not disappoint his hearers He men
toned Reeder as follows:
but II 1 lived in the Sixth district
would not vote for Reeder, not even
If was Republican"
The crowd had cheered the senator
when he praised Murdock and Bristow
and they cheered louder than ever
when he handed Reeder his package.
And 1t was Sunday.
w. R. Smith of the Fort Scott Ra-
publican has been appointed census su-
pervisor for the Second congressional
district through the efforts of Con-
gresham Scott. The Fort Scott Trfb-
une asserts that as a reward for the
plum Editor Smith had agreed to sup
port Scott in the primary and general
election next year. Now the Tribune
wonders tnn nodh how y, Smith Is going to deliver
Tafts ultimatum that census SUPER
visors shall not take any hand in poll
tics under pain of instant dismissal
from their place at the federal pie
counter. Rees Van SAINT of Topeka.
was given this-job in the First Com
gressional district.
According to J. I. Sheppard. a DEM
ocratic attorney of Fort Scott, it is the
intention of the Democrats of the Sec
ond district to draft ex-senator Will
lam A. Harris to make the race for
congress against Charlie Scott Senator
Harris has been in poor health this
summer and unless his condition shows
much improvement in the next six
months he has declared that he will
not run for any office.
In the light of the record made by
their representatives in congress at the
special session this summer It is hard
to see how the Democrats of the west
ern states can hope to profit by the
make-shift tariff bill presented by the
Republicans as fulfillment of a cam
paign promise. If the Republican
statesmen fell before the flesh pots
of Rhode Island then the Democrats
partook of the same dish. And the
former can make the excuse that their
party has always stood for a protec-
tive tariff. while the latter, free trad
ers that they are, can plead nothing
but a partisan effort to keep the Re-
publicans from reaping the harvest of
a real tariff revision bill.