The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-09-29
Senator Wants Governors Ad.
ministratien to Be Successful.
Success of Republican Official
Makes Party Stronger.
CURTIS SECOND REPLY
To Second StubbS' Statement Is
Mild and Healing
But Declines Responsibility for
Acts Leg stature of 1907.

Senator Charles Curtis, when shown
the second high tax statement of Gov
ernor Stubs in the morning papers to-
day, made reply as printed below. The
senator stated that the governor was
mistaken in his assertion that he (Cur-
tic) would be benefited by the failure
of the Stubbs administration. He said
he earnestly desired as Republican,
the success of a Republican admins
tration. However, the senator declined
to stand as sponsor for the acts of the
legislature of 1907, as accused in the
governors statement, as he was not
even a member of that body, while the
governor was a leading member and
had pleaded with the party council to
endorse that same legislature.
The senator's hottest shot is a quota
tion from Stubbs in which the governor
opposed the maximum freight law
which he now claims has saved the
Senator Curtis statement, or reply,
is as follows:
Governor Stubbs still lodges the is
sue raised by the newspapers of Kan
taxes this year. and he is sadly mis-
taken in his second statement when he
says that he directed his attack at me
because I would be benefited by fail
duIIl1IlSITdC1OH.
Wishes Stubbs Success.
THE truth is that 1 earnestly desire
his administration to be successful. I
am Republican and am anxious to see
every man elected by the Republican
party perform all the functions of his
office SO as to deserve and receive the
plaudits of the people. This always re-
suits in making the party stronger,
which in my judgment is the best thing
for the state and the country.
I was in hopes that he would so
would be satisfied and
gratified with the states progress.
That 1907 Legislature.
'I am surprised that he should ask
me to explain the action of the legis-
ature of 1907. I was not a member
Of that legislature and Governor Stubbs
was a prominent and active member
If the house. If the action of that
legislature needs any explanation let
Governor Stubbs explain. At the time
IF the meeting of the party council in
908 the governor did not seem to think
he action of that legislature needed
.Ey explanation, because he asked that
: be endorsed.
st made no attempt whatever to con-
rol the legislature of 1907 so far as
egislation was concerned and have
never attempted to control any other
session Of the legislation. believing that
he members were elected by the peO
1lo 10 enact any IeSlSidl1Ou LHSy ueeII1-
ID necessary and that the members were
Bile to determine what that legislation
should be and were responsible to the
people and not to me.
THE governor in his statement of |
27 claims that his admins |
tration has saved the state millions |
Of dollars annually in freight and pas |
senger rates.
Opposed Maximum Freight Law.
Whatever saving there has been in
freight rates was by reason of the |
freight rate law, passed by |
the legislature or orders made by the |
board of railroad commissioners be-
fore Governor Stubs assumed his !
present office.
'tI am reliably informed that the
governor opposed the maximum
legislature at the request of the board
IF railroad commissioners and that in
IN interview, referring to this bill, he
said:
I had an expert rate man go over
t. He reported that it would not af
;ect more than five per cent of the
traffic. law that only affects five
per cent of the traffic certainly cannot I
furnish very great measure of relief
His opposition to THIS bill doubt
ess was caused by the ract that he
had secured the Introduction of an
1ther bill which he desired to have
passed as an administration measure.
out the legislature preferred the bill
which was urged by the board of rail-
-oad commissioners. And in this con-
lection / desire to reiterate that the
saving in the passenger rates was af- !
sected by an order of the board of
-ailroad commissioners made during
Governor Hochs administration and
upon his recommendation"