Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1909-04-22
THURSDAY, APRIL %, 1909.
rnE VISIT OF THE THREE.

Leavenworth Times by Congressman
D, r, Anthony is interesting and in
structive:
"some Of the facts in regard to
the recent visit to Washington OF
Governor Stubs, Attorney General
jackson and Chairman Dolley are
lust beginning to reach Kansas. Since
Senator Curtis and Senator Bristow
had been for some time faithfully pre-
senting the necessary arguments to
the Washington authorities to secure,
il possible, permission for the nation
al banks of Kansas to take advan-
tage 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 deposits and that the national
banking laws would not permit of the
object desired by the Kansas authori-
ties, 1t can be well understood that
the trip of Messrs. Stubs, Jackson
and Dolley to Washington under
these circumstances was looked upon
as being unnecessary and unwise and
as tending to result in eplbarrass-
ment to president Taft and the Wash i.
ington authorities.
"After declaring himself as OPP
posed to the democratic platform
framed at Denver calling for guar
antee Of bank deposits 1t can be read
lily understood that President Taft
would hardly change his decision
which had been so strongly sustained
by the country in the national cleo
ton, and reverse himself at the re-
quest of the Kansas officials, how
ever much, ordinarily, he would like
to cooperate with them and to re-
move every possible legal obstacle to
carrying out of the state law. But
it was mixing good politics out in
Kansas, the junket was made at the
expense of the state.
"The Times has It from tie most
reliable source that President TAFT
plainly informed Governor Stubs
and Chairman Dolley that he cid not
desire to reverse his former decision
upon this question, and Furthermore,
al administration; in other words It
that he considered the question pre-
scented as embarrassing to the nation
was the opinion in washington that
stubbs and Dolley were endeavorinF
to make political capital out in Kan
sas, at the risk of jeopardizing the
Presidents sincerity on the question
of the government guarantee of bank
deposits.
There was, however one very salts
factory outcome Of the visit of Gov
ernor Stubs, Attorney General Jack
son and Chairman Dolley to Wash
ington. President Taft has to others
expressed himself in words which
could not be misunderstood, that lie
ces!red 1t to he made clear that the
position taken by the two Kansas
congressman, MIrdocS and Madison,
in boiling the republican organi2a-
ton of the house of representatives
and voting with the democrats was
not endorsed by him, and that
Congressman Scott, Campbell, Mil
Ter, Anthony, Calderhead and Reed
er had voted strictly in accordance
with his ideas and his recon-
mendations Of what was best for the
republican party and for the country
in consideration of the issues pre-
scented in the organization of the
house. 1t is generally understood
that this information was conveyed
70 Stubbs and Dolley and jackson.
aAnd this is not all. When tht
Kansas statesmen visited Postmaster
General Hitchcock, former chairman
Of the republican national committee
and who is generally recognized Al
the political adviser and manager o
the Taft administration, they wer'
also plainly informed by Mr. Hitch
cock that the oouies OF certain repph
lican boilers and traitors in the or
gallsatlon Of the house Of represen
tatlTes was not endorsed By him
and me unEisdom Of such an un
holy alliance with Champ Clark an'
the dem7erAtie minority was plainll
pointed out OF course this iniorma
ton waalTouchBaied % GoyernoI
stubhs sfd chalrman Daley beeaps'
Of ne tslorram which they had sen
70 Washlnrlot endorsing ne ecurS'
81 certain boiiera % tie Kansas con
rcrie1ai felegaiicn