The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-07-27

time Congressman Anthony professed
friendship for the governor and mani
Tested an interest in all of the COVER
nor's plans to give the state great
| administration. Adult 20 or rs We're
present, and it was the hope and be-
| lief of all of us that Congressman An
| thony was going to Washington to
take his stand along with BristoW,
Madison and Murdoch for the things
which Kansas believes in and stands
for in national politics. At no time
| has the governor mentioned Mr.. An
| thongs name publicly except in let
ter to President Taft over the Stone
! episode.
$50 far from it being true that the
governor fostered Stones candidacy
for congress during the months of
January and February, the governor
| stated to Robert Stone in the presence
/ of witnesses, in answer to a statement
| of Mr.. Stone that he wac a candidate
| for congress and expected to be if he
We're appointed attorney for the rail-
road board, that he would not appoint
as attorney for the board any man
| who was a candidate for congress. At
| that time Governor Stubs did not
know that Tom McNeaI even thought
about being a candidate, nor did he
know of it until Mr.. McNeal got into
the race.
1.-THE governor did not know that
Mr. Anthony was unfriendly to him
until Mr.. Anthony's paper began to be-
little the governors projected visit to
Washington in the interest of the ma
tional banks
LAS to the statement that Governor
Stubs went to Washington to secure
an appointment for Robert Stone to
get rid of one candidate for congress
in the First district and leave a clear
field for Mr.. McNeal against Mr.. An
thony, it need only be remembered
that the first man whom Governor
Stubs recommended for this position
in the attorney generals office was Mr..
Alexander Mitchell of Lawrence and
ho11 ont 70, Voc hi
consulted with Attorney General Wick
ersham and President Taft, and event
ually concluded that he did not want
the position.
LAS to the other matters of the Times
editorial. they may be covered by a
general denial; but to be specific. [ as
sert that it is utterly false that the
governor has suggested other candidates
for congress in the other congressional
districts of this state. and I personally
know, because / have written much of
the correspondence in answer to many
letters from his friends throughout the
state urging him to take an interest in
congressional affairs, that it was not
his policy to NEEDLE with congressional
candidates.. There is not a single news
paper in the First district under the
governors control; nor is there a pa
per in that district to which the gov
ernor has ever suggested anything con
corning Mr.. Anthonys fight for con-
gress. No man can show a single news
: -
gested a single line concerning Mr..
Anthony's candidacy for congress.
Furthermore, Mr.. Anthony cannot
show that the governor, either publicly
or privately, has said that he was
candidate for United States senator to
succeed Senator Curtis. And while we
are on that subject, Mr.. Anthony can
not show that any political conditions
or strings have been attached to any
appointment, great or small. which has
been made by Governor Stubbs since
his inauguration. The one condition
imposed upon ali alike. and inculcated
Jul Official service to the people of Kan
sas. Mr.. Anthony is on the wrong tack
When he lays his political troubles to
Governor Stubbs.
Of several other anti-administration pa
pers, l might correct while l am on
this subject, and that is the expense
OF the governors trip to Washington.
Although it was on public business and
was a legitimate charge upon his con-
tingent fund. the governor paid all his
expenses of that trip to Washington out
OF his own pocket"
While declaring that Leavenworth is
a safer place to live than Galveston,
the Times admits that there IS a great
deal more water in that town than
there was before it made the acquaint-
ance of Charlie Shukers, assistant at
torney general
D. o. McCray the we'll Topeka news
paper man, writing in a Chicago paper,
declares that a revolution is coming in
Kansas in the shape of a rush by ;he
women to get hold of county Offices.
Mr.. McCray bases his fears upon the
following state of affairs:
THE women Of the state who have
pleaded with the men for a third of a
century for the right to vote, with slight
success. intend to come into possession
of their own in spite of the fact that
they are denied the ballot. Instead of
pleading with the legislature for JUS
tice, they will go forth and ask the
plain common people to give them Of
flee. Nearly half of the los county su-
perintendents of public instruction are
now in the hands of the fair sex.
Women may hold the office of pro-
bate judge, county clerk, treasurer and
register of deeds in Kansas. Scores of
them are laying plans for primary
campaign for the nomination next year
And it is understood the state fedora
ton of women's clubs will give all pos
sible aid and encouragement to these
women.
The demand of the women for a
share of the county offices is &C
centuated by the election of Mrs. E.
Cooper to the office of probate judge of
Mitchell county last November. Mrs.
ed a probate judge in the United
States.
Probably this would not have oc-
Cured had Governor Hoch not broken
Cooper to fill a vacancy. Her husband,
Levi Cooper. an ex-union soldier, held
the office until early last year when he
died Mrs. Cooper was his deputy and
did practically all the clerical work"
WENT UP $4,000 FEET.