The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-04-28
selder. Kan. Apri. 26. 1910.

| TO the Editor OF the SIdLS
| In your issue of April % Mr. Hodges
SAYS: ct herewith enclose you cor
Irespondence with Mr.. Harrison or Sell
den Kan. This letter was inspired by
an interview in your paper, in which
he makes untruthful statements con-
cerning the writer"
In the above statement Mr.. Hodges
accuses me of making untruthful
statements. If I have. why didn't he
deny the statements through the pub
lie press instead of writing me an in
suIting letter, and then asking me to
not make it public. I am not that
kind of a Democrat. The people of
| Kansas have a right to know these
| things.
Mr.. Hodges has no platform to go
to the people of Kansas with. He sim
ply says if the Democrats want him
he will run. If the Democrats should
get him. how would thev know what
they had?
Since the death of the Populist
party in Kansas. some of the Popu-
lists have Joined the Republican party,
and some the Democrat party. Many
of them, as soon as they join either
party, at once seek to control that party.
If they are unable to obtain the best
Offices. they Immediately leave. there
by doing the party more harm than
the good they did by Joining It,
I heartily commend the remarks of
Ex-Governor Bailey in his Wagstaf
speech at Topeka. when he said: 81
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and great battles won only by the con-
centrated efforts of an organized party.
The independents, guerillas and BUSH
whackers never made any history and
never will
am a Democrat of the old school.
I believe in a tariff for revenue only,
state rights, an income tax, freedom of
speech and freedom of the public
press I am a candidate for the nomi-
nation for governor of Kansas. If the
people of the state want unnecessary
reforms with unnecessary state ex-
penses and high taxes, then they
hand. If the people want their taxes
reduced and a curtailment of state ex-
penses generally, then they should
vote for me- Yours respectfully.
RUSSELL J. HARRISON.
P S. I enclose list of questions
for Mr.. Hodges to answer, for the peo-
pie of Kansas.
Questions to Be Answered by Hodges.
F'irst-Did you vote for the present
primary election law?
Second-What is the expense of
holding a primary election?
Third-Did you vote for the pres
ent tax law?
Fourth-What is the annual ex-
pense to taxpayers of the state. COM
pared with the expenses of our for
mer tax law?
Fifth-Did you vote for the law to
assess all property, real and personal
Sixth-Did you vote for the ESQ
called) Stubbs bank deposit guaranty
law, which has been declared uncon-
stitutiona1?
SeVenth-Did you vote for state
wide utility law?
Eighth-What would have been the
additional annual expense to the state,
had the utility bill passed?
Ninth-Are you in favor OF a state
forester?
Tenth-About what would be the
annual expense of maintaining state
forestry department?
Eleventh-Are you an appointee of
Gov. Stubbs?
TweIfth-Are you a prohibitionist?
Marion, Kan April 26, 1910.
To the Editor of the state Journal:
We note with sorrow that the press
accuses our congressman, James Mon
roe Miller with sending large quantities
of old public documents, with the pur-
poses it is alleged, of increasing the
amount of mail carried by the kind
hearted and benevolent railways. This
is very unkind indeed.
Here in Marion there are several
distinguished supporters of Mr.. Miller.
who received some public documents
which they prize very highly, and
which occupy prominent place in the
coal boxes of rhe recipients. The Com
mercial club got over three hundred
pounds H. z. Woolheater and Nick
Schlinglof, two rising young lawyers. |
got about two hundred pounds, while |
Miller's man. John w. Gardner, depu- |
ty oil Inspector. has a big sack of the |
precious public documents at the post |
Office and no place to put them. This