The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-29
Respects to WI. A. White.

Speaking of "the reform editors who
are better than the Republican party
he paid his respects to William Allen
White by declaring that White had
promised to support him (Miller) if lie
got public building for Emporia. But
after having secured the building for
Whites town now White was fighting
him tooth and nail.
He called attention to the fact that
he had secured eight rural routes for
Usage City and forty-one for the
county.
Mr.. Miller warmed up when he got
on to the subject of the attack made
| upon him by Senator LaFollette's
magazine. 81 want to flash back into
his teeth that his charge that betray-
ed my people is an infamous lie," said
| Mr.. Miller. IF 1 ever voted for any
i bill in the interest of a railroad COM
pany and against the interest of my
| people, and he can prove it, 1 will re-
| sign my place in congress tomorrow
| morning. All these charges made
! against me in the LaFollette magazine
are revamped and rejuvenated, line for
! line, from the charges made against me
| by William Allen White and George
| Tucker in the campaign two years ago.
| L answered them in fun in a circular
and distributed twenty thousand of
! them over the district. They refer to
the settlement of the Union Pacific
| claims and the building of the union
| depot in Washington and my support
( of Uncle Joe. I have no time to waste
| or LaFollette and his 2-year-old
charges. I stand pat on my answer of
two years ago.
Predicts LaFoIIette's Defeat.
IT do not make predictions very
| often, but 1 want to predict right now
| that Robert LaFollette is serving his
last term in the United States senate.
4 He betrayed the friends that elected
! him. Senator Stevenson of Wisconsin
put up the money for LaFollette's cam
| paign and then LaFollette turned in
and fought Stevenson.
Il voted for free lumber, but LaFol-
lette did not. He voted for a duty on
lumber.
Il was charged with voting for free
hides, but 1 voted for a duty on hides.
l am protectionist. Hides are on the
free list now, but the price of shoes is
no cheaper than it was'
Mr.. Miller went on to pay a high
tribute to Congressman Calderhead on
account of the latter's hard and earn
est work as a member of the tariff
commission.
Tribute to Taft.
Mr.. Miller paid a high tribute to
! President Taft and his administration
of affairs. IF you want a congress-
man who will be an obstructionist and
who will not support the administra-
ton of William Howard Taft, don't
vote for me-
After talking at some length on the
| tariff and explaining the difference be-
| tween the protective policies of the Re
publicans as contrasted with the free
| trade policies of the Democrats, Mr.
Miller said he was standpatter only
so far as to see that American inter
ests were protected from foreign manu-
facturers.
r. Miller had a large and attentive
audience. He was not cheered en-
Enthusiastically, but the audience seemed
to be in sympathy with him. He made
a good speech, speaking fearlessly on
fall issues and meeting them squarely.
| He did not bubble on where he stood.
He is proud of his record as a Repub-
lican congressman, voting with the
majority of his party.
If Miller's speech is a criterion OF
those of the other regular congress
men, then there will be no attempt or
the part of any of these congressman
to apologize this year for Uncle Joe as
some of them did last year. Miller
seems to be sure of his ground. He
said in an interview before his speech:
st will beat Jackson so bad next Au-
gust that he will never know he has
been in the race He said further;
'I do not like Pinchot. His statement
before. the congressional COMMITTEES
| was responsible for the duty being
placed on lumber
! He said that he was offered a place
on the Ballinger-Pinchot investigation
committee. but declined it and recon-