The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-05-03
POLITICAL GOSSIP.
State Democrats Will Hold Big
Meeting Tonight.
Senator Hodges Will Deliver
Coming Out Speech.
A WAGSTAFF MEETING.
EX-GOv. Stanley to Address One
at Newton Tonight.
Gov. Stubbs' Object i'm His
Southwestern Trip.

Tonight the Democrats of the Sew
enth district will hold a conference at
Hutchinson, after which the faithful
will be served with a banquet and
listen to the addresses of several SPELL
binders Senator Hodges of Olathe,
candidate for governor. is expected to
deliver his keynote speech on this oc-
casion. Judge Thompson of Garden
City has also been invited to speak on
on this occasion. George s. Neeley of
Hutchinson will probably launch his
congressional candidacy on this occa-
sion.
Sam S. Graybill is chairman of the
Seventh congressional committee and
j. r. Gibbens, secretary and treasurer.
One of TIE main objects of the
Stubs trip through the southwest
counties was to try to get the people
In that section to line up their candi
dates for the legislature for square deal
policies. The governors utilities DILL
met with almost solid opposition last
session among the members of the
small counties of the southwest. At
Liberal the governor captured one can
didate for the legislature in the per-
son of ]. NJ. Wheeler, who declared
himself for the Stubbs policies. Mr..
Jones, the other candidate, was on the
stage during the Stubs speech but
the Quaker school house meeting next
day Wheeler made q short talk in
which he stated his position. 1t must
be remembered that representation in
the house of representatives has been
doubled for these counties in the
southwest corner, each county having
its own representative next term in
stead of one representative to two coun-
ties. All through his speeches the gov
ernor preached the doctrine that the
primary law was of little account to
the people unless they availed them
selves of the opportunities it gave to
them in the matter of the selection of
candidates.
Governor Stanley is scheduled to
speak at the Wagstaff meeting at New
ton tonight at which time a Wagstaff
for governor club will likely be formed.
The Newton m Meeting should be a good
one, for Governor Stanley is one of the
real spellbinders of tie campaign His
speech at the Wagstafe conference was
the feature OF the meeting. The ex-
governor has a roll OF sta tistics which
he uses as weapon to asSail the pres
ent governors administration.
Mr.. Wagstaf can not be present at
the Newton meeting as he is preparing
for the big opening rally at Independ-
ence. May Is, or thereabouts.
Governor stubbs has just made
three prohibition speeches in Denver.
The Denver Times of today contains a
page advertisement by the Merchants
and Manufacturers association. in
which the attempt is made to answer
the governors prohibition arguments
by printing the resolutions adopted at
the Wagstaff conference held in To-
peka a short time ago. These resolu-
tions are urged as a repudiation of
Stubbs and his methods by the state
of Kansas.
That Kansas prosperity extends to
the far western part of the state is
shown by the report of the state audi
tor to the effect that 1877 school pat
ents to school land claims in western
Kansas have bean issued in the past
two months. Only 66 patents were is
sued during the entire year of 1908. |
Spcak king of this matter. Assistant
state Auditor Davis said: 1.-The in |
creased number of patents is due to
the great activity IN western land
business. People are buying UP west |
ern lands by the wholesale. One Eng