The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-08-31

apparent cheerfulness this last thrust
at his person.
Il was not Senator Curtis day. The
tide was strong against him, but he
carried himself throughout with credit
to his office and himself. He was still
Taft man and liz not Taft head
Of the Republican party still7 VIII ta@
tide not turn back? 1t is true that
there is yet no sign Of the ebb, indeed,
the flow is stronger than it ever was
before.
Cambronne, it will be remembered,
was asked to surrender, but he prefer
red to die. Curtis has the courage of
his convictions and he is sticking to
them in the face of popular clamor. He
may yet be justified, but there is no
indication now that this thing will
come to pass.
son faced a meeting of Kansans in To-
peka at a state meeting just as Curtis
did Tuesday and was swept away with
his face to the front and made fine
figure in defeat. Yesterday Jackson
sat on the platform and smiled at the
sunshine Curtis is in the shadow. But
the sun moves nevertheless just as
Gallileo's earth moved, and the SUM-
shine and shadow may change places
In the long run it is not so much
question about whether or not the man
won, but what kind Of fight did ne
make. So in writing a head for the
1910 party council chapter the words,
Defeat OF Curtis should be used IN
stead OF Triumph of Stubs" The
heading for the 1912 chapter remains
yet to be written.
Senator BristOw's Speech.
Senator Bristow's speech upon TAX
ing the stand as permanent chairman
of the party council, was a remarkable
effort Usually the senator's addresses
are so dry they crackle with facts and
figures, but yesterday he spoke IN
sonorous sentences and rounded per-
and the occasion seemed to inspire him
with an eloquence that the Kansans
present knew nothing of before. The
senator said in part:
This government was organized as
a protest against special privilege by
against special privileges secured by in
trigue and corruption. The Republl-
cans of Kansas have declared in favor
of progress. They believe that the
party to be true to itself and its tradi-
tions must take hold of and solve the
new problems that now confront the
American people. We believe that this
government should be administered
for the benefit of the whole people,
and not for the special advantage of
few individuals. Its existence is due
to a fight made by the people against
the wrongs of hereditary privileges,
and the Republican party should main
tain in our national life the ideals of
the forefathers.
MonOpOlist-Rich and Arrogant.
"Our party was created to combat
the greed, avarice and cruelty of
slave oligarchy that was subverting the
fundamental principles of free govern
ment. The Whig party failed to Crap
pie with and destroy this oligarchy,
and maintain the principle of freedom
Before the war the slave power con-
trolled the Democratic party, and had
the Whig leaders terrorized and intlm-
idated. The people met the crisis in
our national life by organizing the Re
publican party, and it has been the
party of progress and constructive
craftsmanship. 1t is now engaged in
one of the fiercest controversies of its
life. The spirit of greed and avarice
that sustained the slave power is now
asserting itself sin the formation of
trusts and combines that monopoliZe
the commerce and the Industrial re-
sources of the country. These monop-
olists, grown rich beyond the dreams
Of avarice, arrogant and domineering,
now demand the enactment of laws
that enhance their profits at the ex-
pense of the public; laws that levy tri-
butte upon every American home. They
have representatives in both branches
of congress- leaders in both political
parties, who obey their bidding and
are subservient to their demands.
The Real Issue of the Campaign.
THE Republicans of this state have
spoken with emphatic voice in favor
of freeing the party from the domi-
nation of these special interests and
the men that serve them; and we are
now entering upon a campaign that is
to determine whether or not the peo-
pie of Kansas will sustain the party
that has taken a bold stand against
graft and greed in our political af-
fairs. The supreme question in this
campaign is, will the people of Kan
sas sustain the party in its fight for
the rights of man as against the self
ish dominion of property? I conf
IDENTIFY believe they will.
We Stand Upon the National Platform
In tariff legislation we stand upon
the national Republican platform
adopted at Chicago in 1908. We are
in favor of protective tariff policy,
and believe that the standard fixed
by that convention for measuring the
duties was sound and wise. We de-
clared in that platform that the
proper basis for protective duties was
the difference in the cost of produce
ton at home and abroad. And Presi-