The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-10-13

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largest crowd that has gathered to
a public meeting in many years. The
| hall was jammed and hundred people
stood up along the walls and in the
door way and clear out in the corri-
| doris The stage was decorated with
flags and bunting and hung with pic
| lures of old time Republican leaders
A feature of the decorations was a
| large Autograph of Gov. Hoch which
some simple Republican without
thought of guile in his heart had dug
up out of the old committee rooms
Gov. Stubs Is making powerful
| speech in this southwest country this
week. He declared at Coldwater in
the afternoon where he sooke to 400
enthusiastic admirers that the
| streak of light ahead is the move
ment led h Theodore Roosevelt"
Continuing on the subject of T. r.,
he said: 81 think he made grand
fight in New York for the perpetual
ton of the Hughes policies. He did
the best he could in the New York
convention fight. and that is more
than any other man living could have
done. He won on state policies and
thus Daved the way to win later on
national policies.
Governos Stubbs is almost idolized
by the people of the counties CT Co
manche and Clark. They gave him
the warmcst welcome yesterday ne has
ever received in a campaign. At Cold
water IneN DruSneQ dSlue party lines
and sat down sixty strong to banquet
in his honor. The big, earnest men Of
this west country at that table with
out exception spoke in admiration OF
their guest as the greatest governor
Kansas ever had. They believe in him
and his policies. 1t was their first
visit by a governor and he appeared
to be all and more than they had ex-
pected.
Leaving Coldwater after the s
o'clock banquet, Governor Stubs and
party started for Ashland in an auto.
They were stopped on the way at Pro
lection, a pretty little town on the
east edge of Comanche county. Some
200 people had assembled on the
streets of their own accord and had
the band ready to greet the governor
He mounted the band stand and made
a ten minute speech. BY the way
they have better band at Protection
than can be found in most towns of
10000 population, and Protection is
only hamlet.
The governor arrived at Ashland at
1885 D. m. and started his speech at
500 sharp.
He said he had visited this section
of the state about twenty years ago
and that then he had not dreamed OF
the development that was to take place
on the raw prairies. He paid tribute
to the men and women who had built
up beautiful towns and wrought pros
perity for themselves from the SOIL
He reminded them that they had an
other duty to perform besides making
money. and that was to their state
I came here today" he said, mot
to ask you to vote for me for governor
until you have heard all about both
sides of the question and fully mace
I'D your minds. l came here to talk
to you fairly and frankly about public
affairs. I want to give you an account
of my stewardship. 1 am merely your
hired man. The governor has no pow
err except as he is vested with 1t by
power of the state government is
vested in you.
Il don't profess to know much about
politics, that is political politics, and
do not believe I could carry ward
In any city in the state on my ability
as politician in the accepted use of
the term. I was engaged in business
up to the time I was 40, and am too
old now to learn new tricks.
The governor then went on to give
review of the work OF his adm minis tiao
ton. This part of his talk is along the
lines of his primary campaign speech.
Good Government.
Speaking under this head Governor
Stubs said: IF this government is to
continue to prosper and make prog
ress you must take time from your
own affairs to make it SO, otherwise
ers were made in vain.
1T is, I hold, mistaken idea that
you will ruin a party by eliminating
the rottenness from that party. If 1t IS
so then it is time for that party to be
ruined A party ought to be ship
wrecked that cannot cut away the rot
ten timbers from its hull.
If you do not get any better men
from the primary law than you did
from the old convention system, at least
YOU make them responsible to the peo-
pie instead of the bosses"
A Hodges Misrepresentation.
Stubs at this point in his speech
made the only mention of his oppon-
emit Il am informed" he said, that
my opponent is quoting me in connec-
ton with the graft discovered in the
grain department as saying that "a
dishonest Republican is no better than
a Democrat
What 1 really said was that a dis
honest Republican is no better than
Democrat who is not honest. Mr..
Hodges forgot to add the words, who
is not honest. He did not quote me
completely. His misrepresentation was
made solely to get votes or he would
not have omitted the most important
words of my sentence.
About Madison.
The governor stated that he wanted
to congratulate the people of the
ed services of their representative in
congress. Mr. Madison" he said. has
served you with ability and zeal and
now holds a place ir Gational affairs
that reflects credit on his district
1t must be remembered that in max
ing this warm endorsement of Madison
the governor was pulling down the po-
liticaI aspirations of his brother-in-law.
George Nicely, Democrat, who is oppos-
ing Madison for congress.
The governor dealt with the planks
of the platform adopted by his party
council last August one by one and