The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-07
WAGSTAFF IN JEWELL.
His Managers Pleased With the Situa-
ton There.

The following announcement of the
progress made in Jewell county by
their candidate for governor has been
Issued by the Wagstaf campaign man
ayers and sent out today from his
headquarters:
Tom Wagstaff. candidate for gov
ernor, visited seven Jewell county
towns Monday, riding over sixty miles
in an automobile. Wagstaff's day in
Jewell county was concluded with a
big meeting in the opera house here in
the evening. The Montgomery county
candidate for governor was enthusi-
astically received and made many
friends by his candid exposition of the
extravaganza of the Stubs admins
tration, showing that Governor Stubs
has devoted more attention to putting
his political strikers into office than he
has to saving the peoples money.
Jewell county is just becoming
deeply interested in the Wagstaff
movement. Here, as in most other
sections of the state, the conviction is
becoming deep seated that the cost
of the Stubs administration is out of
all line with the benefits the people
are receiving and Wagstaff is growing
In strength daily. Jewell county was
an original square deal county. The
Lincoln park chautauqua is held in
this county and speakers of the La Fol-
lette, Cummins and Gore type have
always been given the most prominent
places on the program. Insurgency
ago and Stubs carried the county at
the primary election by over 700 votes.
However, the Republicans of the
county are rapidly coming to a realiza-
ton that the Stubs program is
menace to the Republican party and
there is a growing disposition to re-
sent his attitude toward President Taft
and the Republican administration.
This in connection with the extrava
gance of the state administration is
making Wagstaff votes every day.
Just how great the change in senti-
ment has been in this county may be
judged from the fact that some of
Wagstaff's conservative friends figure
that the Montgomery county man may
carry Jewell county. Even Stubs
friends quietly concede that he has
not expect him to carry the county by
more than half the majority he re-
ceived two years ago.
There were many farmers in from
various parts of the county to hear
Wagstaff From these farmers the
reasons were learned for belief that
Wagstaff may carry the county. Jos.
Tomlinson of Weber, who came here
for the meeting, says that there is
growing Wagstaff sentiment among
the farmers in his neighborhood. A.
G. Kirkpatrick of Montana township
stated that there is increasing dis
satisfaction with the Stubs admins
tration among his farmer neighbors
as they learn more and more of the
governors extravaganza. p. o. Green,
a retired farmer who lives here, was
two years ago a Stubs supporter. He
is for Wagstaff and says taht he knows
Of twenty-five former Stubs sup
porters among his friends who will
vote for Wagstaff. A. E. Ross, editor
of the Burr Oak Herald, two years
ago was active in Stubs behalf. He
has come out in his paper strongly for
Wagstaff. So it is all over the county.
''WagStaff and Creech visited the
towns of Burr Oak, Jewell City, Es-
bon, diego and Ionia during the day.
Everywhere Wagstaff made new
friends and received assurances of sup
port from people whom Wagstaff's
Friends locally had thought to be for