The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-24
STUBS in SMITH.
Governor Well Received in Wag-
staff Stronghold.
Smith Center Regarded as a.
Hostile Town.
CROWD FROM LEBANON
UelegatIon SO Strong Calls on
Stubbs Party.
One of Wide Awake CenterS of
Sixth District.
CROWD FROM LEBANON


Stubbs entered another section of the
enemy's country Thursday, and like
J. Caesar, Esq, conquered it, w. H.
HASKELL ex-senator and ex-warden of
the penitentiary lives here, and SO
does Dan Dyer, the new Reeder post
master, and Senator Reed, who has
shifted from the square deal faith to
the ranks of the regulars. The old
time politicians here are working
hard for Wagstaff, and Smith Center
has been regarded as a Wagstaff town.
But the governor goes marching on.
He spoke in the afternoon to a crowd
that filled the opera house to over
lowing and overflowed into the cor
ridors, and was given the glad hands
by the hundreds of farmers present.
About 600 people heard the governor
here.
The feature of the Stubbs meeting
here was the presence of a delegation
eighty strong from Lebanon, DIR. H.
A Dykes town. The Lebanonites
marched to the hotel in a body to
greet the governor and they made a
fine showing. There were more voters
in the delegation than voted for
Stubbs in the Lebanon precinct two
years ago.
Said a prominent Wagstaff man to-
day to the State Journal correspon-
dent: This town will make good
showing for Wagstaff. but the county
will go for the governor. The old line
Republican farmers are lining up
solidly for the governor. 1 do not
know what the trouble is, but they
are coming out in the open for the
governor. The past few weeks has
witnessed great gain here for
Stubbs You can't stop them. I am
against Stubbs myself"
Governor Stubbs, in his speech here
in the afternoon, declared that he was
so well satisfied with his appointments
that he did not expect to make any
changes if he was reelected Ali the
present appointees would hold over.
He is proud of the record made by
every head of a department, he said.
Speaking about the conduct of the
states affairs, the governor said: ffI
do not know of a business institution
anywhere in the country that has
been run as economically during the
past eighteen months as have the va
rious departments of the state of
Kansas If these departments repre-
sented my own private business inter
ests I would not change the policies
that govern them. They talk of ex-
travagance; let me cite you few ex-
amples of extravaganza in my admin
tstration during the first year of my
term of office.
"On July l the state board of con-
troll will turn back into the state treas
ury $150,000 of their appropriation
that they did not spend.
1.-The state grain department saved
the state $4,000 in salaries and ex-
penSes in one year.
"In the oil department $4,000 was
saved by cutting five assistant supertn-
tendents off the pay roll who were not
needed.
'In the live stock department s3,5oO
has been saved by economy in the con-
duct of the affairs of taht office.
"In the fish and game department
$4,000 has been saved the taxpayers
through economy and judgment in the
handling of the affairs of that office,
and all the expenses of the department
during the past year have been paid
out of the contingent fund of the gov
ernor
I'm the penitentiary $4,5OO has been
saved in salaries alone and will be
turned back into the treasury July 1,
and all bills of the institution paid in
Guiding about $4,000 of old bills left
by the previous administration"
Smith county is prosperous and pro-
Eressive. and the sentiment of the
county is reflected in the county seat.
Smith Center enjoys a good trade from
:. wide area and is going ahead at a
great rate. The best type of Kansas
people live in this section. Old men
who have mastered the secret of keep
Ing young appeared on the streets.
Young men who look like they could
do things came to town in autos. When
asked about politics the men say little
EXCEPT to remark that they read the
papers closely and keep informed on
all public issues.
An amusing dialogue took place on
the street today between a local
newspaper man who is for Wagstaff,
and J. c. Bunker, ex-county commits
sioner, and a Stubbs man. Said the
Wagstaff man:
rn11h
turned Democrat and are now for
mo sir" replied Bunker quick as
fash 1T is yog who ,,aas, has left the prin pr
OF the two of us. claim to be the bet
ter Republican"
The laugh was on the newspaper
man Two wears ago the newspaper
man was for Stubbs and Bunker, who
is an old soldier, was for Leland.
Leland has many close personal
friends in the Sixth district who are
openly avowed Stubbs men now.
Dan Dyer has a letter from Con-
pressman Reeder in which the latter
states that he has arranged for Con-
gressman Watson of Indiana to hold
a series of meetings in the Sixth dis
trct as follows: Beloit, in the after
neon. July 13; Lebanon, July IA, and
Smith Center. July 10. The big meet
ing of the series will be held at Os-
borne July 10 IN the AFTERNOON.
meeting will also be arranged for
PSillipsburg. James Watson is one of
tie topnotchers among the congress
sbnal spellbinder
smith county ill remain loyal to
Rseder in the congressional fight. A
SQUARE dealer here to attend the
Subbs meeting said he believed that
White and Young would split the
. sglIare deal vote between them and
4 lat Reeder would be nominated again.
He said. however, that White and
'oung between them would poll many