The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-02

Allen White article in regard to my
candidacy for the place.
LAS for the platform upon which 1
shall make the race for speaker, 1t is
a simple one and straight to the point.
1 am an inSurgent and have always
been one, and was square dealer be
fore / was an insurgent l shall work
for the enactment of the platform
drawn up last Tuesday into law l was
a member of the resolutions committee
and the platform suits me to L. l
favor the initiative and referendum and
the control of public utilities and ia
vored them during the last legislature.
I introduced the utilities bill two years
ago when the governor made the hard
fight for that measure and was defeat
ed by the machine men in the last
house. The other points likely to come
before the next legislature are covered
by the party platform and am stand
ing suuarely upon that structure with
both feet"
Suggested by White.
Some few days ago William Allen
White launched in his Emporia Ga
zette a boom for Mr.. Stone for speaker
of the next house of representatives.
Henry Allen in the Wichita Beacon and
!. L. Bristow in the Salina Journal
looked with favor on the Gazette an
nouncement. But the question has
been asked already in many quarters,
is Stone the administration candidate,
and will he make the race anyway?
Mr.. Stone himself answers the last
part of the question today when he
declares that he is in the race to stay
to the finish.
Too Early. Says DoIIey.
]. N. Dolley, speaker Of the last
house, and chairman of the state COM
mittee, was asked today about the
speakership question and whether or
not he would again be a candidate. He
said:
Il do not believe that this is the
proper time to start a speakership
fight. The campaign is ahead of us
and the thing to do first is to elect a
legislature and then talk about Re
publican speaker. 1 shall have my
hands full the next two months with
the campaign against the Democrats
and do not care to discuss the speak
ership at this time at all. 1t is a thing
unheard of in the party to start a
speak fight before the legisla-
ture is elected. l am not a candidate
for speaker at this time: 1 am can
didate for the legislature. AS to
whether l will be a candidate or not
l cannot say until after the Novem-
ber election. You can also say that
the governor will not mix up in the
speakership fight in any way.
Two years ago Dolley was given the
speakership without opposition, and
IN the event that he conducts another
successful campaign he may be given
the place a second time by the same
route. But at this stage in the game
Robert Stone appears to be a fornnid-
able candidate. He has served through
three sessions with distinction. Last
session he had charge of the admins
tration bills and was a leader in de-
bate. His ability is recognized by those
who know, and at the conclusion OF
the last session Stone was Stubbs
choice for the Washington lob in
the attorney generals office promised
by Taft. Every one remembers the
stone appointment and revokement
Ihen Stubhs offered Stone the place
as attorney for the railroad board. but
there was some difference of opinion
between the governor and the To.
peka lawyer about the conditions at.
tached to his acceptance of the place
thr latter not being willing to give UT