The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-05-27
PLAN DID NOT WORK.
Decatur County Nail Vote Is a
Failure.
Another Guess at the First Dis
trict Situation.

The Republicans of Mitchell county
are planning TO hold big rally Satur-
tay night of this week on the occasion
OF the visit OF Tom Wags-af to Be
lott Ex-Governor Bailey viii be pres
ert at this meeting and local men VIII
also sneak. Arrangements have been
made for an orchestra ID furnish music
At the opera. house where the raiiy
VII be held and the posters announc-
Ing the meeting have been distributed
All cve- Mitchell county. It is said that
Ivanstaff ras a large following in that
sectior Of the state and if bad weather
does not interfere a record breaking
crowd Is expected to hear him speak
Saturday night
F7eToir and leave there Monday evening
for his weeks speaking tour OF the
counties west Of Mitchell
Word comes from Decatur county
that the home made primary plan oE
vrnicf7 /. d. Flanagan and Caster, can
5i5a+es for congress. agreed TO allow the
ueople OF their own county to seiect
Ire sixth district Democratic nominee
vas a failure Caster received the ma
iOrfrv Of the votes. which were sent IL
nv mail. But II is claimed that RAM
can did not get a square deal a Lot
~ mud was sIung in the ten days cam
raieu that preceded his novel PIT
rtarv and flanagan was the target
stories were circulated about MIN mat
had no foundation. for instance: ne "es
accused of cOnspirlng with panA 70
cheat a Hungarian when IN Iact Ihe
hungarian was hot cheated at an ana
FIauigans only interest IN the aIIair
vas to act as interpreter
caster interested all the churches IN
his candidacy and religion rather tnan
politics was made the issue II
Claimed that the entrance OF denonl-
--ationalisr. into the Decatur county
primary provoked much bitter feeling.
I'm of which will be more favorable 10
Reeder han it will TO the Democrats
who started the ball rolling
Flanagan served in the last session
OF the legislature and made many
friends in Topeka who had hoped ne
would be the standard bearer OF the
Democrats in the sixth district
The Dickinson County News claims
that the best test Of a candidate
character is his standing at home. The
News then goe5 on TO pay the follow
ffe high tribute 20 Senator Hodges
Democratic candidate for governor:
The best place to test mans
Standing with TIE voters, is among the
Teople with whom he has lived all his
life Senator George II. RodgeS mas
lived among the people OF Johnson
county since childhood He Is stu
Young man in the very prime OF MS
usefulness. There are proo4oty NeIS
few of the citizens Of Johnson county
who do not personally know Senator
Hodges A resident in the county for
riore than a quarter Of century. ana
ar active business life all these years,
las enabled him to meet and know
7fe n Johnson county.
What the voters OF Johnson county, /
in all parties. think Of George Hodges
as q man and citizen, IS best told oy
the official election returns from John- |
son and Miami counties which con-
Srit11te the Sixth state senatorial dis
trict which Senator Hodges has repre- !
scented during the past seven years.
The Johnson Miami senatorial dis
trict IS Republican At the election /
held IN 1908 President Taft carried I
these counties BIZ 44e majority over
Bryan. Governor Stubs carried them /
bv 277 over Botkin. Senator Hodges
carried these two counties. where he I
has lived an engaged in business for a !
luarter of a century, by 1.25s major
ty. and that too. over Major J. B. |
Remington. one of the best known Re
oublfcaus Of the district
This splendid tribute to Senator
Hodges among his home people is real
v the best test of his manhood and l
sterling citizenship It is this estimate
placed upon him by his neighbors, in
,Iudiug men Of all political faiths, and
lis fine record in the legislature in
upport Of good laws demanded by the
whole people. that pointed to him as
he logical Democratic candidate for
governor. And when George H
lodges takes the oath of Office and
.ssumes the governorship of this state
rext January. he will rise above mar
'ow partisanship and recognize the
lights Of every citizen and give his best
forts to the service Of all the peo-
Ne"
A man by the name Of George D.
smith. who lives in Atchison county,
believes that the figures printed re-
emily in the state Journal by which
anthony was given the nomination for
ongress in this district by about 5000,
we're too low. He goes Oh to prove
is statement of the case in the fol-
owing letter to the editor Of this
laper:
u have been somewhat interested
4 the estimates on maiorities of the
ounties in the First district in the
cntest between Anthony and McNeal.
published in the state Journal lately,