The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-02-19
POLITICAL GOSSIP.
R. j. Hopkins Announces His
Platform.
Is Simon Pure Reform Candi-
date for Lieut.. Governor.
JACKSON A FIGHTER.
He Will Conduct all Aggressive
Campo gn Against Miller.
Political Pot Is Boiling Over in
Cherokee County.

Richard j. Hopkins, the young
Garden City lawyer who is candidate
for lieutenant governor, has announc-
ed his platform. 1t is a structure
composed entirely of orthodox square
deal planks. 1t is a clear cut declar-
alton and leaves no doubt as to where
the writer stands on any state issue.
A significant declaration is the Gar
den City mans stand in favor of the
control of public utilities. This is
sure to be an issue in the campaign
next summer. Gov. Stubbs has al
ready announced his determination to
keep up the fight for this reform and
all the Topeka consumers of natural
gas will place their o. K. on the gov
ernor's decision and wish him we'll in
his endeaVor.
If Mr.. Hopkins is elected (and he
seems to have a cinch on the job at
this time) he will be the first square
deal presiding officer of the upper
house. This place has been machine
stronghold as far back as the memory
of man runneth. There have been
square deal speakers of the house. but
some Agog of Gath has always guided
the destinies of the senate.
Mr.. Hopkins was speaker pro tenn
of the last house and won his spurs
by his courage and ability during
many tumultuouS sessions. His plat
form for the 1910 campaign is as fol-
lows:
ct believe that public officers should
be selected by the three-fold test of
integrity, capacity and experience.
II believe that campaign pledge
is as sacred as promissory note and
that the public servant who disregards
the known wishes of his constituents
should be relegated to private life.
Il favor a strict enforcement OF the
prohibitory law.
''I favor a regulation of freight rates
that will be absolutely fair and just
to the people
Il favor such regulation of state
wide telephone, telegraph, express
companies and other public service
corporations as will secure to the pub
lie adequate service at fair charge.
ST favor such laws as will prevent
the over-issue of stocks and bonds by
common carriers and other public
service corporations.
Il favor continuance of the two
cent fare, anti-pass and primary laws.
II favor the election of United
States senators, federal judges and
postmasters, by direct vote of the
people.
Il favor guaranty deposit law
that will place all banks on the same
basis.
..These are a few of the principles
in which I believe, and if nominated
and elected to the office of lieutenant
governor 1 will serve the people in
the performance of my official duties
with every energy and ability at my
command
That Attorney General Jackson will
conduct an aggressive campaign
against Mr.. Miller for congress in the
Fourth district goes without saying.
Mr.. Jackson has map of that district
in his office with every school house
therein plainly marked and labeled.
He also has Mr.. Mil!er's reactionary
votes in congress on all public ques-
tions catalogUed and indexed for refer
ence. Now Miller is fighter of the
backwoods variety and he has already
called Mr.. Jackson 'bare-faced liar"
The attorney general responds to the
Miller denunciatio.. as follows:
81. M. Miller has opened his cam
paign for reelection to congress. His
first three words on entering the race
were, It's a bare-faced lie.' About a
week ago I read that Mr.. Miller's
panacea for high prices was to increase
the Civil war veterans pensions so
they could stand the high prices.
said it was a good plan; that the Kan
service should be added to the dist, but
regretted that Mr.. Miller had not
thought of this in time to have the old
soldier receive his increase at the same
in salary from $4,000 to $500 a year.
And Miller says it is 'bare-faced lie
''I did not say that Mr.. Miller voted
for the bill increasing his own salary
fused or accepted the increase after
the bill passed, or even that the con-
gressmen should not have the increase
In fact as I expect to be Mr. Miller's
successor l thought it rather a fine
thing. But I did say that the soldier
should have had his increase first and
Miller says that is bare-faced lie.'
Col. Ed Green, proprietor of the IA
nous Greendale ranch north of Flor
ence. has about decided to enter the
race for representative from Marion
county Colonel Green is an insur-
gent and has declared that he will
make the race on the platform favor
ing the control of public utilities. He
also favor a state fair and the pre-
vention of the appropriation of state
money for private institutions.
E. L. Payne of Emporia, who is a
candidate for state superintendent, has
been professor of mathematics at the
State Normal at Emporia for nineteen
years.
There are already five candidates in
the race for district judge in Cherokee
county A F. Williams of Columbus,
]. ]. Bulger of Baxter Springs and H
c. Finch of Galena are the Republican
candidates. while E. E. Sapp of Ga
lena and w J. Moore of Columbus
are the Democratic aspirants for the
place The Cherokee papers. in COM
menting on the political situation in
their county. declare that the pot is
boiling" The expression is peculiar
lv applicable when one considers that
there are five candidates for a judi
cial office.
The Olathe Register. Democratic.
devotes most of the first page of its
last issue to a defense of Senator
Hodges from the attacks of Bill Hack
ney and Bale Waggener, reactionary
Democrats Then the esteemed Regis.
ter reserves its editorial page in seven
solid columns for an attack on Gov