The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-10-19
IT WAS ALL JOKE
Gov. Stubbs Imposed Upon by
Practical Jest.
Gets Letter Saying Liquor Men
Are Organizing.
WOULD OPEN HERE.
Headquarters" We're to Be
Made Ready.
Mr.. HinkIe Who Started the
Story Out of Town.

Is It true that Governor Stubbs was
the victim of a hoax when he made
public at the Christian conference sat
urday a letter supposed to have been
written from some one on the inside
about headquarters being established
IN Topeka for the purpose of conduct
ing a fight on the governor 1t wouid
seem so, if any dependence is to be
laced in the word of Edward H1nkei'
formerly Of Milwaukee. who declared
to a prominent Topeka business man
that he had written the letter himself
"fust TO have some fun with the gov
ernor over the prohibition question
Hfukel was the man named by the
governor In his Saturday speech as tne
man who had brought the letter 70 l @
peka Yet this same Hinkel IS reHapiy
quoted as saying that It was All Il
Joke. Hinkel says he wrote the letter
himself and made up the part ABOUT
Earl Rose son of Mayor Rose IN order
to give tone and effect to the document
HinkeI said he had been city clerk OF
Milwaukee but had lost his JOB when
the Socialists carried the last city cleo
tion.
The governor. in his speech at the
Auditorium Saturday. drew the Hlnkel
letter from his pocket and declareu
that the National Association OF Man
ufacturers and Business Men Win
main headquarters at Chicago mad es-
tabIished branch headquarters here n
order to take part in the state cam
paigu. L have a letter in my hand,
continued the governor. which was
written to a friend Of mine in Topeka
and a young man named Ed Hinkel,
formerly city clerk OF Milwaukee,
brought the letter to Topeka Earl
Of NT1v-0r here TO
start this campaign
The governor went on to declare that
this was the beginning of an effort on 4
big scale to carry the Kansas election
for the VETS" and to elect. at least, 4
legislature friendly to more liberal laws
And he thought the Christian and
temperance people ought TO be beaten
If they did not wake up to what was
going on and make an effort to cheek
mate the plans Of the invaders
The Sunday papers Of Kansas and
Kansas City, Mo, used big headlines
over the expose of the intentions OF
the liquor interests against the Kansas
Republican ticket The papers are still
printing stories about the brewery
headouarters here and the state chair
man. J. n DOlley. has sounded warn
ing against the dangers of this move
ment of the liquor men The text OF
the talk and articles seems to be
founded on the HinkeI letter. And
f1I1kG4 saws the lETLGE Was i Joke ana
Furthermore HinkeI is himself the To-
peka representative of this same Ma
tfOnaI Association of Manufacturers
and Business Men spoken of by the
governor as establishing headquarters
here to fight the prohibition candi-
dates.
Strange nixup HinkeI is out of the
city today. but his Offices in the Null
vane building are open and the office
boy expects him back tomorrow.
What Stubbs Said.
The following is the text Of the gov
ernor's speech at the Auditorium which
caused all the excitement
I want to tell you something" he
said. and he again advanced to the
front of the platform and held up his
hand to obtain quiet When l Went
to Chicago met the representative OF
the National Association of Mauufae-
turers and Business Men. and Mathew
Cole was at the head of that organl-
ZatiOn in Chicago, and he represents
the men who manufacture booze all
over this country met the same out
fit in Denver. publishing untold num-
hers of false statements about Kansas
and I understand they have just es-
tabIished this thing in business here in
Topeka I have a letter in my hand
which was written to a friend of mine
in Topeka. upon the printed letterhead
of this cOmpany's office mere IN To-
Earl Rose, a son of ex-Mayor Rose
of Milwaukee. just came here to start
thfs auti-prohibition movement here.
NIavor Rose is now IN Oregon fighting
the prohibition movement there The
same company has organized in Kan
sas City. They are fighting the prohi-
hilton movement in Missouri. They are
-fghting the battles Of the brewers and
the whisky men all over this country
7 wanted the people of Kansas to know
that the fight was being brought right
here at home and that these fellows are
going to help elect our legislature, II
they can. and they are going to helE
elect sheriffs. and county attorneys and
trv If possible to modify the prohibit
tfOn laws of this state And I thought
this was a good chance to let the Kan
sas people know that the liquor inter
ests were carrying the war right into
the temperance district and they were
working as one man all over this coun-
trv to try to destroy the men in favor
Of prohibition. And if the Christian
people haven't enough spirit to get W
and organize and fight this thing in ar
organized way. then they ought to be
licked