The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-02-04
Governor Wires That His "COn-
tentiOns Are Covered"
ALL is NOW ADJUSTED
Bone Naturally Held Blameless
of All Charges.
But Did Governor Get What He
Really Wanted?

pronibitory laws by federal authorities
in Kansas seems to have satisfied both
parties President Taft has proved
himself a great diplomat and peace
maker in this case. He has changed
the regulations relating to the duties
of federal officials in dry Kansas, and
| that Governor Stubs says, is all he
wanted when he started the trouble.
Lots of people had an idea that it was
| Harry Bones scalp he wanted, SO he
could show Senator Curtis the trophy.
J The president has eXonerated District
Attorney Bone from any blame in the
matter of the charges made against
him that he had been remiSs in his
! duties of enforcing the law and prose-
cutting all cases brought to his notice,
as told in Wednesdays dispatches in
the State Journal.
| The case was settled finally when At
| torney General Wickersham sent the
| following letter to Mr.. Bone:
MY attention has been called to the
attitude of the department with respect
to prosecutions of offenses against the
internal revenue laws. Much CON-
plant has been made by reason of the
fact that in states the policy of whose
laws forbid the traffic in liquors, the
United States government is clearly
aiding and abetting in the violations of
these laws by compromising proceed
ingS for the enforcement of the internal
revenue laws. by the mere payment Of
money penalties. This seems just
subject of reproach. Governor Stubs
has brought the matter to the attention
of the president, who feels as above in
dictated with respect to the matter. You
are, therefore, instructed in the future
| in prosecutions for violations of the in
ternal revenue laws, as general
policy, to refuse to compromise all LA
bility by the payment of money penal
ties and to endeavor to secure convic-
ton and Imprisonment for some reason
able time, in punishment of this class
of offenses.''
A copy of this letter was sent to Gov
ernor Stubs and the latter wired his
reply as follows;
ITO the President: Your letter re-
ceived this afternoon and on behalf of
hundreds of thousands of law respect
ing Kansans I thank you for the posi-
ton you have taken in the matter of
the enforcement of the internal reve-
nue. laws. The letter of the attorney
general to District Attorney Bone,
| written by your direction, covers my
contentious completely"
According to Washington reports it
| is conceded on every hand that Mr..
Bone will be re-appointed district at
torney in the near future He has been
| recommended to the president by SEN
ator Curtis.
q. H. Foster, mayor of Garden City,
who was the interpreter at the Kan
SdSa Lay banquet last SATURDAY. night,
was the only speaker to boom candi-
date for state office. Sectional feeling
is strong in Finney county ard they
seem to be proud of the record made
governor. Mr.. Foster closed his speech
with the following: There is an
other voice of the people emanating
in the short grass country of the west,
local and small at first, that has now
assumed proportions until it is heard
from all parts of this great common
wealth-that is the cry for the Hon.
r. J. Hopkins of Finney county for
lieutenant governor"
The Emporia Journal announces
that it will begin the publication of a
daily edition February and in the
same paragraph takes the following
shot at William Allen Whites Gazette:
1.-THE Daily Journal will be straight
Republican paper and if anybody
don't want to take 1t on that ac-
count they have the privilege OF TAX
ing the Pop daily. No man or paper
can be a Republican and fight the
president and the partys principles
You can't fight your party and stay in
it. The days of. mugwumpery have
begun. No man can ride a mule and
an elephant going in opposite direc-
TONS
1t now looks as though Charles Ses-
sions would not have any opposition in
his candidacy for secretary of state.
j. T. Botkin, assistant secretary of
state, who has been spoken of fire.
quently as a candidate, has decided
not to make the race aginst his friend
Sessions. Mr.. Botkin figures that he
and Mr. Sessions would draw strength
| from the same sources and with both
in the race it would be easy for a
! third candidate to appear and gobble
| the grain of corn The decision of
Mr.. Botkin not to run practically as
sures Mr.. Sessions the nomination, as
| it would be a pretty big undertaking
| for any candidate to start in at this
| time and make much Roadway aga inst
him. Sessions, in his capacity as a
| newspaper man, has been writing
| Kansas politics at close range for ten
years or more. He has made friends
along the road and kept them. The
large majority of newspaper men of
the state are supporting him in his
candidacy.
The Hutchinson News declares that
Mayor F. L. Martin of Hutchinson will
not be the machine candidate for gov
| ernor and prints the following denial
| of the Martin room in recent issue:
! There is nothing to the story so
far as Judge Martin and his friends
know, except that as he is mayor of
the best city in Kansas he has natur-
ally been considered as available for
the higher office. The judge was in
Topeka attending the State Bar asso-
| citation last week and a political re-
| porter doubtless thought that was
| enough to start the story with If
Judge Martin wanted to run for gov
ernor he would doubtless be supported
by everybody at home. But he does
mt want to-
|