The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-07-19
Governor Ia es Up Anthony
Chargs in rder.
Denies That He Is Enemy Of
President Taft.
THE LIQUOR QUESTION
Has Never Authorized COM
promise OF cases.
Says Congressman Should Make
an A O1OgV.
HE LIQUOR QUESTION

Seneca Kan, July lS.-1oNernol
ctubbs spoke in the court house here
last night to one of the largest audi
ences that has assembled in this CAM
naien. The governor spoke at length
| -.egordiner administration of public ar
! &c irs during his term. He asked the
e,,nnort of the voters upon the record
4 no mas made during the last two years.
| Regarding The charges made against
him by Congressman Il. X AlilAohy'
| Governor Stubbs SAID:
DConoressman Anthony i'll public ad-
i dresses and also in the LeavenWorth
| Times has made the following charges
| against me- 2..,,;,a,, o,d
| II That I am not a Republican anu
do not believe in the fundamental phi III.
| cinles- Of the Republican party. MS
| charee is false and cannot be suDStan-
/ Hated by facts. My conduct Tor the
last six years has been in favor OF en-
| acting into effective laws every meas
nre pledged in the party platform. AS
sravernoT of Kansas used all the pow
| or and prestige of my office to OBTAIN
| effective legislation that would redeem
| in absolute good faith every pIeuge o.
| the party council. 1 approve OF the
| Chicago Republican PLATFORM az n,rr
r.reted by President Taft, and regret
| that the president was embarrassed py
| q cannon Aldrich machine, which MADE
| il impossible for him fully to redeem
the pledges he made to the people.
80 Mr.. Anthony says l am an en-
envy of President Taft, which is an,
| other false statement. / have regretted
| some of the things the president mas
! done and has failed to 90, especlailS
| that he did not kick Ballinger out OF
the department of the inferior anu g. g.
noint an honest man in his place But
| 7 have worked and maintained a cour-
teous and friendly relationship with the
nresident and we have eo-operated IN
| The enforcement of state ana federal
| laws. ee4 4o
..3 Mr. Anthony says my effortS TO
have the boot!eggers, who had no per-
manent place of business ana VINO We're
selling liquor without federal license
1rosecn+ ed and sent 10 jail was .
grandstand play and that l was Trying
r. harass and embarrass the president
IF this statement is true, why did the
president revoIutionize the methods OF
The internal revenue department anu
apply 10 all dry territory IN the Ohiteu
states exactly the change dskeu hiii'
to make in Kansas?
"a Mr. Anthony charges I directed
Attorney General jackson TO compro-
rise with 200 jointists in LeaVenWorth
and settle with them without jan ser
fences. This is absolutely false, not
nnlv with re ference to I.eavenwortE. ~put
to the whole state of Kansas. l nave
never vet directed Attorney Gerefal
yackson to make compromise settle.
ments with any bootleggefs or JolIll-
lists in Kansas, and am IN FAVOR hes
only of sending them to jail, but OF
sending to the pemtenti2ry those "ho
violate the law continually.
"5 Mr. Anthony also says If it hao
not been for Governor Stubps. ne
would not have had any opposition IN
this district This is untrue and can
not be substantiated by facts
That Rate Question.
"6. Mr.. Anthony says when the
railroad board ordered a reduction of
rates some years ago, that 1, with At
torney General Jackson. had agreed 10
let the railroads make test case OF
the Leavenworth & Topeka railway
which had but one train running each
day between Leavenworth and Topeka'
to ascertain whether these new rates
were remunerative or not. This case
was brought and the whole arrange
ment made long before I became gov
ernor of Kansas and Mr.. Anthony's
statement could not possibly be true
The case finally was dismissed.
az. Mr.. Anthony says when Robert
Stone was appointed assistant attor-
ney general told the president that
the appointment would be satisfactory
to the Kansas delegation. This is a
barefaced falsehood. The president
did not mention or refer to any mem
Der of the Kansas delegation in this
connection except Senator Bristow,
and 1 told the president plainly the
reason l wanted Mr.. Stone appointed.
The reason was 1 wanted him to recog-
nize the progressives of the Republican
party in Kansas. I did not want to
drag the president into this contro-
versy and l regret that Mr.. Anthony
has compelled me to refer to these
acts
80 Congressman Anthony is respon-
slble to two hundred thousand citizens
r f0.- L.
and his constituents necessarily are
more or less interested in knowing the
foundation for such statements 1 de-
nounce these statements as being not
only untruthful, but unworthy of any
man occupying public position of re-
not only OF commonwealth, but OF a
great nation.
Says Anthony Should Apologize.
80. Mr.. Anthony owes an apology
or at least an explanation to his con
StltuentS, as We'll as to myself not
alone for these statements. but for the
ract that he is using the power and
Prestlge or his great Office to tear down
republican administration that earn
estly and fearlessly has enforced all
the laws of this state and has prose
cuted Republican Office holders who
nave robbed the state in the grain de-
partment; that has taken the peniten-
tlary. the Hutchinson refcrmatory, the
state game and fish department out of
politics. placing them on a civil service
basis, and has established a sound eco
nomical and wholesome government in
many departments that were running
on political and unbusinesslike basis.
10 Mr.. Anthony is working, not
only to tear down this administration.
out to place the administration of the
aHalrs OF this state under the control
OF a political machine that is dominat-
ed by Dave Mulvane, corporation lob
byist; Sam Fitzpatrick, attorney for
the Standard Oil company; Albaugh,
Dumont Smith and politicians of that
class.
1T is my opinion that these repre-
sentatives of the Republican party in
Kansas stand for about the same prin-