The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-30
POLITICAL GOSSIP.
Steve Brandon Denies He Has
Left Stubbs.
No Sympathy With Wagstaff
Slogan.
REDUCTION OF TAXES.
Must Look to Local Authorities
For That.
Tom M'Neal Issues Another An
thOny Statement.

Steve Brandon of Douglass, Butler
county, takes exceptions to the state
ment given out at Wagstaff headquar-
ters that he has turned from Stubbs
to Wagstaff and he writes the follow
ing Letter of explanation to the State
Journal:
''I see in the State Journal of June
%. news item from the Eighth dis
trict in which Steve Brandon is placed
in the Wagstaff camp. Now. If Mr..
Wagstaff and his friends are relying
on such misrepresentation as this to
nominate him on August ?, he had
better make his arrangements for
trip up Salt river. L am for Stubbs'
and have no sympathy with Mr.. Wag-
staff's slogan of revision of taxes
downward so far as the governor is
concerned. The legislature makes the
appropriations and some times they
are a little extravagant, hut L don't
think Mr.. Wagstaff can give us any
relief. Our taxes are pretty high, but
in my judgment, if the people wish
them reduced they had better take
more interest in the legislative candi-
date and the board of county commits
sioners, school directors and township
boards. These are the fellows that
makes the levies and most of our eX-
travagance begins at home. l under
stand the state levy for this year is
one dollar on the thousand for the
maintenance of all our educational,
penal and charitable institutions. This
is not what is hurting the tax payers.
it is our local tax that is hurting u.s."
Tom McNeaI, insurgent candidate
for congress in the First district, is
not at all disturbed by the claims of
the Anthony managers. McNeal has
issued the following statement:
ct am not at all disturbed by the
articles taht are appearing in various
newspapers, giving estimates relative
to the strength of Anthony and myself
in this district. The articles evidently
have been inspired by Mr.. Anthony's
campaign manager. OF course I do
not know, and neither does anyone
else, how the vote will stand; but
wherever 1 have been I have found
conditions more favorable than 1 had
reason to expect. have, within the
last two days, received letters from
three of the best Informed men in
Nemaha county-men who have been
in close touch with political matters in
that county for many years, and every
one of them declares positive convic
tion that I will carry the county
"Some time ago Mr.. Biddle, Mr..
Anthony's manager, got out some
figures in which he attemptNd to show
by the last primary election that was
not in this race. Mr.. Biddle's figures
make a rather unfortunate showing
for Mr. Anthony when they are
analyzed. Mr. Anthony was running
at that primary without opposition and
presumably got all the Republican
votes that he could get under any cir
cumstances. I was in a three-corner-
ed race with handicap of having one
of my opponents name come at the
head of the list, which unquestionably
gave him several hundred votes. But
In spite of that fact I received suffi-
cient votes in the three-cornered race,
so that if I had been in the congress
siona1 race and received the same
number of votes I would have been
nominated over Mr.. Anthony. Here
are the votes in the several counties:
"In Atchison county at the primary
Mr.. Anthony received 1886 votes. 1 re-
ceived $50, This would have given Mr..
county, had 1 been in the race for
congress and received the same number
CT votes 1 received as a candidate for
state printer.
IN Brown county there were 1854
votes for congressman. 1 received as
one of the three candidates for state
printer, 772 votes. Had 1 been in the
congressional race and received the
same number of votes did receive my