The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-11-03

"a AdllCOs II Is NTGOIS6 f1OOSSS Soll-
est pleasure to help people over the
rough sides of life and no man worthy
of his favor ever appealed to him in
vain for assistance. It is this quality
of genuine manhood that has given
MIN an enduring friendship and pOpu-
larity here where he is best known and
which his friends in Johnson county
without regard to party hope and be-
lieve will make him the next governor
of Kansas.
Senator Hodges's Public Record.
In the State Senate Senator Hodges
not only supported all beneficial laws
introduced by others but he originated
the law taxing express companies,
which brings to the state treasury
more than $4,000 annually and the full
weight coal bill. He introduced the
reciprocal demurrage law and won the
committee on railroads and the senate
over to the fifteen per cent horizontal
reduction of freight rates on grain.
He was the joint author Of the pres
ent Australian ballot law which en-
ables a voter to vote a mixed ticket
without danger of casting a void ball
lot, and wrote for the committee the
law to prevent the confiscation of coal
He made a valiant fight for the Mas
sachusetts ballot law, exposed the at
tempts of the Standard Oil company TO
secure a reduction of inspection fees,
cast the vote in the senate which was
necessary for the enactment of the an
ti-pass law, introduced and fought for
the adoption of the resolutions which
imperatiVely instructed Kansas rep
resentatives in congress to vote for
free lumber, and at all times fought
graft and extravaganza.
Opposed Inheritance Tax.
Senator Hodges stood by the widows
and orphans of Kansas in his opposi-
ton to the Ubiquitous Inheritance tax
law So strenuously advocated by Gov
nh he In a faf u
where very few fortunes exist, and
whose wealth is largely possessed by
farmers and townspeople who have suf-
fered many hardships and privation5
during the long years to secure COM
petence for old age it is little less than
shameful that there should be a tax
on an inheritance of 100000 and that
the widow and children of a deceased
father should be compelled to give up
part of this money which they helped
to earn and save as an Inheritance
tax to the state. Senator Hodges OPP
posed this Ubiquitous law which will
wiring from the widows and orphans of
Kansas more than 5000, 10000 annually,
and If elected governor he promises to
recommend to the legislature it's speedy
repeal.
C1assed as a Reformer.
Although he is classed reformer,
Senator Hodges is in no sense rabhle
rouser. He does not believe that the
possession of a competency is conclus-
i've evidence of dishonesty-nor does he
agree that poverty is the only true
badge of honesty or responsibility. The
methods of the demagogue do not ap
peal to him.
Senator Hodges is a forceful and elo-
quent speaker and demands attention
by his thorough knowledge, presenta-
ton and able discussion of public af-
fairs. He has lived in Kansas Al years
and he has learned to speak the langu-
age fluently and perfectly. He is one
of the states real grass roots pro-
ducts.
What Hodges Promises People.
In a speech at Hutchinson early in
the campaign, Senator Hodges said:
I'VE do not believe that the governor
only should be elected and that he
should be given power to appoint all
other state officials. We believe in
home rule, a minimized state expendi-
ture consistent with adequate educa-
tiona1, charitable and penal inStitu-
lions. in keeping with the dignity OF
Kansas and the wealth and growth Of
the state. We invite those who wish
Kansas to have an administration that
will not use the governors office as n
stepping stone to some higher office
to unite with our party and help to give
this imperial state something it has not
had for years-an administration that
will devote the next two years solely
to giving the people genuine, clean
cut business administration"
| 1.-THE Democratic party promises you
| and it will keep its prornise-that the
| governors office will be used as a
| business office, to conduct the business
of IS state 1t will not be used as a
powerful lever to give itself two years
| more of office in which to build and
strengthen a political machine for the
purpose of elevating its occupant to
| the United States Senate"
Demands Made by Kansans.
| 1.-THE Importance of Kansas as a
state, good roads, more security for
those employed in mines and mining,
| better country schools, equitable rail-
road rates. the enforcement of such
| laws as will lessen the burden of taxa
ton and help to give every wage earn
er of Kansas a little more of the COM
forts of life. little more time to de-
vote to recreation and the comforts OF
home and family, is a duty that will
require the entire time and personal
attention of the govern or of Kansas.
"a man who is earnest in his efforts
for Kansas and her people has no time
to build political fences and organize
senatorial machines and the good peO-
pie of this commonwealth should see
| to it that this popular phase of recen1
Republican reform is eliminated from
the state government. Certainly the
| governors office should not be made
recruiting station and the hub of Pc.
litica1 machine for the promotion Of
Its occupants candidacy for the United
| States senate. 1t is not necessary tt
advertise political virtue with a bras:
band No political fence is built 81
strong as that which is built with po-
litical honesty and political integrity
Honesty in politics means doing rfgh
because it is right. People have {
right to question the motive of polit
icaI action if its doer asks politica
preferment as a reward"
Honesty in Politics.
Honesty in politics is as much of {
political asset as honesty in business Il
a business asset. A candidates po
litical promises should be as sacred a.
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