The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-24
POLITICAL GOSSIP.
Strange News From Washington
About Gov. Stubbs.
Quoted as Pledging Kansas to
Taft Policies.
SPITE OF INSURGENTS.
We Are Loyal Out Here to
Federal Administration.
Anthony Explains About Post
master Fights.

w aShlngton, news that viii cause con-
sternation in many quarters in Kan
sas which by the way is strange con-
tradiction to today's dispatches. The
Saturday dispatches from the capital
city tell of the visit of Gov. w. r.
Stubbs of Kansas with President Taft
ard quote the governor as having as
sured the president that Kansas is
loyal to him and his administration
in spite of the insurgent movement
BY every sacred corner of the square
deal, what meaneth this? Ever since
the revokement of the Robert Stone
appointments events have followed
thick and fast to ALLEVIATE the Kansas
square dealers in general and Gov
ernor Stubbs in particular from the
ranks OF the supporters of the federal
administration. The Payne tariff bill.
the defense of Aldrich, the Winona
speech, the slap at state guaranty, the
the dismissal of Pinchot, these were
all broken links in the chain that was
supposed to bind.
What will McNeal say? and
Mitchell? and Jackson? These stall
Wart square dealers whom the COVER
nor has persuaded to enter the lists
against the old stand pat congressman
in the First. Second and Fourth dis
tricts. Their opponents will make the
campaign on the Taft issue. using the
big presidents name for their cam
paign slogan and denouncing the
square deal candidates as anti-Taft
men. And here is Governor Stubbs.
the keystone of the square ceaI and
keeper of the house of refuge for the
insurgents, Fastening to the president
to assure him that Kansas is loyal to
him and his policies.
If the governor was quoted correct
ly by the Washington correspondent
who sent out the interview. then there
may we'll be mourning in Israel The
! 1I,@4e. ~
faces with their goatskin mantles and
refuse to take nourishment. There is
no balm in Gilead.
While in the camp of the Philistines
there shall be sounds of laughter and
merrymaking. And Anthony shall play
| upon the cimbral and Scott upon the
harp and Miller shall dance before
| them in glee.
deal has gone up into the temple of
Baael to worship idols. Saul has
turned from the faith of the prophets
And the three mighty men of his
| armies; yes, JaShObeam the Hachmon-
| ite, and Abishi, brother of Joab. and
Eleazar, son of Dodo the Achite. these
three shall pause in the midst of their
conflict to redeem the First and the
Second and the Fourth districts of
Caanan from the hands of the men of
| Taft
Surely there is some mistake The
governor is coming home this week,
so. He will tell them that he bearded
the lion in his den and set forth the
conditions as they exist in Kansas:
namely, to-wit, that the people are be-
hind the insurgents to a man. When
Saul gets back Nhome the evil spirit
will leave him. He will cast aside the
lure of the fieshpots of Washington
and be himself again, and lead his
| to be polite to President Taft. and to
| lull him into a false security, but
when the time comes his Iegions shall
| be driven out of Britain.
Take heart, We insurgents. these
words sent forth about your absent
leader can not be true. They shall
not be. Stubs false to the faith of his
own making just for a word of favor
dropped careless1y from the throne
upon a kneeling courtier? Change the
| name of Arkansaw? Never.
Congressman Anthony denies that any
candidate for postmaster in any town
or city of the First district has the in
side track or any promise whatever
| The congressman has written the fol-
| lowing letter to a noEtical friend in
| Atchison regarding this matter which
was published in the Atchison Cham
pion:
1.-The friends of one candidate will
| make certain assertions and Claims
| Congressman Anthony writes, which
are incorrect in regard to some other
| the others friends a little nervous, and
| they proceed to fire back with other
1 ruHlors until sometimes 1 confess it
puts me little out of patience. I have
| tried to be absolutely fair with the
fellows in Atchison county. 1 have un-
| Qualifiedly refused to make any kind
| of promise of any nature to any cam
| didate or to any personal or political
| friend of mine in Atchison county in
| regard to the Atchison postoffice. It Is
probable that some of the friends of
| the candidates may feel offended that
| It is positively my intention not to de-
| eide this matter until the postoffice de-
| partment asks me to make a recon-
| mendation, and as I understand 1t the
case will not b. up until this summer
| Under no circumstances do / want to
| put myself in the attitude of asking
| the political support of one solitary in
Gividual in Atchison county in return
| for promise of patronage. and reports
| that I I'M favoring this candidate or
/ that candidate certainly are annoying
| to me-.
The Democrats of the Third district.
4 the largest in the state, have held
1 meeting at Parsons at which they
i agreed to call delegate meeting to be
/ held at Cherryvale some time in March
i to select a candidate for congress and
also to agree upon the candidates for
Il places on the state ticket who shall re-
| ceive the support of the Third district
i at the primary.
/ At the Parsons meeting T. F. Nor
rison. representative from Neosho coun-
ty. announced his candidacy for attor-
ney general Hugh Farrelly, of Cha
nue., was present but to all inquiries
and requests that he be candidate for
congress refused, and said that he
Il would not be candidate for any office