The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-31
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night of it anyway. But are the people |
behind them The old timers in ma
chine politics were out in full force. |
They were undiSmayed by last years
defeats. The factional fight in the
Republican party is going to be to
finish, that IS certain. But the Stubs
leaders declares today that this was
only another old convention triumph.
Their trump cards is the primary
election where all the people have
voice, and they will not be able to
play it until next August. They say
that the regulars always come to To-
peka in force on an occasion of this
kind and make a big showing while
the masses of the people stay at home.
They believe that the people are still
behind them with a two to one ma
jority. The county and district lead
ers, they say, the men who always con-
trolled conventions and gatherings OF
this kind and who excel at the art,
were out in force, same old gang. at
the Kansas Day gathering and had
their hour of triumph, and it will not
come again until another meeting is
held
While the regulars. on the other
hand, declare that the sun has at last
come out from behind the clouds of
Stubbsism ans the day is at hand. They
affect to believe that Saturdays tri-
umph was emancipation They say
they will bring out a candidate
against Governor Stubs with a good
chance for his nomination. Either
Judge Lobdell of Larned or Congress
ann Bowersock of Lawrence or ex-
Governor Stanley of Wichita will be
the man. The regulars have taken
new heart over Saturdays triumph
and will fight the insurgents harder
than ever before. They have gained
new life and strength and confidence
from their victory and will conduct an
aggressive rather than a passive cam
paign.
Governor Stubs is no gutter. He
gIories in a finish fight. After the bat
tie and the ront he gave out the fol-
lowing statement:
81 hope that the machine fellows
will go right on now and do ms q sec
ond favor; namely, that they will i'm
mediately bring out an opponent
against me at the primaries in the
person of some old lire Republican for
governor They owe that much to the
Republican party, owe it to themselves,
owe it to me. They should put up
man who stands for the things they
represent. l have not one single thing
in my administration to apologize for.
]. N Dolley's fighting speech at the
Kansas Day club meeting was in part
as follows:
"These men," he shouted referring
to the men III control of the meeting,
edo not represent the people of Kan
y
who represents the people. You repre-
sent the railroads, and the corpora
tons, and the old time machine meth
DDS of pack conventions and political
graft
Hiss if you want to. Snakes hiss
and other venomouS reptiles You are
traitors to your party when you en-
dorse a speech like the one Democratic
Bill Hackney has just made. I see
here the same men we have been fight
| n the mast fOIIr The old
bosses and railroad lawyers. If you
want to vote down the endorsement of
the Stubs administration you can do
| so, but L dare you to do it."
Part of Attorney General Jackson's
! famous speech when he stood in the
| breach is as follows:
81 thank God it has never been nee
| esSary for me to apologize for my Re-
publicanism. can not understand the
emphasis that has been placed upon
| the word Republicanism here today.
Maybe it is necessary. Possibly these
men who have been using it have
wandered away from the Republican
platform and are now shouting at the
| mourner'S bench. l am not used to
| that kind of Republicanism that will
| applaud a trade against Republican
| papers and officials. 1 am not used to
that kind of Republicanism which will
| applaud a parrot trained to foul Ian
guage when he attacks in a typewrit-
| ten speech prepared beforehand bet
ter Republicans than he is. 1 can not
understand the kind of Republicanism
which will endorse the talk Bill Hack
ney has just made upon the natal day
of William Mckinley and the state of
Kansas, when it is we'll known that
/ Hackney himself voted against McKin-
ley and for Bryan
| J. T. White of Ada state grain in
Ispector, talked for the insurgents dur
ing the stormy session of the club
meeting Saturday, but was hooted
down. Frank B. Dawes. ex-attorney
general made the principal talk for
the regulars, and he presented a mas
terly argument, in which he urged the
Republicans to iron out their difficult
Of Hutchinson, Thomas A. Wagstaff of
Independence. Judge Tom G. Wilson of
Wichita, E. H. johnson of Atchison, T.
T. Kelly of Paola. H. B. Miller of
Usage City. ex-Warden Haskell r. H.
Faxon of Garden City and DR.. ]. w.
Graybill of Harvey county were the
other speakers for the regulars. They
had the time of their lives. and some
body started up the song, 1.-THE Old
Time Religion" The following is the
resolution passed by the club after the
Stubs resolution had been defeated:
"Be it resolved, That we hereby re-
affirm our allegiance to the Republican
party and the principles of government
! enunciated in its last national plat
| form. We heartily endorse the wise
} courageous and conServatively progress
: sive administration of William H. Taft
: the president; we pledge to him oul
earnest support; we declare our sincere
belief in his integrity of purpose and
express our unqualified confidence that
5 his record will be one of great ac-
accomplishment for the general good
: We recommend that, our senators and
r representatives aid and support him by
l the enactment of our partys policie!
: into law
Congressman McKinlay at the Kan
sas Day banquet: eff the next con
gress should by any misfortune b.
| Democratic, Champ Clark, the new