The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-05-14

ton county gives some of the details of
the Stubs and Hopkins campaign tour
of that county on Wednesday of this
week. Speeches were made at SYRIA
cuse, the county seat, and at Memo, a
Mennonite settlement The Memo
meeting had to be held out in the open
in order that the crowds present might
| hear the governor. At Syracuse the
night meeting, packed the town hall to
the doors and many stood up during
the governors hour and a half talk.
Hamilton is a rich and prosperous
county and Syracuse is a modern and
beautiful town. The following is a To-
cal story of the governors stay of "a
hours in this western county:
Governor Stubs arrived in Hamil
ton county Wednesday 70 begin
three days speaking campaign over
the new Santa Fe trail and through
the counties of Hamilton. Kearny,
Finney and Grey. The first meeting
was held at Memo. a Mennonite post
office 20 miles southeast of Syracuse,
at 2:30 o'clock yesterday afternoon.
So many people gathered in this
sparSely settled community coming for
many miles to hear Governor Stubbs
that the school house was not large
enough to hold them and a platform
was built on one side Of the building
and the meeting held in the open air
Governor Stubs made his character
1Stic speech, telling his audience how
he had served the state of Kansas as
their governor, speaking especially in
regard to the enforcement of law. the
placing of the state institutions upon
a business basis. the separation of
many politicians from their political
jobs and the placing of competent men
to fill the positions.
THE governor was listened to with
rapt attention and apparently there
was not q man in the audience but
who is friendly to the governor. The
return trip was made to Syracuse, the
governor and his party arriving at 5
O'Clock. The evening meeting in SYRIA
case was held in the City hall and as
citizen was heard to remark, that
there had never been a better crowd
to a political meeting in Syracuse than
that which greeted Governor Stubs
last night. The governor spoke for
an hour and half, his audience Civ
frequently interrupting him with APP
plause. The governor told his au-
dlence how he had started in to en-
force the laws of Kansas. what sue
cess he had had, of the miserable con-
ditionS in which he had found some
of the state institutions, notably, the
state penitentiary, at the time he be-
came governor; the efforts he had
made to secure competent men to fill
the various offices of public trust; how
he had aroused the enmity of the ma
chine politicians because he had dis
charged them where they were not
needed and where they were drawing
salaries at the expense of the state and
giving no adequate return in service.
Hamilton county two years ago
gave a majority to Mr. Leland over
Governor Stubs, but it is said by
those who are in the position to know
that Governor Stubs will carry Ham
ilton county by a big majority at the
primary election in August. As one
man expressed it. for The reason that
the people of Hamilton county know
Governor Stubs and endorse his rec
ord. They do not know Mr.. Wagstaff
and they do not like the men and in
terests who are backing Mr. Wagstaff.
Richard J. Hopkins. who is ac-
complaining the governor on his trip,
spoke at both meetings. paying spe-
cial attention to the question of dis
elimination in freight rates and the
necessity of sending competent men as
representatives to the legislature
James Ford prominent merchant
of Syracuse, accompanied the governor
and his party on the trip yesterday
afternoon. Samuel Yaggy. county at
torney, presided at the meeting held in
Syracuse"