The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-08
STUBS SALOON STORY.
Kansas City Paper Claims Santa Fe
Has Started One.

The following dispatch sent out from
Topeka purports to be a true story of
the part the Santa Fee railroad, is TAX
llls IN an active campaign against Gov
ernor Stubs:
The Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
Railroad company is taking an active
hand in the present primary campaign,
and apparently is going to be interest
ed In the election campaign in the fall,
The Santa Fe officials are offering to
furnish some alleged campaign ma
terial to the Hodges forces, and the
indications are that they have already
provided the Wagstaff headquarters
with the dope
In the Leland campaign two years
ago there were many rumors and re-
ports that Governor Stubs had a sa-
loon license for his grading camp while
at work on the Illinois drainage canal
from Chicago to Joliet, Ill. 1t was
charged that the government issued r
license to Mr.. Stubs himself.
The machine politicians tried their
best to find this license or any record
of 1t. They also tried to find records
OF sales of liquors to the present gov
ernor while he was a contractor and
running a grading camp. Not a single
item of this nature could be found.
1t became known here today that an
official of the Santa Fe called upon a
member of the Democratic state central
committee and offered to furnish this
Information to Senator Hodges, who is
expected to be the Democratic nominee
for governor The Santa Fe official
asserted that he had found a trace
whereby it could locate the informa-
ton needed.
The Democratic politician told Sena-
tor Hodges what the Santa Fe was Of
fering and asked the candidate if he
anted to use it.
Il will not have anything to do with
it," said Senator Hodges. That is the
6iTtiest kind of political mudslingtng
and if cannot make a campaign with
out that l don't want the job
The offer of the Santa Fe was turned
down.
The Wagstaff boosters are boasting
that they are going to have something
oE' the governor shortly that will make
the prohibitionists to look up and won
Fe officials have been comforting with
the Wagstaff people recently.
When shown the above story today,
w. r. Smith, attorney and political
man for the Santa Fe, said: THAT is
merely an iridescent dream of David
Leahy's." Only that and nothing more
would Mr.. Smith say about the story,
its origin, foundation or structure.
]. D. Kramer, secretary at Wag-
staff headquarters. gave out the fol-
lowing with reference to the story:
THE 'Wagstaff people are very
much surprised to learn through the
Star that Governor Stubs is suspect
ed of having sold whisky, and in fact,
run an open saloon, when he was a
boarding house contractor in the
drainage canal.
THE Star Not only voices the sus-
picion but claims that Santa Fe Off
cial offered to furnish this Informal
ton to Hodges, but Hodges refused to
use the same.
1.-The Star being a Democratic paper
must get the dope straight from
Hodges. This is certainly a startling
charge to appear in the Star, and
speaking for ourselves, we must see
the proof, before we will believe it.
Maybe the Star is mistaken, although
there have been persistent rumors for
years that Stubs got his start in that
way
Anyway this is certain: No Santa
Fe official has offered US any such in
formation, or even suggested it,