The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-05-12
Labette County Has Three Can
didates for Congress.
CranstOn, Pyle and Talbot All
Oppose Campbell.
NOT IN SAME PARTY.
One a Republican, One Demo-
crat and Other PrOhibitiOnist.
Tom COrdry Also a Candidate
for State Printer.

Labette county has three candidates
for congress from the Third district.
Arthur Cranston, member of the last
legislature, is after the Republican
nomination; c. E. Pyle wants the Dem
ocratic endorsement, and w. D. Talbot
seeks aid from the Prohibition fore S.
Cranston is a square dealer, but he
will have a hard row to noe against
Phil Campbell in a machine district.
Pyle has no opposition for his August
effort, but will not have to go far to
find his troubles in November. But as
for Talbot, that is another matter, and
he must have more than a passing
mention. He is a great character
Imagine Kentucky colonel of the old
school running for congress on pro-
h1bition plaLz>lrm. Talbot came from
Kentucky and he is perfect type OF
the old school Kentuckian. He is seri-
Gus in his opposition to whisky, even
when served with mint.
Labette has candidate for state
office in the person of Tom COrdry, who
is sure to cut some figure in the state
printer nomination fight. Tom is well
known all over eastern Kansas as the
editor of the Parsons Sun and he is
plenty bic enough to fit well on the
state ticket. He has the big Third dis
trict almost solid behind his candidacy
and has a, host of friends in the First,
Second, Fourth and Fifth districts who
will be glad to support his claims.
James c. Olson, president of the Par
sons business college, is a candidate
for representative from Labette county
to succeed Arthur Cranston. Olson is
a voun man and not yet mixed up
in the fractional fight within his party.
AS for Sig Lehman of Chetopa, the
other Labette representative, no one
rresumes to think of succeeding him.
Sigmund is a fixture in the Kansas
house.
Speaking of Parsons, the Katy town
IS one of the prettiest in the state and
Is still growing in population and ,
wealth. Parsons has some 1900 peo-
pie. In the residence section many
beautiful homes have been built re-
Gently and the rows of shade trees arch
The streets.
Commander Rickel of the G. A R.,
has endorsed the candidacy of Lem
Woods of Chanute for railroad COM
missioner. and Woods is not an old
soldier, either, he was too young to
enlist. Rickel thinks that Woods has
the backbone necessary to make a
good commissioner.
The Belleville Telescope. a paper with
previous machine leanings, has Joined
the Stubs forces. if the following edi-
tCrial means anything: l'F-
Another great struggle is on within
the Republican party of Kansas. 1t is |
@ fight for supremacy of the organiZa- |
ton. Those Republicans who do not
like Governor Stubs personally and |
criticize his methods will be against ,
his denomination. Those Republicans
who stand for a clean, business admin |
istration will support the governor for |
a second term. In other words, those |
Republicans who think more of RE- |
SUITS than they do of METHODS will |
be disposed to give Governor Stubs a |
second term
Tom Cordry of Parsons, candidate |
for state printer, carries a horseshoe |
around in his pocket. When asked for |
an explanation he said: 81 was in To- |
peka a short time ago and while on
my way up to the state house on the |
thirteenth day of the month a Jew
walking in front of me picked up this |
horseshoe. He turned to me and hand
ing me the shoe urged me to carry it
until after November and 1 could not
lose. VIII I carry it? Well, rather.
That Jew must be a descendant of
either Moses or Joseph. Anyway he is |
a soothsayer or how did he know
NEEDED that horseshoe until after No |
Vember?"
Joe Kramer, secretary of the wag-
staff campaign committee, today made |
the following statement: 81 see by the |
Wednesday morning Kansas City Times
and Star in its account of the Wagstaff
night that Governor Bailey and Cover
nor Stanley were present at and adj
dressed the meeting. Now the fact is, |
neither of those distinguished gentle
men We're there. 1 call attention to the |
misstatement merely to show the ac-
curacy of great newspaper in its |
writeups of Wagstaf meetings. The |
paper in question is opposed to Mr. |
Wagstaffs candidacy and favors that
of Governor Stubbs, but that does not
seem to me to be sufficient excuse for |
misstatementS about WagStaff meet
ings. If this paper will publish a |
story of one Wagstaff meeting about
which it has no definite and reliable in |
formation, it is natural to suppose that |
it will continue the practice. If it's !
accounts of WagStaff meeting are not |
founded upon the facts, why should its |
statements in regard to Stubs meet |
ings be accepted by the public as rest |
ing upon any better foundation p"
independence Tuesday night there was
still another misstatement printed
about that gathering by a Topeka pa
per devoted to Stubs. This article
quotes a Topeka man who was pres
ent' as saying that only 367 people at
tended the rally at night. This ITO
peka man who was present" and
whose name was withheld was none
other than Joseph Longshore, state
oil inspector, who was sent to indie |
pendence Tuesday to inspect some oil. |
He inspected the Wagstaff rally in
stead, with the aid of his deputy oil
inspector, Charles Kerr of Independ- |
ence, counted the people at the Wag-
staff meeting. The State Journal rep
resentative was also present at the |
meeting and also counted the people |
there with a different result, getting |
1900 as a total instead of 367 But
then the Zoe count was made by a /
political writer EAN is supposed to be |
mixed up in politics. while the 367 |
total was reached by = state appointee |
who is not supposed ~ be interested |
in politics at all; an0 therefore his
political inexperience weighs against |