The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-22
STUBBSAT NORTON
Governor Addresses Large Audi
ence Last Night.
For First Tine Takes Hand i'm
Congressional Fight.
HE USES NO NAMES.
Urges People to Vote for One
Who Represents Them.
Welcomed by Man With Four.
teen Children.
Something of Interest About
Beautiful Town of Norton.

10 AHouerH anu d handsome playhouse
and seats 1000 people. In the audience
were men who had come Is miles to the
meeting.
The feature of Stubs visit to Nor
ton was his meeting Fred W. Moody. a
farmer living near here. Moody and
his wife have IA children and most of
them came to hear the governor speak.
Moody promised the governor he
would come to Osawatomie next Au-
gust to meet Roosevelt and bring his
family. The governor will introduce
him to Roosevelt Moody is big and
fine looking now and has a fine Set of
boys and girls.
The governor found a man named
Gibson in Richfield last April who had
IL children and he will try to have both
big families meet Roosevelt, the enemy
of race suicide. The governor speaks
at Phillipsburg tomorrow.
Rain Is Needed.
It is said that the rain falls alike
upon the just and the unjust, but that
is not true, for if it were Norton would
have plenty of rain. If ever a town
deserved the best gifts from the clouds
it is this place. There is not prettier
more progressive town Of $500 people
in the state, or in the west for that
matter.
Broad, shaded streets, handsome
brick and stone buildings, a fine court
house with the business section round
the court house square, all attract the
visitors eye and excite favorable COM
ment. Then the city park is the glory
of the town, and next comes the audi
forum, a playhouse as nice as the
Grand in Topeka, and forming part of
a three story building. The CONNER
cial club rooms are located here and
those at Topeka are larger but not
nicer.
Met at Train at A. NJ.
The Stubs party arrived here at 4
a. M and were met at the depot by
delegation of the faithful in spite of
the early hour. Frank Reeves, the
stoutest Stubs man Of them all, head
ed the delegation.
Norton county is claimed by both
factions. Two years ago it gave Lee
land a majority of 112 over Stubs.
Talking with representative men of the
town your correspondent Is in doubt,
but inclined to favor Stubs as the
winner in Norton.
Said the barber: There are only
three Stubs men in town. Wagstan
will win the county three to one. All
the fellows who come in here are
against Stubs. Why? 1 don't know.
Just against him, that's ALL
Said Floyd Schimeall, merchant: i
believe Stubs will win here. 1t will be
close in town, but the country districts
will carry the day. Our people gener-
ally in this part Of the state favor the
progressives, and all men know that
Stubs, whatever they charge him
with, stands for legislation in favor of
the people and against the interests. I
hope he carries Norton. At the most It
will be an even break"
Three different farmers who had
come to town to hear the speaking
were for Stubs and declared he was
-, 4Infv-
A Democrat, and an off1ceholder.
thought that Stubs would win, but he
said at the same time that the talk was
for Wagstaff. But the votes viii ne
for Stubbs,' he said, land 1 know them
ALL"
It is claimed here that Norton is the
strongest Wagstaff county in the Sixth
district. Tom was given nice recep-
tion here last month and had good
crowd at his meeting
Governor to School Children.
The governor spoke in the afternoon
at the high school graduation exer-
cises. The auditorium was crowded
to hear the governor speak on Gooo
citizenship" No one can excel Stubbs
in talking to school children. He
makes them understand what he says.
His sincerity wins the hearers to the
man before them. Given high
school commencement in every county
in the state with all the people present
and the governor would not lose
county. He is so terribly in earnest
when he talks to the little folks, and
the parents see him in his best light.
Norton has every right to be proud
of her school system. Besides the f1ne
high school building she has city
school house about as large ana as
modern and we'll built. A class of 12O
graduated from the eighth grade into
the county high school course. Norton
county has some 4,400 pupils enrolled
in her schools Over 500 people
crowded the school building to hear
the exercises and the governors adj
dress.
City Is Well Shaded.
Another feature about Norton that
is most pleasing is the large number
of shade trees. The town is an oasis
in the rolling prairie. The park is a
forest. And little old Prairie Dog
creek is lined with big trees on both
banks. They have light plant here
and fine waterworks system, with
pure, clear water. The merchants have
unusually large and complete stocks
of goods and enjoy good trade from
a large track of surrounding country.
The climate is made delightful in
summer by a fine breeze. that blows
day and night. The air is very clear
and the altitude high.
AdhCS manu- HI OOhSTcSS L AShe.
Governor Stubs, in his Norton
speech specialized on some features,
or rather introduced new issues into
the campaign. 1t has been given out
that the machine leaders, seeing the
handwriting on the wall for Wagstaff,
are still congratulating themselves on
having at least diverted the fighting
Stubs from the congressional battles
So the governor has added the con-
greSSiOnal slogan to his battlecry He
is urging the Sixth district people to
pick congressman who will represent
them and not the interests of the east.
Speaking along this line he said 81
do not believe that the reactionary
and standpat congressman represent
the Republican party of Lincoln and