The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-27
Stubb's Reception in Northwest
Country Remarkable.
Sentiment Much Like When
Leland Opposed Him.
THIS WEEK IN SIXTH.
Governor Should Carry District
by 5000 Votes.
Other Campaign News Of Kansas
State.

Governor Stubs spent last week In
the Sixth district, excepting one day In
Republic and Cloud counties OF the
Fifth district. His reception in the
northwest country was remarkable
when it is considered the farmers are
busy with their harvest and blowing
their corn the second time.
The sentiment in Norton, Phillips
Smith. Republic, Cloud and Mitchell
counties is about the same as two years
ago when the governor was opposed by
Leland. A few individual changes have
been commented upon by both SIDES
still there appears to be no slump elther
way.
There is a personal reason for most OF
these changes. The Wagstam strength
is confined to the towns and is com
posed iii the main of the men who nave
opposed Stubs since he came before the
publc eve The Stubs strength is in
The country where it always has been.
Stubs carried the Sixth district Dy
1900 in the primary two years ago: he
should carry it this year by over 5OOO.
His friends in that section claim 1t by
5000 only their estimate is 100 high
The governor has a strong campaign
speech and delivers it with effect. The
Stubbs strength lies IN his ability 10
make the people believe that he believes
what he says. His sincerity and fear
Iessness won him his way in the north
west country. IF you don't like me for
governor fire me now, for 1 am not go
ing to change any" The people in the
Sixth commented more on that sentence
tEan any other in the Stubs speech.
There never was q meeting last week
where the crowd could get in the hall,
except at Fhillipsburg where he spoke
IL the court house yard.
The governor will spend most of this
week in the Sixth district speaking at
IL H. dow XNa6naS-
day; Salina Thursday; Junction City,
Friday: Abilene. Saturday. 1t is pos
sible that the Salina date may be
changed to later in the campaign and
the governor speak Thursday at Con-
ccrdia. This as yet has not been set
tied.
It looks as Though Reeder again will
be nominated in the Sixth district.
Young and White, his square deal op-
ponents, will divide the Reeder opposi-
ton between them. Reeder will have a
hard fight at the polls in November, if
Fred Robertson is nominated by the
Democrats. In fact, he will have hard
fight anyway, for the Sixth district peo-
Ele are independent in politics as in
everything else. They vote their choice
and accept no dictation from party or
man.
In the Fifth district Calderhead
seems to have his own way in the
nOTLneTH BIlO. Ill NJlOuQ anu IGGpuD-
lie counties everything is Calderhead.
The congressman has a strong per-
sonal following there. Many of the
strongest Stubs men in those coun-
ties are for Calderhead. One man. a
prominent politician, made the follow
ing statement: 81 am for Taft Can
non, Aidrich, Calderhead and Stubs"
All the eastern end of the Sixth dis
trict is exceedingly prosperous and the
people are going ahead at great rate
with every kind of public improve
ment of a substantial nature. There
is a lot of travel over the district.
one hotel keeper declared that he had
not had an empty room in three
months The governors party in the
trip through the district had trouble
every night in getting rooms at the
hotels.
Alfalfa is the saving grace of the
country. There are fields of it every
where and it looks fine In some To-