The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-24
POLITICAL GOSSIP.

| POLITICAL GOSSIP.
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Those who announced their candidacy
for congress were C. E. Pile of Parsons,
and ]. P. Rossetter of CoffeyviIe. The
general opinion among the committee
men present was that Frank Brady of
Oswego could have the nomination if he
would accept it and it is rumored he
Will be a candidate. He has made the
race once before against Mr.. Campbell,
and it is said that he would rather
make the race for lieutenant governor
this year.
There was an attempt made to iron
out the troubles between Col. w. F.
Sapp, Of Galena, and Hugh Farrelly, of
Chanute, but there will still be war be-
tween these two Democratic leaders.
Sapp is candidate for national COM
mitteeman to take the place of John
AtWood, who has. moved to Kansas
City, and the Democratic leaders of the
district with the exception of Farrelly,
are supposed to be behind him, and he
VIII receive the support of the commit
tee when it meets in March at Cherry
vale.
George Hodges, of Olathe, was the
general favorite for governor unless
Henderson Martin can be induced to
oers OF the committee insisted that
Frank Brady, of Oswego, would be the
most formidable candidate and among
the supporters OF Brady was Colonel
Sapp.
Congressman D. R. Anthony has
written the following comment on Mr..
McNeafs opening speech:
"a Democratic Speech.
Ut. A. McNeal had another open
ing of his campaign at Hiawatha Tues
day night, and he made a remarkable
speech for candidate seeking q Re
publican nomination for congress. The
writer has read the report of the
speech furnished by Mr.. McNeal to
the two daily papers supporting him
Missouri-and does not find a single
line or sentence in praise or COM
mendation CT the Republican party
whose nomination the candidate asks.
finding wall against the Republican
party. In the olden times, radical
Populists abused the Republican and
Democratic parties nearly alike, but
McNeal confines his attacks to the Re-
publicanS alone, probably for fear of
hurting the feelings of Democrats to
whom he is making special appeal at
this time.
IF McNeal were openly seeking a
Democratic, instead of a Republican.
speech would be timely and to the
point. A speech denouncing a protec-
tive tariff bill, the expansion policy,
and every known fundamental Repub-
| lican principle, is the kind a Demo-
cratic orator naturally relies on to win
a nomination within his own party. 1t
was speech to get Democrats to ap-
plaud and boost McNeal.
Ordinarily, when a candidate seeks
q nomination of a party and asks the
voters of that organization to entrust
him to carry out its principles, he has
something to say favora BILE to them.
McNeal had nothing to commend in the
great principles of the Republican party
whose applications" have done so much
| for the advancement and prosperity of
the American people. Not a word in
praise of the great Republican leaders,
such as Lincoln, Grant. Blaine. McKin-
ley, Roosevelt and Taft. On the con-
trary, he dealt in misrepresentation of
| the Republican leaders in congress and
echoed the sayings of Bryan. Champ
Clark, Jeff Davis of Arkansas and other
Democrats who, unlike McNeaI. are
! fighting the Republicans in an open
| and above board manner.
"McNeal talked a great deal about in
| dependence and against majority rule
| by the Republicans in congress. A sin
! cere believer in independent political
| action should not seek the nomination
of a party organization.
| I'm brief. McNeal made a long attack
| on free trade lines against the tariff
bill recently enacted by Republicans
which President Taft. the national
party leader, says is the best tariff bill
ever passed by an American congress.
He llowled against the new modern
| rules adopted by the Republican major
/ ity for the transaction of business in
Acongress, and abused Republican lead
ers, collectively and individually. He
| tried to drag in the prohibition question
in face Of the fact that the present
representative from this district has
voted for every measure that came up
| IT, congress since he was member, for
| the regulation of the liquor traffic and
to aid the state in the enforcement of
| its prohi bitory law.
"McNeal said he was in favor of a
liberal pension policy, and then spoke
| against protective tariff measures to
raise money to pay the pensions.
"McNeal spoke at length in favor
of his original paramount issue to
abandon the Philippines, and against
the Republican policy of expansion.
He has been singing pretty low on
| this of late, owing to the way the old
soldiers and voters generally received
| his speech at his former campaign
openings at Soldier. Corning and 9TH
er places in the district. He mention
ed that some of his friends had told
him this was unpopular. but that he
had to return to it, for he felt that
he was right on this if on nothing else.
I'm advocating the abandonment of
the Philippines, McNeal is in direct
opposition to the policy of expansion
favored by Mckinley. Roosevelt and
Taft. the three latest Republican
presidents. McNeal, himself, was I'M
| til recently an expanSioniSt. but a
! change came over him when he was
looking for an issue to make para
mount in running for congress-"
MARK TULLEY IS GRANDFATHER
State Treasurer Proud of His Newest