The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-20
WAGSTAFF IN EIGHTH.
Candidate and Governor Bailey Well
Received at Florence.

Florence, June 20.-Saturday was
Wagstaff day in Florence. says W. E.
Payton in the Bulletin. The A. H. T.
A. had arranged a big picnic and
| though it rained Friday night yet by
noon the city was filled with people.
w. ]. Bailey made the morning ad-
dress and talked Republicanism in the
we'll known Bailey style. He challeng-
ed the Republicanism of Stubs, un-
sparingly condemned Stubs inheri-
lance tax law, claimed that the con-
victs at Lansing enjoy many pleasures
| that the farmers of Kansas who pay
the taxes cannot afford, and Taft was
heartily commended for the success of
his administration so far. Mr.. Bailey
was roundly applauded.
Tom Wagstaff addressed an audience
of twelve hundred people in the same
park in the evening and While his
voice showed the strain of the week S
campaigning yet he handled h1mself
in good style. He pointed out the
enormous increase in state taxes,
showed how this carnival of eXtrava-
gance was being conducted and the
purpose of it ALL vividly drew the pic
ture of life in the penitentiary under
the Stubs administration and then
compared it with life in the old SOL
dier's home, clearly showing that it is
than a veteran of the civil war if the
Stubs idea is to prevail. Mr.. Wag-
staff also cited figures to show that
there are more men on the pay roll
of the state today than under the Hoch
administration. He unsparingly con-
demned the vicious inheritance tax
law, prize piece of Stubs legislation.
1t was clearly a Wagstaff day in
Marion county, and after the speech
many Republicans shook hands with
Wagstaff and pledged him their sup
port in the coming primaries. The
Stubs sentiment in Mariou county has
been receding rapidly for some time
and it is now believed Stubbs hasn't
a ghost of a show of carrying the
county.
The Florence band made a big hit
with Tom Wagstaff and he said he
wished he could have them at all of
his political meetings.
Among the ones who formerly were
Stubs supporters and that now are
enthusiastically for Tom Wagstaff for
governor are: W. E. Payton, editor
of the Florence Bulletin, Geo. Mckay,
city marshal, Col. Ed. Green, leading
stock grower of the community, 7. ?.
Alexander, hardware dealer and old
soldier, John Beginner, old soldier, Roy
Kelley. merchant, Henry O'Neill, Jno.
Stamp, Reuben Davies, and many
more who were interviewed but did
w. E. Payton of Florence, editor of
the Florence Bulletin and formerly a
very strong Stubs supporter was in
Newton during the time of the speech
by Wagstaff Saturday afternoon, and
afterward gave out the following in
terview:
st have talked with men like Nc
Manus, of the McManus department
store, with Geo. w. Hates, druggist,
DR.. Graybill and bankers of the city,
all the leading business men of the
town and 1 find them all for Wag-l
staff They are not only for him but
they are working for him. The same
condition as exists here is also true
in Marion county, only there I believe
the sentiment is even stronger for
Wagstaff. The business men are quit
ting Stubs and the farmers are more
outspoken against Stubs and his ex-
pensive administration than the bust
mes men,"
Mr.. Payton predicts the nomination
of Mr.. Wagstan in the August pri-
maries.