The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-04-21

Wagstaff for governor movement be
lieving it presents a rallyIng ground TOT
Republicans who favor the progreSslVe
policies of Roosevelt and TAFT ana 1,.ne tne
Republican majority in congress. Tnese
policies are steadily and surely being
enacted into law. The tariff law mas
already demonstrated its value as a
revenue producing protective measure
and will continue to grow in popular
favor The people of Kansas are won
derfully prosperous and believe are
too wise to endanger present cond1tlons
by rejecting upon the national admin
istration. The Wagstaff movement, IN
cluding the reduction of taxes down.
ward is a good thing. Push 1T along
The principal speakers at the con-
ference this afternoon were Thos. T..
Wagstaff, ex-Governo~ Bailey and ex-
speakers sounded the keynote of the
Wags+ aft campaign in their protest
against Stubs methods as compared
with the Wagstan slogan of Revision
of the taxes downward The young
gubernatorial candidate spoke without
notes or manuscript as the spirit
moved him. and he made a tremen-
dous impression upon his followers.
There is nothing to it but Wagstaff
at the National hotel today. Every
one present seems to have caught the
fever. They say that if Wag can stand
to his guns in the heat of the cam
paign against rough and ready fight
er like Stubbs is known to be. that he
can win at the primary. They be-
iieve that the movement now has suf-
ficient impetus and weight to carry it
through if something does not go
wrong.
Have a Poet Laureate.
W. E. Payson. editor of the Flor
ence Bulletin. is the poet laureate of
the Wagstaff forces. He was present
today and saw copies of the poem he
wrote for his paper some days ago
distributed among the visitors.
Senator ]. F. Overfield of Independ-
ence and Representative S. c. Westcott
of Galena Joined the crowd at the Ma
tional at noon today. c. L. Hand head
ed a delegation of five from Harvey. "A.
p. Burdick of NortOnville brought a
message of cheer from his home coun-
ty. OF the 160 out of town delegates
who had registered at noon today,
which is to say before the Wagstaf
special arrived from southeast Kansas.
the following names were picked at
random in order to give an idea of the
localities represented in the movement:
A. w. Smith of Mcpherson, John n.
Johnson of Lawrence, c. w. Colt of
Hutchinson, ]. A. Gibbs of Wichita, Z.
r. Thorpe of Lakin, Harry O'Brien cf
Clifton, J. w. Dunn of Onaga, F. E.
Young Of Stockton, l.. E. Countrymsn
o Phillipsburg. Atchison had a dele
cation of nineteen names on the book
neaQeQ Uy Governor Bailey.
The Resolutions.
At the meeting this afternoon a set
of the strongest kind of resolutions
were adopted. The resolution which
condemn Gov. Stubbs in vigorous
terms were drawn up by the following
committee:
Senator C. H. Lamb, Fourth district,
Yates Center, chairman. Hon. Ewing
Herbert, First district, Hiawatha;
Hon. Frank Sponable, Second district,
Gardner; Hon. Clarence Price, Third
district, Pittsburg, Hon. F. B. Dawes,
Fifth district, Clay Center; Hon. Chas.
Lands, Sixth district, Osborne; Hon.
w. E. Hutchinson, Seventh district,
Garden City; Hon. Oscar Smith,
Eighth district, Wichita.
Incidents of the Morning.
The Wagstaff conference today was
dubbed the Third Declaration of In
dependence by some of the leaders
present. Tom jefferson promulgated
the first, and the Boss Buster confer
ence of six years ago pulled off the
second one. 1t is significant that many
of those old boss busters are here today
in the flesh and their strength seems
not to have turned to water nor their
Vigor abated to any extent. At
O'Clock this morning 60 counties were
represented on the roster kept in the
secretary's room of the Wagstaf head
quarters. The Second and Third dis
trict delegations did not come in until
after dinner on the Wagstaff special
train, and many of the western coun-
ties sent in boomers on the noon trains
over the Union Pacific.
The prediction made by Secretary
Kramer that 80 counties would be rep
resented at the conference was nearly
fulfilled at 3 o'clock this afternoon. 1t
is remarkable the sentiment that has
brought this gathering of today about.
Some 500 citizens have left their occu-
in I1ai
for railroad fare and hotel bills in or
der to come to Topeka to register their
protest against the Stubbs administra-
tion. Every congressional district in
the state is represented. The delegates
are hopeful and bring with them a poll
of their counties. Not only are there
lawyers and politicians and business
men in the crowd that thronged the
National hotel lobby today. but many
farmers are there, former Stubbs men
and independents. They all bring glad
tidings with them. and the Wagstaff
leaders are feeling more confldent TINS
evening than at any time since the
Montgomery county man announced
his candidacy
Enthusiasm on Deck.
For a forIorn hope against odds the
gathering today is about the most
cheerful funeral on record The growth
of the Wagstaff boom has been phe-
TIE little western counties
are just dS eflIliuSidolAC eS SAiC NAIASS
the eastern part of the state where the
anti-Stubbs sentiment was supposed to
be the strongest.
While it is all guess work in pre-
dieting the sentiment of a county from
an interview with five or ten delegates
from that county, nevertheless the
demonstration made today must be
taken seriously. The men who came
here today talk sincerely and they act
like they believed their own words.
The farmer ard village storekeeper is
lust as enthusiastic as the politician.
Smith county has fourteen delegates
here. Senator Reed is one of the lead