The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1910-08-06
The Primary.

IS over and the POpulist Republicans /
have won by decisive majority. !
Stubs is re-nominated for q second |
term by 80, 600 majority, while Young
defeats Bill Reeder in the 9th for con-
gress by about thousand Rees beats
CaIderhead by about $500, nearly the
same majority that PopuIist Vincent
beat him years ago Mitchell defeats
Charlie Scott in the End, jackson beats
Miller in the 4th, but both Republicans
Anthony in the 1st and Campbell in the
3rd are re-nominated. Of the State
candidates no result can be given until
the cenvassers complete their work
this Friday as a Board of Canvassers
in each county.
For Judge Of this 23rd district, it is
nip and tuck and the first returns show
that Rea had defeated Pestana by
few votes. 1t was more than amusin1
to see old-time, red-Lot, rabid republi-
cans go to the polls and vote for men
who are advocating exactly tie sane
measures that Co gresham Bill Baker.
Hopkins, Burke, Gerkin and George
Troth advocated and begged these
very men to support fifteen years ago.
When they said you must control the
railroads, control the trusts, or they
will control this country in few years;
| when they advocated the income tax
that the rich must pay fair share of
| che burdens OF this country according
tn their wealth protected; when they
| SAID you must control The issue of
stocks aid bonds of corporations and
stop 60 much water; when Webb Nc
Nail tried to control the Insurance
companies that were holding up the
| people unneI cifuily; when they said
we didn't need high tariff or low tar
| if, Lut tariff that should treat the
| the rich richer and the poor poorer,
these meIchaDte, these ministers ard
| Law yers laughed and scoffed at the
oil Farmers Alliance and their pIinci-
pies, yet Low they are tun.biing OVER
each other 10 support men who are
advocating ard who will vote for these
| measures-For Congressman WhO will
do just like Old Bill Baker, and Sock
less Jerry Simpson. vote with tie
| DE mocrats if the Republicans don't
vote their way. II Is like the old Time
OF Wendell Phillip 8, Charles Sumner
and Horace Greeley before the birth
of the Republican party. The people
of the party have at last come to see
the right of these advanced ideas, and
| Gov. Stubbs in his speeches is far
more rampant than Lewellipg or
Lee6y in a0vC eating these ideas. And
as none OF these Progre ssiyes will fol-
low the lead of the Republican leaders
in Congress, it surely means the form
alton of another Peoples party for the
next National election to oppose Taft,
who will be re-nominated, and his
policies. For tie ne KIT Republican eau,
Gus of the House of representatives
| will re-nCmin&te Cannon as Speaker,
and then these lDsurgeant Republicans
must vote like Reeder, for their party
nominee. or bolt the party and vote
Independent or with the democrats,
Just what the democrats are working
to have them do.
In the Judicial race in this District
for the Republican nomination Ed Res
beat Pestana about hundred votes
and now Rea and Ruppenthal must
fight it out at the election.
| The uncertainty over the nominee
/ for District Clerk in the Democratic
ranks kept some walking the floor on
Wednesday. 1t was too close ito be
comfortable, For the Office now pays
salary and is worth having for four
years.
The nomination of Commissioner
Muehler for another four years term
by the republicans of the first district
is a deserving compliment to an able
officer of the county, and assures re-
election by an overwi Ginning majority,
he being an independent democrat, yet
so satisfactory to that whole part OF
| tha couptv that the Republicans nOmi-