The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-27
ANTRONY'S REPLY.
Governor Stubbs' Attack on Congress-
men Answered.

The Leavenworth Times, Congress-
man Anthony's paper, makes reply to
Governor Stubbs' assertion that the old
line congressman are fighting him. In
an editorial III Sunday mornings paper.
Under the heading, "Stubbs Hunting
for Trouble the Times says:
Governor Stubs has broken out in
a Violent manner again and is now de-
manding row with Senator Curtis and
-he six regular Republican congressman
A report Of the Belleville meeting pub
lished in two of the newspapers sup
porting Governor Stubs and opposing
President Taft and the Republican
party, says that the governor called on
and demanded that the regular Re
publican representatives in congress
fight him. 1t will be well to remember
that Governor Stubs is himself invit-
ing this battle now, for in a short time
he may be wailing and complaining and
posing as a martyr and as a peaceful
and abused patriot.
In this connection it is not out of
place to recall the fact that Governor
Stubbs demanded and proclaimed that
he would not be satisfied unless some
one came out against him to contest
for the Republican nomination for gov
ernor. He challenged dared and de-
fled some Republican to run against
him. 1t was announced that the gov
ernor was restless and could not sleep
unless he had opposition.
Governor Stubs insisted that the
one thing he wanted to make him
happy was opposition, but he has been
acting queer ever since it came, show
ering abuse. calling names and raving
madly- He has given out. scores of in
tervfews and letters assailing and
abusing those who are not for him and
trying to make it appear that any one
who does not support him is guided by
improper motives and is not a good
citizen.
1.-The average citizen of Kansas will
confess that he does not know exactly
what the Stubs Principles are, which
the governor says these congressman
are not supporting. They certainly are
not those of strict and loyal Repub-
licanism, for the Republican who
anxiously hopes to see his party make
good and who takes a pride every time
it does so, is delighted with the admin
istration of President Taft. Mr.. Stubs
is not, of course, for if he were, he
would say so frankly.
1.-THE regular Republican congress-
men of Kansas supported MI TAFT
from the beginning to the end of the
present session of congress in his fight
for the reforms which the last Repub-
lican national convention pledged to
the people, and those other reforms
which the president himself suggested
and urged. The regular Republican
congressman from Kansas were a very
considerable factor in the now unques-
toned success of the present admins
tration. Having Joined SO heartily
with the president, whom Mr.. Stubs
seems to find it unable to commend,
there must be a difference between
the Sympathies of these congressman
and those of Stubs somewhere
"In demanding that these congress-
men stand either with him or with
the president, it would seem that the
governor is Just the least bit arbitrary
or exacting. These congressman, it
should be reflected, made their cam
paigns upon the announcements of
the national Republican party, they
were elected upon that platform and
the voters have naturally expected
them to uphold those pledges.
Governor Stubbs has been meddling
for more than year and getting out
factional candidates for congress in dis
trictS where he is not a resident and
from which he should keep out. He
started fighting Senator Curtis and the
loyal Republican members of congress
long before there was any controversy
over the changing of the rules in the
house of representatives or the passage
of the new tariff bill or measures to
carry out other platform pledges of the
party. positive proof of this is the
! action of Governor Stubs in going to
Washington in March. 1909, and making
misrepresentation to President Taft in
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