The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-08-08

| eo-us us ioNel1enf nave all come
forward with declarations that thew
VIII support the party nominee. Joe
Doiley and John Dawson and other
square deal leaders have made con-
cinatory statements regarding the con-
duct of the fall campaign. and il would
seem that the wounds of the primary
VIII all be healed. The Republicans will
nave strong and well balanced state
ticket from all sections of the state,
| ana with the tremendous majority
| Stubs received at the primary as a
Ioundauon, the future looks brighter
Tor the party in Kansas than at any
time since the long yell went up to the
skies over the Payne tariff bill. The
party council will likely endorse Taft,
and that is all that the regulars are
asking for just now.
| The Democrats nominated a strong
and popular candidate in the person of
Senator Hodges of Olathe, but the
! Stubs star is in the ascendant still.
with the Lawrence wonder even if he
lugged an axe and a rifle into the ring
with him.
There is going to be one split in the
party council, and that is on the intia-
tive and referendum plank. The
! wheels-in- their-heads fellows are clam
oring for this expensive luxury, but
they will be opposed by the practical
leaders of the square deal.
There is talk already about Joe Dol
lev for state chairman, but it is ques-
ton whether Dolley will take the place
or not. He has won honors in that ca
pacitv in ore than one campaign, ana
another success this year would add
TENDER indications point to a nara
fight Dolley may be induced to take a
a place where there is lots or work anu
worry and no fun. He is in a class by
himself as state chairman
CONGRESSMAN D. r. Anthony has gwen
out the following statement:
81 will say briefly that l am giad 10
announce my continued allegiance to
progressive Republican ideas sIooo
among the first in Kansas OF tire adVo-
Gates of the direct primary. OF the reg
,1lation of railroads and other corpora
tiors, and of other reforms Whlch nave
effected reforms in the administrator
of state affairs, and the emancipation
of the state from the control OF the
monied interests. These Things lol
which I have ccntended in the state
will, contend for in congress Tor the "a
ton My votes in the lower mouse nave
been found enrolled consistently On the
side of all distinctly progressive anu
practical legislation. including that for
reform in the rules of the house Itself
with regard to the tariff and ali other
matters. In this co inectlon desire !"
say that 1 have not defended the new
tariff law as perfect. SO far reaching
ia il in its erect that it must neces-
sarily entail some injUStices, but l be-
lieve it is one of the best tariff laws
ever enacted, particularly as 1T included
in it's terms provisions for tar1n COM
mission and the appropriation OF 1unu
sufficiently large to enable 1t to proceed
with the perfection Of the measure. For
the correction of the Payne tar1h law L
expect in the next con oress, II elected,
to advocate further revision OF num-
her of the tariff schedules, notably the
wool and cotton schedules, and also in
other Instances, basing upon exact in
formation those notifications for which
there is an apparent need
II repeat that in the last session of
congress my vote and energies were TO
be found on the side of progressive
legislation Every bill or amendment
proposed with a view to keeping with
in entirely fair limits the powers of
the railroads andother corporations
received my hearty support and this
tai is constantly alert to advantages
and aggressfvely fighting for the best
of it. It will require constant watch
fulness if the rights of the people are
to be maintained all along the line, If
the big interests are to be held in
check and lines of industry and trans
portation kept open to competition. In
that contest I will always be found |
on the side of the people.
ct desire to repeat further that in
my congressional experience thus far |
and in whatever there may be to fol- |
low l have never yielded and will |
not yield to any dictation of any char |
acter governing my course except that |
to be found in the wishes of major |
ity of the Republican voters of the |
First Kansas district. No one regrets |
more deeply than I do the misrepre- |
sentation of my position by unfriend |
Nv newspapers, even though / believe |
there is more credit in a victory |
gained after a fight than in one which |
has been passively surrendered. I de- |
sire nothing quite so earnestly as to |
und arstand exactly the desires of my |
constituents except that they under |
stand me, and covet nothing SO much |
as their faith that I am seeking to !
serve them capably and honestly.
II believe that there are differences |
in the Republican party concerning |
important issues and the place for ad- |
justment is within the party itself, and |
that this can be effected with more |
definite and immediate benefits to the |
people by this method than by combi-
nation with men elected by an oppo- |
sition party.
THE present Republican admins |
tration has shown itself equal to the |
enactment into law of practically |
every one of the Roosevelt reforms in |
the short space of time covered by |
publicans, if they control the next |
house of representatives. should, and |
I believe. will complete this program"
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