The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-04-28
mr.. BIDDLE HERE.
Congressman Anthony's Manager Raps
Tom McNeal.

The Honorable William Riddle. chair
man Of the First district Republican
congressional committee, came TO To-
peka today. Incidentally, Mr.. Biddle is
Congressman Dan Anthony's manager
as may be readily CLEANED from his con-
versation.
In speaking of the First district con-
test, Riddle said: .Anthony's strength
is increasing all the time. In travelling
over the district 1 find that Republi-
cans are well satisfied with AntlhOny's
course in standing by President Tart
and the national administration An
thony was elected as a Republican and
he is pleasing those who supported him
by voting and acting with the Repub-
Gcan party.
''McNeal is injuring his candidacy by
making free trade speeches and finding
fault with everything the Republican
Thrty does. He is constantly appealing
for the support of Democrats and acts
as though he expected the opposition
voters to step in and make the Repub-
lican party nomination. My former eS-
innate of 5000 majority for Anthony is
too low. 1t now looks as though 1t Will
be higher and that Anthony will carry
all of the eight counties of the dis
trict.''
Then he continued in this fashion:
"All things to all men and anything
to catch votes seems to be Tom Nc
Meals political motto. He has no fixed
principles and shifts from one extreme
kaleidoscope fashion. Less than two
years ago McNeal was one of the most
ardent high protective tariff advocates
in the state. ridiculing those who did
not agree with him, and now he is
making free trade speeches, cof.trad dict
Ill everything he said on the other side
OF the question.
"Take the expansion question, brought
into tho cor orgressional campaign by Nc
Neal and he is found on all sides of it.
c-fo foI n nj a a.
claring for the abandonment of the
Philippines, and when a Republican OF
AtcIison county. who believes in the
policy of expansion, advocated by NC
Kinley, Roosevelt and Taft, wrote to
him protesting against pulling down the
flag in our island possessions, McNeaI
replied in a letter in which he said:
'-' Il regret that you cannot agree with
my position concerning the Phihpplnes.
I am more absolutely certain that l am
right on that proposition than on any
other i'll my platform On this question,
I am tremendously in earnest. would
rather be defeated with that plank IN
ny platform Than to be nominated with
it omitted
''McNeal was a fervent expansionist
until quite recently, and there was moth
ing too offensive for him to insinuate
against those who advocated giving up
he Philippines. To prove this and to
show his ridiculous inconsistency,
chapter entitled, The Donkey and the
on page 216 in McNeafs
Book of Fables is quoted. 1t reads as
follows:
"a patient donkey was purchased
by a. Boston mugwump for the amuse-
ment of the children, who rode 1t about
the ward. One day, the mugWunp came
in and ordered tine donkey saddled, say
ing that he had been directed by his
physician to take a donkey ride for ex-
ercise. But as soon as the mugwump
straddled the donkey, who had listened
to the anti-expansion speech of his
master the evening before, it bumped |
It's back and threw the man over its |
head That evening the cow, who oc-
nupied the next stall to the donkey and |
had been greatly surprised at his con-
1uct, asked why he had acted in such |
] rambunctious manner. IT will tell |
you," said the donkey, as he bit off a |
piece of thistle, Il ann willing to stand /
almost anything. but blamed If 1 pro-
posc to be ridden by a bigger ass than
nyself' - -