The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-08-08
TRY MACHINEP PLAN
Republican Committee in Second
District Acts.
Attempt to Take Nomination
Away From People.
WOULD NAME MAN.
Senator Brady of Lawrence Will
Appeal to Courts.
Progressive Leaders Repudiate
the Action.
Scott Would Not Accept NOmina-
A5ou Fr0n COmmiffaR
WOULD NAME MAN.
Scott Would Not Accept Nomina-
tiOn From Committee.

The Republican congressional com
mittee for the Second district VIII like
Is get into lot of trouble with the
party and have to appear in court to
answer an injunction suit as the re
suit of its action in Kansas City last
night in deciding to name the nom
inee for Mitchens seat by committee.
This return by a progressive commit
tee to machine methods Will be bitter
ly condemned by Republicans all over
the state State Senator J. l. Brady
of I.awrence, a progressive candidate
for the nomination, is expected to ask
the court for an injunction TO restrain
the committee from naming candidates,
holding that such action is contrary TO
law The law provides that d com
mittee may fill a vacancy on a ticket
at any time between nomination anu
election, as that IS an emergency where
quick action must be taken TO protect
a party ticket, but during an CIT year
7vber a vacancy exists by reason OF
rho death OF an officer the committee
ryowers are reduced from the 1act tnere
K no en- ergency. In other words the
death of q candidate causes an cmer-
ce1cv not aroused by the death OF an
Tie congress1. nal committee meet
Ing at Kansas City Kan, last msht
looks like a cooked and dried aftalf-
II emacks Cf Wyandotte machine poll
4ics Tie four Wyandotte members OF
the con mittee voted tor committee
nomination in the interest CL u ,,
Guver. .andidate from Wyandotte- All
the other candidates, progressive ana
regular, opposed committee hohllhd-
The second district declared for pri-
mary nominations before primary
44a
law was passed now Ine Ssiuli -aii,,I,s, -,
would the district stand Tor a macnlHs
nomination in lieu of primary? Woulu
q committee candidate be able 10 carry
the district at the polls IN NoNeiIpeA
Is not the committee actOn ihsAliSSl 80.
ana a backdoWn from prlnclplef IN Asct'
Is il not a declaration that the pIl-
mary is a good thing only unaer Ger
Tain circumstances and only 1or Ger
tain interests
stubbs for a Primary.
Governor stubbs. when asked today
. for an opinion on the committee SAID;
81 was asked before the committee
rneetine bv members what I thousht
about it. and I will tell you what L tod
them, and that was, if ] had vote III
the committee / would vote for a prl-
mary election. I have not mixed in
this Second district congressional mat
ter and do not propose to do So
know nothing about the law in the case
nor any conditions that might exist
ion 1 cannot consistently say anything
else than to declare for primary
nomination every time and under all
circumstances. I do not pretend to
criticise the action of the committee.
That is their affair and they are prob
ably acting for what they think the
best interests of all concerned
merely give you my individual opinion
on methods of nomination Some of
the committeeman asked my advice
and I told them l would vote for pri-
mary nomination. that is all"
Scott Says Action Is Un-Republican.
EX-Congressman Charles Scott, in
response to query from the State
Journal, telegraphs the following re-
ply as to his sentiments regarding
the arbitrary action of the congress
siOnal committee:
In deciding to take into their own
hands the nomination of candidate
for congress, committee has violated
all Republican precedents in this dis
trict. and has also. it seems to me.
misconceiVed the law and misinter-
preted Republican sentiment.
The primary law authorizes the
committee to fill vacancies but the
context clearly shows that it is Va
cancies in the ticket. not vacancies in
office to which reference is made.
But the important thing is the dis
regard of public sentiment involved in
the committees S action Regardless of
factions the Republicans of this dis
trict are against machine methods in
politics. They are unanimous in sup
port of primary as method of nom
mating candidates. That has been
especially the cardinal article in the
creed of the so-called progressives.
and it seems strange that those pro-
Tossing adherence to that element of
party should be first to violate it,
Under the impression that a pri-
mary would be called. I have had un-
der consideration the question of be-
coming a candidate. but of course
that question is settled. One does not
voluntarily lay his head under the
axe, but if the committee were friends
and I were certain of their favorabl
action I should yet decline to be can
didate. I was retired from congress
q primary and if I am ever returned
it must be through the primary
should he unwilling to accept a nom
ination in which only thirteen out of
twenty-six thousand Republicans in
the district had a voice"
Brady VIII Appeal to Courts
State Senator J. L. Brady of Law
renee IS out of the city. but Mr.. Simon.
his partner in the ownership of the
Journal-WOrld. declared that Senator
Brady expected to carry the matter 10
the courts to try to prevent a commit
Tee nomination, as he was COnvinc "a
n THAT the law did not support such pow
er on the part Of the committee. Ser
ator Brady had declared before the
committee meeting that he would not
accept a committee nomination.
a. NJ. keene of Bourbon county. pro-
gressive candidate for the nomination.
had publicly announced for primary
election, so. had Charles Scott. regular
OF Allen county. The burden for the