The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-08-11
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Senator Brady Gives the Lie to
Watson.
Heard Him Make Statement Con-
corning Allen County.
FIGHT GROWING WARM
Second District Committee Try
ing to Justify Itself.
Explanation of Why People Can
Not Be Trusted.

The Stubbs-Dawson controversy is
now langSishing until such time as
The supreme court shall again assem-
bic after tine summer vacation to pass
upon the merits of each officials con-
tentions, but rev blaze has broken
out in the ranks of the Republican
party of this state. State Senator j.
L. Brady of Lawrence, editor of the
Jodrral- World and candidate for con-
gress from the Second district, is ar
rayed against w. T. watson, represen-
tative from Allen county, and assistant
bank commissioner. Senator Brady de-
clared in an editorial the other Gay
that Watson had said at the congress
slOnal co nnittee meeting last Monday
night that he could not trust the peo-
pie of Allen county to vote on a can
didate for congress. Watson, in an
article in the State Journal yesterday,
denied the allegation and de.ed Sena-
tor Brady. Now Brady comes back
and empnatically declares that Watson
did use the words aScribed to him.
The trouble in the Second appears to
be over Charles SCOTS candidacy The
progressives favoring a committee NOM
ination are afraid that Scott would be
nominated in a primary with three
progressive candidates opposed to him
in other words they not willing to
trust the people. They argue that the
voters of the district selected the late
Alex. Mitchell over Scott in fair pr1-
mary, and that now Scott seeks to
fill out the uncxpired term of his dead
rival by taking advantage Of the fact
/ that several progreSSives are In the
race to divide the progressive vote. II
is a peculiar position for the men who
gave the state the primary law.
/ Watson is J. n. Dolleys first assist
ant in the bank commissioners office.
Dolley is for The primary all the time
But Watson iS a Second district man
and bitterly opposed to Scott's renom-
| nation. It is a peculiar situation.
Brady Sticks to 1t.
| Senator Brady, in his reply today
to Watson's attack of yesterday says
4 have just read the Watson inter
view in the State Journal last night
Now that Mr.. Watson has found him
self in a hole he mas adopted the time
horored custom of denying he evel
said it. He not only oid mallgn AlleL
/ county, but repeated it after l hat
| called him down for SO doing. Mr.
Watson should lose no time making
an apology to the voters of Allen coUn-
ty whom he has insulted-
/ 1T is no affair of mine that he made
so unfortunate a remark
: Il have the kindliest feelings for Mr.
| Watson personally and he Should take
some other means than denial tt
put himself right with the people OF
Allen county.
Shore Tells Why.
E. H. shore, chairman of the Second
district congressional committee, has
issued the following statement in de-
fense of the committees action of last
Monday night in deciding to nominate
the candidate for congress:
Z am not surprised at the criti
| cism,' Mr.. Shore said. II fully realize
that under conditions which now exist
we would have been criticised, no mat
ter what action we had taken. We
had only to consider the source from
which the criticism would come, an6
the manner of nomination that would
result satisfactorily to majority o1
the Republicans of the district
1.-THE Republican congressional com
mittee was elected by the voters who