The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-06-16
He SEEMS TO SUIT
Newspaper Comment on CapDer
Candidacy Favorable.
Square Deal Papers Hail Him as
Deliverer.
ALSO SOME OF OTHERS
A Few Say That 1t Indicates
Ring Rule.
insists That Harmony Is What
Kansas Must Have.
ALSO SOME OF OTHERS

II is interesting to note the comment
Of the country dailies and weekly
newspapers of the state on the an
pouncement Of the candidacy Of Arthur
Gamer. himself a newspaper man, for
governor The progressive papers ac-
cept the Topeka publisher as the rlsh'
man to lead the ticket for the fall cam
paign of 1912, so do some Of the regular
papers. All the editors have gooo
word for their fellow editor
The South Kansas Tribune. published
in Independence, Montgomery county,
is standpat to the core. 1t pays tribute
10 the personal character OF MI CapP@I
and tben goes on to say that maybe ms
caDdidacv was prompted by the ring
ruIe Of Charles Curtis and Governor
Stubbs The Tribune believes thdt
ssaro+her such convention as the kan
earoo party council Of last summer anu
George Hodges viii get there sure
The Ieavenworth Times, a regular
,,ane~ looks with favor on the Capper
candidacy and declares that he IS the
choice of a majority of the regulars
The Times believes that all Repuo-
licans in the state can stand on the
platform promulgated in the Capper
announcement II also believes that
The Garden City Telegram, regular.
thinks Mr. Capper IS fine type of =
man successful in his business and
popular with his friends, but cannot
see MIN as the harmony candidate The
Telegram says: THE Lord knows that
Kansas and the Republican party need
harmony. especially after four years Of
Stubbs. but how Mr.. Capper brings any
harmony into the race from the stand
point Of the regulars cannot be seen
from this distance"
The Fort Scott Republican refers to
Nr Capper as a formidable candidate
and devotes come space to pointing out
the advantage of having a good business
man for chief executive Of the state.
The Independence Reporter, regular,
points with pride to Mr.. Capper's as
sertion that he believes in party organ
ization. The Reporter then scores the
Republican progressive leaders who, it
says believes In party disorganiza-
tion.'
The Independence Star says: 1T
seems to be the general opinion that
Capper is just the man for the place"
Hutchinson News: Senator Bristow
voting with the Republicans, Congress-
man Murdock swatting the Democrats
and Arthur Capper calling for a har-
monious party. All join hands and cir
cl to the left"
The Emporia Gazette is strong for
Capper. It pleads fer harmony next
year as follows: Tor without har-
mony the Republican party VIII be
come a minority party The question
that Mr.. CappCr's car didacy brings uD
in Kansas is a vital one; shall the
party in this state continue its great
constructive wOrk-or shall It fold VI,
its tents, abdicate to the Democrats
and die on the hills above the promised
land ?"
ottawa Republic: 'rWo doubt if
p 1sra1rn
for governor. but if any enc can. Cap
per IS the man. He is capable, kind
and clean"
The BelOit Gazette looks with favor
on the Capper candidacy, but sees a
hard road ahead for the Topeka pub
Usher. The Gazette wants to see the
gubernatorial and senatorship fights in
the primary kept separate. Tt regards
CApper's Capital as a haJdicap in his
coming campaign rather than a help
It does not believe that his newspapers
can remain neutral in the senatorial
fight.
The Abilene Reflector says: s'It
looks as though Capper would win in
a walk"
The Ottawa Herald declares that the
Capper candidacy will be well received
by the Republicans Of the state and
him big vote in the primary and at
the general election.
The Hutchinson Gazette, the official
Democratic paper of th.s state, hopes
to see a Democrat elected governor.
But" It says IF a Republican must
be elected, there is no man in Kan
sas more worthy of that konor than is
Arthur Capper"
The Lawrence Journal-World saws:
"Mr. Capper is a man in whom the
people of Kansas can take pride"
The Atchison Champion believes
there is little doubt of M. Capper's
nomination and says that his ATTEMPT
to unite his party is worthy of com
mendation. The Champion. speaking
of harmony. goes further and SAYS.
Harmony between the honest and
sincere leaders of the Republican mar
ty in this state is indisputabIy essen
tial to Republican success in Kansas
in 1912. But a compromise with the
representatives of certain factions
and interests is the shortest wav to
defeat. IF Mr.. Capper is elected gov
ernor next year it win he because he
made a clean, fair and open fight TIC
win he must go to the rolls a candi-
date free from restrictions of party
compromises. There are two brands
Of harmony being offered to Mr.. Can
per and his election probably depends
upon his selection"