The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-06-29
KANSAS FOR TAFT
Sentiment Has Shifted to Sup
port OF President.
Square Deal Leaders Say He'll
Win Delegation.
DOTLEY SPEAKS OUT
Chairman of State Committee
Saws There Is No Opposition.
La Toilette Boom Fails to Gain
Followers.
DOLLEY SPEAKS OUT

Is kansas for Taft? Kansas. the
fountain head of insurgency and oppo-
gitior to the old order Of things. KAN
sas. the author Of Senator Bristow s
creed and the inspiration for Congress-
man Nurdock's rebellion against recog-
nized authority. The question IS asked
frequently now in Washington and IN
topeka In eight months the state VIII
select delegates to the next national
convention. Senator Bristow has been
quoted as favoring LaFouette for the
Republican nomination for the presl-
dencv Bristow, less than three years
aro had majority Of his party behind
him i'm the primary election and ma
ioritv Of the voters of the state at the
General election. He is four years closer
TO the people than Senator Curtis who
received the presidential patronage.
The question about where Kansas
stands now is lnslstent. ana, stIdHS
AS it may seem, Kansas appears TO OS
strong for Taft for denomination. a
year ago the president might have been
defeated in primary election IN Uhis
state for denomination by $4,000 votes.
He had taken a slap at all the state
eouara deal idols He refused stare
Chairman Dolley his aid IN the nshl
for hank guaranty. He took away from
Governor Stubbs a minor federai ap-
noirtraent He denied Senator BrlStoW
even the leavings from the dlsh OF pat
ronage. He was charged with naVlhS
deserted the progressives in their TAR
ief revision fight The Kansas leaders
he had snubbed had party ma1orltles
of 10000 in primary elections pehlilu
Them Senator Curtis came home Win
the presidents favor strong upon him
last summer and supported Wagstah
for governor. Wagstaf was beaten by
an Overwhelming majority.
II looked then as though Kansas
would surely send a solid antiTaft del
egation to the next convention But
the sentiment has shifted about. Inc
past year has witnessed a reversal OF
opinion in this state and now Ia1t Is
conceded by leaders Of both factions 70
be the choice of the state for renoni-
nation. No other name IS menuonsa
here at home for the presidency No
progressive leader has suggestion OF
another name to offer II there IS
hone for I4aFollette to capture the state
delegation the friends of the Wisconsin
senator are keeping it buried
Even DoIIey Admits 1t.
The Taft sentiment does not come
alone from federal office holders ana
their friends, but from men in every
walk of life who have nothing whatever
to do with or hope from federal pa
trouage or the men who ENJOY lhal
kind of pie For instance:
state Chairman J. N. Dolley, a pro- |
gressfve now believes that Taft Will |
have no opposition in Kansas for re-
nomination. Mr.. Dolley is chairman of |
all the Republicans and was loath to |
talk about preferences before nOmi- !
Mating time. but he did say that in his |
opinion Taft was strong now in Kan |
sas and gaining in strength every day. |
''The presidents brave stand for rec1- |
prOcity in the face of public clamOr |
said Mr. DDlIPV I
his appointment of Walter Fisher to |
be secretary Of the interior and his ef-
fective fight on the vicious corpora |
tions. all within the past year have
gone far to fulfill the hopes Kansas |
had of him when she led the Taft
column of the states four years ago. /
have heard nothing Of any agitation or
sentiment within the state favorable
to any other leader for 1912"
Charles Sessions, secretary OF state, !
was formerly the dean of the Kansas |
newspaper men at the state house and
keeps in as close and impartial touch
with the public sentiment as any man. |
Sessions is conservative and. has
many friends in both factions of the
party He is for Taft for a second |
term unreservedly, and said: "Presi- |
dent Taft win win Kansas support for
a second nomination with but little or
no opposition He is entitled to this |
states endorsement"
odmAtl Il. f1OWe, chairman of the [
state tax commission. and a DrOeres-
sive, is now a Taft man Mr. Howe is
a pioneer kansan and has good rec
ord IN public office in Kansas dating
back many years. He thought that
Taft had made one of the best presl-
dents We have ever had" If there was
opposition to the president Mr.. Howe |
did not know about it,
Frank Ryan. candidate for governor. !
Is Il strong Iatt man and will endorse
the president when he makes his
gubernatorial announcement
Arthur Capper, candidate for gov
ernor. did not mention Taft in his an
nouncement but his paper. the Capital
IS now showing symptoms of support
ing Taft.
Ex-Governor Hoch. in his paper. the
Marion Record. declares thar Senator
Bristow's boom for LaFollette for ryesi- |
dent does not interest the Kansas /
people Governor Hoch declares that |
the progressives as well as the regulars |
IN Kansas are now for Taft and he |
soes on TO tell why they are for him, |
declaring that the country at large IS |
now just beginning to appreciate tbe
man and give him the credit he richly /
deserves. -'o'''S
Only One Who Dodees.
Out OF a score or more of politicians
approached recently in regard to the
TAFT denomination only one vac ~. |
committaI, and he scorns the ti+ia .,f
politician. Secretary F. d. Coburn Of
the state board of agriculture rna5s |
the following characteristic repiv 10
the Tart question; "Ihave given CON
siderable thought to these problems
and while interested in the welfare cf
the nation at large my foremost CON
eern is for Kansas. This beine the
case and wishing to be a patrfof
rather than partisan I am for plenty
or rainwater. and a temperature that
has no ambition above 80 degrees
certainly this would be ticket upon
which our people could so unite as 10
make It invinrible. Put me down for