The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-08-10
WATSON DIDN'T SAY IT. GA
Denies Words Imputed to Him by Sen
atOr Brady.

W. T. Watson. assistant bank COM
missioner. and representative from AL
len county during the last two ses-
sions of the legislature, writes the
State Journal to correct statement
ascribed to him in connection with
the Second district congressional com
mittee meeting at Kansas city lasl
Monday night. Mr.. Watson incl
dentally hands few packages to the
candidates for congress from their dis
trict in connection with their attack
on the committee action. Mr.. Watson
says:
referring to article in your esteem
ed paper yesterday, in which senator
Brady of Lawrence criticised myself
and others because they did not agree
with him upon the method of naming
q candidate for congress in the sec
ond district, and in which Brady says
Mr. Watson declared before he COM
nfttee that he could not trust the Vot-
ers Of Allen county to have voice
for fear they would nominate can
didate personally Objectionable to him.
Docs Mr. Watson own Allen county,
or is NE just insulting honest men VINO
may happen to differ from him
Il do not assume to own Allen coun-
~ neither did anything 1 said nave
a tendency to insult anyone honest or
otherwise. l have no objection TO pc
ing quoted upon any statement L MADE
before the ccmtnitt-e provided the quo
tatious are truthful and Senator Brady
knows perfectly well that I made no
such statements IS ne imputes to me
The people Of Allen county know me
very well, have treated me very kind
" In a political and business way. 1
have never tried to assume in any De
gree whatever the role OF boss N
politics and Brady's statements VIII
not go very far in that community
What I did say was that at Ger
tain primary held in that county with
t~Fr of law that II is openly
charged that mary Democrats voted
at said primary That 1 was opposed
10 a primary not properly safe guard
cd BY law: that the sentiment OF the
district is by a large majority progress
sive in politics; they said so in no
uncertain tones at the last primary
election and at the last general cleo
ton; that the people OF that ilsLrlet
were entitled to have progressive
candidate to vote for to fill the uneX-
rfrad term of A c. Mitchell. and that
at q. primary held without restriction
of law and with four progressive can
didates in the field against one stand
Datter. that it was waste OF time
and money to hold such primary
that the committee in any event might
lust as we'll make the nomination and
name the standDat candidate and save
the people the burden Of primary
election AS I said then, it is con-
ditiOn and not a theory which con-
that the present primary law does not
apply to the filing of vacancies for
special elections and I believe that II
was the intention of the law makers
to have such vacancies filled by the
committee Under the circumstances
] believe it not only tee right but the
duty of the committee to name pro-
gressiVe candidate.
Notwithstanding the attitude taken
by the candidate upon the question OF
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CITY. [ am tod that all Of these can
dictates canvassed the committee with
the idea Of securing the nomination
by the committee if possible and find
ing they were unable to do this loudly
proclaimed that they favored the pri-
mary election. 1 am quite sure that
one Of the candidates at least who
SPOKE strongly for primary made spec
ial effort to get enough votes in the
committee to secure a committee NOM
nation. failing in which he was for
the primary method.
wv. r. WATSON"