The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-02-21
SEES TAFT ONLY.
Senator Curtis Says Kansas Will
Be for the President.
State viii BE Republican With
out Qualifying Adjective.
THE CAMPAIGN is ON.
Place for Holding National Con-
Eention Soon Be Fixed.
People Beginning to Understand
and Appreciate Taft.
THE CAMPAIGN is ON.

| Washington. D. c. Feb. -21.-
! Charles Curtis. senator from Kansas,
who was honored with eight success
sive elections to the house of repre-
! sentatives before he came to the SEN
ate, is about the most cheerful and
optimistic of all the statesmen from
the middle west.
/ I'm the next campaign" said Sena-
tor Curtis, kansas will give it's cleo
toraI vote to William Howard Taft,
! will elect a Republican governor and
state officers, eight members of the
national house and the legislature will
elect Republican senator.
ct am sure of all this no matter
what arises in national or state poll
ties. of course, it has long been the
fashion to blame Kansas for all the
troubles that beset the Republican
parry Back in 1890 the Populists had an
inning in many states. but seemed most
active in Kansas. when they retired
| ingalls, for PETER. A few years later
Populism went out of business and in
surgency came along later to take its
place.
THE insurgent movement had head
way not only in Kansas but in many
other states, and it reached its height
| in the Sunfower state when Senator
Bristow was chosen and Governor
Stubs was reelected. Nearly three
| years ago the insurgents defeated Sen
ator Chester 1. Long and elected two
| Der election the insurgents elected the
governor and six of the eight house
| members.
'"The term insurgent has been in
use for some time back, but since Col
onel Theodore Roosevelt insisted that
progressive Republican was the
proper name for the party, there has
| been an eagerness to use the latter
name. Well, it seems to the good, old
| fashioned Republicans of the state
that there should be getting to-
gether in Kansas before the presiden-
| tial campaign.
81 might add that among the faith
full of both sides there is a hopeful
feeling that before the next national
election the state of Kansas will sure
ly be Republican without any qualify
! ing adjective. One great help in
bringing about this much-desired con-
Ldition of things will be the high re-
gard of the people for President Taft.
The people of the United States are be-
ginning to understand and appreciate
President Taft, and there is wonder
| full increase of the sentiment which
credits the president with doing not
only the best he can, but what he
thinks best for the nation. 1 have no
doubt about Kansas being for Presi-
dent Taft's denomination.
There has been some gossip in
Kansas that some of the insurgents So
called might endeavor to select a dele
cation favorable to LaFollette for
presidential nomination, but there has
been no real organization, and, per-
sonally, I do not think it will happen.
Do you realize that within this calen-
dar year the Republican national COM
mittee will meet to fix the time and
place for the next national conven-
ton?
"You might say that the national
campaign of next year is virtually on
at the present time, and It is well for
the Republicans of all states to be
watchful from now on, and Kansas
will do her part, never fear
What will be the chief issue dis
cussed in the Republican national
convention?" was asked of Senator
Curtis, who replied:
There will be no real controversy
when the convention meets; some. pos
sibly, on the matter of reciprocity.
That will be fought out in committee
on platform, rather than in the con-
vention If the Democrats attempted
to revise the tariff in the next session
of congress, the tariff will be once
more the great chief issue between
the two parties in the next preS1den-
tial campaign
While Senator Curtis was content
to talk generally Of Kansas politics,
there are other visitors from the Sun
flower state willing to remark that the
presidential campaign of 1912 is already
on west of the Mississippi river Dur
ing the past week visiting and other
Kansas Republicans have gone over
the list of really big leaders in the
party who would be willing or even
eager to be delegates to the Repub-
lican national convention next year.
There was casting up of eligibles
last night in the lobby OF the New Will
lard hotel, each Kansan present giving
the name of one, two, or more devoted