The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-09-30
POLITICAL GOSSIP
Benjamin Fay Mills of Chicago
Coming to Kansas.
He VIII Campaign for the Pro-
gressive Cause.
HUMBOLDT MAN TO CAPPER
He Gives Reasons Why He Can
not Support Him.
Stubs Talks to School Chill
dren at MankatO.

| benjamin ray Mills OF chicago
coming to Kansas for the Bull Moos
leaders and make a half dozen Pro
gressive speeches in the state thi
| week. Mills is rated as one OF tht
most able orators in the present cam
paign and lhe national Progressiv,
committee has assured William Alle1
White that Mills speeches have beer
second in effect only to those OF
Roosevelt and Johnson. The speaker
is former evangelist and is said &c
mix his ministerial pleadings will. po-
| litical argument in manner that pI o.
duces results. He will speak Friday
night in Hutchinson, Saturday after
noon in Kansas City, Saturday night
in Topeka, Monday, October in
Emporia in the afternoon, and i'll
Newton at light. October 8, he speaks
in Chanute in the afternoon and in
lola at night.
In a letter to Arthur Capper, D. w.
Houston of Garrett gives his reasons
for not supporting the Topeka PUBLISH
er for governor. Capper and Houston
Houston lives in Cappers former
home town. 1t is because the Topeka
editor has followed the Bull moose
cause that Houston now declines to
copy of a letter which Houston Sent
to Capper under date of September {;
1 received yours of the 25th ult., this
morning, in which you say am d
candidate for governor and am Wit
ing this to say TO you personally, that
shall be extremely pleased II you
can give me your vote and support.
Is not this little presumptuous
since you refused to either publlsh or
return a letter of warning l wrote you
some weeks since?
In the same enclosure you also send
the Capper platform" and several
other documents in which you pleoge
yourself many times over to "a bust
ness administration That is the
cheapest kind of stuff man could
write. Any person could make SUCH
promises. Every candidate Tor COVER
nor for the last fifty years has made
such prediction pledges. and in
general way, 1 believe kept them, too.
But, l do not see in your PLATFORM, or
other papers, one word about national
politics What we want to know is:
viii you support the national Repub-
lican platform and nominee, as adopt
ed at the last national Republican
convention? That is the only, test of
Republicanism that know of.
In one of the darkest periods of the
Civil war, President Lincoln called the
governors of the loyal states together
to consult about war measures, etc.
How would you like to read in history
AAeAAAh'e-7
that meeting: "Mr. Lincoln, I am not
a Republican. 1 cannot support your
administration or your measures"
How do you think true administra-
ton Republicans felt when the five |
little governors tried to disparage |
and embarrass the administration of
President Taft?
I mention these things to show you |
hat there are other things to be con- !
sidered in the election of a governor |
han state business
You spoke of my allegiance being |
due to my state and my country"
Both in your platform and your ac- |
ion you place your state before your |
This is just what Jeff Davis |
md all secessionists cid. They re-
fused to abide by the action of the |
national Republican convention that
Lincoln and made other
I thought we had shot
he life out of that doctrine.
Mr.. Capper. I am sorrv can't vote
or you as long as you do not support
he national Republican party.
Hoping this will not change our per-
'onal relations, I am, truly your
riend, d. w. HOUSTON.
Col. William F. Sapp, Democratic
lationa1 committeeman, came to To-
'eka Saturday night and broke
For years and years it
las been customary for Sapp to issue
political weather representation
DOuI TOUR OF i've weeks DS1OEG SlSC-
ion. This time he failed to do it.
t has been Sapp's hopeful stories in
ears gone by that have engendered
ew encouragement in the veins of
he lame and halt Democrats. So this
ear, which Sapp says is just sure to ,
e a Democratic year anyhow, it isn't .
ecessary to encourage a Kansas
democrat. And with this situation in
1ansas, Sapp modestly tipped his two I
tory silk plug hat, brushed. grain
f dust from his picturesque Prince
-lbert and declared that he would
ave his interview for some year when
ne fight in Kansas is really close.
Before the largest crowd that at
ended the celebration of Humboldt's
fty-fifth anniversary, F. M. Bene-
eld of Coffeyville praised the Taft ,
and scored the records (
f Stubs, Capper and the Bull Moose !
andidates. More than 5000 people :
card Benefield's speech, in which he
ave particular attention to the Roose- ,
cit record and declared that six years :
f Stubs in the United States senate
nd two years of Capper in the gov
rnor's chair would cause irrepara BILE
amage to the Republican party in y
-ansas and appealed to the true and :
ncere Republicans of the state to
efeat these candidates.
While on his campaign trip last Q
eek, Governor Stubs visited the '
-ankato public schools. He spent an I
our in the school rooms and talked :
the pupils in the various grades. {
Congressman Fred S. jackson will .
robably spend the greater portion Of c
ctober on a speaking campaign in Q
Is district. He has already arranged {
number of speaking dates in the
ourth district and will make many Q
,eeches before the polls open No q
ember 5. s
George H. Hodges, Democratic s
lbernatorial nominee; Perry Glenn a
Is nnr1line4a for state auditor. and