The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-09-20
POLITICAL GOSSIP.
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Mr.. Capper, a candidate for governor:
miIlionaies who live in mansions, eat
grape fruit and ride IN automoDll
According to the Bull Moose mOraIlty
these clerks and janitors ought TO pay
the campaign expenses of these mil
lionaires I wonder if this is W mai
Dolley had in mind when he SAID the
state government in Kansas. pfaclcai-
ly the only government in the country
that will permit campaign assessments
to be levied on it's employees, is re
garded as an example by other states !
So far as I know Kansas is the only
state in the Union where 1anltor
loses his job if he fails to contribute
to a campaign fund.
eff the state is overpaying its en-
ployees SO they can afford TO con-
tribute to the Capper-StubbS cam
paign fund, it is public money they
are using for campaign purposes. If
the employees earn the money they
get it is a kind of free-bOoting to
compel them against their Will to con-
tribute money that they cannot afford
THE states monthly payroll is
S125.OOO If Mr.. Dolley's assessment
is paid the employees of the state Will
contribute more than $4,000 to the
Capper-Stubbs campaign fund
should say that is an example for
both gods and men"
Burt E. Brown, of Lawrence, Demo
cratic nominee for secretary of state,
was here today and issued the state
nnent that the entire Democratic ticket
would win in Kansas in the November
election Brown is certain that both
Roosevelt and Taft have lost heavily
in this state since the primaries and
that the fractional fight in the Republi-
can ranks can mean only a Democratic
victory.
7 know the Democrats are always
''but this year we are hopeful and
premise to be quite happy after the
votes are counted. I have talked to
$4,000 people in three weeks and met
hundreds of voters who are declaring
they will vote the straight Democratic
ticket this fall. They are disguised with
the fight in their party and are voting
for Democrats. hopeful that their party
will get together next time Tt does
not seem to me tat Bill Whites plan
has helped a bit. His statement in a
morning paper only added to the bitter
feeling and it is too late now for the
Republicans to get together before the
election"
Brown has taken the stump and is
making .. number of speeches in the
time to the campaign and will make
speeches until the night before cleo
ton.
William Allen White has issued an
ultimatum. The Taft followers can
eat out of the Emporia publishers
hand, or they can take the conse-
quences. They can be good or surren-
der the Republican column forever
and forever In an interview given
last night White laid down the declal-
ations of war in no uncertain tones
and the smile left his face when he
said it,
''Tf the Taft people are going to
keep on harassing us after we have
moved our electors over into the III
dependent column" said White. they
Will get no opportunity to use the Re-
publican column. We will file the new
list of Roosevelt electors on the In
dependent column and keep the pres
ent set of electors right where they
are until it is too late for the TAFT
people to file. We don't want to have
to do that. but we don't want any
funny business. The Taft people will
have to file before September &c in