The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-09-16

is preparing q poll If the entire state
and within the next few weeks expects
to have line on the political prefer
ence of practically every voter in Kan
sas. White has just completedsa line
up of the political complexion of the
Kansas press and has direct line on
the editorial policy of every paper in
the state.
Robert Loofboro. of Neodesha. an
orator of considerable note in the
Southern Kansas district. was asked
to make speeches for the Republican
state ticket. Loorboro is a yonug man.
a Republican of the Regular rank
and has written Chairman Dol1ey that
he prefers to stay at home rather than
make speeches favoring the election of
Bull Moose candidates.
Ralph Faxon's Garden city Tele-
gram. which three weeks ago bolted
Governor w. r. Stubs. Republican
nominee for United States senator, to
support Judge William H. Thompson,
is now hanging on the thin edges of
second bolt and threatens to desert
Arthur Capper for governor and sup
port George H. Hodges That is not
all. Faxon is drawing a close. tight
line between the Regular and Progress
sive Republicans and grudgingly gives
its support to Gordon L. Finley Tor
congress because of Neeley's free sugar
vote.
In a declaration of principles, Faxon
outlines just where his paper stards
reEa riding its support of the men whose
names appear on the Republican state
ticket. This is the way Faxon out
lines the position of his paper in the
issue of September IS:
1T has no choice for governor as
matter of fact, but the actions of
Arthur Capper. the alleged Pepublicsn
candidate-really the Bull Moose can
didate-makes The Telegram incline
toward state Senator George h
TT rn-
deeming feature of knowing where he
is at. Besides, on good roads. in
ternal Improvement. and Ios of other
things. he is as right as forty rabbits
For congress The Telegram is
frank to confess that it doesn't care
three boots in a rain barrel All three
alleged Republican candidates before
the primary Bull Moosed in most dis
graceful way and thereby surrende1ed
any rights they had to the support or
Republicans. AS for George Neelty
The Telegram doesn't like his attitude
on free sugar and lot of other things
and has no particular notion of whoop-
ing 1t up for him.
For lieutenant governor, Shelf In
gals Bullmoosed around and beat Bill
Telegram or any other Republican F. II
Britton of Usage, his Democratic oppo-
nent has many good points.
state, and for attorney general, the Tee
gram is as it always has been. for
Charles H. Sessions, W. H. Davis. and
John S. Dawson, respectively, and for
them hard.
For superintendent of insurance, no
one can consistently oppose Isaac 5.
Lewis present incumbent, a good officer
and a good Republican.
For supreme court justice. William A.
Johnston fooled with the BulInoosed. but
has been pretty good justice for IS years
and far as this paper is concerned 1
can go on another IS years, which looks
fairly likely.
For the other supreme court justice.
Rousseau A Burch has made good one,
and whatever faults he may have his
position on the fool recall of judicial de
cisions that Colonel Bullmoose T. r. is
advocating is such that any decent Re
publican would have to throw up his hat
for him