The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-01-29
ARE FOR TAFT.
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1T is to be hoped" aid willis J.
Balley, former governor of Kansas, in
discussing the presidential possibili-
ties, that the people will not do so
tooilsh thing as to throw aside Taft.
personally, am for Taft body and
soul, whether another living man is
for him or not. 1t is hard to imagine
the people doing SO ungrateful a thing
at this time as to repudiate their pres
ident. l feel that Taft is entitled to
a solid Kansas delegation and l hope
that he will get it,
In the ranks of the visiting Repub-
llcans are many men whose faces are
familiar to those in touch with Kansas
politics. Among the arrivals today
were former Congressman Charles F.
Scott of the Second; Ex-Governor w
j. Bailey, W. A. Calderhead, former
congressman from the Fifth district;
and J. M. Miller, former congressman
from the Fourth. 1t was believed that
chester l. Long, former United States
senator, would attend tonight's meet
ing, but he was unable to come to To-
peka because of the trial of a lawsuit
IN which he is retained.
After giving Taft his endorsement
ana support, which the Taft admins
tratlon shows were not misplaced
declared Ewing Herbert, editor of the
Hiawatha World, 1T would seem al
most unbelievable that Roosevelt
WOulu permit MS name 10 De uSeU III
the present campaign or become a
candidate For that reason I cannot
believe that Roosevelt would be justi-
fled or warranted in entering the
nit his name to be presented to the
convention
Representative George L. Allen
from the Wyandotte county district, is
among those attending the meeting of
Kansas Republicans.
Former Congressman J. NJ. Miller of
the Fourth district does not beheVe
that Roosevelt can lead the Republi-
can forces to victory if nominated and
he insists that Taft is entitled to and
should receive the nomination. THE
Taft admitted the Council Grove
man, but if he can't win, then it is
certain that Roosevelt would fail. This
country has never had president who
has more clearly lived up to and en-
forced the measures in his platform
than has President Taft. His admins
tration has been SO businessl1ke and
clean cut that it warrants and com
mands the party's endorsement and II
would be little short of a calamity If
he failed to receive it. I am sincere
in my belief that Kansas is for Taft
and that the national party'S hope is in
his denomination. To me there seems
no reason why he should not receive
the support of Kansas Republicans and
L honestly believe that he shall"
Then there was former Congress
man w. A. Calderhead, who has a
firm. deep-rooted conviction that
President Taft is the logical nominee
and the hope of the Republican party
in Kansas and the nation. Il am quite
sure" said the former congressman
from the Fifth district, that Kansas
is for Taft and that he will receive a
solid delegation from this state
John S. Gilmore, the veteran editor |
of the F'redonia Citizen, is here for the !
banquet Gilmore never misses a /
Kansas Day banquet. He carries an |
abiding conviction that Taft should |
and will receive the Republican nom /
inatfon and that he will be reelected.
State Senator George H. Hunter, the |
Wellington miller, came to Topeka to-
day to attend the annual pow WOW.
could find no fault with the |
national administration and hoped to |
see a Kansas delegation instructed for