The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-07-16
Holding All Day Conference of
Leaders in Topeka.
James Watson of Indiana VIII
Stump State.
TO PROTECT PARTY BALLOT
MIR. Long Declared COIOnePs
Name Would Not Be There.
Senator Curtis to Start Speak
ing Campaign Thursday.


IN the office of D. w. Mulvane, retir-
ing national committeeman, a half
o0zen Taft leaders in Kansas are today
laying plans for a crusade against the
roosevelt list of electoral candidates.
Ihat some strenuous means will be
matched whereby the rough rider candi-
oates cannot sail under the Republican
banner, is one probable result of a con-
ference that will continue throughout
today and tomorrow.
There is blood in the eyes of the Taft
warriors They are grieved because Of
the attacks on the party presidential
candidate and the national platform
attacks made from within the party
fankS-and the regulars will fight TO
purify the record and win the August
primaries. The oratory of the progress
SlVeS will be met with oratory bearing
the Taft trademark and guaranteed
under the provisions of the Republican
PLATFORM The fight is on. AS for the
regulars, they declare they want the
oattIe to go to the finish and a concIu-
slVe settlement of the party differences.
Arranging Plan.
just the plan of attack that will be
adopted in the fight against the
roosevelt candidates, against Stubbs
matter that has not been definitely
determined. But, there will be a
fight and the Taft artillery that has
lam idle will be unlimbered before the
close of the week.
1t is not the Taft electors alone
that the men in session here today
expect to save There is Charles Cur
tbs, United States senator Although
the battle may apparently settle
around the electoral candidates, in
the midst of the storm will be two
men-Stubbs and Curtis-and it is
conceded that their political success
or failure in the primary campaign
will be reckoned from the alignment
as affecting the two sets of electors.
Well Known Kansans Present.
In the conference today is Dave Null
vane former national committeeman
from Kansas; Fred E. Stanley, of
Wichita, his successor; Chester L. Long,
of Wichita, former United States sena-
tor; Senator Fred Dumont Smith, of
Senator Charles Curtis and others.
What is the plan for the primary
fight?" was asked of Stanley today.
Our only plan is to fight-hght for
the Taft electoral candidates" replied
the young man from Wichita.
Stanley was pressed for details.
''I can't give them-not just yet,
said Stanley. Perhaps the detailed
workings of the campaign will not De
decided on till tomorrow, but we will
fight every inch of the way
VIII Protect Republican Ballot.
You might say" ventured Senator
Long, who was standing near; you
might say that some steps will be
aiken to prevent the use Cf the Repub- |
Hcan column for the carrying of names |
of electoral candidates unfriendly to |
Taft" Long started to continue his |
forecast, but stopped suddenly. Il |
guess that's enough to say about the |
matter at this time
Men who are taking part in the con-
ference declined to discuss further the |
plan to prevent the use of the party |
emblem, the party column and the |
party prestige for the third party cleo
tors Whether a legal action is con-
templated, whether a clever ruse to
surprise the progressiNes is being |
planned, only the men attending the
little meeting in the Mulvane building
are aware.
How about speakers p" was asked |
of the new committeeman.
Watson of Indiana Will Come
That will be looked after" said
Stanley. AS soon as this meeting is
over, 1 am going to Washington and
New York and we will keep things
busy in Kansas until the primaries
are over. We had really not expected
to use speakers, in the state until after
changed and the oratory of the oppo-
sition will be met with the same kind
of fire.
At present ARRANGEMENTS have been
made for but one foreign speaker.
That is James Watson of Indiana who
was the principal speaker at the Kan
sas Day banquet two years ago. Wat
son is lively party on the stump and
will be sent to Winfield to offset the
fireworks to be exploded at the Chau-
tauqua this week by Henry j. Allen.
Curtis Conference This Afternoon,
This afternoon Senator Curtis met in
hfs office in the Crawford building with a
number of his personal friends and SUD-
porters and plans for the senatorial cam
paign were discussed. The senior senator
will leave tomorrow night for Greenleaf |
Was hington county where he will open
the campaign. One of the promises from
the Curtis quarters is the early reply TO
the attacks from William Allen Whit.
As usual in senatorial campaign
Whites nimble pen is causing sorrow ard
renorse and for the next three weeks tie
'Taft-Curtis following will meet the fire
from the Roosevelt-Stubbs alignment
with exchange of compliments in
which the Emporia publisher will not be