The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-08-26

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the names of both Taft and Roosevelt
be left off the ticket Instead of
Progressive machine to ride over their
organization. It fact, the Regulars may
DO so submissive that they will not
offer serious objection when the plat
form declares for half dozen new isnls
and creeds endorsed by the Bull Moose
crowd.
The Regulars will go even further.
They will not oppose the reelection
Of J. N. Dolley as chairman of the state
committee and they will surrender the
leadership of the party organization
with a smile. AS to what these Regu-
lars will do after the council ad5ourns
and before the votes are counted next
November-that is something entirely
different.
J. n. Tincher. of Medicine Lodge,
came to Topeka this morning. He is
former law partner of Chester 1.
Long, is chairman of the Barber
county committee, is a Regular with
much force and fire and not at all
pleased because of the plans of VIII
liam Allen White, as national COM
mitteeman of third party, to assist
in writing a Republican platform in
Kansas. s(cher will make some
speeches in Tuesdays council--in fact
Tincher may be one of the star fight
the face of the impending calamity
that threatens to throw Taft and the
Kansas Regulars choice theories in
the ditch, Tfnchefa is to all appear
ances as meek and submissive as a
spring lamb. To be sure, Tincher VIII
likely be the party to offer the TAFT
resolution and he may even make a
speech that will curl the hair of the
Progressive feaderS-but he wont bolt
the council.
It don't know thing" declared
Tincher, when pressed for an outline
of the approaching festivities. Il
papers that Bill White has announced
that ne will run our party council.
can't understand how it is possible
when he belongs to another party,
| since he has refused to act as Repup-
lican national committeeman for
Kansas and become the committee
man of another party. can't see
how he could have the nerve to want
to dictate the Republican platform,
but I am told that he has already
written our platform"
Then there is ex-Judge Gordon L.
Finley, Republican nominee for con-
gress in the Seventh. district. AT the
hotel today Finley didn't show much
fight He is for Taft. He says he al
ways considered himself a Progressive
Republican until White drew the dead
ly PARALLEL and put him with the re-
dictionaries because he didn't support
Roosevelt. But Finley has little to say
about the matter and he won't start
the row.
only in the First and Third districts
have the Regulars secured any con-
siderable number of county chairmen.
These men are not of suf1cIent num-
Der to warrant a bolt and to bolt the
council would be dangerous even from
the Regulars standpoint. 1t would in
jure the chances of Campbell and An
thony for election as well as the
chances of Finley.
11o Nd hn &C.
sives see trouble ahead in the organi-
zation of county Boss Buster clubs.
So the Progressives, anxious If pos
sible to save their men on the state
ticket, have no particular quarrel at
this time with the men who do not
represent their views. To be sure, the
Progressives will insist on good
many platform measures They want
the initiative and referendum and re-
call. They want the four-year term
provision and something said about
favoring a general fee and salary bill
and a few more reform measures.
They also want to get just as close to
an endorsement of Roosevelt and his
policies as the rules of the game will
permit without putting the Repubh- |
can party on the rocks to a bonded /
certainty. They will fight every eff
fort to say nice things for Taft and |
if the Regulars become obstinate, they 1
may carry out their threat to remove
the eagle from the head of the Re
publican ticket and substitute the pic
ture of a bull moose. If the Regu-
lars are contrary, the Progresstves |
may try this plan. But it is hardly |
probable. This one little move might |
cause more trouble in Kansas than
even the well oiled, smoothly running
Progressive machine could take care /
of. And even the Progressives are
not asleep to the fact that there is |
good deal of trouble on the calendar
for November.
So, with the party council only few
hours away it seems certain that the
Regulars will sit quietly and watch the |
driving of the steam roller by the Pro-
gressives. Occasionally there will be 1
noisy objection from the Regulars-in fact
the Regulars will likely object individually /
and collectively TO all of the reform
policieS-but 1t will be a rather formal l
objection and no one will try to create /
riot panic. And If the Republican
state platform kills of few of the choice (
hopes and dreams of the Regulars the
Regulars will only go home and go to
work. But their work will not be to line
up votes for the Progressives on the Re-
publican state ticket nor in an effort to |
save Kansas to the Bull Moosers.
Promotion for Lloyd.
Chicago, Aug. 26.-W. J. Lloyd of
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