The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-07-30

? IldCAlH0 III hdnSdS IldL eCI1DSGS Ine
| organizations in the days of the con-
vention system. In his reply to tho
| White letter. wherein the Indian SEN
| ator from Kansas is branded as q
member of the ama1gamated order OF
| egg suckers, Curtis says:
| The Curtis Reply.
My Dear Mr.. White:-
1 see by the morning papers you are
again trying to deceive the voters %
Kansas. In your letter of July 81, you
say Senator Gore had to protect In
dams against an amendment to the
general deficiency bill. Why did you
not tell them that the Indians lived in
Oklahoma and it was a part of Sena-
tor Cores duty to protect them? Also
why did you not print the truth about
the amendment?
The first amendment on the subject
authorized the president to approve
certain contracts with attorneys: This
understood was satisfactory but L
had already advised with the presi-
dent that the Indians did not need the
assistance of an attorney to sell their
reserve coal and timber lands for the
government had agreed to sell the re-
serve lands and it was it's duty to do
so without expense to the Indians.
I was not a member of the subcom-
mittee. nor was I a member OF the
conference committee having charge
of the amendment. When the bill
went to the house, one of the members
from Oklahoma admitted that ne hau
caused the amendment to pc changeo'
This is shown by the RECORDS OF tne IN
yestigating committee. was not a
member of the house and knew moth
ing about the change
When Senator Gore called the at
tention of the senate to the change
made bv the house members, voted to
change the house amendment SO tnat
ali contracts should be approved by
the secretary of the interior and the
president. Further, the evidence tax
f,,c~ 1fn170YI 4 e =
shows that in my position before the
president I agreed with the posltloiL
taken by Senator Gore, that IS, tnae
the Indians did not need attorneys 10
sell their TT, reserve rHeord Goat of " the indian
COMMITTEES further show that ap-
neared before the subcommittee Oh
which Senator LaFollette was a mem.
her. and that I approved ana uIs55u
the committee to agree to an amenu-
I,1sn+ suggested by Senator Lar olletts
daoIarinp contracts with attorneys TOT
fhe sale of reserve lands to pc NoIu'
I did this because 1 beheTe9di rS
should be agreed TO SO inc
would be protected .,.S,.-+-
IF Won read the newspaper repoFts
giving an account of the 2hVesusa.Iio;;
or if YOU read the Congresslonal
Record YOU know your statement IN re
gard to the Indian mater Is a. aoSV yecord
shows that 1 have always protected the
interest of the Indians against graIters
and unlawful claims -
r do NOT intend to further answer
your misleading statements on the TAR
iff I have answered your false ale
% lions and insinuations twice. 1 am
e1ad forced you to admit that the
law is better than the
Dinelev law 1t was a great improve
mCnt over the Dingley law
Stubbs for Reciprocity Treaty?
Won again harp on Canadian Recipro- |
CITY. I again repeat what you know
and what I have twice written to you
and that is that I opposed Canadian
Reciprocity. Your letter justifies me
with charging you of being in favor of |
it. I was told, at the time 1t was up !
that your millionaire candidate for the
senate was in favor of it, but he mas
been afraid to take stand on the
question. Reciprocity with Canada |
would be against the interest of the |
farmers of this country and snail OPP
pose it whenever presented.
You continue to complain of my vote |
with the Republican majority and l
again repeat that I am Republican |
and shall continue to vote with the ma |
jcrity of my party on party questions.
I should like to ask you what right |
you have to try and dictate to Republic |
cans? So far as am concerned, have
never asked your advice and shall |
consider you unreliable. !
Mr. White, how can you write of |
the "old machine?' You were part Of /
it when it was fighting me and you are |
now the advance advertising agent CT |
the new and greatest political machine |
that ever existed in Kansas, the 0ne |
led by the Millionaire Stubs, who al |
though admitting he was a millionaire |
only returned personal tax to the |
amount of $S60.00 in 1903.
You have gone so far as to try to |
dictate who shall be candidates and who |
shall not. You are trying to be boss
but you will find on August the 9Th |
that the people have turned down you |
and your millionaire candidate for the |
senate.
Curtis and Kansas Laws.
You write malicious falsehood when |
you say opposed certain Kansas laws. |
1 was the first man in public office to
announce for the election of the United |
States senators by a direct vote. 1 did |
this ten years ago before the joint (
meeting of the Kansas house and SEN
ate. was the first candidate for con-
gress to call a primary. 1 have never
nterfered with state legislation and
some of our laws would have been bet
tel framed if you had kept your
malicious pen out of the game.
A few days ago you printed a deliber-
ate falsehood in your paper in regard
10 my position on the Borah bill to es
tablish a Chfldren's Bureau. In your
letter of July 9th you repeat the false
The Congressional Record proves
that 1 favored Mr.. Borahs bill to |
establish children's bureau, the Rec |
ord also proves that I voted against |
the Overman substitute. (See Con-
gressional Record January 81, 1912, |
page 1919 After the first vote, Mr.. |
a Democrat, requested a |
pair with me for the remainder of the
lay. He was against the bill and for
he amendments. 1 was for the bill |
and against the amendments, and we
we're so paired, and the notes of the
pair clerk so show. I was enga ged
With important committee work and to
make the pair was an accommodation