The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-13
POLITICAL GOSSIP
Brown County Republicans
Hold Harmony Meeting.
Regulars and Insurgents on the
Program Together.
Stubs GIVES OUT STATEMENT
Charges Patronage Story Was
Inspired by Curtis.
Says That 1t Isn't Behind
Roosevelt Boom.

The Brown county Republican lead
ers pulled off a regular old-fashioned
love feast at Hfawatha last night. 1t
was really a Lincoln's birthday affair,
but the principals were drafted from
| both factions of the party and they
had a bully time without saying mean
things about each other. ]. W. Davis,
regular, of Kiowa, was the principal
speaker. Arthur Capper, progressive,
was a speaker, and J. n. Dolley, state
| chairman. was there.
Ewing Herbert, regular of regulars,
! Joined the crowd in it's declaration for
a presidential preference primary from
| Brown county. Ewing will print the
ballots to show that he has not been
dlsmayed by Roosevelt straw votes.
1t was grand Success, the Brown
county banquet, and will be repeated
next year. Harmony was piled up and
corded in the banquet room and the
Democrats made to trembIe. A session
like that at Hiawatha Monday night
is worth more to the party than all
the newspaper wars and Kansas Day
meetings and attacks and counter
charges of the year past. The Second
and Seventh districts would not have
been lost to the party had there been
HiaWatha banQuets held in them prior
to the special elections.
Governs T stubbs has announced that
he will announce for United States SEN
ator in the near future, This manner
of coming out for office is unique, but
then the governor works his own way
his political wonders to perform. The
governors public declaration of his. in
tentions was inspired by an attack
made upon him from Washington which
he says was started by Senator Curtis
This attack charges that the governors
hostility to Taft was the result of fall
ure to get federal patronage and it goes
further to declare that Stubs had
quarreled with Roosevelt when the lat
ter was president over the same mat
ter.
The governor denies both allegations
as false and without foundation and
cites well known proofs to back his
logic. In his statement the governor
denounces the Senator Curtis vote for
Lorimer and cites the case of eleven
senators who voted for Lorimer and
nave since been retired. The governor
does not believe that any western SEN
ator who voted with the interests for
Lurirner can be reelected. For the
first time during the year of discus
sion of his candidacy for the senate
the governor can be quoted on the QueS-
ton. He has had offers of support from
every section of the state and from all
factions and all nartles. Al the PROPER
time. the governor says, he will get
in the race.
lows:
president Taft's campaign managers
in Washington appear to be in des-
perate situation in the matter of ex-
planning the tremendous popularity OF
Theodore Roosevelt. A statement from
Washington was recently published
broadcast in administration papers,
charging that most of the VOciferOuS
Roosevelt boomers have been disap-
pointed candidates for Office. or have
been disregarded in t. matter of ap-
monuments fer Others After referring
to Walter Brown of Ohio, Crane of Chi
cago. and others, the article says:
"'Another notable instance is Wal
ter Roscoe Stubs, governor OF KAN
sas. He is diligently seeking the lime
light in an endeavor to ride into the
United States senate on the coat tails
of Theodore Roosevelt. What
is back of Stubs motive in opposing
President Taft and supporting Roose-
welt for president? is asked. Well,
that is an interesting story. The Kan
ages to Washington in late years. On
each and every visit he has endeavor-
ed to mix up in federal appointment
matters concerning the state.
In each case he failed most ignominI-
Ously.'
Il am informed that this statement
was inspired by Senator Curtis, who
is the head and shoulders of Taft's !
in Kansas.
1.-The article goes on to state that |
the relations between President RoOse- !
Welt and Stubs became of the most |
strained character, on account of |
refusal, during his ad-
to recognize Stubs in |
the distribution of federal patronage |
for Kansas.
ITO show how utterly foolish and |
false these statements are, I have only |
to recall public attention to a cable |
gram sent at my personal expense to
Roosevelt while travelling in a |
foreign land, inviting him to speak at |
and his entertainment at |
my home in Lawrence during his visit |
~ WRMaH9