The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-07-30
Senator Bristow VIII Not Take
Part in Campaign.
Senator CIapp His Proxy in
Kansas Senatorial Fight.
TAFT CLUB At OLDSBURG
Senator Fagerberg Is Working
for President.
VIII Kansas Have Delegates to
Roosevelt COnvention2

4hOOSCNOAb
United States Senator ]. L. Bristow
will not take hand in the primary
fight in Kansas and the progressive
contest, so far as Senator Bristow is
concerned will be conducted by proxy.
Senator Clapp of Minnesota, who IS
coming to Kansas this week. will fill
the dates which the progressives had
planned to assign to the SaIina senator
BriStOw, in a letter to William Allen
White, declares for the progressive
candidates and urges numerous re-
form laws in the state and nation.
Although there is an unwritten SELL
atorial courtesy not to participate m
any way in campaign wherein a fell
low member from the same state is
concerned, Bristow does not hesitate
TO disregard this rule of silence and
declares for Stubs, for Capper, for
the Roosevelt electors and for Stuart
and Gray for congress.
Bristow urges an initiative and ref
erendum and recall, a presidential pri-
mary law, an income tax and other
progressive measures in Kansas. Gov
ernor Stubs has made fine COVER
nor" writes Bristow, ''is in harmony
with Kansas ideals and should be nom
mated for United States senator. JudEe
Stuart and Mr.. Gray, if elected. VIII
represent the advanced thought of our
state in the halls of congress; anc
Arthur Capper VIII make an lueal
governor"
Then Bristow urges the voters to
keep one eye on the party council and
to boost for a progressive legislature
that will endorse and aid Capper III
event of his election.
an this connection" says Bristow,
'Iet me urge you not to overlook the
importance of electing a progressive
legislature and party ,S council ,eS so
islature as progressive as himself
and the party organization will be in
svrnDathy with the sentiment of the
rank and file of its membership.
That there shall be no mistake con-
corning the Importance of the electoral
fight now pending before Justice Pit
ney. Governor Stubs last night sent
a 500 word telegram to the ASSOCIATE
Justice of the United States supreme
court wherein the Kansas executive
nointed out the needs of an early opin-
Thursday. The Stubs telegram read:
sstJSI Mahlon Pitney, Justice Supreme
Court of the United States, Morristown,
answering your wire of yesterday.
There are now eighteen Republican can
didates for presidential electors, who, &C
prerne court have equal rights under the |
law to a place the Republican prl- |
mary ballots to be nominated at state
wide primary. decision of the fedefal
supreme court striking eight OF these can
didates for presidential electors from the
primary ballot would take from the Re-
publican voters of this state the right to
choose between the eighteen candidates
for presidential electors by primary cleo
ton as provided for by law.
''Our state primary occurs August b.
owing to the meager equipment of our
country printers who print the ballots in the
remote parts of Kansas, the delay of the
decision of your court one single day be-
yond Thursday, August 1 the day set for
hearing. will make the printing and de
livery of the primary ballots physically
impossible. Therefore. to postpone the
bearing one day beyond THURSDAY, August
J. will deprive the Republicans of Kans'
of the right and power under our law to
nominate Republican candidates for preSi-
end ali state county and district officers
TO be voted for at the election in NoVeIn-
Der
with great reluctance and only because as
governor I deem it my duty to see tn It
every effort is put forth to prevent TIE
Acknowledgement of our people at the
primary through your court acting with
out full knowledge of the actual con0l.
lions peculiar to Kansas in the matter of
printing the ballots that may be vitality
affected by delay.
I'm view of the tremendous Importance i
Of this case to the people of Kansas. L
most earnestly request you to invite the
chief Justice and all the members of tie
supreme court to sit with you Thursday t
and hear this case.
wv. R. STUBS, Governor"
Senator oscar Fagerberg, of Olds-1 !
burg. Pottawatomie county, this week ]
organized a Taft club in his town. At I
the first meeting in the little mining g
camp, 81 voters declared for the move v
ment Members of the club will sup {
port Taft and VII oppose every one q
who is not favora BILE to the Taft NOM ! t
nation or the Taft electors. Here are w
some of the resolutions which Eager V
berg and the members OF his club have s
adopted:
'.That all candidates for United /
States senator, congress and state Of
ices. who are not supporting Taft or r
he platform adopted at the recent Ma
tional Republican convention in Chi y
ago are in our opinion not RepubIt- !
>ans.
1--WE consider the recent DETECTION
rom the Republican party, by the So q
salled Progressives or Insurgents, on a +
bar with such CORNER movements as the r
Sreenbackers. Free Silver party and +
2opulists, gotten up and fostered prin- t