The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-08-03
"LESS Than SIX"
C. Il. Denton Talks of New
Kansas Machine.
Composed of Less COgs Than
Old One.
A MARVEL OF MECHANISM
Voters Follow Leaders From
Party of Century.
Makes Old MachiniStS Blush at
Own Weakness.

Eugene Denton, former secretary of
state, and one of the best known Re
publicans of Kansas, talked today in
tones of awe about the wonderful
mechanism of the new progressive
machine of his native state. Mr..
Denton belongs to the old guard 81
the Kansas G. o. P. and has fought
on the firing line for many years
Broad and fair, a close student of af-
fairs, with friends in both factions
and with record of success in poll
tics and business in his state on big
scale, Mr.. Denton's observations are
always worth while. Here is what he
says:
I'm almost every situation there is
a funny side, in some it is very notice.
able while in others one has to dig
down below the surface or read be
tween the lines, as it were, to dlScoNSi
it but if you look for it you are nearly
sure to find it, and the present Re
publican situation in Kansas is gar
ing exemplihcation of this truth.
Were it not for the seriousness OF
the situation, touching and retarding
the general business and prosperity OF
the state, the Republican political sit
uation in Kansas would be nothing
short of laughable. We have TO-DAY
men claiming to be Republicans, and
seeking the support of the Republican
voters in Kansas in their efforts to Sc
cure the highest offices within the gift
of the people of the state, and at the
same time these same men are figuring
night and day to defeat the regular Re-
publican nominee of the Republican
party for president of the nation, and
putting forth every effort in behalf of
a man who has publicly announced his
withdrawal from the Republican party,
and that he is actively engaged in or
ganizing a party in opposition to it.
Think of it, a man who shouts from the
house and hill tops that he is an enemy
of the Republican party; man who
today is actively engaged in an open
effort to destroy the Republican party
is being endorsed and aided by men
who are seeking office on the Republi-
can ticket. It's a joke, I tell you, and
perhaps the most cOmical part of it is
the fact that thousands of voters in the
state of Kansas are be lg lined up be-
hind their avowed enemy, even before
the principles or platform of this One
Man Party is given out or known.
LESS than six men are doing this
thing but the rank and file of their fol-
lowing have been cajoled into the belief
independently, when as a matter IF
ia ct these followers of the Less than
Six are being pushed around over the
political field of Kansas exactly as the
chess player pushes his pawns at will
over the chess board.
1T seems incredible that a single
Kansas voter could be induced to turn
his back upon a party with which he
mas Deen animated fOr years; a party
that is largely responsible for the great
measure of prosperity this country has
enjoyed up to this time; a party that he
has been proud of and defended against
tn" attacks of every enemy, and at the
mandate of the Less than Six drop
every thing, right-about-face and fol-
low this new One man party before he
even knows the route over which he is
to travel, or with what the commissary
department is stocked. Passing strange
this, but the word has gone forth and
to many there seems nothing else to do.
Verify, the so called and much
abused old Kansas machine crowd con-
sisting of over a thousand members.
would do well to take notice of the re.
suits of the New Machine operated bv
the Less than Six
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