The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-08-02

Griffin. the reformer of 1912, voted
against the bill for a physical valua-
| ton of railroads, which was reform.
| measure il. 1909. That was a StUbDs
| measure, too. Stubs said he wanted
| it written in the statutes and he said
most uncomplimentary things about
| the law makers who failed to see the
logic of the argument. Yet that IS
| only a matter of history. So is all
| of the Griffin legislative record, for
that matter, and so is the fact that
Griffin stood firm and steadfast with
the men who opposed the widest re-
| forms and hit Stubs the hardest. Eut
lust how and just why Stubs and the
progressives went to Barber county.
sought out Griffin and gave hin.
through pass and Pullman reservation
on the Progressive Speclal Is not a
matter of history and is not explained.
There is another complaint about
that hand picked list from the BE11
Moose headquarters. recltes' an
candidates for congress in the Sew
enth district are progressive.
Now Gordon L. Finley of Dodge City
saws he is for Taft and informs Con-
Special that if a man must support
Roosevelt to draw place on the slate,
that he prefers to have his name
withdrawn. Whereupon, Whlte m
forms Finley that the next set of in
structions for the casting OF tree
and impartial vote for purity and va
tue, will not recommend the DoSge
City lawyer to the Seventh district
voters. Whereupon, Finley begs TO
thank the Emporia publisher. And Ire
incident is closed.
Ano+ber chapter of the Anthony
Stuart congressional fight is being con-
Guided AS Representative Anthony has
made a record in congress of which he
NAV we'll be proud it is unfortunate
that the contest ON both sides has taken
on such a bitter personal phase; put
such is politics, national and state ana
local
Last week Congressman d. r. An
thrnv was charged by the Atchison
Champion with making public an am
davit which the Atchison editor fur
nished the postoffice department: Ihls
statement recited that Judge Stuart
Anthony's opponent-had spent $4OO Tor
copies of the Champion which were sent
through the postoff1ce at the regular
mailing rate. Postmaster Casey was
charged with the detection of the letter
and assisting Anthony in securing
photographs and making public the
contents of the communica ton. Now
tkt. postal department will investigate
This week Anthony made TINS state
nlent concerning the taking of the let
te- from the postoffice-or from the
records in Washington:
In Justice to w. D. Casey, I desire |
in this statement to assume the respon- |
Sibility of publishing a 1ac-S1Inlle OF an
affidavit signed by Eugene Pulliarn, OF |
the Champion in which Pulliam admit |
ted receiving $500 in cush and a promise |
of 500 more from Judge Stuart, my !
opposition for the Republican nomina- |
ton I am responsible for the publica- |
ton of this affidavit in the Globe and |
i'll other newspapers in the district. l |
secured the original affidavit through /
th, official channels in Washington. My |
only reason for publishing the affidavit /
was to explain why the Champion has
so bitterly assailed my candidacy and |
my friends
I'd. r. ANTHONY"
Just below this explanation, the At
ellison paper prints a fac-simile of n
communication from Frank H. Hitch
Geek, postmaster general, wherein it is
denied that the Pulliam affidavit was
gwen out through his department and
promising an investigation of the At
Gibson office. Mr.. Anthony apparently
sec tired che affidavit through other Off
cia1 channels. Mr.. Hitchcock's letter
says:
Mr.. Eugene c. Pulliam, Editor Atcflison
Daily Champion, Atchison. Kan: 4,
Dear Sfr-Receipt is acknowledged of
your telegram of the 10th instant, COM
planning that the third assistant postmas-
ter general, the postmaster at Atch-
ison. Kan, had made public an affidavit
made by you on April II, 1912, relative to .