The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-08-01

from the Emporia normal, Senator
thurman wanted the new school OF
| mines, Senator Mi1ligan wanted the
tuberculosis hospital, Senator Glenn said
| he would be satisfied with the new in
sane asylum and Senators Brady, stan
nard' Hostrup, StilIings and Hamilton
wanted nice fat appropriations Tor the
institutions they already owned 50:
Caldwell made no objection and asked
only for a nice little normal that couId
be built in his Concordia and woulo
perpetuate his legislative record.
Just about that time, Fire Alarm
Bill White stirred up the senate, point
ed to the pork barrel and Dave Leahy
yelled corruption Then came the
senate investigation and in the scram-
bic to find firm footing, the indlVld-
ual members, the state machinery ana
the friends with promises forgot ABOUT
CaldWelIS normal school. And Senator
Caldwell awoke to view the wreckage
and learn that the state administration
had hit him when no one was looking.
A Girard paper sent queries to all of
the los county clerks in Kansas asking
strongest Democratic candidate Tor
governor in their county. Replies were
received from SO of the clerks. OF this
number, 63 declared that Hodges was
the strongest candidate, while jackson
and Billiard were each given first place
III HlIle "A HldJOIIly VI I1iN
county clerks in the state are Repub-
licans and their views on the situation
were given from a formal observation
of sentiment in their counties.
Thos H. Grisham. of Cottonwood
Falls, was in Topeka a few hours last
night. Grisham is again making the
race for the Democratic nomination
for congress in. the Fourth district.
Usually Grisham lands the nomination
for the asking. This year he must fight
for it. He is opposed by Dudley Doc
little of Strong City and j. NJ. Meow
an of Emporia
Voters who go to the polls next
Tuesday and ask for a blank ballot
might just as well stay at home, so
far as they will aid in the nomination
OF any candidate. OF course the in
diVfdual voter may use blank ballot
to extend a vote of courtesy to next
door neighbor who never dreamed of
arising to the position of road over |
seer in the political game. But that is
all the blank ballot is good for. dodge
it, says the politician, who wants
every vote to count. A person can not |
ramble about over a blank ballot and |
cast votes for candidates whose names I
appear on any regular ticket being |
voted on in the primary. To perform
such an imaginary service, is only to |
inValfdate the ballot and make it |
worthless. Neither can a voter ask |
for a Republican or a Democratic bal |
lot and write in the name of some can |
didate for office on another party.
Out at Hoxie there is a staunch Cur |
tbs club that is working for the In
dams denomination and election to the |
United States senate. The club is COM
posed of farmers, business men and |
many old soldiers. This week the club
met and expressed appreciation of the |
Curtis record-even after reading the |
Bill White reviews of the same-and
urged on their fellow citizens the inn
portance of returning Curtis to the
senate.
John F. Stanton, secretary of the
Third Ward Taft-C urtis-Anthony club,
has issued a circular letter which is
being sent to every Republican voter
in the ward, urging them to support
the Taft electoral candidates, to vote |
for Curtis for United States senator
and for D. r. Anthony for congress.
The attempt of the Roosevelt forces to |
steal the party column, its emblem and /
its name, is pointed to with scorn by I
Stanton. Fred f. Nipps is president II
Of the Third Ward club, which is one Il
Of the strongest Taft organizations in /
the city.