The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-07-26

| IN Its division of friendship for j. j..
braoy OF Lawrence and ]. L. Order
OF Fort Scott. Crider and his frien1s
are on the warpath. Be it known that
order is tried, true and faithful
progressive and that he was sore at
heart when White attem pied to dc
| tate to the voters of the state and OF
4 Orders district who they should sup
port Tor public office, especially Sllice
Orders name was not on the list.
The Second district fight is three
cornered affair. Both Brady ana
Crider were known as progresslvts
| and on E. A Enright of Kansas CITY
was heaped the burden of the regular
faction. So when White named the
real Kansas progressives' from
presidential electors to road oVerSeerS
and circulated his literature IN eV-
was a display of sore spots that woul Lcl
not heal. To Brady-who only rev
months ago was ruled out OF the sec
ond district fight by the same crown
White gave the official stamp OF ap-
prevail This modern way OF lettlns
the people rule" didn't suit Crlder an
the least. His knowledge OF TIE
square deal teachings were TO the eL
feet that the running was free anu
that the making of States, use OF the
gag rule and the pooling of candidates
were not part of the game as PIa a oO
by true reformers. So Crloer s9SS
Brady as his selection for congreS,SSltits;I
for the Second Kansas district OntlI SIat us
ticket was called to my atten5loh fo 1s-A This
idea that I too was a candloate 14i -
position at said primary on august o. a. a.
a progressive Republican, althougn ~ be
not have Mr.. Whites PERMISSION SO " ~
and N fact had failed even to coHlinuh
cate to him my intentions in the mao ors;;,e
In common with most real proSLessi W
Republicans had presumed that the Qdy
of the boss in Kansas was over ana IT,
all l had to do was to announce myself
get my nomination papers slgnHG as as-
filed and then run with the abSoluIe as
surance of having a square deal.
He. White. has undertaken to Tx R me
standard. No man is a progressive re
publican unless he thinks just as w hlte
thinks and does, or agrees TO do' JuSI az
White does. This is exactly the hiIlG io ~
then made so made of US progressive ~
pubIicans. Boss White has practlcatIy
said that unless R pro RooTeyeit e eiec
tors on the Republican ticket ne - ny
a progressive Republican and must not De
supported by progressive Republicans d.
Now l am from conviction a progressive
Republican and have supported the pro
primaries and Mr. Roosevelt in the late
primary, but I am not going to declare
for Roosevelt electors on the RepuoliGG Gr
ticket when, as 1 understand IL, MI
Roosevelt no longer claims to be Re-
publican and has explicitly repud1ated the
Republican party. am not s pn gE,o NJ ar
or because 1 want to go to congress or 70
get the favor of Boss White or any othel
boss. US
Both Victor Murdoch and ]. B.
Adams are making vigorous flgnt
for the Republican congressman
in the Eighth. Murdock
is spending a few days in Wichita,
his home town, and Adams, an Ell
Dorado man. is visiting as many towns
in his district as possible before the
primaries. The fight on Murdoch IN
the Eighth will go to the finish
I1o r0T
man succeed in defeating Adams in
the primaries, he will encounter a
second fight in the election And the
wise ones in the Eighth believe that
Murdock's real trouble. will come in
Senator Curtis is making an active
campaign for reorganization as United
states senator from Kansas He has
already visited q mum Der of towns
and his organization in the state was
well formed before ne returned to
the state from Washington. In one
county a Curtis club has been formed
with 1900 members, who are said to
have pledged their support to the In
dian in the last week.
James r. Garfield, who is filing sew
eral speaking dates in Kansas in the |
interest of the progressive movement. |
visited Topeka yesterday and spent a |
few minutes at the Roosevelt head |
quarters in the Mills building.
Governor Stubs will probably return |
TO Topeka Sunday. He is spending the |
week campaigning in western Kansas.
His stay in Topeka, however, will be
short Sufficient dates have already |
been made to keep Stubs busy until |
the close of the primary campaign and |
1t is probable that the Kansas execu-
tive will speak every day next week.
liz PnRREn A pHARknH