The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-09-04

| One of the big fights in the campaign
will be the attempt to defeat the FRO
| gressive candidates for the legislature
| In each district where the Republicans
| have nominate a convert of the Third
party faith, members of the Republican
| League will be urged to support the
Democratic nominee. This action, how
ever will probably react and II the
REGULARS bolt the Progressives, 1t Is not
improbable that the ProgresSiveS Will
start a fire under the Republicans OF
the Regular faith. And the ultimate
result should not be hard to determine
But this situation apparently does not
worry the officers of the Republican
League They stay right on the job and
are busy answering hundreds of letters
from every section of the state.
This movement is only started de-
clared J. S. Dean today in a discussion
OF the progress of the new movement.
Just wait thirty days and see what
happens. There won't be Il Progressive
or Bull Moose sympathizer in the run
ming by October l. We will have $4,000
voters enrolled before the election 1t
isn't necessary to say what that means
Every Progressive ON the ticket will be
literally showed under and there will
be a political upheaval in Kansas Soc
ond only to the time when the state
was delivered to the Pops.'
George A. Clark. who reads every let
ter that comes to the leagues head
quarters and has learned hundred ex-
pressions of contempt, formed by the
Kansas voters to fit the Bull Moosers,
is confident of the defeat of the Pro-
gresSive candidates.
'Stubbs' vote in the election" said
Clark, will not exceed 100000 That
sounds like q pretty bold statement,
doesn't it? Well, wait and see. Senti-
ment in Kansas is changing. Every
Progressive will be badly beaten and #
the Taft electors were placed the
Republican state ticket, am confident
that Taft would carry the state"
Then Clark reached in his desk and
displayed an armful of petitions signed
by hundreds of Kansas voters.
'Our work Is only started" continued
Clark I'VE have two months in which
t } conclude the highland lots of things
can happen in Kansas in two months
Democratic headquarters at 212-15
New England building were opened to-
day with Henderson Martin, chairman.
w. H. l. Pepperill secretary, and Bob
delivering, chairman of the speakers
committee, in charge of the offices. A
publicity manager has not been named.
Thursday the candidates for state Of
fees, with the exception of William H.
Thompson and George H. T. Hodges
will meet in Topeka and discuss with
the various managers the plans for
the campaign.
Theodore Roosevelt has added the
name of a Kansan to the rolls of the
Ananias club. Judge William H.
Thompson, Democratic nominee for
United States senator, was last night
included in the list when Roosevelt re
piled to a telegram from Governor
Stubs and declared that a recent
statement by Thompson was false It
was Thompson's declaration that
Roosevelt's election in 1904 cost SIS, 000,-
600 that aroused the ire Of the Kan
sas governor-Thompson running mate
and brought forth the wrath of the
rough rider.
At Melvern last week Thompson and
Stubs spoke from the same platform.
1t was to the Melvern crowd that the
Garden City man made his sensational
statement. Stubs challenged the
statement and Thompson declared that
he quoted from a statement by the
treasurer of the Roosevelt campais n
committee. This statement caused
Stubs to send Roosevelt this tele-
gram:
Topeka, Kan, Aug Is, 1912.
Theodore Roosevelt, Oyster Bay, N. Y.
Before myself and a public meeting
today the Democratic candidate for
the United States senate i'll this state
boldly and unequivoca1ly made the
ridiculous statement that it cost your
campaign committee Is million dollars
to elect you in 1904. When I chal-
10nSGu L1lG SI<1tGIA4C1Ab c. el0SAA04J
true he audaciously quoted the treas
urer of your campaign committee as
the authority for his statement. Wire
me the facts at my expense
wv. R. sTUBBS."
In reply to this message, Roosevelt
not only branded Thompson as ehgi-
BILE to the Ananias club, but said that
the treasurer of the campaign commit
tee should be accorded a place if he
made the statement. This was Roose-
ve1t's response:
Mont Clair, N. J., Sept. 2, 1912.
Governor Stubs, Topeka Kan.
THE statement alleged to have been