The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-12-05

hold sacred that my hfe-work shall
be a continuation Of that policy.
Il am here to wish You ProgressiVes
of MONTGOMERY county God-speed in
vo1Ir great work and to promise you
and the Progressives Of the state OF
Kansas nv most earnest cooperation
We are told every day that this is
flash in the pan'-a passing craze-a
movement of soreheads that viii be
fOrsotter tomorrow. But you know
better than that This magnificent
gathering here tonight gives the lie
to that You know that the men-and
:, God bless them; the wOmen-who are
in this movement for the publication
of politics and for establishing the
rights of the masses Of the people, are
not swayed by q sudden passion, not
moved by whims You know the in
tense earnestneSs Of those devoted
souls. and you know the high resolve
thar auimates them They can no more
turn back than Patrick Henry, Thomas
Jefferson or John Adams or any OF
the patriots of 20 could turn back
They can no more forget this cause
than Phillips or Garrison or Brown
or Lincoln or any of the men of the
SOS could forsake the cause Of Liber-
" and the Union
NO. nv friends, this is no sudden
upheavaI: no passing fad. It is in
deed a battle for the Lord The
syveatshops. the interest-ridden, over
taxed farmer. the struggling mechanic,
the shopkeeper, the people who make
America. look to Us for their economic
and social salvation We cannot fail
them. we dare not fail them God
grant US the strength of purpose, the
wisdom and the courage that the task
demands"
It is planned by White and the 9TH
er Bull Moose leaders to hold. ban
auets in a number of counties this
winter and to perfect a working or
eanization in every county in the state,
if possible. Last summer White re-
marked that his only reason in not
putting a new party in the field in
kansas was the fact that the time for
filing a certificate of such organlza-
ton had elapsed under provisions OF
the Kansas law. Now the Progress
sives-Whfte, StubbS- Capper, and
others-wfu make their fight as a
third party, denying allegiance to
either of the old parties. They plan
to form their own committees, both
county, state and congressional and to
break away entirely from the Repuo-
Hcan party
This plan destroys all hopes. ap-
parentIy. of future harmony in the
Republican ranks in Kansas. With a
division in the Republican ranks, the
hope of future victory runs high only
in the hearts of the Democrats
Wichita, because of its location and
prominence as a commercial and job
bling center. is fighting for a place on
the utilities commission and will urge
Governor-eIect George H Hodges to
name Judge A z. Helm as a memb Der
of the commission Judge Helm is
widely known in Kansas and in the
west and has been a resident of Wich~
tia a mum Der of years He is en-
dorsed for the appointment by the
--,,V- 4 I'D. sol or
CARNATIONS of Wichita.
Mike Sutton of Fort Dodge declares
that he has severed his relations with
the Republican party and will follow
who was in Topeka last night debated
the question from a half dozen angles
with Captain Pat Coney and with Dan
Over of Smith Center. In the recent
campaign Sutton submitted to a news
paper interview in v Inch he declared
that the old soldiers at Fort Dodge
were for Stubbs. That interview call
ed forth the burning wrath OF the
Regular Republicans and Sutton, VINO
was once among the select in Republi-
can party inner councils in Kansas, is
now viewed with awe and suspicion
And Sutton says he is glad of it
f II. Cron of EIDorado, memb Der OF
the 1911 legislature and candidate for
the Democratic nomination as state
treasurer in the recent primaries, was
in Topeka this week CrOn is a bank
er and was sent to the legislature two
years ago to wipe the Ubiquitous in