The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-05-09
GO HOME HAPPY
Roosevelt Delegates Please0
With State Convention.
Got Everything They "An'oU
and Then SOme'
HOWL ED DOWN THE REGULARS
Didn't Want to Hear the Lulu
Speakers.
Major Harvey of Topeka Made
Them Listen.
HOWLED DOWN THE REGULARS

The Kansas state conVentioi ,a,e,,d-
and the Roosevelt men leIt NJ. 4,,,+
ance for home happy in the iaDt ~
+be,, controlled it seven to one
ree+inp was too one-sided 10 SUI.
,enorters. Nothing that looheu
80 contest developed except 'iie
-, 1,o,d that Tom Smith, OF bIo" -
,.,o,.oa q AGAINST the slate to win pc
e., birneelf on the Big Four oiiA4'--
,,o,Iad 21S votes, a. good sho"llS he
1.o1,nq man bucking the powers &c +ha
The vote was Overwhelming to tte
colonel but the Taft men hIon a,.ing
Third district went ooWh VA lo+ionaI
coIoi s;.+aeroap - and Taft manager 1or
ICarsaS sat in the midst of the ona " :
- de1eeation and stood up snlliliis nm . ;
every time a rising vote was Ia nv a
tba issues between the tactlohs-
fortv or fifty Taft men staIolls - 1-Sea5 t.-15
while seven hundred delegates I-a5 ia i;tre
o1d ieered from their seats lookeu mn
tbo old guard going down in efea
cause Al Bauer, the heavy"elsILt NJ
-in+ar loomed up like NIL aniohe
The shawnee delegates. There was 90 &C.
a man named Steve Walker from Clle- @
rokee Taft man, VINO sIarte ~
separate riots in the conNeIllion' -
stitute the name of Taft for l. II. III
4ba resolutions. The second came Wneh
walker got the platform anC took up
tbe name Of Lincoln to apply 1t TO the
The roosevelt orators had been using
LincoIn's name every fifth Woru al
through the session. Walker declareo
+ba+ this opposition to Taft for second
term reminded him of the opposition 10
lincoln when the great war president
ran for his second term. Walker
speech ended right there. The progress
ysives howled him down with roar
that shook the building. Walker looked
at his work and saw that 1t was goou
and-smiled One would have thought
he was being cheered by an admiring
throng.
Harvey Made a HIT.
The feature of the convention was the
showing made by Major A. NJ. Harvey,
of Topeka, a Taft delegate from Shaw
nee.
Fred Stanley, Henry Allen, Governor
Stubbs and all the big cal1ore guns OF
the progressive artillery hao nreo anu
loaded and fired again. 1t did not look
os though there was a Taft man left
in the state. Roosevelt's name hao
been written on the clouds and painted
in the running brooks and woven into
the trees and grasses Ihen harvey
rot the attention of the chair ana
asked for twenty minutes to speak Tor
a lost cause.
Czovernor Stubbs laughed and put the
matter M to the convention. The
roosevelt delegates said, 'NO!" They
did not want to hear any eulogy OF
Taft. It looked like gag ruIe until
Henry Allen moved that the major be
given five minutes. The motion carried
and the major took the platform. He
90 oil his old pom friends
there as Roosevelt delegates, he said.
He ioked and jollied with the big con-
vention to get the delegates in good
humor and then quick as a flash he
sent across solid and serious shots for
Taft. He drew a fine picture Of the
presidents great record as governor
general of the Philippines. The Roose-
velt delegates got raw under the grill
ing and howled the major down.
Harvey stroked his chin with his
right hand and waited. Governor
Stubbs, the chairman, grabbed up an
old claw hammer that had been left on
the auditorium platform by some car
penter and beat the table to pieces call |
ing for order. The major appealed to
the governor for five minutes and
Stubbs got the time for him. The major |
paused in his Taft eulogy long enough
to say something nice about the red |
headed governor. Harvey closed with A |
burst of oratory that won him applause
from all except the most partisan of
the progressive delegates.
There were a lot of corking good
speeches put across at the afternoon
session by speakers heretofore nm
known to fame. w. F. Rupe of Bur
Iington, Coffey county, made a good
talk in his nomination of Tom Smith
Tor delegate at large. So did Will SUIT
ton of Wyandotte when he nominated
Halph Harris. Judge Buckman of
Minheld and Dick Hopkins of Garden
City mada good nominating speeches
The talk of the delegates ou+siao 80
convention sessions was the snIendid
treatment accorded them by IndeDerd
ence The Montgomery county Saa+
uenNereo the goods as a convention
city: Two big and modern hotels oF
forded ample accommodations 60
mere were committees for eyerv+1ing
ana the members of these corn,1;t+aass Httllas
tto tIoh tnelr duties seriously. Manv of
5a1ers az ol9tiIners present declared that In
oepenoence was the best host anv sta+a |
convention in Kansas had eI,a,. tS " S'sle
Judge Flannelley of Tpda,o,s
M, MI not run for congress from ne
The $3.50 iee. II looks like Tom Cordrv,
tle PARSONS editor. would be tbe ,e,,, -,
~ oppose Campbell. FlannaIIaS- 1iI" I
Phnosopher as well as i,,riS+ - q |
Pgonlelclan. g He talked to The c+ata
StSanaa nal man like Plato talked to tbe
fAenenlans He had a nIeaSer+ ~ @ tne
t inb g3od town, he said, and ioaS ennS
Joo where he seemed to pIeasa sooo
ana p9pIe wao oy his mis- work; He liked his toWn SHe
IT, ~as proud of his humble sI,or.c-I II
1he congressional race nnaa, success.
ing ing up OF home ties and a lot Of sne w CIV.
ana ana war and tumult at oD " worry
.Te w FHT fhnything ha said the little oi iuags asK
to live the Ieip s;r my friends and continne
nome in the best town in NE re- mere at
doh o pc a little congressman IRE in woT,a. h,
me. me- Tbsv r, vne ss time does not appeal 'to to