Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1912-08-02
HAReER ON HODGES.

ANNR0OANah P~RSA AA-N ~
iy those favorable to Capper !aEd
Ryan. are printing aIb the material
they can get favorable to RillaTd
Arthur Cagper has said that he pre-
Ters Billiard, and a careful peru@l oI
the Republican papers show how will
Ing they are to print anything un.
favorable to Hodges.
The Abilene Reflector, whose. edi
Sor is a PERSONA friend of Mr.. Cap
Ger, has practically come out for Bill
aard, Under an editorial headed
THE Democrat Quandary," 1t says
that the Republicans hope etAt Bill
bard will be nominated. After G short
review of what Mr.. Billiard has done
1t says, Billiard h% been in many
ways stumbling block to Kansas
Democracy. Two weeks before elec.
6on In 1910. when according to the
Judgment of political experts Senator
Hodges had the election cinched, AIf
Billiard gave oub his famous 9nteryiew
committing tha Democratic party to
Fesubmission. He said THAT Q the
Merchants and MaaufacturerSs AS
ISOLATION would establish headquar.
ters at, Topeka and make campaign
Tor resubmission of the prohIDitory
amendment. This aalienated Dem.
0oraic votes by the NSusands. While
they knew Senator Hodges idea
on law enforcement they would take
40 chances and thousands 6 demo.
Gratis voted foe Governor Stubbso on
that proposition. B9is rot cmprob.
able that enough votes were changed
in those concluding days Of the cam.
0aign to re-elect the governor a&d
defSat Hodges. o
in the present campaign Mr.. Bill
lard has openly declares for resub-
emission, and is mabieg his cam
paign largely on that issue
The third candidate, A. NJ. Jack.
son. who entered the race a few weel'
ago, occupies sOmeyhats peculiar
position in relatior9to the other two
With no possibility of being nominat
ed he is campaigning the state lsge
ly in the dSy counties and atarkine
Senator Hodges without infEctig IN.
d6maTe on Billard.0 Jackson is q
clever and able lawyer. He is moi
working this csHnpaign blindly ant
indications are that his object is, tC
take votes enough away Srom Hodges
TO nominate Billiard At least this Is
the conclusion of the leading demo
crats who are familiar with the par
TVS campaign as q Rre@ne conduct
ed, AS between the three men h'
qualifications foS the pSsitsgn Of gov
eruo- Of Kansas Gre mquesticnabl.
) on TIE side of Senator Hodges I
we should Gavo a Democratic COVER
nos he dwOuA fill the bill with mucl
better o grse and with much NOR
ability than any candidateethe part.
has had before it for that place d
Qnany fears. It seems strange il
view Of his recoE aed Il the Fight I
made two years ago ttat amy eensid
Nrabls number Oe Democrats shout
2 Believe that either Jackson or Hillarl
would make a stronger ca1didat
than he. a0
o "As we sSpd baSe, this is none o
Tns repsbRcaI6s fight, but IN anOqr
settled condition sof Kansas polite
Rlnpst anything may happeu9 thi
fan and every citizen hopes 70 hav
a governor who willelook after th
Interests of Kansas in an intelligen
and helpful way, no matter what hi
politics Shdal4 Billasd be nominal
I'd It would be a Nne thing spr the 7
spubhcanS, Tor Kansas would never a
a whole elect governor on the r,
submission issue, even though he pr
pested while faNoring that propos
dOn be would enforce the law. IN
prohibitory law has Cts weakness b
Kansas IS not in favor Of repeating
or making It harmless. Sentimel
against the open saloon Is stronger
Kansas today thanaeger in its Mstol
and from the democrats point
view, to nominate an aNowed resu
mis5ionfst would be one OF the fine
examples Of political suicide ev,
seen 1t is q compon saying th'
democrats can always be depends
upon to make mistakes, sand the pre-
'ent campaign, should It result In d
nomination Of Billiard, would demo
'strate the truth Of tnat remar
Hodges is making his fight again
odds dn the opposition he has fro
the combined force Of the other ty
candidates. It will be interesting
see how the rank and file Of the de
Ocratic party in Kansas solves tt
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