The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-07-11
OPEN CAMP AICN
Roosevelt Headquarters to Be
Opened at Once.
To Start Campaign for I. r.
Electors.
PRIMARY FIGHT TO BE HOT
Taft'S Friends Will Also Make
Campaign.
Primary Fight Will Center on
Electors.
PRIMARY FIGHT TO BE HOT

HEADQUARTERS will be opened this
week by the Kansas Roosevelt forces
and the campaign of education con-
cerning the candidates for presidential
electors will be undertaken by William
Allen White of Emporia. White was
an active leader in the Roosevelt or
ganization in Kansas during the cam
paign last spring and he will serve in
this capacity in the preprimary cam
paign. offices will be opened at once
either in Topeka or Emporia, the To-
cation being yet undecided
With the opening of headquarters
by the progressives, the Taft forces
have begun the laying of wires for
similar campaign of enlightenment
That the real primary fight In Kansas
presidential candidates, is conceded by
leaders of both factions.
j. N. DoIley Discusses Campaign.
1.-The main effort will be to inform the
voters concerning the attitude of the
Is candidates for electors said J. N
Dolley today in discussing the cam
paign. 'They are men who are no1
generally known throughout the state
and their personal preference for
Roosevelt or Taft is a matter that the
average voter will find impossible to
carry in his mind. AS for Stubbs and
Curtis or Capper, the people know
them we'll. 1t is not necessary to take
the same steps in their campaign that
will be necessary in the selection of the
ten electors.
That the Roosevelt forces will i'm
mediately begin the circulation of liter
ature concerning the attitude of the
IS candidates, is admitted by Mr.. Dol
ley. Both factions in the party will
take a hand in this work and before
August 6-the date of the Kansas
primaries-every voter in the state will
be informed as to the attitude of the
various men.
Will Use Cards.
"Just the method to be used in dis
tributing this information said Mr..
Dolley, has not been fully determined
Perhaps the most effective and telling
method will be the printing of cards by
both factions These cards will bear
the names Of the Taft or the Roosevelt
electors and will be circulated in all of
the 1900 polling places in the state.
Such cards will be placed in the hands
of reliable workers and the individual
voter may carry his card to the booth
and vote intelligently."
AS yet the Taft forces have made no
definite arrangements for their cam
paign. Neither have plans been COM
pleted for the opening headquarters
before the primaries.
At present letters are being sent to
all of the Is candidates for electors by
Fred Stanley, of Wichita, the new Ma
tional Committeeman. AS soon as re-
plies are received from these letters,
the Taft forces will form a plan Of
campaign and advise their following as
to the 10 candidates for whom they
Should cast their votes.
When the candidates for electors
were named at the Independence con-
vention, nine were known to be anti
Taft sympathizers, while one was
friendly to the president. After the
Chicago convention, Governor Stubbs
claimed all of the nine candidates for
Roosevelt. Then the Taft forces filed
the names of eight tried and true
friends of the president. They were
certain of one vote in the original
list and trusted to a break in the pro-
gressive forces for more. Now they
await the replies to the Stanley let
ters before making up list.
AS soon as White opens headquar-
ters, the state will be flooded with
literature and the presidential elec-
tor question will be the real bone of
contention. State Chairman Dolley to-
day denied that any effort would be
made to boost the Stubs and Cap
per candidacy under the Roosevelt
flag.
Will Meet Here Tomorrow.
Roosevelt supporters from over the
state will gather in Topeka tomorrow
and discuss plans and arrange for
the campaign, just as they did before
the state convention.