Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1912-10-11
TAFT MEN IN KANSAS
WILL VOTE FOR WILSON
They Swing to Him Openly to
Bring About RooSeyeIt's
Defeat
fRY RALPH SMITH.

KANSAS CITY, MO-, Oct. sit was
peculiar state of affairs that came TO
Governor Wilson'S attention during his
pursuit Of Kansas voters. that ended here
last night. RE found that the standpat
Repu- leans were publ ely and openly
striving for the defeat of Roosevelt by
pledging Taft men to vote the Demo-
cratic ticket.
Governor Wilson knows full we'll that
his side is going to get votes in every
state pretty nearly from the Taft Repub-
licans, but nowhere has he found them
Boosting about it and announcing their
plans to brass ba accompaniment.
OF course Kansas would not be KANSAS
unless they were doing something I'M
US lal in the political line. Men familiar
with the state say that the stand-pat-
tiers make good on their assertions about
swinging the vote to the Democratic
side. Wilson will beat Roosevelt
It's a horse race now in Kansas be-
tween Wilson and Roosevelt, with the
odds favoring Roosevelt, and the balance
of power as it were lies with the Taft
men.
Since the tangle over the Republican
electors on the presidential ticket has
been Strengthened out by the removal
of the Roosevelt electors from the G..
o. p. ballot, the fighting has been fierce
between the eontending forces. On the
national fight this is a three-cornered
tussle among the Democrats, RepubH-
cans and Progressives. The Taft cleo
toral ticket was made possible the re-
moval of the Roosevelt electors to the
Progressive ticket. The Taft electors had
to he nominated by petition.
THE STATE FIGHT.
In the state fight there are only two
tickets, Democrats and Republicans, and
here Is here things get complicated.
the Progressives control the Republican
party machinery but there are only two
out and out Progressives on the state
ticket Governor Stubs, who is run
ninS for United States senator and Ar
thur Capper, nominated for governor, the
rest are Progressives, who refuse to
bolt the G. o. p. The stand-patters have
formed he Republican party-league and
its primary purpose is to beat Stubs
and Capper as we'll as L. r. They are
preaching that. tire Progressives must
be downed at all costs; that the defeat
must be conclusive in order tina 1.-THE
regulars may regain control of the par
ty machinery after election. This league
is circulating petitions in every county
among registered Republicans and this
petition contains pledge that the signer
will do all that he can to wipe the Pro-
gressives off the map. The league as
serts that they have already 10000 sign
ers, but the Progressives say they are,
just plain liars
FOR THE SENATE.
Governor Stubs Is being opposed for
the senatorship by Judge William H.
Thompson, Democrat, and the leaders
told the governor that he would come
pretty close to denying Stubs. 8
Governor Wilson continues TO evince
deep interest over the different sena-
torial fights. He. was told IN Colorado
that the mountain states would likely
send six Democrats to the senate to
displace Republicans. Colorado is going
to send two-one being to fill a vacancy
The governor feels, quite sure that the
New Jersey legislature will have a. DEM
ocratic majority to elect Judge Hughes
Another thing that the governor has
learned about Colorado is that the voters
have approved of the houses action in
putting sugar on the free list 1t happens
that the Democratic congressman from the
state voted against free sugar on the
ground that it would ruin the beet sugar
industry of Colorado. Their action has
been repudiated, for every one of the
group that came up for denomination in
the primaries was defeated. All the way
through Kansas the governor played
hard on the tariff issue, and in the con-
tention that Roosevelt is now a Pro |
gressive because seeking office, but who,
when he had office, did nothing to amelio-
rate con litiops.
PLANS FOR TODAY.
Too long round of handshaking and
a sudden change in Gov. Woodrow Will
sons time of departure, caused Champ
Clark to miss connections at the Union
station last night and the Democratic |
delegation left Kansas City without the |
speaker.
Governor Wilson's party was scheduled
to leave at IL o'clock for Springfield, III. |
Arriving at the depot the governor, tired
from a strenuous day Of campaigning. !
decided to go on the regular Chicago and !
Alton train that left at 10 O'Clock. Speak
er Clark, unaware of the change In |
remained behind shaking !
hands with admiring Democrats. Speaker |
Clark took later train for St. LOUIS I
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