The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-10-01

| Anthony is known to have had several
warm little talks with Kansas Pro
/ greSsiveS and these warning factional-
| lists exchanged some scathing comments
| on Republicanism and party fealty.
Last week, however, Anthony attend
| ed a meeting of the Brown county
Repub lican central committee and urg-
| ed the support of the entire state tick
| ct. Several state candidates also at
tended the meeting and heard An
thongs frank and candid statement 20
the committee.
Farmer A. w. Smith, who has re-
turned from a weeks campaign trip
in the Fourth district, declares that
both Stubs and Capper will be beat
en- in November and that Congress-
man Fred. S. Jackson will lose all ex-
cept two counties in the Fourth dis
trict. Smith made two speeches Satur-
day in Jackson's home county, Green
wood.
"One of the best meetings 1 have had
was in Madison county Saturday after
nOon," said Smith. Il had another
good meeting Saturday night in Eu-
reka, Jackson's home town. 1 think I
made myself clear on both occasions
what 1 was talking about. At Madi-
son, 1 followed George Hodges. L told
the crowd I expected to vote for him.
I also told them that the Republicans
had no nominee for United States sena-
tor and none for congress in their dis
trict.
Greenwood is one of the best organ
lied counties in the state and the Bull
Moose-s viii, be badly beaten there.
After careful canvass OF the district,
1 give Jackson but two counties-Lyon
and Marion. He will lose Greenwood,
his home AS for Stubs and Capper,
the voters have them closely linked
together and the Republicans will get
both of them,'
Smith believes that Roosevelt will be
the third man in the running in Kan
saS and that the state might be saved
for Taft with a hard campaign the
next month. However, Smith comedies !
that Wilson will probably carry Kan |
Sas.
At a meeting of the Riley county !
Republicans, resolutions were adopted |
President Taft and declar- |
ing that the failure to support the |
Roosevelt followers shall not be a |
test of party fealty in the present |
political contest. Riley county RepuD-
licanS have organized a strong Taft |
and Sherman league; and while they
are pledged to vote for Taft they dis
claim any allegiance to the Bull
Moose candidates on the state ticket.
In the resolution adopted at meet
ing in Manhattan, the Riley county
Taft men declared:
Republicans of this county believe
hat the time has come when the true
Republicanism and true citizenship
demand that a loyal stand be taken by
all who truly believe in Republican
as represented by Lin
colin, Grant, Garfield, Hayes, Harri-
son, Mckinley and Taft, against those
men deceitfully masquerading as lead
ers of our party merely that they may
deliver it into the camp of that hY-
)rid organization headed by an in
;anely egotistical soldier of fortune
named Theodore Roosevelt, therefore
De it resolved:
That, we, the Republican league
If Riley county, pledge ourselves to
work. and vote for the election OF
William Howard Taft and to make ev-
ry effort to see that the tried and
rue Republicans of Kansas have an
to so express themselves
t the election in November. But we
lereby declare that no Republican is
nder any obligation whatever to sup
,ort by his voice or vote any candi-
ate who is not an avowed supporter
f the Chicago nominee, William How
I'd Taft, and we further declare that I
7e consider it our duty to rid the par
Y of the aforementioned political
VDOcrites.'