The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-09-12
THIS The BIG DAY GUST ALL OF
ThrOngs of People the State Taft Men Intimate All
Fair Grounds. MOOsers Must
Cooler Weather Makes "Bg State Congressional
Thursday IDEAL dfdates Wen as EIecto
RACE TRACK is FAST OFF THE REPUBLICAN
GrandStand and BIeachers Are Morning Proceedings
Taxed to Capacity. Election Board Bite
Han Holiday for School Chill The EIectOr Case Still
dren Santa Fe ged Skein
State and Congressional Cam
didates Well as Electors.
OFF THE REPUBLICAN TICKET
Morning Proceedings Before
Election Board Bitter.
The EIectOr Case Still a Tan.
gled Skein.

Allat dCIoh VIII De taken to prevent
the printing of the names of all Pro-
sressive candidates under the Repubii-
can emblem, was indicated today by
]. S. Dean, president of the Kansas
Republican League, in his testimony
before the state contest board. The
morning session before the board III
the action to prevent the placing of the
II Roosevelt electors on the Republican
ticket was marked by much political
! cfatory and a running argument be-
| tween lawyers and witnesses as to Jne
ear marks of true Republicanism-
| The Roosevelt forces, who yesterday
| objected to political horse play"
/ when Governor Stubbs was called TO
| the stand, today entered joyously into
| the discussion of political affairs when
| they examined Fred z. Stanley and
j. s. Dean Governor Stubbs has gore
/ to Sedan to fill speaking engagement
/ and viii probably not be recalled to
| the stand. Stanley, as Republican na-
| tlonal committeeman, and Dean as
| president of the Republican State
/ League, were the two witnesses of lie
morning. At he afternoon session the
! affidavit of William Allen White and
an opinion of Fred 5. Jackson in 1905,
while serving as attorney general,
We're read by the Taft lawyers.
Allen Named Both Committeeman.
Stanley told OF the Chicago conVen-
| ton. He reviewed his election as
! gateS-1S of whom refused to vote for
Taft and attended the convention in
Orchestra hall. Congressman Jackson.
for the Roosevelt interests, emphasized
the fact that the Roosevelt delegates
to the convention supported Stanley !
But Stanley came back with the dec |
laration that William Allen White. as
candidate for the position, refused /
to support Taft and withdrew his CAN /
didacy. Then it was agreed to name /
Stanley with the strict understanding (
h.. FTNaaf
of a provision in convention rules that /
a com mitteeman must be a supporter /
of the party nominee. Stanley also {
told the board of the fact that Henry
J. Allen, as chairman of the Kansas
delega tio4l. to the Chicago convention
in June urged his electiOn but that
Allen was likewise the chairman of
the state delegation to the convention
that nominated Roosevelt in August
and likewise urged the election of
White as the Progressive committee
man-thus naming both committee
men from Kansas.
Dean on stand Two Hours.
Dean was on the stand for two hours
and q recess for lunch was taken at
the close of his examination. Dean
was bitter in his denunciatiOn of the
ProgressiVe's attempt to control the
Republican party in Kansas. Often he
clashed with Congressman Jackson in
his cross examination and declared
that the boiling of the Bull Moose
a test of party fealty in the campaign.
He said the Kansas Republican party
must be in keeping with the national {
organization just as the Kansas leg
islature is bound not to pass laws in ]
conflict with those of congress. In I
placing Roosevelt electors on the Re {
publican ticket Dean said, this funda- s
mental principle had been violated. {
Dean urged that the 8 men who voted :
in the party council to keep the Roose- /
velt men on the ticket were not Re {
fa.lre
party and were using the party column !
under false pretenses and to gain con
troll of political offices.
1t was in his argument with Jack
son over this matter, that Dean unfold :
ed the plan to fight the placing of all
Bull Moose candidates "a the Republi-
can ticket
In my opinion there is open to us
a method to prevent the use of the
Republican column and emblem by !
Bull Moosers,'' said Dean and this
method will be used if this contest is
denied
A jackson Opinion of 1908.
At the afternoon session, a legal +
opinion given by Jackson in 1908 was !
read BY the Taft men it was held tc :
be significant in view of the present
situation Regarding the rights OF 7
members of one party to vote for candi- :
lates of another party in the primary 7
said in his 1908 opinion: !
1.-The time will not come until the .
November election for a citizen to ex-
ercise his right to vote as he sees :
it On primary day no Democrat will :
De permitted to interfere with the NOM !
nation of Republican candidates for 7
my office, great or small; and no Re a
publican will be permitted to interfere
With the nomination of any Democrat =
or any office great or small I
IF a Democrat call for a RepubIi- p
an primary ballot on August 4 he
houId be challenged on the ground +
hat he is not a Republican, and that e
t was none of his business, on August {
at least, whom the Republicans n
right norinte; and he should be re- +
used q Republican ballot on the Z
ground that he is not Republican. f
In other words. although the right r.
If citizenship carries with it the rignt
% vote, that means the right to vote q
1t the general elections at which Dui- q
ic officers are chosen But on psi- Z
mary day the rights of the several j
political parties predominant, and no Il
Dreson has a legal or moral right 10 =
interfere with the transaction of any 4
political party's business if he is not
member of that particular political Z
party Perhaps there is a Woodm an =
odge and an odd Fellow lodge in your "
own What would you think if the "
" Noodmen or The Workmen attempted !
o interfere with the nomination of Of q
icers for that Odd Fellows lodge?' n
By this opinion, it is held by the Taft
orces that 1000 men who voted Ter I
he Roosevelt electors in August either a
-oted under misapprehension or were T
members of third party and had. no
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