The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1912-10-18
JUDGE THOMPSON ANSWERS
CRITICS
Explains Speech in Which He Re-
ferred TO $16,OOO,OOO EX-
pendltuFe


penditure
Topeka, Kan.-Answering his crit
lea who have made much adoo over
hia recent reference to the expendi-
ture of $16,00O,000 to secure the
election of q president, Judge w. II
Thompson, Democratic nominee rol
, United States senator, dares Roosevelt
and Stubbs to show just how much
money was expended in 1904 to Sc
cure the election of Roosevelt. Judge
Thompson charges that Stubs. al
usual has been buster attending 70
the business OF others than to his
own business or that of the state oil
which he Is governor. Judge Thomp-
son says he mentioned no names In
connection with the $16,00O,000 ex-
penditure, but that Stubs immedi-
ately thought the shoe fit Roosevelt
and handed It to him, and Roosevelt
put 1t on and walked off with 1t.
Judge ThOmpson's reply is as fol-
lows:
Governor Stubs seems to have
gotten considerably excited over a
Abatement | made at Melvern, and
wired Roosevelt about it. Roosevelt
instead of giving the facts the gov
ernor asked for, did as he always
does when "treed, pronounced the
statement false. Not satisfied with
that when he came to Kansas Stubs
induced him at Ottawa to call me
liar, which does not take much coax
ing with Roosevelt, for that seems to
be his fayorite pastime with every
body who does not agree with him.
He says he does not know who | am
nor care; but promise the people of
Kansas and the nation that he will
and out who am II get into the
United States senate and demand that
he explain where he got the three
million dollars which 1t Is claimd he
spent in his last contest for the Re-
publican nomination for president.
Much Ado About Nothing
Governor Stubs, as usual, has
tried to make much to do about moth
ing. II he had spent more time at
tending to his own business and the
business of the state instead of the
business of others he would have a
better chance to be elected United
States senator and would not have
gotten the beloved Roosevelt into
such q predicament. He has opened
up q discussion Just such as want
and gladly welcome. For the more
You stir up the Roosevelt corruption
funds the more orodiferous they get
and the more disgusted the honest,
intelligent people of the country be-
come with him and all those who
seek Office under his third term move
ment.
What said in the Melvern speech
~ shown by my manuscript, Is as
follows: 1T Is as much disgrace
for a candidate for president, by
+ himself or others, to e&pend $16,'
O00,O 900 to secure election as 1t Is
for a candidate for the United States
senate to expend 100000. No such
expenditure Is legitimate, and the
man who makes 1t should be dis
qualified from holding the position
he seeks, and certainly ineligible for
q third term
Now, Governor Stubs thought this
shoe At Roosevelt, and he handed Il
to him, and Roosevelt put it on and
walked of with it. II the shoe fits
It is no fault of mine. When we know
that one state out OF forty-six ex
pended more than one-half millioI
dollars OF which we have record, t
corrupt the voters in the interests o.
Roosevelt, outside Of the enormou!
contributions to the national commit
tee, the amount fixed is none too
high. Senator James A. Reed, who
h familiar with the campaign investi
cations In Congress, and who made
the greatest speech In the United
States senate on the subject Angus
%, last says that the amount tixeC
ia not high enough. II my figures
are wrong challenge Governo
Stubs and Mr.. Roosevelt to SHOW
the people exactly how much 1t is
/ dare Mr.. Roosevelt to instruct hi
former secretaries, Loeb and Cortel
you, to set out under oath in detail
the amounts they know were actual
ly received, where they came from
and how they we're spent.
ROOseVelt's "LIiar" Means Little
But for a man who has beef
caught in so many misstatments a
Roosevelt has, to call another a liza
does not amount to much after all
The New York Word states the cas-
better than | can:
But II we are to believe one VIII
Is often detected in misstatementi
Mr.. Roosevelt knew nothing abou
what was going on. Corruptio
funds, then, are the only things /
thiB world as to which the express
dent admits ignorance. He can regu
late everything, from the size of on
families to the contents of spellln
book. He can rewrite all our col
situations and laws single-handed.
one day he can upset the jurisprr
dence of a thousand years and max
Z better one. But when 1t comes I
the question Of tainted money this
elected him in 1904, his mind is
blank"
1t Is not to be expected that ma
who would overlook little 800, 90
item contributed by the Standard o
Company should know anythin
about how many million dollars h
campaign cost. When it was fri
suggested that the Standard o
Company contributed this none
Roosevelt pronounced It a lie an
eyervbody who even thought Il. liar