The Topeka state journal., 1912-07-25

the influence of a few political bosses
in this state who have been using the
Repu ublican party to further their own
political and personal interests for the
last eight or. ten years. Kansas, under
it's present political management, is
one CT the worst boss ridden states in
the Union.
the Republican candidates for presi-
Dental electors and then dictate to
those men that they must not vote for
the Republican nominees for president
and vice president of the United States
didateS announce that they will vote
for Roosevelt if nominated and elected
on the Republican ticket. This is
what Boss Allen, White and a few
other dictators call the square deal in
politics? If their cause is a righteous
one and Mr.. Roosevelt is the choice Of
a majority of the people. why not put
his name and electors on a separate
ballot and go before the people with
an honest front?
1.-The men who are pushing Mr..
Roosevelt's candidacy under the be-
lief that it will help them in August
will find him a milestone around their
necks in November.
The names of men on the Republi-
can ticket who will not support the
Republican candidates for president
and vice president will compel fifty to
sixty thousand Republican voters to
withhold their support from the Re-
publican ticket. And there will be no
Roosevelt victory to celebrate next fal1
and no Roosevelt officers to inaugurate
next spring. The boilers in Kansas
have more to lose from their action
than anyone else Their loss will be
Democratic gain Yours very truly,
ST. NJ. HAMAKER.'
Congressman D. r. Anthony is max
ing a hard fight for denomination in
the First district and his speaking cal
he a he
is filled. Judge w. L Stuart, who is
opposing the Leavenworth publisher foT
the nomination, is also making hard
campaign and the issues are closely
drawn between the two men, represent
ing the progressive and regular views
of Republicanism. For several days
Anthony has been waging his fight in
Brown and Nemaha counties. Last
night he spoke to a crowd of 500 peO-
PIE at Sabetha. Reports from the meet
ing state that Anthony will draw
strength from both factions of the
party in Nemaha county and that many
Roosevelt Republicans favor his can
didacy.
The record of Congressman Phil P.
Campbell, of the Third district, is be-
ing ridicuIed and Scorned by Wilbur +.
Allen, chairman of the Third district
Progressive Republican committee. AL
len took a few days off and investiga-
ted CampbelFs official record as re-
ported in the Congressional Record.
When Allen had completed this task,
he Immediately stated that the Camp
bell record smelled like a piece of Linn
berger cheese in comparison with puri-
fed politics as it is preached in Kan
sas. So Allen devotes three columns
of solid reading matter to the setting
out of the Campbell record and invites
the Third district representative to set
himself right with the people.
Judge A. NJ. Jackson, Democratic can
didate for governor, is deyoting his
time to the campaign in the First and
Second districts this week. Next week
he will enter the Third district, where
he will close the fight. And in trans
ferring the scene of battle to the First,
Second and Third, Judge Jackson meets
the request of his opponent, Senator
Hodges, who recently wanted to know
why the Winfield lawyer didn't cam
paign in Billiard territory