The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-11-26
TALKED HARMONY
And Nothing Else 1t the Atchi-
SON Meeting.


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First district Republicans gave the
harmony cause its biggest boost OF
the year in their Atchison convention
and Of the 175 men who sat In the
meeting, 1t is probable that nearly ONE
half of them supported Roosevelt IN
the last campaign. But resolutions Tor
q united party, declarations Tor the
support Of party nominees In 1914 anu
endorsements OF the plan for q read
justment of the basis of representation
in national conventions, brought cheers
from both Roosevelt and Taft adher-
ents Of the last election. The one weak
feature Of the meeting was the absence
of the new voters, the women. MOI
woman attended the meeting.
Reports from all parts of the First
district indicated that the harmony
cause is in good standing among the
voters and that hundreds OF the men
who supported Roosevelt electors in 1912
are fnding their way back into the
Republican party next year. But these
voters are still looking to the national
committee for relief and the action OF
the committee in December will either
Of the harmony campaign in Kansas.
There was no effort by the speakers
to dodge their own personal records In
the unpleasantness of the last cam
paign. The men who voted for TAN
and the men who voted for Roosevelt
told Of their stand Of / year ago. Out
each looked to the Republican party
for political refuge in future storms.
Akers' Plea for Harmony.
One of the features OF the meeting
was the speech Of State Treasurer Earl
Akers. Standing on the little stage in
Turner's hall, Akers declared he had
no apologies to offer for his fight for
the Bull Moose cause last year, but still
looked to the Republican party for
progressive measures and political sue
cess. A-
IT have a prefix to my Republican,
ISM" declared Akers. II am Pro-
gressive Republican. But want to he
a Republican. believe I can be. But
we must have in Kansas to drive DEM
ocratic misrule out of the state. We
have got to fight, to organize. get 20
gether. talk things over.ss~-&
Akers was cheered for his harmony
sentiments and when he stated to the
apologies to offer for his support Of
Roosevelt last fall. the Progressives
went wild.
II voted for Roosevelt last year and
am glad of it under the circum-
stances" said the state treasurer, who
has returned to the Republican fold.
II would do 1t again under the circMr-
stances. Yet I have no quarrel with
the men who supported Taft. But we
must write a platforms Progressive
platform-on which we can all stand
and for which we must all fight
Anthony FIayed Democrats.
Congressman D. r. Anthony, jr., was
Ocratic national and state administra-
tons and once paid a compliment to
Theodore Roosevelt in criticising Pres
ident Wilson's Mexican policy.
The people Of the nation have becn
Inundated because of the policy Of the
national administration in the Mexican
situation" declared Anthony, land
would be glad to see Colonel Roosevelt
In the White House again to add a lit
tie American spirit and patriotism in
dealing with a situation that calls for
the protection OF American citizens"
Anthony declared that the Progress
sives In Kansas and the nationxwere
merely holGing together their organiza-
ton in the vain hope that in 1916 trey
could force the nomination Of Roosevelt
as compromise in the Republican ma
tional convention.
"On the tarin issue said Anthony in
HH .sns patiOna aiiairs the RepuS.
. Frank g; 1ssnsi.F e Topeka. general
q H the ..s &: It tine
ana - . mem6er OF tho resolution COM
smsitees: dsclared that he could stand on
E1Est district Republicans submitted.
Sad Case OF Mr.. Brown.
Among the PrOgressives at the Atch-
1son meeting was Edwin Brown Of Troy.
mittee In Doniphan county. C Cyrus 'i Le-
committeeman from Kansas. is now chair
IN Doniphan. But it is rumored that Lee
land and Brown and others Of the Pro-
nnsni,a IN n P 3Snir county had been
breach was made when Brown boarded a
tram in Troy Tuesday morning and went
Brown was made chairman of the oom-
mittee on resolutions and he helped to
make them strong and progressive In tone
back to the Republican party to work.
The resolutions which were offered at
TSsy sre even were app9sa fsan
Saopted by the state wide conference in
Topeka in June and endorse a change in
and the national conventions, based on
actual votes in all states: they congratu-
and Them on to E. nart
pledge fealty to all nominees In the Re-
publican primaries in 1914 and urge en-
actment Of state wide civil service rules.
A poll of the Atchison delegation of u
men showed that 10 Of that number sup
Tor Taft. OF the 175 men in the meeting,
It IL probable that the number Of Taft and
Roosevelt supporters OF year ago was
Shawnee county sent delegation OF
more than 30 men to the meeting; Among
C. b. Hypes, Will ]. Miller, w. H. Was
son. C. II. Kutx. George W. Weed, H I.
r. H. Cav. F. q. Drenning. e. g. Blakely,