The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-10-14
Ex-senator Curtis Submits to
an Interview.
He Won't Give Out Plans Till
Next January.
MAY RUN FOR SENATOR
Has Travelled State Over and
Sees Republican Success.
Stubbs to MaSsachuSettS-HOp-
kins for Congress.

before a campaign is a fool"
| That is the rather terse and snappy
remark of Senator Charles Curtis as
affecting his probable candidacy for the
Republican nomination for United
States senator next year. And anoth-
er thing that Curtis made quite PLAIN
| in his first public discussion of the 1914
senatorial fight is the fact that he won't
| be influenced in the least by any stano
or attitude which United States Sena-
| tor Joseph L. Bristow may assume III
the approaching campaign.
1T WI be late in January-probably
sometime in February maybe not un-
| til March that 1 will have anything
| to say about my candidacy, should de-
| eide to rum" continued Senator Gurus
! Sitting in his office in the Crawford
building, Senator Curtis discussed ran
sas political affairs with candor ana
apparent interest. 1t was the first time
that the former United States senator
had submitted to an interview since
the November, 1912, election. FolloW-
| ing his defeat for renomlnauon IN tne
! August primaries, Curtis had taken an
active hand in the fight on the Roose-
Welt supporters who found places on lne
Republican state ticket and refused 10
Withdraw from under the emblem OF
the eagle Walter Roscoe Stubbs, VINO
had beaten Curtis for the senatorial
nomination even after losing the ma
iority vote was beaten in the NoVem-
her election Curtis went back to
WASHINGTON and returned home III
March after relinquishing his Jop 10
Judge William H. Thompson, Deluo-
crat who had profited by the RepupA-
can family row in this state ana won
an election that a year before looked
impossible . 49,,
Back in Kansas this year, Curtis has
gone about over the state in his own
quiet way. In three months the FORMER
senator has visited in perhaps ~ couil
ties. He has sat in the store room "
the corner grocery stores and in the
nrivate offices of the town banker ana
soberly talked over the situation IN
90 days he has been in almost every
county in seven of the eight congress
sionaI districts. Aside from these quiet
little visits to personal frlenoS' CurIlS
has made a number of speeches at re-
unions and picnics. And today Sena-
tor Curtis, through his direct V1SllS
ard correspondence, probably knows as
much if not more about the poht1cal
situation than any man in Kansas.
Yet Curtis is holding back.
will YOU be a candidate for United
States senator next year?' was the
question passed to Senator curtis py
reporter
THAT is a matter 1 have not fully
determined'' was the candid answer,
"and concerning which will nave
nothing to say before late in January,
perhaps not until February-maybe
not until March,
Then the senator added:
THE man who tells his plans year
before the campaign is FOOL
will the attitude of Senator Brls-
tow in making the race either as Re-
nubIican or Progressive influence
your decision?'' was asked.
Not a bit. SIR was the decisive re-
ply Il am not scared of man who
for two years has been afraid to name
the political party with which he Is as
sociated What Bristow does won't
influence me one bit either in making
or not making the race. You can print
that if you want to-"
And that answer apparently upsets
the political dope of a few weeks ago
to the effect that Senator Curtis would
become a candidate only in the event
that Senator Bristow sought to return
to the Republican fold and seek re-
nomination as a member of the party
which gave him the nomination over
Senator Chester 1. Long in 1908.
Friends of Senator Curtis declare that
he has received hundreds of letters
urging him to again make the race.
For Senator Curtis has a personal
rather than a political following in
Kansas that is to be reckoned with in
any campaign. But the final decision
Curtis declares that the Republican
party will reclaim it's own in 1914 and
sweep the state as a reunited political
orga nization.
do you think the Republicans can
win next year?' was asked of Curtis.
"Emphatically, yes was the reply.
I'm two months I have visited in every
part of the state except the Sixth dis
trict and 1 am pleased with conditions
as I found them There is a great
coming back to the Republican party
year that force will be strong enough
to reclaim the state. In my opinion
the Republicans will next year elect a
United States senator. all of the eight
congressman and the entire state
ticket"
That is claiming great deal in view
of the present apparent political un-
certainty in Kansas. But possibly
Curtis knows. If his prediction is true,
aled in Kansas.
1.-THE fight will be made in Kansas
next year whether the Progressives
win or lose in Massachusetts,. That
doesn't make one particle of difference
said William Allen White last night.
I'VE expect to make the test next
year whether we elect a candidate to
! single office.
White had just left the telephone
booth after a conversation with Wal
minutes discussing political affairs over
the telephone.
1--WE will hold a conference in every
congressional district in the state be-
fore December ~ continued White,
"and before the first of the year will