The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-06-21
POLITICAL GOSSIP
Is X. c. Star Slipping on Bull
Moose Cause?
Said That PrOgressives Are
Worrying About Matter.
MAY SUPPORT W. WILSOF
Henry Allen Did Not Get BriS-
tow Stuff Across.
Lively Congressional Fights
on the Card.
'AY SUPPORT W. WILSOF

The Progressive leaders of this state
are disturbed over a rumor brought
from Washington by a Kansas man to
the effect that the Kansas City Star is
making plans to support President Will
son. in the next campaign. The Star
began acting suspicious a few
weeks ago when Senator Bristow was
making vigorous assaults upon the
presidents tariff policy. At that time,
Henry J. Allen was in Washington as
the Stars correspondent. Mr.. Allen
who is a warm personal friend of Senator
Bristow, obtained from the senator a
statement ripping the Wilson tariff
policy up one side and down the other.
But the Star turned it down, greatly
to the surprise of Mr.. Allen, Senator
Bristow and other prominent Bull
MooserS.
1t is reported that when Mr.. Allen
inquired into the why of it, he was
advised that the statement was not in
accord with the Stars policy. Prior to
this time about anything Senator Bris-
tow said went" with the Star. Short
ly after the Bristow statement was cut
out Allen left Washington and return
ed to his own newspaper, the Wichita
Beacon. 1t is understood that Mr.. AL
len did not leave Washington on that
account. He left to look after his own
newspaper mainly and join Charles F.
Scott in a series of debates on the side.
The Progressives pinned their faith
to the Kansas City Star in the last
campaign and that is why the story
from Washington makes them uneasy.
They figured that the Star would stay
with them at least through another
campaign and help them reform the
standpatters or force them to the wall
If the rumor that the Star is holding
itself in readiness to support the Will
son administration is true, the Pro-
gressives will lose a strong ally.
I1o I1xv
the old time politicians gave loyal sup
port to Grover Cleveland during the
entire period of his political activity.
The Star, therefore, could go Demo-
cractic without much of a strain on it's
conscience.
Kansas will see some lively congress
sional fights next year. Already there
is evidence of trouble in the Fifth,
Sixth and Seventh districts and proba-
bly, in the First and Fourth.
Guy T. Helvering, who defeated Roll
lin r. ReeS for congress in the Fifth
district only last November. has al
ready accumulated enough trouble to
insure difficulty in his reelection. Hell
vering messed the postoffice patron
age and in less than 0 days after his
election some of the strong Democratic
leaders of the district were laying for
his political scalp with a meat ak.
1t is now probable that Senator A.
B. Carney of Cloud, Senator Harry
Mcmillan of Ottawa county and AL
exis Andreen of Saline county will
enter the primaries to contest Helver-
ing's right to a reelection. With this
trouble in the Democratic ranks, it is
rumored that w. A. Calderhead, dean
of the Kansas delegation in Washing
ton until 1910, may again enter the
running and become a candidate to
regain the seat he held for years. Cald-
erhead is a strong man and should he