Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1914-10-01
cAPpER AND BREWSTER TALK
ED TO MANY
Republican Meeting in Court House
Tuesday Night Was Largely
Attended-Day's Swing
n Success

nubIican candidate for attorney gen
aral n sincerely enthusiastic wei
come all day Tuesday and closed
tho davis rally with big meeting
in the court house at night
The court room was filled when
Dr r. r. Conklin, chairman OF the
Republican county committee IN
troduced Mr.. Capper last evening
Mr.. Capper made an excellent
STRAIGHTFORWARD talk, and left no
doubt IN the minds of his hearers
"a IN his attitude on the questions
under discussion. He declared that
~ alected. his would be a business
administration. THE people, more
than ever before" said Mr.. Capper'
are demanding genuine public ser'-
,ce We have been too prone to take
u for granted that "a public contract
"a a fat contract We have been ac-
customed to look upon public OF
fices as an easy snap and we have
often distributed the offices to par
tv workers as rewards for politicai
service or have elected men TOO Oh
ten because they were good fellows
without regard for their qualifica-
tions. And the result has. often been
poor public service-not always DE-
cause of positive rascality; but more
frequently because of inefficiency
extravagance and wastefulness In
the conduct of public affairs in local
as we'll as state and national gov
eminent"
For Nationwide Prohibition
Mr.. Capper, touching the ques-
ton of prohibition, pointed out the
prosperity of Kansas and of his own
city. Topeka, and declared that this
was largely due to prohibition. l
hope to see enacted" he said, "a
law which shall make prohibition
nationwide"
Mr.. Capper spoke clearly He was
interrupted frequently by applause
Mr.. Brewster took the present
Democratic administrator to task
for failing to redeem pledges to re-
duce the taxes and lessen neea ess
expenditures. Mr. Brewster -c-err-
ed to a speech made In Colur:tus,
O., hy Governor Hodges, In which
Governor Hodges had said that ten
DAYS before he delivered this speech
the brewers of Kansas City had
told him that he could not be re-
elected governor II he made the
speech 1.-THE rest of the state did
not know that Governor Hodges was
going to make this speech, and yet
the brewers had warned him. How
did the brewers happen to know ten
DAYS beforehand that the speech
would be delivered?" Mr.. Brewster
asked. Another inconsistency which
Mr.. Brewster set forth was the as
sertion made by friends Of the ad-
ministration that Billiard was
brought into the race for governor
by Capper and his friends so as to
take wet" votes from Hodges. why
then. Mr.. Brewster asked, since the
administration has said that the
liquor element worked for Mr. Cap
pen two years ago, should Mr.. Cap
per bring Billiard into the race tc
split his own vote? The speaker
referred to the statement made a.
Chapman Labor Day by Governor
Hodges mat Capper and his friends
were responsible for bringing Bill
lard out. Mr.. Capper denied this
and expressed himself in no uncer
tain terms on the liquor question
They Like Brewster
Mr.. Brewster made good i'm
preston. He is an able lawyer aht
has every qualifications for the OF
flee OF attorney general. ..
A concert by the Abilene bant
preceded the :speaKlus' ~ laiee kSi
centage of. those who attended tn
meeting last night were women, AM
the same thing was true. at all tn
towns visited during the day .
The first. stop was at Chapman
/. where Mr.. Capper and Mr.. Brewster
who had come from Junction Cit
by automobile, were met by a. dele
CATION Of Republicans from here T
p. Whitehair introduced Mr.. CapPe
who made a short !, speech. Tn
crowd Vas fair-siEeds andssattantlv'
At Enterprise the speakers had !:
good -aaaienoe andawuaaaezEaom
friends At Navarre- " o. Orig