The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-04-10
w. II. Stubs Sees Roosevelt
as 1915 Candidate.
MURDOCH WINNER IN KANSAS
II Democrats Nominate Con-
sentative Like Farrelly.
Neeley's Vote ON Tolls Matter
May Hurt Him.

walter Roscoe Stubs believes that
poosevelt is a most probable Repub-
,scan presidential nominee in 1916. He
believes the harmony -seeking Repuo-
1,c.ns will accept Roosevelt as a meth
I'd Of returning to power in the nation.
MT in accepting Roosevelt, Stubps
declares that the Republicans must
uIsn accept the Roosevelt platform Oh
1912. which for
mer Governor Stubs gave OUT III
washington this week. In the pro
~ra,,, which Stubs outlines. he ofiers
8 nossible solution for the ProeressNe
pannhlican split in Kansas and the
nation. That harmony proffer Is VT
tually the swallowing up OF Tic Aso
nubIicans by the new party.
."The Republicans will have 10 swai-
Low the whole frog or none
washington Post quotation OF oluDo
"Otherwise they can't nave tne
gressive support na,o m a anding figure in
n,,hIic life today. He is the ereaIes..
asset the Progressive party mas.
the PrOgressives VINO nonoI,
and trust him would not supPoi' ho
nor any other man, l beileve, WIZ
n,nu,d make any concessions to the
ponmhlicans in return for support.
should not. c,o,., Roose-
ssRut I do not believe Coroner INoT
welt would think OF acG if there were
strinrs tied to it. There are many
stalwart Republicans VINO are taihias
~ roosevelt as the nominee OF .Io
party-and stranger Things nave ''"p
pened." ,ado nv |
That is the first statement mace os
ct,bhs in many months regaIuius
even the most remote possipili'y "
return of Roosevelt and the eeh siH
u.
Progressives to the HePuSt+ 70 the
And it contains cold com1ort 70 ons
men whose deep rooted convlcs.
noused them to lead the fight aea1ns'
the Bull Moose candidates on the n
nublican ticket in Kansas Two
AGO and brought about the organiHHth
80 ~ the Republican league. StuoDS
WAS one of the "seven little goVeIno
No sunnorted Colonel Roosevelt aIter
the Republican convention IN Cnlcas
in 1912 and he apparent nr ali the prin-
c;nias enunciated in the Progressive
national platform.
rhs, situation in Kansas.
IN Kansas Stubs declares. there Is
every indication that Muroock VIII ~
to the United States senate De-
.a,,,iicans nominate Curtis. Just wnat
Iii happen if the Democrats noun
nate George A. Medley, Stupps Dfoe
er-in-Iaw, the former governor ooes
not say. ...;,r in Kansas is
,o,nn,icated." Ctubbs continued. in MS
washington interview. lf the Hepuo
,,oon. nominate Curtis and the Demo-
Gratis name conservative IKE Husn
Farrelly as seems probable then Ror .,,
resentatlve Victor MURDOCH VINO VIZ
he the Progressive nominee for Unlteo
Sizes senator. will have more than
Good chance of winning. Former sen
etor curtis will enter the primaries
against Senator Bristow LOT the ~
. publican nomination. 1T appeared III
a time as if Curtis would win easily
but Bristow has gathered s'rens.n'
sentative Neeley as candidate. put
7 don't how his vote on the canal tolls
bill will affect his chances.
Hodges and the Lady.
william Allen White, Progressive ma
tional committeeman for Kansas ana
editor of the EmpOria Gazette, doesn
place much faith in the Buckwalter-
on Mrs West when the woman seized
private documents in the governors
Office and carried them from the build
ing. Discussing the incident, White
says:
1.-The morning papers carry story
that Governor Hodges struck woman
in his Office seeking a parole. 1t is not
even remotely likely that such thing
occurred A lot of things told and
printed about PEOPLE are untrue. the
average man or woman desires to be
decent. The average days work in
the world is more good than bad. 1t
is SO easy to misunderstood and misin-
terpret actions. and misread motives.
Governor Hodges is an average sort
of man, who does the average sort OF
things-about we all do. 1t is fool
ish to think that such man would
do a freakish thing. He is not that sort.
1t is just as well, in going through this
vale of tears. to discount most mean
stories about IS per cent, and to add
to the good stories Is per cent for de-
probation in the telling
Brown Will Run Again.
Burt f. Brown, of Lawrence, has
announced that he will again be a can
didate for secretary of state on the
Democratic ticket. Brown was the Dem
ocratic nominee two years ago an6
was beaten in the election by Charles
Sessions. He vas secretary Of the
senate during the 1913 session of the
legislature and was a candidate fol-
appointment to numerous jobs, botf
state and federal. Meme of the appoint
ments came his way. however, and this
year he will again try for election t.
q state office. ]. H. Schlicher of Hoxie
a member of the legislature during the
1911-13 sessions, is also a candidate fol
the Democratic nomination. Tom Bot
kin, assistant secretary of state under
Charles Sessions, will probably receiv