Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-01-17
WHAT'S THE MATTER
WITH WHITE? LISTEN
Bleeding Kansas" Gets Editors
Personal Reasons For Declining
Gubernatorial Nomination
Special to The Telegraph

Emporia, Kan. Jan. 17.--William
Allen White, who wrote Whats the
Matter With Kansas" did much to put
Emporia on the map as editor of the
Emporia Gazette. To-day, in the col
umns of his newspaper, appeared a
retort to a suggestion that White run
for Governor as a Progressive candi-
date:
"a number of Progressives at Lakin
more kind than conSiderate yesterday
resolved in favor of this man White,
of Emporia, for Governor. They want
ed him to run as Progressive can
didate.
ITO which the Gazette says no, a
thousand times no, for we are on to that
man White. and without wishing TO
speak disrespectfully of fellow
be at least outwardly. decent in the
simpler returns of life--perhaps he
pays his debts when it is convenient
and he may be kind to his family
wouldn't be?--and he may have kept
out of Jail, one way or another for
some time. without, we say, desr-
ing to speak disrespectfully of this man
we know that he is not the man either
TO run for Governor. or If such a
grotesque thing could be imagined, to
serve as Governor.
He can't make a speech. He has a
lot of radical convictions which he
sometimes comes into the Gazette Of
f1ce and exploits. which are dangerous.
He has been jawing politicians for
twenty years until he is common
scold.
why He Won't Do
$50, in the words of the poet, nix on
William Allen; The Gazettes nose Is
make him Governor. He is a four
flusher, a ring-trailer, rip snortins
trouble maker and grandstander. He
kyoodles around good deal, but he is
everlastingly and prominently n. G.
as guberna torial timher-full of knots.
warts. woodpecker holes and rotten
spots.
"He would have the ennity- of more
men. who have walked the plank. DO
litically than anv other man in Kan
sas. and his candidacy would issue an
irrevocahle charter in Kansas for the
Progressive party to be the official
minority report. world without end.
Men. and women would be tramnled q
to death at Z o'clock election morning
irving to get at the polls to cast the
erst vote AGAINST him, and at night per-
fectlv good citizens. kind fathers and
induleent husbands would risk a Jail
sentence to get in at least ten votes
against him as repeaters Tt may be
that the Progressive party needs q
eoat. but the demand doesn't require q
billy goat.
HIS. TeN-taI~ Record
Now Is tho tir,e for all good mon
10 come to the aid Of their nartv Rut
this man White is shouIdar-eaIled
sore-b cked hamstrune windhroken
strirr- hated stuwo-sucking old stag
er. who in addition tn being no good To-
graft and eenera1 nurnoses has the no.
l'tical bots HIND staererS heaves pir L
eve and eoizootic Moreover ne ie
Iocoad and has othe- dafects peonIa IN
the state NAV he fooled hv tho dona1
~ait and Fancy stems Of this man White
Rrt we know him
"And " he is cardidota fer Cow
error or For srv other office we mo-
nose m fell the truth ahou+ him How.
he rohhnd the corntrv With nadda1
7~'nt'no hill how he oeferad 10 trade
oN hts eunpcrt to =" Conrrassman for
y covernoApt hni1Sfne. how he ha =
hIarIsuai'ed oooa cttivars and hos rur
y hu1'1o1ine 1ieranutahIe newsnaner
IN this town for TWENTY vears ar6 ba r
o'~a ftnd off hrsfre"s ~'on ood sold faEr
mirine etock. and advocated ANARCHY
"rF sensatton
TlASH pre hut y feNv -~orinoinarv
~ ro~c th"t ooH'-r 70 NC = Tho r,,or,ar N /,
"ass"s. pnt - his fool fr'eran ,neiet~
IN nla~ir~ IN th's cnIr-ndva~+isinc
~or'" fo~ hi~' ar'- lonpnr wa r,ronosn
20 abandon tN-e~+" N-eare of ~,ardoJ-
'nnrandN ana o"a ++t;o~ enbte~s,..-o ~, d,
cor'e ont With tiiN ~o,1 fpc+e we shall
sne"k ~1oir'v ho~aaftrr
80 r'""@ ~ the wise should gather
No YOncc"