Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1914-01-30
NOT FOR sRIsrow.
The Progressive Republican Papers ps
Not Boost the BaeksIidlns JeA

OF more than thirty staunch Pro.
gressive Republican papers that stx
years ago made the fight for the non,
nation Of Senator Joseph L. Brs..-
TOW, less than half dozen Of TIA
number are now showing indications
that they will favor the senior sena-.
tor for denomination in August. The
other publications which made posi-.
bic Bristow's defeat of Chester l.
Long in 1908 are either lined up In
the Progressive column and branding
Bristow as traitor to their cause.
or view his return to the Republican
ranks with mild conc RI.
In 1908 Bristow's zig asset IN tha
tight against Long WIS his newspap-.
er support. II was the Kansas
press that aroused the interest. q
the Kansas voters, and il was also
the Kansas press which printed LonE
record in manner that proved bis.
undoing In the first statewide pri-
mary. But now the attitude OF che.
press toward Bristcw LIS changed.
The papers which were formerly tih
In their enthusiasm and Endorsement
OF the Bristow record now admit that
Bristow has made a fair record, and
let It 60 at that. Less than hak q
dozen papers Of prominence in TIE
state which supported Bristow SIN
years ago are now demanding biz
return to the senate.
Dell Valentines Cay Center Timea
Is one Of the few papers that have,
stood firm in the faith. Valentine Is
clerk of the supreme court ard h.A
paper is noisy in its praise Of Bris-
tow and endorsement of the Bristov.
Capper combination. The Jewell Re
publican, one Of the strong BrNNW
papers IN 1908, Is now weak and web
bly, and gives Bristcw scant praise.
Then there Is George Marble scd
the Fort Scott Tribune, counted 90
Bristow's life long friends. Even
1 when Bistow's announcement car.
ried him back into the Repuhfc an
ing stronger than that Of any other
Kaqi.4 p1blisL4r--}'s, is R7O'
gressi'e ard 'hf FUgt Scott Tribune.
has Doked fuu ut GriStOw's de-. T.
lion Of The 1ull Morse cause that
he might attend his OWL political fun
eral, ds Marble sees l..
Another stsnn,h patriot was Gcner
Davies, Of the Concordia Kansah. i. But
Davies STAYED with M Bristcw rec.
ord uh;i; he saw rs author sink
back among his old ro,ltical enemies.
Whereupcn Davies omitted a sigh,
and his paper lined up in the a.ur,
dock column.
Those are only instances.
There Is the strange case Of WI.
liam Allen White and ". Y. MCIgsn.
Six yeers ago Witt was more ,arse-
!; ly responsible for Il, nominaticn q
. Eristow than ary cher one maa n
Kansas. White vas campaign mana.
ger. press agent, BIZ poster and ,.
. vance agen; Tor t. Bristow DO M.
lie wrote tie se-ie. Of articks ei' -,
!, IcI The strange Case Of Ches.er |.
Long, and as result Of those srtj-
cles, Long was swamped In an ave-
lanche Of votes. W. Y. MorgsG de-
Tended Long and wrote the re1.ts
to the White attacks.
Yet when Bristow came to TopeSA
three weeks ago to make public Els
announcement as tried, true and con,
sistent Republican, W. Y. Morgan
came with him TO sing the SO & Il
harmony. It was the sam Y
!, Morgan who DEFENDED Long in tSs
J fight of 1908. But ". A. White, va
] soaped the track for the L-rg ! a..
, chine and nominated Bristow, " 8
not here. White wss preparing n
editorial of coincidence fer ,t1e 4,
: whom he declared was stalk g sick
naked to his enemes 10 'SsNe
undivided party, to run the giant I
Of the reactionaries Into -. /, n
e grave =,
: To be sure, BrisoOw Is prysU7 I'd
! to have effected an agrec nelf with
;, Arthur Capper which means hkew rm
!. support Of his candidacy by g.. { n
? per publications in the coming. pgi-
: mary. But even Capper's sCpS<rt Il
e Bristow must be mild and tin'd az
3 Capper himself runs fer goVerr(r
!. Now that Curtis is in the RI e tbs
y old crowd in the party will reed tht
t Capper editorials backwards to gsth'
}. er their uncertain meaning fCd tlH
!. fear Of a breach WITH TIE secjor san-