The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-03-17
PAwnee County Turned O1t g
Hear Hodges.
One Of Best Meetings In Coun-
ty History.
GOVERNOR WANTS FAIR PLAY
Hear Both Sides Before Pass
ing judgment.
John Wagner Of Pawnee for
Lieutenant Governor.


Lieutenant Governor.
Larned, Kan, March 17.-More than
500 people attended the banquet Of Paw
nee county Democrats at the Armory
Monday night and a crowd Of 1000 peo-
pie heard the speeches Of Governor
Hodges and men prominent in affairs
the Seventh district. The meeting
vas one Of the largest political gath
erings held in Pawnee county in a num-
Der Of years.
The plea OF Governor Hodges for fair
play and honest dealing in the cam
paign was one Of the distinct features
of the meeting. He declared that the
wide circulation. that they had been the
victims Of unfair attacks through the
columns of the Kansas Republican
press and that the only method of de-
Tense was through the efforts Of plat
form speakers. Much Of the governors
time was occupied in a discussion or
the work of the state administration,
which he declared had been along bus
mess lines. The record of Is months
in the state house. he said, entitled the
administration to return to power
that they might complete the program
which has been outlined and placed
in operation in the state.
John E. Wagner, widely known
Larned banker and a candidate for lieu
tenant governor, presided at the meet
ing and was given an enthusiastic
demonstration by the men and women
of his home town.
Senator Jouett Shouse. Kinsley;
candidates for the Democratic congress
sional nomination in the Seventh dis
trict; Samuel Hale of Rush county,
Mrs. Frank G. Cron OF ElDorado, w. L
Brown. Kingman and Judge A. r.
Reeves, Dodge City, also spoke at the
meeting. Mrs. Cron. who was the
woman speaker at the Democratic ban
quet in Topeka In February. was given
a noisy welcome by the Pawnee county
Democrats. A number Of women at
teEded the banquet.
Wants q Fair Hearing.
Declaring that many newspapers of
the state have in q large number of
instances refused to tell the truth
about the affairs of the Democratic
state administration. Governor Hodges
told the Pawnee county voters that his
only opportunity to defend his record
was to go before the voters personally.
You are entitled to know the facts
about the work of my administration.
am entitled to q fair hearing. That
is all want" said the governor. In
of the administration has been mis-
represented in the press and we have
been denied a fair hearing. In the
last campaign the Capper publications
refused to print our side OF contfo-
versies or to sell us advertising space
people of Kansas demand fair deal.
They want fair play. All we want Is
the truth. Not all newspapers are I'M
fair. But some of them have been
grossly unfair In stating the facts OF
near facts and the Capper papers are
among them. 1t seemingly IL not In
the Republican press to be fair. And
thew won't be fair in this campaign"
Part of Company F There.
Moro than so members OF Company
F. Second regiment were In the armory
for last nights banquet. They were
the guests Of A. A. Doerr, representa-
tive from Pawnee county. cneer
greeted Governor Hodges remarks as
he paid tribute to the record OF Prest-
dent Wilson and declared that II Mex
lean intervention became necessary,
Kansas would send more than her
quota of men to the front.
Governor Hooges spent much OF his
time in a defense of the work of the
state administration. He reiterated his
former statements that the Democrats
had not been extravagant In the man
agement Of state affairs and that every
Democratic department was operated
at less expense than under Stubs
rule No reference was made by him
to the senatorial or Seventh district
congressional situation.
Many of the counties of the district
were represented at the banquet, which
was a meeting of more than
ordinary importance in Seventh district
politics. Pawnee. Edwards. Reno. Ford.
Pratt, Barton, Rice and Barber county
Democrats were present at the meeting.
Three tickets will be placed in the
field in Pawnee county and claims Of
political leaders are to the effect that
Henry ]. Allen will poll a vote equal to
that cast for Arthur Capper in the
November election.
Reeves Address.
Address of A. B. Reeves of Dodge
City at the Democratic banquet at
Larned Monday evening, March 16,
| was as follows:
Government has some of the char
acteristics of the Missouri mule. It
sometimes takes spells Of the pokes;
hangs back in the traces; lays back
| its ears; balks and takes all sorts of
| prodding to get it on the move. We
have been witnessing something of
that kind. And when t does start.
starts with a dash and impetus of q
runaway. I wonder If we're not hav-
ing something of that sort now. At
| such times 1t requires a driver with a
strong arm and q cool head-to keep
from splitting the beans. We got things
started year ago; started with a
distinct hump. And since then we've
well. we've been going some. but
you haven't noticed any spilled beans
advertised. have you?
The balk which we endured for
some years was caused by the