The Topeka state journal., 1914-02-21
POLITICAL GOSSIP.
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be able to keep in touch with voters in
every precinct through the activities
Of our township and ward workers."
County meetings were held recently
by Lyon, Wyandotte. jefferson and
johnson county Democrats. Demo-
cratic state officials and appointees
attended the meetings and large
crowds attended all Of the meetings.
Bartlett Will Run.
Samuel Bartlett. county attorney Of
Ellsworth county, has announced his
candidacy for the Democratic nomina-
tion for attorney general. In Topeka
this week Bartlett told his friends of
his plans to seek the nomination on
the state ticket and declared that he
would be a candidate.
At present Bartlett Is serving sec
ond term as county attorney of Ellis
worth county. He is a graduate OF
Kansas University and was admitted
to the bar in 1908. He was elected
county attorney Of his home county in
to a second term without opposition.
Hodges Denies 1t.
Governor Hodges denies the reports
from Usage county to the effect that
there was deal between state off,
Gals and Henry C. Sticher which
would result in Sticher's conversion
to the Democratic cause in exchange
for Usage City postoffice. So far as
he knows. Governor Hodges says.
Sticher's switch from Republican to
Bull Mooser to Democrat was in good
faith and was so accepted by him.
"I did not know that Sticher had
joined US until I went to Emporia to
the Democratic luncheon last Satur-
day." said Governor Hodges. "Sticher
had a perfect right to Join us and was
welcomed in good faith. We welcome
every convert and a convert with
newspaper is thrice welcome. But the
reports which have been printed
charging a deal have been malicious
and untrue and SO far as I know are
without the slightest foundation.
Scott VIII Not Yield.
Charles F. Scott refuses to yield in
hia fi1ht for a tentative state platform
and each day devotes column or two
of space in his lola Register to the
cause which he advocates. In mis- IS
sue Of Friday, Scott answers the In
terviews Of ]. M. Simpson, FREQ Du
mont Smith and Ewing Herbert, all
of whom came to Topeka to say that
a pre-primary convention was use
less and unnecessary luxury
.Does anybody imagine?" asks Scott,
'.that Mr. Stubbs or Mr.. Capper would
have come within mile OF being nom
mated two years ago If they had an
nounced before the primary that they
would bolt the Republican nominee for
president after the primary? Why run
the risk OF repeating the mistaken"
And then speaking of the Bristow-
Capper combination in another edi-
torial. Scott says:
And the strange part Of it is that
there are some officials in the state
house at Topeka who actually thought
that II they would only promise to nom-
mate Capper and Bristow and endorse
the Progressive platform. the Progress
sive party would .,ut no ticket in the
field. The reason man who has no
conception Of politics except as a fight
for the squirrel gets into 30 much
trouble, is because he thinks everybody
else has as little concern for principle
as he has"
CappeF Announcement Soon.
Arthur Capper's announcement which
| was promised at varied and sundry
times. may come mex week. That is
| the latest report regarding the plans
of the Topeka publisher who desires to
| seek the gubernato rial nomination on
some sort OF a water proof harmony
program. The Capper announcement
was to have been made this week-in
fact it has been postponed more often
than the aderewski piano concert
but now it is pushed ahead on the CAL
endar until sometime next week. Pos
sibly next week sometime Capper will
make statement as to his plans. Pos
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