The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-30
Former President of Republican
League Issues Warning.
THE ULTIMATUM is PLAIN
Declares Kansas Republicans
Have Been Gold Bricked.
Lessons of 1912 and 1914 Have
Been Forgotten.

That another oper revolt faces the
Republican party in Kansas was ad-
mitted today when J. S. Dean of To-
peka, president of the famous Repub-
ican league of 1912, openly de-
nounced the policies of Governor Cap
per during the first six months of his
term and declared that a continuation
of those policies means loss of thou
sands of Republican votes in 1916.
Deans arraignment of Governor Cap
per and his program is the most SEN
sational development in Kansas poll
tics since the 1914 election Ii
means, in the judgment of political
observers, nothing less than open war
fare against Capper in 1916 and a
pr obable attempt to defeat him for re-
nomination.
Nearly 5000 men followed the
leadership of j. S. Dean and George
A. Clark in 1912 and delivered the
state to the Democrats when Govern
or Capper followed Stubbs, Jackson,
Bristow, Murdoch, Allen, White and
others to the support of Roosevelt
and the Progressive party Last year
when Capper returned penitent to the
party and declared his Republican,
ism, the men who defeated him in
1912 believed his swan song and sup
ported his candidacy. Now the
shrewd leader of the Republican
lea que sees in Governor Cappers at
titude a desire to flirt with the Pro-
gressives who fought him last year.
Editorials in Governor Capper's pa
pers, denouncing national RepubIlc-
an leaders, have driven Kansas con-
servative Republican leaders to fren-
zied hatred of the executive Dean
openly declares the party has been
gold bricked,' and its leaders SIAN
dered and vilified Patronage has
gone to the old cnenaies-the Pro
gressives and Democrats appointed
by Governor Hodges.
"A blind man ought to be able to
read the true lesson" declares the
enraged Dean.
Warning Is Sounded.
That Dean and his followers will
not hesitate to declare open war on
Capper if he pursues his present poll
cies, is made clear in every line OF the
interview. The warning has been
sounded. To continue means a Tight
with the men who caused his defeat
in 1912. To change means an admls-
sion of his danger and a compromise
of the favor courted and won from
governor may take his course
In the meantime every man and
woman interested in public affairs in
Kansas will watch the outcome of the
contest.
Here is the singing statement is
sued by Dean in an interview con-
corning the attitude of the governor
and the future of the Republican
party in Kansas:
..It begins to look like the Repub-
licans of Kansas have been made the
victim of a gold brick scheme IN the
election of Capper as governor II
will be noticed that the real import
ant places in his administration have
been filled by men who did their level
best to destroy the Republican party
in 1912, and who have shown no dlS-
position since to defend and uphold
the principles of the party, but, on the
contrary, are still busily engaged in
batting Republican leaders and the
business interests of the country gem
orally.
.'One may search the editorials of
the governors paper in vain for any
defense of Republican leaders, or ad-
vocacy of Republican principles On
tho contrary. nearly every issue is
filled with intolerable rubbish about
Gone Mad 'Reactionary
Republican Leaders, etc, etc we
have even been warned that Roosevelt
man. should the Republican party see
fit to name him for the presidency
Does the governor expect the Repuoc
lican party to seek the adVlce OF
for the presidency in 1915? 1t would
seem that the lessons of 1912 and
1914 have been forgotten, or are pc
ing ignored by the present state ad.
ministration under the leadership OIL
Mr.. Capper.
Why They Opposed Him.
"A very large percentage OF the Re
nubIicans of Kansas voted against Mr.
Capper in 1912 because they believed
him to be saturated with the per
nicious doctrines of the so-called Pro-
gressive party The Progressives' sup
ported him at that election because
they believed that he belonged to their
party. Mr.. Capper was defeated In
1914 the Republicans of the state, ac-
cepting the governors unequivocal
that he was a Republican
and intended to remain a Republican,
voted for him The So-called Pro
rressiyes' deserted him, put up a can
didate of their own, and engaged in a
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