The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-27
Kansan as the Progressive
Presidential Nominee.
William Allen White Speaks of
1915 Possibilities.
ROOSEVELT BACK TO G. 0. P.
EmpOria Leader Believes Teddy
Is Feeling Way Back.
Suffrage and Prohibition Are
the Steady Planks.

Progressives in the nation will be in
the presidential fight next year with
either Victor Murdoch of Kansas or
Hiram Johnson of California as their
presidential nominee. Nationwide
suffrage and prohibition will be the
dominant planks in the third party
liam Allen White of Emporia, national
committeeman for the Progressive
party.
In his office in Emporia this week,
White leaned back in a big leather
chair and for thirty minutes talked
over 1.-The situation and made fore
casts on the future. Not once has
White come to Topeka since the No
not coming. Yet he is keeping a
weather eye on developments and
work of the state administration.
why should 1 come to Topeka ?"
concerning his absence from the state
capital. Il am not concerned with
affairs up there. 1 am not SO much
as a stockholder in the concern and
well, 1 really don't intend to get my
hair cut, or go to Topeka or do sew
eral other things until Roosevelt or
Murdoch or some other Progressive is
elected president
He Is Having Fun.
Then White laughed.
Honestly" he said, 81 never had
so much fun in my life. 1 can just
cut loose and write anything L like
and it goes. This is the most fun 1
have had in years-no record to ex-
plain, no constituents to console-just
the story of things as they really are.
But what are the party plans for
next year and what is the situation in
the state and nation as you see it?'
asked the Emporia editors visitor.
Just now it's race against time
and prosperity. If prosperity gets here
before November next year the DEM
Ocrats will win said the Emporian.
IF November gets here ahead of pros
perity-good night to the Democrats"
Again White fastened to assure the
visitor that he felt no concern as to
immediate conditions or those that
threaten for the future.
Their PIanks.
The Progressive party will prob
ably go into the national campaign
with national suffrage and prohibition
as their dominant planks,' continued
the pudgy publisher. I'VE can prob
ably poll two million votes on that is
sue. But our fight will be chiefly
national fight.
Probably Hiram johnson of Cali
fornia or Victor Murdoch of Kansas
will head the national ticket. Each
is the embodiment of everything the
Progressive party stands for in the
ton"
But what about Roosevelt ?" cut in
the visitor.
"Roosevelt's affairs are being shap-
IF Roosevelt should come out of that
fight unusually WELL it would help
him. But we have known for some
time and Roosevelt has, known best
of all that he was slowly feeling his
way back to the Republican party.
This case might help him and it might
change his entire course
Whites visitor asked about condi-
tions in the state. Immediately the
Information came back that the Pro-
gressives are quite we'll pleased-up
to this time-with the Capper admin
iStration.
I'm states where the standpatters
are in control, we will make a fight
White said. In Kansas, though, we
are fairly well pleased with the work
of Governor Capper. Under certain
circumstances. it isn't impossible for
the Progressives. to be for him. In
fact. if he were running on an indie
pendent ticket, he would probably get
more Progressive votes than he would
standpat Republican votes"