The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-17
CAPPER BETRAYS



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plurality margins of 100000 as tes-
timonial of the governors good faith
Nor did Clark stop with a mere
compromise for the support of Capper
in his gubernatorial ambitions. He
went into the fight of 1914 and raised
35 per cent of the funds for the state
committee. He raised large sums in
1916. Since the campaign of two years
ago, the national party has revived
the What's the Matter with Kansas ?"
Clark points to the governor.
Not alone does Clark base his action
on the governors duplicity to the
party. He points to the wabbling and
wavering of the governor on the war
question. kansas owes it to herself
and to the nation to send to the United
States senate a man who is right on
the war and who has the proven back
bone to be right on the war in the flu
ture." says Clark.
The Clark Statement.
The Clark statement follows:
"A friend in Saline county has sent me
Governor Capper states that the reason [
am against him for United States senator
is because he did not appoint my right
hand man game and fish warden
Just where the governor got this idea is
unknown to me. for | never asked him to
and no one knows it better than he. Mr..
Gapper knows why am again him, As
the story has never been published, l am
Republicans of Kansas decide whether L
am justified in my opposition. to his
In the fall of 1913 he called me on the
telephone and told me he would like to see
me- and invited me to his office. 1 sug
wanted to see me. that he come to my
office He He mad made an appointment and
his memory. and he wanted n hUry he
Ratchet with the Republican Party league.
He asked me if | had anything personal
not, that my objections to him were
political. entirely. He told me that it was
the ambition Of his life to be governor of
would be the first native born Kansan to
be governor: He assured me that he in
tended to stay with the party and make
the Capital a Republican paper and that
by the succeeding January l the paper
would be satisfactory isa @ to any Republican
treat both factions of the party fairly, thus
aiding in cementing the party so that the
for president in 1916, l would help him
He gave me his unconditional promise.
Later he announced his candidacy, and
as soon as headquarters were opened. 1
wrote letters to hundreds of Republicans
in the state who had worked with the Re
publican Party league in the campaign of
1912. urging them to support Capper.
Those letters were mailed from Republican
Headquarters by Mr.. Gafford. the chair
four letters from me before some of the
standpatters would consent to support his
Gafford chairman Of the n co apaise t MF
me that the committee was Impoverished
and had no money to pay its bills He
asked me if would raise him some money.
L gave him my personal check and went
out among my friends and raised him an
a mount which he told me was 80 per cent
ofsall the money the committee used dur
an the campaign of 1916 was again
n hn hail nF
mittee, Mr.. Charles Sessions TO raise some
money for the committee, and the amount
all the obligations of the committee. and
leave a balance in the treasury.
These are the facts. / give the names of
the two chairmen of the. Republican com
mittee so that if there are any who doubt
my statements they can ascertain whether
have told the truth or not In passing.
1 wish to ask those who read this statement
whether or not I kept my promise to helm
Mr.. Capper in his candidacy for the gov
erno1rsh1p. L think made good Don't
Now let us return to Governor Capper's
ton and the character of the support he
gave. our candidate for president There
are few il any Republicans in the state who
believe Governor Capper gave Mr.. Hughes
loyal support He rarely mentioned his
name. The character of his campaign was
candidate and the result proved it was a
liability for the Republican candidate. He
ignored almost wholly any reference to the
congress, and his utter selfishness brought
about the defeat of Mr.. Hughes in Kansas
Just as Hiram johnson brought about Mr.
Hughes defeat in California.
Had these two candidates made an hon.
est effortSfor the Republican ticket, we
would now have a Republican president in
the White House.
Il can't support Mr.. Capper for senator
I know, as thousands of Kansas Republi-
cans know, that he did not keep faith with
me; that he was disloyal to the Republican
party and betrayed it in 1916, and it will
take more than two years to forget the
gold brick he slipped me in the 1915 cam
paign. I doubt whether I shall ever forget
these figures: Hughes. 2T7.6oS. for presi-
dent: Capper 354529, for governor. Re-
publican presidential candidate defeated in
Kansas by 36.a30. very selfish candi-
date elected governor by 162.492 majority.
No wonder wave of Republican indfgna-
ton swept over Kansas soon as the
result was known. And all will remember
Governor Cappers frantic efforts to estab-
lish an alibi. Those figures will burn in
the minds of the loyal Republicans of
Kansas. difference of nearly 100000
votes between Mr.. Hughes and Mr.. Cap
per is living proof of his disloya1ty
"There is another reason why l can't be
for Mr. Capper I feel that he first on
one side of a question. and then on the
others. is too wobblv TO trust in an official
canacity in Washington.
1.-THE senatorial contest is between Mr.
Stubs and Mr.. Cappe-. and Kansas owes
it to herself. and to the nation to send
to the United States senate. a strong man
who is right on the war. and who has the