The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-02-22

are fewer of them and they are more
quickly disposed of. But there are
few Democrats who are liable to hold
offices higher than the state senate if
the Republicans get into another fam
lily row or some of their candidates
happen to suddenly become unpopular
or suicidally advocate unpopular
things.
First, we will take Doerr, of
Larned. You may not know it, but
there is a man who has real per-
sonal following and who would make
first class timber for a gubernatorial
or a congressional race. There is prob
ably no Democrat in Kansas who could
poll a greater vote than Doerr. He
was born and reared on a farm and
lived on a farm until he was 80 years
old. That is enough to show you what
an appeal he could make to the farm
ers- After leaving the farm he went
to Larned and there he has built up
one of the big businesses of the state.
In the undertaking line he is the Roy
PenweH of Pawnee county, and on
top of that he has one of the largest
furniture, hardware and automobile
I businesses of the state. In all of
these lines he is actively affiliated
with trade organizations which give
him personal acquaintances in prac-
tically every locality.
Sutton for Congressman.
Then. the Democrats have H. F.
Sutton. of st. John, who is a possible
opponent of Polly Tincher if Jouett
Shouse does not come back for re-
venge. Sutton is well known in his
district and is well liked. He has
been in st. John for more than 20
years to my knowledge and has al
ways been more or less interested in
politics. He was county clerk for sew
eral terms. 1 think, and has been
| member of the legislature since 1913.
And it is his record in the senate that
makes me- think he might be good
congressional material for the Demo-
Gratis. If you will take the trouble to
look up this record you will find that
he has been one of the leaders in con-
structive legislation. When party is
SUES are drawn hard and fast. he is
Democrat all right, but he has shown
I that he prefers to legislate for the
whole state rathev than just for the
Democrats and he has shown sound
/ judgment in his stands pretty consist
entity
The reporter was anxious to get the
"OId Timer switched to the Republi-
can side of the senate before he ran
down and said so in as diplomatic a
way he could.
''WeII, it is pretty easy to pick Re
pCblicans in here who ought to have
higher rewards" the "Old Timer
said. You know that is one thing
that can be said for the Republican
party CT Kansas-it never lacks good
candidate material, even if its mem
bers do not always pick the best I'M
| der the present primary system.
1T is easy enough to pick Republi-
| can material, but if you would run
down to the governors office and find
| out what Allen is going to do, believe
L could do my picking in more sat
| isfactory way. But, never mind, if you
think the governor might not tell you ;
we will presume little bit and jUst
| take it for granted that two years from
| now Allen will be in the race for
| United States senator.
Huffman for Governor.
| 'If such should be the case 1 do not
see why it would be necessary for the
| Republicans to go outside of this room
| to pick a candidate for governor. OF
! course, every Republican might not
| agree with me, but 1 think there are
| four men right here who would make
| first class governors. 1 mean Lieuten-
! ant Governor Huffman, A. NJ. Keene,
Walter E Wilson and Senator Price.
! Probably I should have placed Price at
! the head of the list because 1 consider
! him the Akbar of the senate, but real
| ly I think he should be drafted for
| United States senator because there is
not man in the state more capable
| of doing honor to Kansas in a sena-
] torial toga than he. L do not believe
| he should be allowed to waste his time
! on the governor ana KNOW
| he would not waste the peoples time
using this office as a stepping stone
| II consider any one of the other
| three l have mentioned good, capable
| material for a gubernatoria1 race any
timethe Grand Old Party sees fit to
| call on them. You know Huffman
as well as I do. He has an improve
ment on the Billy Morgan smile, and
he has a great many things to go with
the smile that Morgan never had
qualities I mean that governor
| should have. Clear vision, sound
judgment. a poise that never FUCKERS
| and earnestness of conviction are all
his in an unusual degree.
| LAS for Keene and Wilson,you know
both of them as we'll as 1 do. You
know they are aggressive, energetic,
level headed men. Keene in his legal
profession, as speaker of the house
and in his present capacity is and has
been a success, and L believe he would
be a success as governor. The same
is true of Wilson.
Getty Should Go Up.
''There is just one Republican in the
| senate who deserves to go up, if he is
to be gotten rid of, but for whom
do~not feel capable of picking a place
That is Jim Getty of Kansas City
Kansas has sent less capable men
to the United States senate than he
and she has many less capable mer
in congress today-and will have after
the first of next month. And if Getty
were sent to Washington and succeed
ed in getting things for Kansas as he
succeeds in getting things for Wyan
dotte county when he is sent to To
peka, his constituents would have nc
kick. But Getty admits that he takes
his politics a great deal as a golfer
takes his golf and for this reason
it is hard to handicap him for ar
office.
There are a lot of other good Re
| publicans who might be showed up t.
the advantage of the party. There il
| Kanavel, the only eX-Union soldier
member of the senate. who might 81
| to congress in place of Ayres in ordel
| to give Kansas a straight delegation