The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-04-11

Ican PARTY That is the sort OF game
it plays. The league doesn't run its
campaigns under own banners 1t
selects the players and musicians from
its own tribe Then they are advanced
before the public thru the strength
and organization of existing political
parties So in Kansas with the Re
pu blicans in control the league will
seek to win over the state thru that
organization
Combined with the league is the
"a deal labor element of the state. In
hand in hand as martyrs for their
cause in the tar party affair.
Nor Is this combination one which
should receive too generous scott and
DECISION It is an organization vhicn
las. year gave George B. snow more
in the Republican gubernatoFial pri-t
maries. That little feat was per
formed in spite of the fact that Snow
was under parole from the state hos
pitaI for the insane, was without
dollar for campaign expenses. had
never seen the inside working of a
political organization. knew nothing
of politics or its manipulation and
might easily confuse the Magma
Charta. and the Jewish synagogue in
a discussion of public issues Then,
too, he was opposing Governor Allen
ity was ridicule and sarcasm
Wave of Discomfort.
Give the snow strength to the
1drott versatile Burton Start a full
field OF gubernatoriaI contenders- Split
strength and organizations among
half dozen men likely TO be in the
running. Add TO the Burton strength
the wave of discomfort that has swept
the rural districts with a slump of
., D1rr IN a rfrrIz extra for
strenuous organization work and hos
tiIity aroused against existing state
government = because of the Barton
county affs5F.s Tf1enl add to. the sum
total a grumbling and sullen protest
against the recent 1-million-dollar
legislature That is the basis on which
the Nonpartisan league-radical labor
element expects TO start Burtin.
In addition 10 it all. the Kansas pri-
mary is wide open. mob rule assem-
bly,. Any man or woman may vote IN
the primaries of the dominant party
merely by requesting a ballot of THAI
parry, There is no obligation or re-
spousibiIity The Democrats Elay K
tho rlur4 Inscriptions voters desire.
enter the Republican primaries AID
vote for Burton Then they may go
into the November election and vote
for their own nominee. The RepUb-
lican party merely pays the bill by
losing control of the state There Is
very little for the Nonpartisan league
to worry about It stands TO lose moth
ing but 70 win all If it can merely
disrupt the dominant party in the
state the league managers will be
quite happy.
Buttons RepubIieanism-
Burton-s record of RepubIicanism
during the last few years is vague
With his characteristic bitterness and
venom he left the Republican party
when he left the United States senate.
The late Colonel Roosevelt. who had
caused his trouble. was Burton's pet
hate. But that isn't a bar to Burton's
participation in the Republican pri-
mary. The legislature tried to patch
up the Law 10 require party registrar
ton but at the insistence of William
Allen White the governor vetoed the
law
OF course there is very little in the
entire situation for the Democrats to
Worry about Nor doe that mean that
the patriotic leadership OF the Demo-
league program and ,Irpose- Yet
politics is politics. And the smart
Democrat knows that once the League
sdcceeded in nominating a candidate
in the Republican primaries in this
state thousands OF Republicans would
go TO the Democrat column when
they voted in November.
II is not improbable that Dudley
DooiittIe may be the Democrat guber-
material candidate to face a situation
which might end successfully under GER
tain circumstances DooIittIe got away
with a clean clear cut record after eight
years in federal service He went to
congress from the Fourth district
when he defeated Fred S. Jackson
in 1919 and was returned in 1s14-16.
Following his retirement by Homer
Hoch in 1918. DooHttle was made
federal prohibition enforcement Of
ficer for Kansas He made an excel
lent record and recently resigned from
the office 10 form a partnership with
JouetL S1Uuse. former Seventh dis
trict Congressman and recent assist
ant secretary of the treasury. Alti1o
their office is in, Kansas City. Doc
little retains his residence in Chase
county.
Corwine Is Mentioned.
Mayor Corwine has been mentioned
as a Democrat possibility. Jonathan
u. Davis may want another chance
There is also O.. T. Wood, United
States marshal; and Dempster o.
Potts of Wichita
The Burton matter is just about
the biggest bit of political trouble in
Kansas just now. 1t contains so many
limited field for speculation and con-
lecture An organization which throws
IS per cent Of the party vote behind
a paroled insane man is to be reck-
oned with in a crowded race And
few men ere better equipped to handle
and mako effective use OF such an
organization than the former senator.
TO EXHIBIT FAMOUS PAINTINGS.