The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-10-07

which the public needed instruction. No
b3dy has any eonfidsnes d In Their pSitse zeal
guarded editorials and the few who do
have no confidence in them as political
1t is true they write so-ealled political
platforms. not party platforms, but per-
sonal platforms to exploit some pet idea
of their own or fit some favored candidate
Another newspaper that seeks to arrogate
to itself the position Of an absolute men
arch in Kansas politics, and to remorseless-
elected, is not even resident of this state
saddle rewarding. those who servilely
crawled to it and furnishing, those who
refused to thus stulfify themselves.
rank and file Of the Republican party in
Kansas, and 1t Is more liable to diminish
than to increase unless the people. wake
up and take it into their own hands and
have house cleaning this fall.
Last spring, in letter to a gentleman
made aS w the ASSERTION that the Republican
party was owned body and soul and run
Exclusively in the interest of the following
newspapers, POLITICIANS and capitalists:
Arthur Copper, owner of the Topeka Cap
ital and numerous other papers.
Henry Allen, owner of the Wichita Beacon.
D. r. Anthony. owner Of the Leavenworth
Times. t
william Allen white, owner of the Emporia
D. w Mulyane, national committeeman and
capitalist.
Chas. Curtis, senator and capitalist.
Policy TincheF, congressman and capitalist.
Ed. G. Little, congressman.
The result OF the recent primary has
indicated that statement; after the in
siividuals named and the owners of these
papers had elected candidates for the Of
fices in which they were interested, they
date and for each other and where these
newspapers didn't come OUT for a eandi-
date they were continually publishing an
account of some prominent citizen who
was already for them, coming OUT for
them.
The result was that by reason n. Of the fact
the rest of the people were not. they Sc
cured the nomination of four candidates
them by negligible but nevertheless to
them satisfactory nominees.
Manipulation of Patronage.
McKeever explains the recent pfi-
mary system and charges n1anipula-
ton of patronage and public places in
the following statement;
AS the time for. the 1922 primaries ap-
preached. Mr.. Mulvane, Mr.. Anthony, Mr..
Curtis. Mr.. Tineher and Mr.. Little. merely
wanted to keep what they had, and in ad.
tb leP" friends andsempioyes a to federal po
sitions and also see that the nominees
would not endanger their future political
was the better part Of valor, was not dis
posed to try to hold his job, but was tire
mehdously interested in having candidate
for governor who would tenderly cherish
and protect the pride and joy of his heart t,
the industrial court. The Star was equally
interested in the industrial court and i'll
rewarding Mr.. Hopkins who. as attorney
general, had made a grade of 100 per cent
in obedience to the orders of the Star
turnout his two terms. Mr.. Morgan wanted
to be governor and had been wanting it for
twenty years. Mr.. Hopkins also wanted 10
be governor and seemed to think the Star
was under obligations to support him. MI.
MnrROn and fhd StnF
had no objection to him., but the support
of both depended on his declaring I'M
qualifiedly for the industrial court law.
the campaign tried to straddle this ques.
ton by stating in a speech somewhere,
that ne was in favor of giving the law q
trial without apparently eonceding that Mr..
Allen had given it a trial, or promising
ANYTHING definite.