Evening star., 1922-07-16
L KANSANS IN RACE
FOR G0VERNORSH|P
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
TOPEkA, Kan. July I5.-Politics is
beginning to hum in Kansas. Until
the wheat harvest was practically
completed it was impossible to get
the farmers interested in anything
political and the candidates are not
having any great success in this little
job even now. although the primary
is less than three weeks away
There are seven republican, three
democratic and one socialist candi-
dates for governor. Ordinarily the
gan would win the republican nomi-
nation. Morgan was candidate four
years ago. when Henry Allen was
nominated and elected. He had
fair organizat ton then and has been
building it up ever since. Reports
from seventy of the 105 counties to
Morgan headquarters show him to be
quite ii general favorite in the cities.
w. X. Stubbs, who served two terms
as governor and was one of the orrgl-
nal bull moosers, is a candidate 1ot
another term. He was out of the
has 4 large element of stockmen ana
d considerable number OF farmers
backing his campaign.
w T. LamberIson, farmer. VINO
served several terms in the legisla-
turc. has been making an intensive
Neal of Topeka is an editor. who
has been conducting chiefly a news
paper campaign. Fred Knapp of Sa-
lima formerly a state official. now q
banker. is candidate, but has not
been very aggressive. MISS heien
Pettigrew and Mrs. A. ID. MONTY poth
of Kansas City, Kan, are active can
didates. but neither has made very
intensive drive for votes.
The results of the primaries In IN
diana, Pennsylvania and Iowa have
given new tinge to the prooaple
outcome of the Kansas primary. Kan
sas was one OF the places where the
progressive idea grew fastest and has
kept alive ever since 1872; COWS.
Capper and Allen were both listed as
active progressives. Allen went All
the way with Roosevelt, while Capper
did not leave the republican party at
that time Stubbs is regarded as
representing the progressive ideas
most strictly. although. Morgan mas
trained with the bull moose crowd
most of the time.
Lambertson is more radical than
either Stubbs or Morgan. He woulo
abolish many things the state now
has and swould stop all good roads
improvement work and the building
of new structures at the various IN
stitutions and he would abandon the
industrial court. He has what he
claims to be an efficiency and economy
program which educators say would
nreck the service which the educa-
tional institutions are now giving the
state.
Backed by Tax League
McNeal has good many socialist
tendencies, although he does not SUD-
scribe to that party and does not go
nearly as far as the socialists de-
mand. McNeal has the Endorsement
of the Taxpayers League. wnlcn is
opposed to any public improvements
for the next few years and is pledged
to cut down every public expenditure.
Fred Knapp is opposed to nearly
everything the state has done In re-
cent years and would abolish them
and cut down expenses
Both the woman candidates got INTO
the race to see how general the sup
port of some personal ideas might be
IN Kansas. Miss Pettigrew thinks
Kansas ought to have light wines and
beer and let up on the enforcement
Of the anti-cigarette laws. MRS.
Mowry is urging the support to many
special laws and is opposed to chang
ing the prohibitory laws In any way.
. The three democratic candidates Tor
governor are having real lVely
scrap. Henderson Martin, formerly
state chairman, is representing the
old state crowd of democrats. a
good many of which did not get fed
eral appointments when the demo.
Gratis were in power. Leigh Hunt OF
Rosedale represents the old fedora!
crowd and has the active support OF
the national committee and the or
ganiZation.
P. Davis of Bronson. who was the
candidate two years ago. seems likely
TO win the nomination again this
wear. because he Is not tied up with
either of the other. crowds and mas
host Of friends. made while he was
member of the legislature and VINO
were part of his organization Two
years ago.
On the republican side the Morgan
and Stubbs followers are extremely
confident OF success. Morgan mas
gained considerable strength recently
because of his support of the indus
trial court and the fact that plenty
of coal is being mined in the state
to supply all local needs and some is
being shipped to the east. Stuops
has expressed himself as favorable 20
the idea, but he has proposed some
rather radical changes in its work
and organization.
The labor unions are opposing ootn
stubbs and Morgan. They are d.
yided between Lambertson and NC
Neal. The farmers seem to oe
stronger for Stubbs, but there Is
larre element, of farmers who are
supporting Lambertson, Knapp ana
McNeal. Morgan will receive a con-
siderable share Of the vote In the
cities and some vote in the country.
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