Abilene weekly reflector., 1922-10-05
THIRD DISTRICT
PARTY ROW
OVER THECOURI'
Republicans Don't Like
Sprouts Position
Political Talk.
rAssociated PressJ
By A. l. chukx


Topeka, Oct. 4.-The desire Of
some Of the fellows in the southeast.
ern counties for tabascO sauce on
their cream pie nearly put the Third
district Republican culinary depart
ment out Of business last week. For
rev days 1t looked as though some
OF the party notables wouldn't ac-
cept anything less snappy than T. N.
Il. as a substitute for after dinner
mints.
Cravings and longings for some-
tAIng rare and unusual on the politi-
cal menu came as a result of w. ri.
Sproufs demand before the Republi
can party council to toss the indus.
trial court law into the scrap beans
Sproul, who is the Republican, nomi. II
nee 1or congress in the Third dis
trict' thought his party should de- {
care the labor court act some form q
or hardened sin and iniqulty and b
deny 1t admittance to polite society. h
me fact that the platform committee
didn't agree with him, did not pre-
vent repetition Of his sentiments lp
when he went home. v
Ihereupon the chiefs in Republi- tt
can houseold in the Third found hair la
"a the butter. A select and some- j;
what considerable number or state
administration workers found fault pa
with the Sproul method of doing w
things. They were not entirely con- at
tent TO merely mutter and complain so
behind closed doors. ed
: Out OF the tumult and noise of att
their protests they advanced Richard tel
Meek OF Parsons as an indepen. lic
lent candidate for congress. For a GO
,ew days 1t looked as though a few !.
Extra troops might be needed in tbe
district to keep peace and quiet until {
Iter the November election. Sprouts oon
obtoors .,s.l me showing OF ing
Is support as the party nominee TO in,
acceed Phil Campbell in Washing NIT
4 rod ha " Denihd Meek de- sch,
DrI because he favored the court can,
w.
The fight doubtless would have na.l @
'ntinued to pick up new. elements t;,n.
trouble had Meek merely secured is .
ough early signers to his petitions don't
nave permitted him to file. Fred tha,,
1gg and Clyde Reed won a lot of n,;st [
credit for pntting Meek in the a., A,
&c. Maybe they merited the cred NON,
,oo oootu;.. oun T. ANYWAY, panic
the Kansas City Times advancing
cause OF the proposed indepen- VIY
It candidate. WI
'proul and his friends kept a few Ul
'yers in Topeka watching the rat
for few days to block Meek,s
Tor place on the ballot. 1t .
.ed like grand old time fight
the kilkenney cats until Meek
cked up his petition signatures
round ne had not assembled Con
Ign names to enable him to file Nation
ow Sproul and Charles Stephens. ciple {
democrat nominee, are to fight Near
lt. Neither fav0rs the state en-. nOunct
lent. But the Third district ique Il
VINO wants to heave a brick at British
III because Of his views, must ing tn
q trip into the Democrat he is
mn. And Stephens is opposed to lceedins
Industrial court law, too.
Congressmen Home NE
H. "a
n has come home to tell the yot- "0i"
about the Harding administra.
VI 'he members except Chic,
" a..is T wli De In the cam day afl
. AIe SENATE WHIP may be month
e to leave Washington during method
ampaign because of serious oyercon
So 80 " ,s ourtis. strongly
q. ~ ur 1 Capper plans to presiden
naHsas counties and will Suburba
at least a half dozen other here tod
before the election. He came tric Raj
after ten months to tell the "Faw
that the farm bloc is still do concern !
lsiness and that the last con- less tho,
sa .no Aarner ana stockman on adve
beneficial legislation than any cent" h
IS In the history of the coun- :
Il. 4
itor Capper's pig and poultry er, repor
have had a steady growth the ing last
W years. Many of the char lature wa
Of rainfa