The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-09-08
TO STAY ON FARM.
Socialist Nominee for Governor
Will Do No Campaigning.
viii Spend His Time Husking
His Biggest Corn Crop.
WILL SEND OUT LEAFtfTs
NJ. L. Phillips Has Lived in
Kansas Since 1879.
Was Converted to the Socialist
Cause Twelve Years Ago.

Mcdonald, Kana Sept. 7=Un1ike
Cincinnatus. the famed Roman sta tes-.
man who left his plow IN the furrow
and FASTENED to the capital when in
formed that new political honors had
been rendered him. there will be no
uesertion of the farm by M. L. Phillips
Cheyenne county farmer, who is the
Socialist nominee for governor in the
present campaign. Take it from Mr..
Phillips that he intends to do his ca I'M
paigning right at home shocking and
husking the best corn he has raised in
his many years of farming in Kansas.
No Campaign Tours
'No, L don't intend to make any
campaign tours or stump speeches
said this bronzed som of the soil when
questioned concerning his campaign
plans. 'All the campaigning 1 do will
be by means of leaflets which will be
sent out over the state. These will be
distributed in various cities by my
comrades. each member of the Soc
ialist party refers to any other mem
Der as "Comrade'D.
Mr.. Phillips declared politics was a
matter of principle with him and not
a means to realizing personal anbi-
tons but he does not believe in let
ing lag in PRONUNCIATION of such d
principle. 49,
Mr.. Phillips has lived in Kansas
since he immigrated to Phillips, coun-
/ d
in 1879. He now farms three quarters
OF a section across the line from Nc
Donald in Cheyenne county the
northwest corner county of Kansas.
with the able assistance of his wife
and three sons, IS, Is and 8 years old
respectively. ~ 49,
Socialist Since 1910
81 have been full f,edgeo Social
list since about 1910,'' hr. iirn:llips
stated Il realize the Socialists re-
ceive lot of notoriety due to the rad
iCals numbered among them but L am
sure that there are few reds among
the Kansas Socialists. I believe the
platform of our party offers a -solu-
ton to the very apparent dissatis-
faction with present conditions, We
the fact that so many originally SOC
ialist ideas have been taken over.
nourished and developed by the major
political parties,L In other words, they
steal our thunder" --t-4.
Reading book on socialism and
his experience as a mule skinner
and lumber jack helped convert Mr..
Phillips to socialism. The said. He fol-
lower these vocations in 1896 oa1900
in Georgia and in an Iarmy' camp at
Tampa. Fla, during Vttf1e Spanish
American War. He was employed as
a tean1ster at the camp and5 not.a
ar enlisted man. having been rejected
because of a slightly deform ed foot,
due to an accident in a lumber }eamIl.
Later he took great interest in govern
mental and economic theories. FE
Pioneer schools in the far western
Kansas county, with three ITO six
months schooling a year offered the
only educational advantages Nj. Phil
lips had as boy. However. he COM
pleted the eighth grade and went one
term to high school. '--z pc
II certainly earned all .thes educa-'
ton l got N that high school SEES
sion," said the gubernatorial candf-
date. II walked six miles to school
and SIX miles back home again, eY-'
cry day" tTe cf@sd
There seems to be quite a drive on
for the farmer vote" he commented.
Il calm to be the only honest-to-
goodness dirt farmer running for gov
ernor.''
Davis a Dirt Farmer
'Johnathan Davis. the Democratic
nominee, claims to be a dirt farmer"
was an interruption. ,~--. .
HE does?" with some surprise.
yes; and I notice that he is a. bank
director, owns stock in several banks.
Guess he doesn't do much farming, ex-
cept by proxy" with some display of
contempt.
While in Topeka for the party coun-
ell recently Mr.. Phillips acted as
chairman for. the. Socialist gathering.
He did not go out to look over the gov
ernor's mansion, now under repair for
the next governor. while the next
| governor moves into the Topeka
White House. I'll be busy at work
on my farm and 1 am not losing any
sleep meantime as to who he will
be-" he commented. 20
Mr.. Phillips believes western Kan
sas has a great future. 49,,
This land is productive If prop
| erly titled" he asserted. This year
on my farm have corn that will
| make sixty bushels to the acre. if AN
early frost doesn't nip it. It's the best
corn ever raised