The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-11-14

THE ANSWERS.
SAM B. AMIDON, wichita. Demo
| crat National Committeeman They
| were after Henry and the industrial
! court, the newspaper ring and hlst
taxes. Doesn't seem TO be mucf
J doubt as to their sentiment, does
there
JONATHAN NJ. DAVIS. Bronson
| Governor-elect-'I know IT was a Re
publican vote that elected me and ii
was a protest against the policies OF
| the present administrationI that
turned the votes"
HUGH DUFF, treasurer Republi-
can State ommittee-''Every ill, real
and imaginary. was a factor in the
election. 1t seems every one with a
grievance voted for Davis"
| SAM GRAYBILL, former Democrat
postmaster. Hutchinson-"The Sew
| issues determined results. The Sew
enth district, Morgan's nome. turned
him down by 1900, while it gave Po-
ley Tincher, Republican ror congress,
$4,000 majority
w. E. FREEMAN, president State
Federation of Labor-"If the legisla-
ture listens to the voters the industrial
court law is dead as a mackerel. Nor
gan's defeat was a protest against the
industrial court law"
w. NJ. PRICE, Emporia banker and
Democrat-"The people are tired of
newspaper domination and were vot-
ing gainst the newspaper ring which
has been bossing Kansas politics and
sugar coating the acts of their pets il.
office"
Judge John H. Crawford. Industrial
Court believe Governor Allen told
it when he said it was discomfort
20 Il 6a-
lieve Kansas has turned against the
principle of the industrial court law as
Davis ran as well in counties where
the court idea is popular as in coun-
ties where radical labor is strongly OPP
posed to the law"
w. H. HYATT, Parsons, lawyer and
CONGRATULATIONS is over fed on
government by a Kansas City, Mo-,
newspaper and welcomed an oppor-
tunity for a little home management"
SENATOR A. P. BURDICK, Nor
tonville, Republican, believe we
would have elected either Stubs or
Lambertson. In fact almost any Re-
publican who could have appealed to
the farmers would have doubtless
won. Another trouble was the fact
that the Democrats remoulded the
mud balls thrown by the Republicans
in the primaries and used them in
their general election campaign"
JOHN S. GILMORE, JR., Publisher
Fredonia Citizen, Republican-"Unde
our present primary system it is i'm
possible to reorganize the party after
bitter primary fight. Consequently
we have paid the price of loose organ
ization and straighten out the aver
age voter who came thru the primary
fight confused and desiring to swat
someone"
DUDLEY DOOLITTLE, Strong City.
former Congressman and a Democrat
THE voters wanted change and
have put the Democrats on trial. 1t
was a protest against policies of the
Allen administration by his own
party"
THAD c. CARVER, Pratt banker
and a Republican-'It was a protest
of the farmers against high taxes.
believe the voters will find the Re-
publican legislature working with the
new Democrat govefnor in carrying
out any reasonable program for re-
trenchment in public expenses
Freeman W. Bell, Shawnee Invest
ment company-"Morgan said it
wasn't enough votes, and Morgan
ought to know"
w. B. Gasche, president Alliance
Cooperative Insurance company
THE thing that defeated Morgan was
that the newly enfranchised women
of the state didn't take the advice of
the self appointed political dictators
of their own eek. to vote 'er straight
Clifford Tromp, of Tromp and Cole.
THE election boards did the
accounting on the night of the sew
enth. Morgan lost on account of the
count
J. w. Mills, in charge OF weekly
labor union mass meeting speaking
programs-'The election of Davis
was direct rebuke to Governor Allen.
without Allen. Davis never could have
been elected"