Abilene weekly reflector., 1922-07-20

Hess thaS seven Der. cent'of the I2..
544 votes poIied by the Socialists In
the general election. Now there Is
both fear and hope that similar con-
ditions may develop August 1. The
temperature is high or low depend
Ing on the headquarters visited.
II 80 per cent OF the Democrats
and 03 per e cent Of the Socialists
stayed at horne sor voted in the Re
publican prfrifafies two years ago,
there Is lot of room for dope max
Ing this year. There Is also reason
for speculation as TO just the per-
centage OF bona fide Republicans
who voted In their own primaries.
This muddle is giving all sorts of
occasion for worry and sleepless
nights. Unless Stubbs or Knapp can
take II away from him, Tom McNeal
apparently has the red eyed vote
sealed and marked for August de-
livery. That, plus Capper farm
paper following may make him more
of candidate than early books In
dicated.
The other day, though, General
Joe DOlley went over to Ripley park
in Topeka and told the shop strikers
that they couldn't hope for better
friend and more sympathetic soul In |
the state house than Stubbs. The
next day General Dolley addressed a
letter to. the Stubbs farm following
10 the effect that Mister Farmer need
have no fear about prompt delivery
)f his wheat and hogs at market
,enters with Stubs in the governors
hair.
One campaign manager has point
ID out that Lambertson's farmer
organization includes Dave Mulvane
md Sam Fitzpatrick. The thing was
.Oing along fine until bunch Of pO-
itical bOOkkeepers pointed out that
he McNeal farm movement included d,
resident Freeman Of the state fed ,
ration OF labor and J. o. Stevic who .
10 ui Va SahiLCl lOI tlC ANOh-l |
an League. In the Stubbs camp
'ere found such resOurceful farm
RS as j. r. Burrow, millionaire
anker, and Tom DOran, street rail
'ay and Kansas Natural Gas Com
any attorney. .
Not all Of the troubles, however, g
re in the selection of farmer friends.
Tilt Amrine, warden Of the state
seems to trail along
lite gracefully with the admins I
alton forces behind Morgan except
l Sundays. Maybe Sunday is the
arden's day off, though. Anyway,
at seems to be the day he journeys i,
'er to Lawrence to help Walter :,
OscOe Stubbs and General Joe Dol
y make campaign plans.
That little matter Of $4,000 cam ol
ign pamphlets which Attorney
eneral Hopkins recently had print
at public expense at the state b'
hitting plant, seems to be giving q
ore than a passing bit Of concern. g.
veral members Of the legislature d.
We stated they will ask for an in sc
stigation Of Mr.. Hopkins free and CT
sy method Of charging his print ia
: bills to the~state. Their jealous 2
crest in the matter hasn't been dl
luced by virtue of the fact that an hs
sanizatiOn which Is sending out er
E literature in Hopkins behalf, til
nght bids on the work from pri-
te print shops. Maybe private
Is were too high. Anyway Mr.. he
'pkins seems TO have settled the K
Itter by pushing the expense over so
the state. la
to
The Inter Service Corporation
Ems to have a big interest in. sell a
ion of new superintendent Of on
'urance. Seems no one ever FIR
ard of the Inter Service folks until M
~ suddenly decided to try to line 70
some votes against Emmett d.
orge. The organizations station
7 indicates "a Chicago address.
rsOns who watch state politics
We feeling that headquarters are y.
thin corporate limits of Topeka L.
d that a salaried press agency has =
lot of inside information on the
bject.