The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-07-26
In State Politics
A SWAY VOTEYET
Labor Undoubtedly Will Be
Split for Governor.
Stubbs and McNeal to Steal
Support From Knapp.
HARVEST AMONG THE UNIONS
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Thresh-
ers Struggle for the Grain.
But Official Switch List VIII
+. Help SalinRn.
HARVEST AMONG THE UNIONS
BY A. l. sHULTz.


Iaborss endorsement of Fred w
knapp has had two days in which TO
soak in. Unless labor can put little
steam behind the Knapp appeal its
slate is already cracked. 1t looks at
the moment as tho organized laoor
WIFI courteously read the appeal ana
follow Chef Thomas policy by Young
as they blankety blank please -,
To be sure, the labor appeal Will
give the former state auditor con-
siderable number of votes Possibly
quite few thousand OF thern- But -
Knapp wins the nomination ne WIZ
nick M a world of strength in out
side precincts Most of the wise men
summarize the labor play as one OF
the interesting but more or less unim-
portant features of the primary cam
paign- -
at all accurate-and some of them
are frequently worth specializing on
Knapp was starting his fight forty
feet back of Jaws He was running
on a platform that advocated aDoi1+
ton of practically everything except
the job he was hunting 1t was
fine musical chord and made the tax
Ieaguearadicals rather happy
Used His Ammunition
But Knapp couldn't patent his per-
ninst idea. This is a tree couIi . >,
thank We, and the American citizen
who runs for something has a right
to get out his own platform, even tno
he couldn't slip one of the planks into
the party council with a natlohdi
guard patrol So Mr.. Knapp without
the protection of patent or copyright
ran smack into lot of infringements:
some of the things he advocated
the loudest were picked up pS I'm
McNeal who has free access TO a Iot
OF publicity space that costs other can
dtdates about $3.50 an inch McNedI
gave the thing a flourish ana IlnlsH
that made the appeal sound IKE sun
day morning preachin'.
Even McEeal. tho, can coil lIeo
ideas that are manufactured for vote
ectt.ng purposes Walter Roscoe
Stubbs and Joe Dolley claimed lot OF
riparian rights in the making OF oaz-
zffng promises. Stubs went out IN
the country a few times, peeled OH
his coat, rolled up his trouser leg.
ruff1ed his hair and shouted just as
he was wont to do when they were
hunting regular Republicans with a
musket His story sounded so real
and nlausible that it really seemed as
tho the millennium was certain 10 ger
to Topeka about January Is. 1928.
Three Appeal to Labor.
McNeal and Stubbs have sold their
ideas to a good many people in labor
ranks Maybe the views which they
peddied really originated with Knapp.
Maybe they didn't That question is
about as important as the argument
as TO who held the rignt-of-way after
the victims have been hauled to the
morgue.
Both Stubs and McNeal have been
looking for radical votes They have
appealed to the fellows who want to
throw the Industrial court in the kaw
river. To be sure their course has
rather tended to put them under sus-
pieion by the conservative crowd. Yet
that hasn't changed the situation a
bit ALL of the three candidates bid
for the labor endorsement. 1t was a
slow job getting the labor committee
together for a decision. For a full
day it looked like a hung jury. Then
the flowers went to Knapp
Neither Stubbs nor McNea1 seem
disposed to yield any OF the ground
which they won early in the cam
paign. Nor does it seem that their
friends in the union labor crowd are
disposed to evacuate. A large num-
Der of the labor voters hadn't reached
decision. Some of them were wait
ing for the official switch list. That
vote will doubtless go to Knapp-plus
the following which he picked up with
his earlier promises to board up the
state house and cut down the expense
OF government.
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