The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-08-31
SOMETHING ABOUT SENATOR CURTIS'S
 RUN-IN WITH WHITE.

Like with the Rev John Roach. Straton William Allen White had attacked others and got the worst of it before saying mean things about Gov. Smith and then retracting them because he didn't want to hurt the feelings of the Governor whom he Hikes immensely" and for whom he has high regard" The Emporia editor had run in with Senator Curtis, now Republican Vice Presidential nominee, a few years ago, and wal rather severely if not altogether logically handled by the Topeka political leader who i now running on the ticket that must be sup ported if Gov. Smith is defeated. A recen New York World contains the following dispatch from Topeka, Kansas
 With William Allen White, Emporia editor amusing himself in New York by making attacks on the record of Gov. Smith when he was an Assemblyman. Carl J. Peterson former Kansas State Bank Commissioner, is digging up rec ords in the files of the Kansas His torica Society which show how White formerly amused himselg by making sim liar attacks Senator Charles Curtis, Republican Vice-Presidentia candidate, and how Curtis "chewed up" MT. White in vicious manner than Gov. Smith has attempted to do.
 Peterson is publishing this week in his newspaper, the Kansas State News, a full account of the tilt White and Curtis had in 1912, when White attacked the Congressinal record of Curtis. and  attack which he compelled MT White to publish in his newspaper
 In article carrying the heading of 'sThe Strange Case of Curtis" the files in the State Historical Society show that MT. White accused the present Vice-P Presidential candidate of having misrepresented the people of the State by voting in Congress with Aldrich, Lorimer Guggenhem and Smoot
 July IT, 1912 White said in ed- torial in the Empora Gazette
 ''So find Curtis amid all the progress that Kansas has made a bound boy at the husking; bound by the chains that welded his nomination to the great interests he served in the Senate. To send him back again to enthrone Muvane and the Federal machine; again to submit to unjust tariff taxes, and to pay for the work of politicians who for get progress in Kansas And Mulvane goes to Chicago to help steal Presi- dency that the everlasting round of thievery and injustice may continue. How long will Kansas send Curtis to do his part for her in this great iniquity?"
 The files of the Kansas State His torcal Society show that July 1s 1912, the Empora Gazette published d long reply Senator Curtis made to the White attack. In his reply Senator Curtis said of White:
 'If the people of Kansas knew you as the people of Lyon County know you or if they knew you as do, I would pay attention to your false and mis- leading letter Before l dissect your letter it is my purpose to let the people know something about you
 I am informed you the William A. White of Emporia who caned by an old soldier in the streets of Empora Ii is said the job was well done and so pleasing to the people of Emporia that they bought the brave old soldier gold-headed cane to take the place of the one he used you. They also tell you are the w. A. White who was horsewhpped in the streets of Emporia by You are the same William Allen White who wrote