Show ft NE fW bl GIANT T I IP IN P LITI How low the Machine I Gang Snubbed And Insulted Santa Fe lc l c Red And What Came of ll It THROWN FROM THEm THEIR SEATS Meant leant a New Deal for the Republicans cans caits of Sun Flower State Good for Political Bosses to Read ReadA A Kansas Kansan City Mo Iol dispatch to n a aNeti New Neti York newspaper says S This Is the Ilia tory story of ot how ho n II man mami unknown in poll hall ties Irs snubbed by lIy tho the Republican ma inn chine of ot Kansas anti and scoffed cottell nt at by hy oil nil he the rafters grafters that Infested the tho capital vent treat to work single handed rind and organ argot iced ed the tho state heating beating the gang In iii con COli control rol Irol of the party parl forcing to 10 as 01 a 1 for tor fori tho the sue site Sille 1 il i and Insuring Casio e of his own candidate 13 R 1 W S Hoch noeh tin iii editor of a country newspaper n An unsophisticated man muon wont went to th Ih the I legislature n a 1 year nio no as e a 11 from r Douglas county In III Douglas Jouglas county Is Lawrence the scat sitt of Kansas J state university Thin Tho IP name mianie was WR Walter Stubbe Mr Stubbs had been Jeen elected against th mandates of ot the Kansas state housa houS Ing ri rig When lie ho appeared In itt the legislature his hili Independence asserted Itself and ho Ito hovas vas tIns humiliated Among other oth r yokes the hey made mad him hIni pass paM under one cut ing down the tho university appropriation U GOO When the legislature lel adjourned returned to his hi home In Low Law Ind went to the board of regents Laying down n it 1 slip flIp of at Iper face town down Stubbs remarked rom HayS Hoys you must not lone lose anything through sending me mo to Topeka They l it linn tn StO nM AWl That un u IvaN W to hurt me lilt not tho the university I Ionly Ionly only emily wonted wanted to 10 tell you OU that and to butte IUIe you ou this Stubbs Stubbe then withdrew The Tho this Ivus his lila personal pe 11 I cheek check for tor to meet tho the deficiency In III the Ion tiomi SANTA PR FR RED mD When tho the Santa Sonta Fe was building through Kansas many mony years yearn ago n o one particular construction gang was 1105 given IlOn voter Ivator by h ft a long lank IonIc big birr headed flat flatfooted flatfooted footed youth known on the tho grade as liS asSanta Santa Panta Fe 10 lied Hed The boy bo carried wa wn Water ter er well 1011 and became a 1 scraper holder From that he went vent by h easy grades un II 20 or 30 10 yearn torn later he lie was wait worth wortha a 11 million as ft a n railroad contractor nn l making more nil all the time It stain Stubbe the tho contractor who sho was 09 elected 1 to the legislature In the teeth of or the state house hous ring It was WIlS Stubbs who tuba was kept off oft all nil the com coat millers and sent rent home honie to his hili constituents emits with a n short appropriation Stubbs of Kantian 11 ne next t appeared He lie came to Kansas ls city engaged rooms turned In a n blank bIonic call for tor Kansas to the bug IonA distance telephone and a n BpI call for tor hi hl hIs offices in Chicago From the he latter office o c he ordered a large check sent rent to him Ills His purpose was lIIS decided to upset the tho state house machine Mr Croker dIll did not sit lilt on n II more closely coupled high higher er or pressured bullet proof machIne than bun did 00 lov W J 1 Bailey nall of ot Kansas Eer since tho the populists hind had been ousted from the state house tho inn ma machine chine had hod been building Cy Leland I anti and Mart Mort Albaugh master median mcchan mechanIcs Ics cs were around It with their tools I They crowded everybody oft ort but hut them thom themselves themselves i selves nod put extensions extension on when they thc wanted a n crowd They allowed no other machine to run to tho the state capital Stubbs appearance In the state statehouse house muse dill did not hot cause more than a II sneer lie He only one onn of a II dozen or so out of ot and so tho the machine managers said he lie would not do 10 much DEFIED TIlE THE KINO JUNO They The roared when they the heard Stubbs protesting In tho the house at nt hench henchmen henchmen men macit being on tho the payrolls to do the work of so 50 O i I I I They The laughed when he ho said that some seine of ot the tho pensioners never noer went to Topeka except on omi pay Pl day clay and that some sortie of at them theta sent proxies It was wan the tho Joke jollo of ot tho the season when lh n Santa F Flied re Fe nod lied bellowed In that foghorn voice olee of ot his about relatives ring ridden grafting bc meth moth methods ode and went right on turning down his bills lillis firing up tip their boilers under tinder their machine and ntH lopping oft ort his uni university On appropriation It wits wan said that Stubbs would soon lIoon quit quilt his hIli light on the ring because the railroads wore friendly to the tho ring and could not afford 11 to lose 1090 lila hit hi rail mil railroad railroad road contracts Stubbs said he ho never got a contract on his hlA bids bide nod ho he knew ho could build n a better hetter rail roll railroad road roud for tor less mooney money 1110 lie than anybody el else no In iii the tho business As s soon Hoon ns its Stubbs Stubbe returned from tho the legislature ho Ito resumed railroad building bull but nil all tho the time ho he was wan col cob II names of ot politicians who were objecting to the tho state house ring Ho lie had tho the newspapers clipped and ho lie copied these clippings and mailed Inn lied thorn to tho the politicians Ho lie sent them theta to machine politicians ns Re well troll as ns to the nulls Ho lie was wn warned to tn IC keep quiet by b the tho theone one ime sub side sl lo and encouraged by J tho the others lie Ho reminded tho the Republicans how Gov Oot OO Bailey dictated tho the election of at a mu speak speaker er and hind had otherwise o stopped beyond the thc bounds of ot lilt lila Ho lie fanned tho tim sparks of at Indignation that had started over the tho padded payrolls Hut But ho made slow progress so fin slow Ilow that It vaa Imperceptible Finally 11 11 all In October A j H n Murdock editor of ot tho the thom HI m id Dorado Republican declared for K R KW J JW Rv W v Hoch Hoeh another editor for tor governor A Kansas governor Is elected for two tIll years hut but Is Invariably riven a second term The Tho Murdock tho the ro re suit flUIt of ot was the first filet ji Jet t of smoke through the state house root roof Stub loaded the mails with copies of ot the Eldorado Republican his hili own letters letter anti and circulars from from his friends and that was how ho ho he started tho the excite meat lutent Tho Thu ring laughed harder thin than ever err When whon hOIl on the this day before Christmas declined to run rout What are arc we do to pleaded the little company that tIdal had by hy this time i allied under the Stubbe flag nail Do lo nothing wa was the answer Let It me mile do tIe it You do right on talking for governor and telling tell In the tho folks about this tItle rotten ring at lit Topeka Ill make mako Hoch run rim Drafted Hoch Hoeh was trite Only 12 days after the refusal of ot Hoch to fight the tho state Mate house machine omit 4 40 men from 30 counties assembled In To Topeka Topeka peka to select sl ct a 1 candidate to run against t tho the machine nominee Who will wo we 0 run rim tho the 40 Inquired Hoch Stubbs replied I Ho Ill lo says sa ho lie wont 1 I know knott he lie does We will agree acres on Hoch loch Hoch was wan agreed upon then and Ind tin this th meeting adjourned There was Wa n a great laugh nil nib over when the tho Republican read that t Rl 40 men acre lIero all nil Stubbs could mus taus ter and that no word had bad gone to them 1 I Stain from loch Hoch to sustain theta them The laugh Inu h became b amo a II guffaw gutta when wilen It was read r od fur tur further tIter ther on in iii the dispatches that thal Stubbs Stubbe stilt still Insisted that He would upset the machine As All soon as IlS the meeting w adjourned and the members returned to their I homes homell In Kansas Stubbs Stubbe headed for tor I Missouri Installing himself lt In head headquarters headquarters quarters he hw ordered the clerks cerks In his to stand eland by for fur action netlon Theres going to 10 be something do doIn doIn doin In he said sold to his hale hil men len What hap happened happened he himself must mUrt tell tel Said he a aCay I ICay Cay or two to ago ugo I hind had the tho name of ot a 0 man In every count county In Kansas who was a reputable Republican and ond opposed to a n the tIm tele lion of 01 ring rule I went treat to flied filed a II blanket call I It phone and auth Oell olee those sat t at the telephone and tailed called up tip men We laid the state out Into die dis districts Each county was WIlS n II district and nd coult we WO talked to each mCh chIc Republican In Iii 11 every r county In II the state stute Wo We got him hIm to ilvo 1110 ito the mimes hOmeS of ot five ne other reputable Republicans nail and we tre WI talked to them theft Ih m by hy tho the long hang die dis distance Ils live to toM toL tance telephone Wo 0 I Int t these L M Ic r r Hive Hire 13 ii me t Ie mini n ii w v v n I blo mind and we WO WOot got ot In touch with thun thel Wo o started petitions wih to us as lS a II man Iun be he nominated without a who would string woul to him and wo we Kent lent those peti petitions letl linus antI and those over oer ever even ef county township lOII hll section block ant and on city and to n 1 able lot luL In Kansas as ns near en as ns we tue were and the time onil on II was trite that we WO Ie set et Kansas af lt Five days dH did 1111 It Wo lYe 0 tackled th this tho country newspapers those that uvero getting gelling state and tutu I county thol printing We warned them not noto notto notto and cautioned to o miss tho the band wagon them hem not Mt to travel too far with wih their state house machine We Ve told thorn thor hat that the tho tines boss bu 9 busters husters would slump dump theIr heir old oll machine and them into It nail they hey the began coming cantIng nII our OUI way tray W That was Suns all there thore was tas to It u uThen Then ho lie Il spoke soke this tIthe bit of ot philosophy The bigger the machine tho the moro more vat vot vater ot jacks acks you 0 ott c COn n get under It Every EIer er r hns hoe a 0 Jack The Tho only thing needed II Is to get the voter oter Interested or encouraged aged Iet to tate uio th his hil Jack The thing will wil go 10 over oer as us surd a nt iS the Kansas machine lid did Jan tl 13 rolled around anti and there was another Stubbe meeting In iii 11 Topeka When act Gov halley Hallcy Bilie the titular head bent of ot the tho ring rim looked out of tIme the executive ho saw sass sa a wonderful sight SIX hundred men arrived In Iii II town and went to the tho Stubbs Stubbe meeting meeting Every Ery Jack JackIn In n the tho outfit had ha a 1 return ticket to lila Ills home tome and a ii I receipt to 10 show that he had hal his way la Wit The Tho machine passes rn ses had heel been spurned o Baileys smile Amle frOs on his lila face Bald It became n mu contortion n that hn night nO when he read the platform ii Patriotism t sm Instead lital of ot spoils was tho the cry cr Putting Puling tr his hil ear to the ground tho the governor heard the hun hurh of the Iho wires as all the news nels went scout welt over oer tho the broad acres of at Kansas He lie heard Hurrah for tor Hoch Hoeh the tho bo boss busters Down with Halley Bale amid the machine Patriotism In Instead instead stead of spoils GOVERNOR DESERTED II I have ho been true to these fellows Got Gov GO Bailey lUlley B lc demurred I 1 have done dOlle everything they the asked me ale m They The must save me ate He lie referred to the bosses bos os Save Have you yota ou the bosses replied Save Savo you the tho devil It I t Is II a ease el so of ot savo sa 0 ourselves ou We will wi have hao to get In line lino Ino for tor Hoch ourselves The boss Joss busters buster were headed straight from tram Topeka to Reno Hen county Reno Hono Jefferson and Drown Brown had coiled called county conventions They set out to capture them Reno Heno was the scene of the most moat exciting political battle over ever waged The Tho stake was tho the control of ot a II state sate It I woe was ns the tito hereditary bosses bo ses against t the bOi boss busters Justen It I was th this the state house ring against the rank nod and file fe It I was West Welt Point training against main strength amid nHI awkwardness n of Santa Fe Ie Red lied and his lila tribe That was M before betote the tho convention At Af After Atter Atter ter the convention It was all 11 ono one way The Tho boss bOSA busters buster had broken the state statehouse statehouSe house machine Into Hinders finders and the trains could not get the tho bosses buck back to the capital c quick enough Save SIe yourself governor they the said |