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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-01-26

WHEN laws interfere with the liberty
of the individual to an extent which the
public regards as unwarranted, they fire.
quently fail of enforcement That is
liable to be the result in the case of Sen
ator Bakers pass law if it should be en-
acted 1t is difficult to get jury to send
a man to prison for an offense which its
members do not consider a crime. Peo-
pie do not all view the giving and tax
ing of passes in the same light The
superiority of Mr.. Gardenhire's bill lies
in the fact that it can be enforced to the
letter because it Is to the personal inter
est of those charged with carrying it out
that it should be enforced and nothing
appeals to humanity like self interest
When the pass holders are registered
then it rests with the public to make
their will in the matter felt They will
be in position to suppress the system
without the aid of any other law if they
so desire and without the expense of long
drawn trials in court.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-01-26
TIE STATE PRINTING.

One of the heaviest bills of expense
that the overburdened taxpayer is called
upon to liquidate is that for state print
ing. While the price of wheat and cat
tie and hogs has fallen greatly and wages
have been much reduced, the annual bill
for this work remains about the same.
This year the usual appropriation has
been exhausted, and the legislature is
called upon to make good deficit of
$4,000 for the remainder of the fiscal
year. There has always been a certain
amount Of talk about economy in this de-
partment, but the economy for some rea-
son never seems to materialize.
If there exists a real honest desire to
practice economy in the matter of pub
lie printing, the way is easy. The profits
accruing to the office of state printer are
variously estimated at from $4,000 to
100000 year. A thoroughly competent
man can be employed to manage the
business for fixed salary. Already the
state buys the material, the price of labor
is fixed by the Typographical Union, so
there is but one other thing to be consid-
cred, and that is the lease or purchase of
plant
But, of course, under an arrangement
of this kind the position of state printer
would no longer be a valuable reward
for political services; neither would there
be any inducement, as at present, to get
all the work done possible in order to in
crease the profits of the office, because
there would be no profits.
E n<.4S
cal economy. VIII the legislature Inn
prove it7 A deficit in this department,
to be carried over to a succeeding ad-
ministration, has become so common that
the people are not deceived by it any
more. They know economy when they
see it.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-01-26

REPREsENTATIvE FOSTER has intro
duced bill to prohibit the marriage Of
people before reaching the age of major
ity. Is there not danger of carrying the
prohibition business too far or else not far
enough? Very many people marry who
are much less fitted for that condition
than those who have attained legal age.
The class referred to are disqualified by
reason of physical, moral or mental de-
fects, natural or acquired, and by various
other causes. What is to be done with
these7 But returning TO the question Of
prohibitive legislation: There are many
persons yet living who remember the
old fashioned school where the rules for
the guidance of the pupils were written
out and read every Monday morning,
and they will also remember that the
order preserved in those schools was
much inferior to that in the schools Of
today.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-01-26

airy and struck, and for time he was a
tramp printer. He was born near Tyler,
Tex, Il years ago and had few educa-
tional advantages. After his strike for
more wages he managed to save little
money and procured another year of
schooling. He then started a small
newspaper in Tyler supported his moth
er and sister and gave the latter an edu-
cation. While still running his paper
he studied law and was admitted to the
bar.
After a struggle he secured a good
practice in Tyler, and in'lSS1 Governor
Roberts officially recognized his merit
by appointing him assistant district at
torney Of Texas. Meanwhile he had taken
an active part in politics. He made an
unsuccessful attempt to secure the con-
gressional nomination in the Third dis
trict, and in 1876 delivered a speech at
the Fort Worth convention favoring
Tilden for president. In the Galveston
convention of 1886 he pressed the claims
of James H. Hogg for attorney general,
and two years later was a delegate to
the national Democratic convention in
st. Louis
In 1890 he nominated Hogg for gov
ernor at the San Antonio convention,
and when Senator John H. Reagan re-
signed in 1891 Governor Hogg appoint.
ed Chiffon to fill the vacancy. He took
his seat in the United States senate on
Dec. z. 1891, and served until March,
1892, when he was succeeded by Roger
@. Mills. Mr. Chiffon enjoys the dis
tinction of being the first native born
Texan to represent his state in the SEN
ate. He is one of the ablest lawyers in
Texas, and large fees have made him a
wealthy man. He is friend Of silver
and believes in unlimited coinage at
the ratio of 16 to /. He is well built
man. of medium height, with a light
complexion, brown hair and auburn
whiskers.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-01-26

A GROUP OF SOUTHWESTERN SPEAKERS.
1875 he purchased the Crawford Mirror
and has continued its publication to the
present time. He was first elected to
the legislature in 1892.
Hon. John A. Upton, the new speaker
in the lower house in Tennessee, is one
of the few Democrats to WELD a speak
er's gavel this year. His family is of
great prominence in west Tennessee,
and this is apparent from the fact that
his place of residence is the town of Tip
ton, Upton county. He is 80, received
his education at the University of Ten
nessee and read law in the office of
Humphrey R. Bate of Upton county
Mr.. Tipton's first legislative experience
was gained in 1891, when he was elect
ed ''foater" for Haywood and Upton
and served with distinction as chairman
of the house committee on corporations
The next year he was chosen ''f1oater''
for five counties, was defeated in his
candidacy for the speakership, but was
made chairman of the committee on
elections and one of the prosecutors in
the Dubose impeachment case. Last
fall he was elected a representative
proper from Upton county
Hon. S. s. Smith, elected speaker in
Texas, is a Democrat, of course, and
very popular man, and Hon. William
Won Leininger Meyer, the reelected
speaker of the Massachusetts house, is
Republican.
Hon. G. L. Richards, speaker of the
Nebraska house, is a native of Wood
stock, Ills, graduate of the University
of Illinois and of the Union College of
Law in Chicago. His election to the
speakership was by unanimous vote Of
the Republicans in the house.
Hon. William s. Edwards, speaker
of the lower house in West Virginia. is
the first Republican chosen to that posi-
ton in that state for many years
To each and every one of these gen.
tlemen the reader will no doubt join me
in extending the heartiest congratnlaA
tons. CHARLES APPLEBEE
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-01-26

A GROUP OF EASTERN SPEAKERS.
Mr.. Fish as one born to social position
it should be borne in mind that he
comes honestly also by whatever polit-
ical proclivities he possesses, for he is
the son of the statesman of the same
name who was SO prominent in state
and national affairs from 1910 to 1877,
serving successfully as representative in
congress, governor of New York, United
States senator and secretary of state.
The present Hamilton Fish has been
prominent among New York Republic
ans for years. He is a man of middle age
and has more than once been counted as
the leader of the anti-Platt forces,
though he is this year understood to be
in full accord with the ex-senator
Connecticut s choice for speaker, Hon.
Samuel Fessenden, known to his init
mates as Sam, an accomplished politi-
clan, is big in person and right good
fellow. He is native Of Maine and
was born in 1S47. He was preparing for
Harvard at the Lewiston academy when
the war broke out, but, like SO many
other youths of that period, he gave up
college for a course in the stern school
of war, entering the northern army at
IT. By the time hostilities were sus-
pended he had risen to the rank of cap
tain and was serving on the staff of Gen
eraI A P. Howe. He took part in the
battles Of the Wilderness. Spottsylvania,
Cold Harbor and Petersburg. When he
returned north, he entered the Harvard
law school, from which he was duly
graduated, was admitted to the Connec-
ticut bar in 1869 and has since lived in
Stamford. In 1874. when he was only
20, he was elected to the state legisla-
ture and has been a member of that body
more than half the time since He has
also been states attorney Of his own
county and prominent member of both
the state and national Republican com
mittees..
Hon. Henry F. Walton, speaker of
Pennsylvania lower house, was born in
Stroudsburg, Pa, in 1853. but is to all
intents and purposes a Philadelphian.
since he was taken to that city, when a
mere child, by his parents and has re-
sided there ever since. His education
was obtained i'll the public schools, but
he was given the advantage of private
tutors as well. When he was old enough
he began the study of law in the Office
of Wayne MaoVeagh and George Tucker
Bispham. In 1884 he was made an as
sistant to the city solicitor and held the
place till 1890, when he was elected to
che legislature. In 1892 he made very
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-01-26

his unadulterated Republication. Some
years ago, when his party was upper
most in Indiana, he was a county Off
ciaI in Indianapolis, and it was then
that his opponents said of him that he
knew mo compromises in politics,
asked no quarter and accepted none.
He is a business man as we'll as poll
tieian and of excellent social standing.
Hon. John Meyer, chosen to WELD the
gavel in the lower house Of the Illinois
legislature, is a native of Holland,
where he was born about AZ years ago
When he was 70. his parents removed
to the United States and made Chicago
their home As boy the future speaker
attended the public schools of the Lake
City, later taking three years course
at the Northwestern university and then
a course at the Union College of Law in
Chicago. He was admitted to the I'LL
nois bar in 1879 and has been an active
practitioner ever since. He was first sent
to the legislature in 1884 and has been
reelected four times. He was prominent
in the movement to secure the holding
of the Worlds fair at Chicago and be-
1ieves in the Australian ballot and civil
service reform.
Hon. S. r. Van SAINT, speaker of the
Minnesota house, is a veteran of the
civil war, commander of the state q.
A. r. and man Of prominence.
The speaker of the Kansas assembly,
Hon Charles II. Lobdell, is product of
the state. He is young man for so inn
portant place, as he was born in 1861,
his native place being Osawatomie,
made famous by John Brown. He comes
of ardent free state stock, and his father
was an officer in the northern army dur
ing the civil war. The speaker is at
present resident of Dighton, Lane
county, where he has been a practicing
lawyer since 1887. In 1888 he barely
missed nomination on the Republican
state ticket for attorney general In 1891
he was sent to the legislature for the
first time and was a member of the ia
nous Douglass house. being chairman
of the Judiciary committee.
Hon. B. F. Russell of Missouri is a
native Of Oxford county, Me-, where he
was born Oct. 26, 1874 He was a mem
Der of the Tenth regiment of Maine in
fantry during the early part of the civil
war and later served in the Third Mas
sachusetts cavalry. He entered the serv-
ice at Is private and retired a first
! lieutenant After he left the army he
settled in Missouri, and for three years
was a schoolteacher. There he was adj
nitted to the bar Of Texas county, but
soon after established a Republican
newspaper at Salem, Dent county. In
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-01-26
women in Amer

lea. She has within few years found.
ed sect that has over 100, 900 con verts,
and very recently saw completed in
Boston as a testimonial to her labors
handsome fire proof church that cost
$3.50, 900 and was paid for by Christian
Scientists all over the country.
Mrs. Eddy traces her genealogy back
to Scotch ancestors, who came to this
country not long before the Revolution,
and her father, Mark Baker, was the
youngest of 13 children. The old Baker
homestead of about 800 acres lay in
Concord and Bow, N. H. Aftera child
hood filled with visions somewhat re-
sembling those of Joan of Arc, Mrs.
Eddy became the wife of Colonel George
Washington Glover of Charleston in
1843. He died Of yellow fever a year
later, and four months after his death
her son was born. When the boy was
years old, Mrs. Eddy resigned him to
the care of former nurse and made a
second matrimonial venture, but speed
lily procured a divorce. In 1877 she
married Asa Gilbert Eddy of Lynn,
Mass Meanwhile her son grew to man.
hood and married before he learned that
his mother was still alive.
Mrs. Eddy asserts that in 1866 she
became certain that ssall causation was
mind and every effort a mental phenom-
enon. " Taking her text from the Bible,
she endeavored in vain to find the great
curative principle--the Deity--in phi
losophy and schools of medicine, and
she concluded that the way of salvation
demonstrated by Jesus was the power
of truth over all error, sin, sickness and
death. Thus originated the divine or
spiritual science of mind healing, which
she termed Christian science Her hus-
band was her first public convert She
has palatial Boston home and coun-
try seat near Concord. The Christian
Science church has a membership of
1000, and 500 of the members are Bos-
touiaus
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2 Meyer Of Illinois. Van SAINT of Minnesota
GROUP OF WESTERN SPEAKERS.
oreditable run for the speakership and
was appointed chairman of the judiciary
committee by his successful competitor.
Hon. Joseph Cross, elected to the
speakership in New Jersey, is a resident
of Elizabeth, man of middle age and
lifelong Republican. He is a lawyer
by profession and has served for some
years upon the bench.
Hon. William D. Gordon, speaker of
the Michigan house, is approaching mid
die age. He is of almost clerical appear
ance, his face being clean shaven and
his collar high. He is one of the most
popular men Of the state, as is shown by
the fact that he was chosen speaker by
the unanimous vote of his party col
leagues
Hon. Justus C. Adams of Indianapo-
lis, the successful candidate for the
speakership in Indiana, is man of mid
die age who has always been noted for
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-01-26

sE The STATE JOURNAL is the only
paper in Kansas receiving the Full Day
Associated Press.
E Member American Newspaper Pub
nshers's association.
ET The STATE JOURNAL has the
handsonest and most complete web ster-
eotyps perfeoting press.
Eastern Office, 7s Tribune Building.
New York, Perry Lukens, Jr., manager.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-01-26

THE great question with the present
legislature in connection with the pass
method, seems to be how not to do it All
the bills for the suppression of the pass
evil 20 far introduced, with the exception
of MT Gardenhire's, are constructed on
impractical lines They are either too
severe to admit of any hope of enforce
ment or carry an element of unconsti-
nationality, The introduction of bill,
the penalty of which will be forfeiture
of Office, may be looked for next
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-01-26

THE recent senatorial campaign has
demonstrated the fact that the Topeka
STATE JOURNAL. is the most influential
newspaper in Kansas. - Abilene Dis
patch.
If the STATE JOURNAL is the most in
huential paper in Kansas, as our kind
friend of Abilene says. it is because it
always tries to speak fearlessly for the
right, and to voice the sentiments of the
good people of this state We ask no
other commentator than the praise of
the people, whose best interests it is the
business of every well conducted news-
paper to serve.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-01-26

Mr.. BAKER has introduced a bill to
prevent the sale of silverware, which is
not what it assumes to be. If the
people really desire to escape being
swindled in the purchase of silver, their
best safeguard is to patronize none but
reputable dealers.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-01-26
Named After a Generous Countess.

Few persons know that Huntingdon,
Pa. was named in honor of the Count
ess of Huntingdon, an eighteenth GEN.
fury great lady who did much for the
University of Pennsylvania. Provost
William Smith Of the university found
ed the little city in 1777 and gratefully
honored the university's patron in nam
ing the new settlement.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-01-26

EVEN congress has become aroused on
the subject of the robbery of the people
carried on under the fee system and is
about to take some action looking to the
placing of federal court officials on
salary. Some court clerks are said to
pocket as much as $4,000 year under
the present system. Renewed interest
has been aroused by the Judge Kicks af-
fair
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-01-26

LAST week the news came that one
Edward Quigley had been arrested in
New York for forgery. Yesterday came
the announcement that he has been
sentenced to fifteen and a half years in
the penitentiary. A few instances like
that would go a long way toward the
suppression of crime. Punishment swift
and certain is what counts.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-01-26

Sergius Stepniak, the Russian radical,
does not believe the new czar will en-
bark on great war unless he loses his
mind. He thinks the poverty of the en-
pire will keep her at peace.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-01-26

CHICAGO Journal: In calling atten-
ton to the abuse in the giving of free
transportation by the transportation lines
of the country, the Railway Age of the
current week cites the case of "Vice
President" Towards ability to travel on
a pocketful of annual passes to incite in
.surrection and violence on the very roads
whose beneficiary he was It further
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-01-26

A BILL to reduce the number of office
holders would probably meet with more
favor than Senator Leeds bill to create
the office of assistant county superinten-
dent of schools
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-01-26

of It's textbook,
IS CT e nc g and
Fl g a 18th, With
Key to the Scrip
lures, - president
of the Massachu-
setts Metaphysics
al college and
first pastor Of the
G hri stan Sci
enee denomina-
ton. is without
doubt one of the
most remarkable
uouooO IN Amor.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-01-26
For Orer BIZ Years

Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup has been
used for teething. 1t soothes, softens
the gums, alIays pain, cures collie. Best
remedy for diarrhHa- 20 cents q bottle.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-01-26
why Experiment ?

Some persons are always ready to De
hum plugged. When you have good
thing. stick to it. You know what Usage
CITY Shaft coal is, and you ought to know
bv this time that the best of 1t can be
had by placing your orders with us-it
will not cost you any more to get the
best.
TIE SOUTHWESTERN FUEL COMPANY,
634 Kansas avenue.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-01-26
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE.

Remarkable Career of Rev. Mary Baker
Eddy, Who Has 100000 Followers.
Rev. Mary Baker Eddy, discovereT
and founder Of Christian science, author
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-01-26

What shall we do in the long winter
evenings? Fry doughnuts made with
DR.. Prices Baking Powder
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-01-26
ONCE A PRINTERS DEVIL.
Chiffon Struck Against = Dollar Week
and Is Now . Senator.

Horace Chiffon, who will succeed
Richard Coke of Texas in the United
States senate next March, began the
battle of life as printers devil when
he was 16 years Of age at the salary of
81 week and board. At the end of a
year he was refused an advance Of sal
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-01-26
Weather indications.

CHICAGO. Jan 26-Forecast for Kan
sas: Fair tonight; Sunday, fair and colder:
northwest winds.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-01-26

1t costs you nothing to consult mas.
Bennett, opthalmic opticlan, ABOUT your
ewes. T13 Kansas avenue.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-01-26

Bird cages at less than cost. Grlggs 3
Axtell, POS west Sixth.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-01-26

Pocket knives for boys and scissors for
girls at Griggs s Axtelrs cheap.
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TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION.
GREATEST IN KANSAS.
AVERAGE DAILY CIRCULATION:
$500

Fer the three dull summer months Of
1s94-an increase u over fifty per cent
IN s1s y,ar.
OUR PROOF:
The issues Of the TOPEKA DAILY STATE
JOURNAL for the three months, viz. from the
lst day of June. 1894. to the 31sr day of August,
1884. inclusive have paen as follows:
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-01-26

"Whats the matter with the griddle
cakes?" .'Why, forgot to use DR..
Prices Baking Powder"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-01-26
SOUND OF THE GAVEL
1T is AGAIN HEARD IN MANY STATE
cAPIToLS.

Side Lights on the Careers and Personal
characteristics of New Speakers H
Twelve states-They Are Mostly Law
yers, and Ten Are Republicans.
All things considered, the various
state legislatures have done very we'll in
the choice of men to WELD the speakers
gavel this year
Last winter it was said that Hon.
George Won Leinengen Meyer, speaker
of the lower house of the Massachusetts,
legislature, outranked all others in the
matter Of social standing. This year it
is undoubtedly Hon. Hamilton Fish,
speaker of the assembly of New York.
to whom this distinction is due But
while it is perfectly correct to speak OF
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-01-26

Telephone 1913.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-09-12
WOMEN CAN TRAVEL ALONE.

A Chicago newspaper says a remarka-
bic feature of the hotel business i'll that
city now is the unusual number of wo-
men who are travelling alone, either sim
ely or in groups, unaccOmpanied by mas
culne protectors. The hotel clerks are
at a loss to decide whether this means
that the new woman is asserting herself
or rot.
There IS no need to ask for an expla-
nation of condition that has grown
universal Any woman can leave Raleigh
and go to San Francisco without male
escort with perfect safety and propriety.
The only conditions are, 1. That she
preserve a womanly department, and 2.
That she has o good stock of common
sense.
People have grown out of the 'swad-
ding clothes" era when a woman hest
tated to travel fifty miles alone. When
Indians inhabited the country, this need
of protection was apparent, but now no
''new" or "old" woman needs any such
protection.