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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-06-10
GLADDEN. ON SOCIALISM.
Lecture of the Eminent Divine Before
K. S. U. Graduates.

The Lawrence Journal gives Dr.
Washington Gladden's lecture on So
ciaIisn before the graduates of the uni
versity.
Inopening he assumed that there was
a true socialism,; that in the discord-
ant ideas mingled under that name
there were some wholesome sentiments
and reasonable aims. The spread of so
cialistic ideas has been very rapid of
recent years, not only among the work
ingmen classes, but among the schcI-
ars and thinkers as we'll Such a move
ment can not be the product Of unrea-
son alone, and the ideas advanced
should not be denounced, but listened
to. There is a wide difference between
the socialist and the anarchist; their
only agreement is in the dislike of the
existing order of things; their ideas of
relief are wholly different. The an
archiSt doctrine is the Iaissez faire
doctrine reduced to it's lowest terms,
and Herbert Spencer is the greatest
writer in its behalf his expressions be-
ing put as strongly as those of Schwab
or Lucy Parsons and others. Socialism
is wholly the opposite and seeks to
bring about relief by an extension of
governmental channels.
There are so many evils complained
of nowadays that a man is ready to go
a long ways to find some remedy. The
inequality of conditions is increasing,
pauperism grows as wealth accumu-
lates, and the idle men stand on the
streets while granarieS are bursting.
BUT the greatest danger Is not from
these sources, but from the spite of the
hand workers against the brain work
ers.
In view of this it is the tempers and
tendencies of social life that are of
most interest; when they are right,
there is no need to worry about any
thing else. Some improvements can
and must be made, and these will take
the direction of scientific socialism. The
thing to interest is the tempeTs and
aims. The true socialist considers the
effect of his action. his business, on not
only himself, but the commonwealth as
well. The true socialist should regard
his work as a social function. There
are some such, but they are few-There
is an interdependence Of every intereStin
this world that makes 1nd1VidualiSm an
absurdity. A man should so manage
business that it will at least not be a
business should also be such that no i'll
effects will be left from it by the com
munity in which he resides; these prin-
cipIes lend some light on the question
of a calling for a young man, and will
determine the work he will select and
the manner that he will do it
The day will come when there will be
a chivalry of labor when men will put
love into their work and it will be
better for that reason. Socialism is not
the letter but the spirit; 1t begins in
the tempers and aims of individuals.
Some steps are necessary for a changed
condition of things, but they must be
cautiously taken, and slow, and the
thing to do is to sOcialize the indiVld-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-06-10
PRAISE FOR TOPEKA.
It's Moral Sentiment and Financial
Condition Praised at Yester-
DAYS Temperance Rally.

a temperance rally was held yester-
day afternoon at Garfield park by the
Kansas Avenue Methodist church I'M
der the auspices of the State Temper
ance union.
Representatives from many of the
EpwOrth leagues of Shawnee county
were present. People from all over the
city attended. Rev. J. D. Hitchcock,
pastor of the Meriden Methodist church.
sang a few temperance songs and made
a short address urging the audience to
take a stand as Christians for the pro-
hibitOry law. The Rev. ]. r. Madison,
presiding elder of the Topeka district,
introduced the speakers.
Judge J. L. Eldredge told the audi
ence that the Christians should not be
lukewarm in matters of temperance.
DR.. H. D. Fisher said that Topeka was
in better financial condition and the
moral sentiment in the community was
more apparent than in any place where
the sale of liquor was legalized.
James A. TEOutman said, in speaking
of the duty of the state with regard to
the enforcement Of the laws 1.-The state
is an aggregation of municipalities. It
is unit made up of a great number of
small parts. The individual citizen does
not have any personal rights the enjoy
ment of which interferes with the en-
forcement Of the laws of the state.
while he enjoys the personal privi-
leges granted him under the constitu-
ton, he is not free to violate the laws
of the commonwealth in which he lives
and of which he is a part. 1t is the du-
ty of the officers of the law to enforce
without favor the laws he has sworn to
enforce"
The Rev. A. S. Enbree discussed the
business status of the question. He said:
Suppose for the moment that a town
contains one hundred saloons. That
each one shall be able to live it is nee
eSsary that it receive at least SO per
day. This means 81 600 paid each day
by that town to the saloons or Sc, 600 per
week, amounting in a year to $312, 900.
This is however, only part of the ex-
pense.
The larger portion of the money
comes from the pockets of labOring-
men and people of limited means and
diveTts a large amount from legitimate
business To conduct the prosecution
of criminals and to support poor houses
for paupers requires a great expendi-
ture and the condition of 80 per cent of
these people is chaTgeable to the liquor
business. So from this it is easy to OBJ
serve that instead of a benefit to a COM
munity the presence of one hundred sa-
looms is a great tax upon the people,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-06-10
BAD SHOWING FOR BOARD.
Allow Bridge Con
tractors $4,000 to Which They
are Not Entitled.

An example of the loose manner IN
which business is done by the county
commissioners is shown by an exami-
nation of the records connected with
the work on the new bridge;
Sometime last month the bridge con-
tractors presented a claim for an estl-
mate of nearly 81 600 for material for
false work to be used in the construc-
ton of the new bridge. AS the false
work is not a part of the bridge proper
there was objection to paying for ii.
County Attorney JetmOre was asked for
an opinion and on May 10 he submitted
the following:
ITO the Board of County Commission
ers: AS to the payment of the estimate
for false work and temporary material
to be used in the construction of the
bridge by the contractors over the kan
saS river on Kansas avenue in this city
under their contract with the county L
have to state:
1T is my opinion that the county is
not legally liable nor required to pay
for such material, seeing that it does
not become a part of the permanent
structure of the bridge. Such material,
as understand it's the private proper
ty of the contractors which they have
right to remove and dispose of as they
see fit. "A. P. JETMORE.'
In face of that opinion and but two
days later, on May 81, the estimate for
false work was allowed by the board of
county commissioners. The exact
amount was S3,S79.26. An estimate OF
nearly 81, 200 for false work had been
previously allowed which makes the
amount over So, 000
If the bridge is completed by the pres
ent contractors they would receive no
more than the contract price and the
estimate for false work would be taken
out But if they should abandon the
work at any time before the bridge is
completed they will have been paid So
600 for something in which the county
has no interest and which belongs to
the contractors.
While there is little doubt that Keep
ers & Thatcher will complete their
bridge according to contract it does not
relieve the board of county commission
ers from censure in refusing to follow
the advice of the legal advisor of the
board, the county attorney. The action
also shows a disregard of the interests
of the county which has characterized
the action of the board in more than
one instance. Shawnee county needs
business men on the board of county
commissioners.
While Commissioner Scott Kelsey has
always stood up for the county in mat
ters pertaining to the construction of
the new bridge, the records do not show
that he voted against allowing the esti-
mate for false work
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-06-10
TREAT FOR HAYEMEYER.
He Will be TAKEN to the Queens
Jubilee by Harry Whitney and
Colonel PAYNE,

New York, June 10.-The yacht EIean-
or, which has been chartered by Col
Oliver Payne of the Standard Oil COM
pany, and his nephew, Harry Payne
Whitney, who married Miss Gertrude
Vanderbilt, for a voyage to the North
Cape, went into commission at Port
Washington last week in command of
Capt. Charles Scott
As soon as her stores and provisions
are on board the yacht will leave for
Bar Harbor, starting from there at the
end of this week for a transatlantic
trip.
Messrs. Payne and Whitneyit is said
will take q number of guests with them,
including Henry o. Havemeyer, the su-
gar king.
The Payne party hopes to reach Eng
land in time to witness the queens jub-
lice celebration.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-06-10

er appeared in during his career on the
stage He is before the audience prac-
tically all of the time that the opera
is in progress.
Miss Nella Bergen, who took the part
of Isabel last night, has one of the
finest soprano voices ever heard in this
city. Her solo in the second act and
the duet with Edmund Stanley, the
tenor, in the third act. won the most
enthusiastic applause. With her re-
markable vocal power Miss Bergen
combines a handsome and stately ap-
pearance.
Hopper lost nothing in substituting
his wife, Edna Wallace Hopper, for
Della Fox, in the leading female role.
Mrs. Hopper has no voice to boast of,
but her manner on the stage is capti-
waiting, and she made a decided hit
with the audience last night.
All of the principals in the Hopper
the comedian. Diminutive Alfred
Klein had a few lines in the opera, but
simply to compare his stature with
that Of Hopper offered amusement to
the audience.
Hopper prides himself on the depOrt-
ment and size of his chorus, and he has
reason to feel as he does. It was one
of the largest as well as one of the best
drilled choruses that has ever contrib
uted to the success of a comic opera on
the stage of the Grand.
"EI-Capitan" was magnificently
staged and the costumes were bright
and pretty.
Hopper will retain Ell Captain for
another year and will visit Topeka
with the opera next season.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-06-10
FIGHT SEEN ON FILMS.
First Show of the Veriscope at Chica-
go-Reproduction of the Cor
t-Fitzsimm ons Battle

Chicago, June 10-Bob Fitzsimmons
knocked out James J. Corbett and won
the heavy weight pugilistic champion
ship of the world at the Grand Opera
House last night-a Photographic re
production. A house filed with people
saw the counterfeit battle and nearly
all of them enjoyed it immensely
The occasion was the press, or pri-
vate, view of Dan Stuarts veriscOpe
pictures of the great pugilistic contest.
People who saw the fight say the
veriscope pictures reproduce it just as
it was. Certainly they bear out the
press reports of the contest in so vivid
a way that one who has seen them
may well imagine he was a witness to
the real battle. If his eyes be weak
he may not only imagine he has seen
the fight, but may feel also that he has
been through one. for the Veriscope
pictures are not perfect. They suffer
the same drawbacks that are common
to all pictures of the class. They dance
and jiggle before the eyes in a most
trying way, and are occasionally either
so white or so dark as to be almost
blurred out.
For Photographic purposes the fight
is divided into six parts, with intermis-
siOnS necessary for changing the films
The first part shows the preliminaries,
including the entrance of the princi-
pals. seconds and officials to the plat
form, and the opening round. 1t is one
of the most interesting of the exhibit
ton. The succeeding parts include
ROUNDS 6dGn up 10 the last pdIl
of which shows what there was OF the
fourteenth and last rOund-the knock
out blow, Corbett's struggles to regain
his feet and his subsequent vicious at
tack on FItzsimmOns after the battle
was over.
At frequent intervals it is possible to
distinguish the features and even the
expressions of the principals, but dur
ing most of the time their jumping
about, added to the dancing of the
films. makes that impossible
Duncan 3. Harrison, one of the man
ayers of the exhi bition, serves as an
nOuncer. He introduces the principals
as they appear on the screen and ex-
plains what is being done by all the
figures whose actions do not explain
themselves. He announced at the be-
ginning that the pictures had required
the use of two and One-third miles of
films; that the series included 143, 600
separate pictures, and that 1O, 500 feet
of the films passed through the ma
chine in each exhibition.
Perhaps the best of the pictures are
those of the opening and closing
rounds. The contestants, pacing up
and down and testing the platform,
are clearly shown at first, and so are
the struggles of Corbett on the floor
and his attack on his conqueror after
the victory had been awarded.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-06-10
THIS YEARS FAIRS.
Names, Dates and Places as Reported
to Secretary Coburn.

to Secretary COburn.
Following is a list of fairs to be held
in Kansas during the present year.
their dates. locations and secretaries,
as reported to the state board of aS-
riculture and furnished by Secretary
T. ID. COburn:
Allen County Agricultural society,
II. L. Henderson, secretary, lola; Sep
Anderson County Fair association,
Geo. Patton, secretary, Garrett; Aug
ust 81 September 1-3.
Bourbon County Agricultural society,
W. V. Walker, secretary, Fort Scott;
September 1916
Brown County Fair association. G..
W. Harrington, secretary, Hiawatha;
August 81. September 1-3.
Chase County Agricultural associa-
ton. H. F. Gillett, secretary Cotton
wood Falls; September 21-23.
Coffey County Fair association, J. F.
Woodford. secretary, Burlington; Sep
TENDER 1917.
CowIey County Fair and Driving
Park association, W J. Kennedy, sec
rotary, Winfield; September 14-16-
Douglas COunty-Sibley Agricultural
association, VIM Bowman, secretary,
Sibley; September $40.
Finney County Agricultural society
y. A Minis secretary, Garden City;
September 21-24
Franklin County Agricultural socie-
ty. Chas. H. Ridgeway, secretary, OF
taWa; September 20-25-
GreeleE5 County Fair association, /
3. Newman, secretary, Tribune; Oc-
tober 81.
Jackson County Agricultural and
Fair association, S. B. McGrew, secre-
tary. Holton; September 1917.
Jefferson County Agricultural and
Mechanical association. Edwin Sny-
der secretary, Oskaloosa; September Z
10.
johnson County Cooperative Fair
association, c. NJ. Dickson, secretary,
F-dearfQ0- SeDFnm6eT 14-l7
Johnson County Fair association, W.
T. Pugh, secretary, Olathe; August "a
Linn County Fair association, Ed r.
Smith, secretary, Mound City; October
SIS
Marshall County Frankfort Fair
association. Q. w. Brandenburg, sec
rotary. Frankfort; October 5-S.
Miami County Agricultural and Me-
chanicaI association, w. J. Carpenter.
secretary, Paola; September Is to Oc-
tOber 1.
Morris County Exposition company.
E. J. Dill. secretary, Council Grove;
date not selected
Neosho County Fair association, H.
Lodge, secretary, Erie; August 81, Sep
Neosho County-The ChanuteA gricul-
tural Fair, Park and Driving associa-
ton. August Barrels. secretary, Cha
mute; Septemb Der I'll.
Ness County Fair association, Sam
c. Sheaffer. secretary, Ness City; Sep
TENDER ell.
Usage County Fair association, W.
B Davis, secretary, Burlingame; Sep
TENDER 40.
Osborne County Fair association, F.
P. Wells. secretary, Osborne; date not
selected.
Riley County Agricultural society, r.
c. Chappell, secretary, Riley; date not
selected.
Rocks County Fair association, Dav-
I'd b Smyth, secretary, Stockton; date
not selected.
Saline County Agricultural, Horticu1-
tural and Mechanical association, h. B.
Wallace, secretary, Salina; September
TO.
Wilson County Fredonia Agricultural
association, J. T. Cooper, secretary,
Fredonia; August 24-27-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-06-10
FLAMBEAU CLUB ELECTS.
Delegates Chosen to County and State
League Conventions.

The following delegates have been
elected to represent the Repu blican
Flambeau club at the Shawnee County
Republican league convention Satur-
day afternoon:
Delegates-W. S. EberIe, H H. Bair.
S. L. Nelson. Pierce OLSON, Mark Ma
son, T. NJ. Euwar, n. E. Keller, w.
J. Davis. B. B. Snyth, Fred Waters.
Alternates-C. T. McCabe. John Hum
bert, A. w. Hopkins, Brewer nsson,
John Imbler, J. P. Farnsworth, Jr, c.
F. Lercher, J. J. Schneider, L. H. Bow
man, H. S. Halterman.
The fambeau club has elected the
following delegates to the state league
convention, June II:
Observation-Disclosures H NJ. Phillips;
J. F. Stanton, w. S. Fulton, John H.
Norton, Geo. w. Porter.
Alternates-A. NJ. Fuller, w A S.
Bird, S. A. Snyder, s. A Swendson,
Irving Pierson.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-06-10
'sFATTED LIKE HEIFERS"
For the European Market are Million
aires Daughters, Says Senator
Mills.

Washington, June 10.-The senate had
a period of tariff speeches today and as
a result little progress was made on the
bill.
Mr. Rawlins, Utah, and Mr.. Mills,
Texas, discussed the Democratic atti-
tude on the tariff.
Mr.. Mills warned the chamber to re
member that biblical injunction: For
all these things God will bring you into
judgment. The process of framing
this bill proceeded against the funda-
mental principle of the Anglo-S Saxon
doctrine that every man shall have
hearing. But there was a tribunal
whose doors always stood open, and be-
fore that tribunal the projectors of this
bill would be summoned. In 1890 sim
liar act had fallen like the bubonic
plague on the country and the tribunal
of the people had put the Republican
party in quarantine.
Turning to the Democratic senators
who had voted yesterday for a duty on
cotton. Mr.. Mills showed how the dele
Utah had supported UneQuivoca1 de-
clarations in national conventions
against a protective tariff.
Mr.. Mills then turned his attention to
the daughters of milHOnaires, "fatted
like heifeTS,' and sent abroad in quest
of titles. When the vast fortunes had
been built up by unjust taxation, then,
he said these daughters were put on
the market, hawked and peddled, sold
for princesses and ducheSses and cOun-
tesses and marchionesses and other
lating the money to pay for these trips
abroad. If the American people accept
ed this condition, then they We're not
worthy of self government
Mr.. Mills gave ia bles showing the
fortunes of a few individuals who were.
he said to receive the benefits of this
bill. After reviewing many state and
national Democratic platforms, he de-
clared that a man could not be a DEM
ocrat who did not support the doctrine
that a tariff must be limited to revenue
only. But a new doctrine of Democracy
was now proclaimed, inviting Demo-
cratic senators into the camp of the en-
envy to sing hoSannaS to the moStrouS
bOunties of this bill. But fortunately,
the senator said, there was no Elishas
here to smite Democrats with such
blindness.
Mr.. Mills closed with an orninous pre-
dictiOn that the abandonment of Dem
ocratic simplicity would bring forth, out
of the dark, some historian to write the
chapter on the decline and fall Of the
great American republic"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-06-10
He WAS THINKING
z Dung Man Who was Not Too Stupid
to be Fitted for Matrimony.


A young man stood an hour in the cor
ridor of the court house yesterday after
noon. He had a neglected expression on
his face that was evidently the result of
embarrassment. For long weary hour
people passed and repassed the young
man but he said nothing and even the po-,
lite county officers did not feel justified
in questioning him The position taken by
the young man was between the door of
the sheriff's office and that of the probate
judge and it was feared that he was ~
ing in wait for some one. Probate Judge
Dolman is brave but he did not under
stand the presence of the young man at
the door. He felt relieved when he was
called to testify upstairs in the district
court. But when he returned the young
man was still there. Once he ventured
into the office of the probate judge and
once into the office of the sheriff, but
both times he fled precipitately and again
took up his station.
Finally Deputy Sheriff Sam Kerr asked
him. Where can get a marriage Ii
cense?' faItered the corridor watcher.
''Oh. right in there" replied Mr.. Kerr.
After fifteen minutes more of hesitation
Probate Judge Dolman was approached
and the young man explained his mis-
sion. He was made happy at once and
rushed from the court house with the
necessary documents as if the wedding
had been delayed by his indecision.
The bashful young man gave his name
as Carl Nelson of Topeka and he secured
permission to marry Sigrid Rundberg.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-06-10
As NEW LAWYERS.
They Arrived From Lawrence Yester-
day Bringing Their Diplomas.


F'orty-eight young men came to To-
peka yesterday afternoon at 4:30 on the
Santa FTe carrying their diplomas from
the university law school. They are
now through their preliminary work
and prepared to take up the practice of
law. There were forty-eight of them,
as follows:
Henry Allen Lamb, Parsons: Isaac
K. Park, Barita; Clarence D. Huffman,
Pittsburg; Clyde w. Miller, Usage City;
Adrian F. Sherman, Topeka; VIM. c.
Hoover, Columbus; Harold M. Black
shear, Elmdale; VIM. A. Anderson, En-
poria; NJ. A. Limbocker, Manhattan;
Robert W. Wells, Hyattsville, Md; B.
W. HenShaW, Lawrence; Warren Mil
Ter, Lawrence; Sydney S. Tate, Lakin;
Oscar Schmitz, Alma; Jas. NJ. Jacobs,
Lawrence; Clarence H. Paul, Water
Vile; John Henry Wourms, Newton;
Arlon Bertam Crum, Quenemo; Marion
G. Lawson, Girard: Wade Rosco Parks
Boneta; John Meriman Lewis, Law
renee; Arthur Milton Jackson. Leaven-
worth; ThOs- Wagstah, Lawrence;
Clarence A. Burney, Rantou1; Geo. W.
Martindale. Emporia; Oscar Trimble.
La Cygne; w. H. E.dminston, Oswego;
Lewis G. TerTiIl, Stanley; Robert B.
Campbell. Fort Scott; Charles A Ma
CAV, Topeka; Robert B. Breese, Cotton
wood Falls; Wilder S. 8etcalf Law
renee; Eugene L. Mccain, Emporia;
oliver Q. Phillips, Leavenworth: George
c.. Cooper, Lawrence; Leonard Brook,
Burden; a. W. Cornelius, Ottawa