The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-07-18
SHELDON'S DAILY.
Eugene Ware Talks About the Million
Dollar Newspaper.


AS Eugene Ware was putting away
the last section of a piece of apple pie
at his private lunch counter, a State
Journal reporter thought it might be
happy moment to get an expression
from him about the Rev. Mr.. SheIdon's
million dollar daily newspaper.
mr.. Ware, did you see an account
in the State Journal of the new Sheldon
daily that would, if started, be run
upon the principle of what Christ would
do on earth?''
YES, I saw the statement at the
time"
DO you think it practicable?"
well, I don't know whether it is or
not. I'd have to talk with Archie VII
liams and Joe Waters before 1 would
feel right certain. But think if Archie
or Joe and I had the say we'd have the
paper started right here in Topeka All
great national fadS start in Kansas, or
try to start or ought to start,-it's the
center. I'd like to see my friend MI.
Sheldon sitting on the tripod and run
ming that kind of a paper. Sheldon IS q
great man and a capable man and a
good man. 1 like his style. 1 don
mean his book, but the man. He'd run
the paper on what he supposed to be
the In-EIis-Steps-Ch principle In
one sense it would be practicable
How do you mean?"
''Why, tais-yOu see it would be fun
nv 1t would be humorous. believe
most every body would read the paper
It would be like a big puzzle depart
ment. Everybody would want to know
what Christ would do.
In order to nlustrate,-SuppoSe that
Cy Leland walked into the sanctum,
which he would probably do, and want
to secure the influence of the paper for
somebody,-say Bill Higgins for mine
inspector. Next day an editorial would
appear something like this:
Hon. Cyrus Leland, Jr., visited US
Yesterday in the interest of Hon. Will
liam Higgins as mine inspector w e
didn't do a thing to him Cthe former;
the latter not being present.. We just
said to him in the language OF Holy
Writ: Get thee behind me, Satan"
He did so. What he did when he got
there we will not at present describe
COR there might be an article like
this: Our readers will remember our
article about John r. MulVane, ana
the eve of a needle and how we got into
a libel suit and the jury instead OF say
ing 60 and sin no more, salted US
if we may so speak about a MulVane
verdict and the sheriff visited US yes
terday Our feelings in this matter are
that if a man sues us at the law and
takes our linotype let him have our
Mergentha1er also. Wen try ana sLup
along with a hand press and keep this
Christian daily arunning until the next
meeting of the association at Detroit
and then tap them for another million.
has always been the policy of the Daily
Daffodil CHATS the name of the paper)
to say as little upon all great SUBJECTS
as possible, but we are called upon
now to deprecate the present condition
of labor and the operating department
of this moral and religious organ. 1t
seems that the preSmen, stereotyperS
and office force who are all MethOdlStS,
object to the non union Baptists on the
type machines who are working for
only seventeen dollars a, day when the
union price is twenty. When the strike
committee came to US, we knowing that
a soft answer turneth away wrath, said
to them that the laborer is worthy of
his hire Thereupon we arbitrarily
raised the pay of all the BaptiSts to $50
per day and we thought the strike was
settled. But now come the Baptists
and threaten to quit if we don't raise
the pay of the MethOdists to $25 per
day. Much as we like a1truism we don't
see how we are going to pull through
until we get the third million next sum-
mer at Detroit, for we have just seen
Frank Bonebrake and he says that
the second million we got is about gone
and he can not more than carry us
through until the next meeting of the
association.
Maybe there'd be one in like this:
THE advertisement of DOnnelly Bros.
will be found in another column. They
make a specially of wine for wedding
feasts. 1t IS manufactured out of wa
ter by a process known only to them
selves-a trade secret-and no amount
of it will intoxicate. There can not be
too much said in favor of those mild
and inocuous beverages, that don't
seem to get anywhere
"Of course the daily would be in
teresting and I think that the editors
of the state ought all of them to begin
writing editorials, sort of building up q
taste among the people, so that wheT
the daily is started there will be q
cultivated appetite just like there is fol
pie here in the Creamerie.'
What might have been''-if that little
cough hadn't been neglected-is the sad re
flection of thOusands OF COnSumDtiNes. on