The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-07-30
IN HOTEL CORRIDORS.

in New Orleans. AS it is the papers de-
voted very little space, comparatively, to
the matter, and the editorial writer's let
it pass with small comment. AS mat
| ter of fact it is just such events that
keep the south voting the Democratic
ticket. The interests of half the men in
| Louisiana are bettered by Republican
| doctrine-tariff and expansion-but they
| will never vote that way because that is
considered to be vote for the negro or
| his friends. The negro question is the
paramount issue in the south, and de-
mails to the contrary Notwithstanding.
The south is not over the war-not by
any means, and residence of a few
months in that country will convince
the most skeptical providing he spends
the time with the common people and
not with the few who have read and
travelled The thing they connect most
closely with the war is the freedom of
the negro and they will never get over
that humiliation as long as the wives
and children of the men who wore the
gray live. Whenever an orator draws
the picture of the north and south
clasped in each others arms and she'd
ding hot tears in torrents down each
others back, you can bet that he will
bear watching. The southern papers to-
day lay the entire blame of the trouble
in New Orleans on the north. They say
that, to quote exactly from a southern
paper, The hand that set this tragic ma
chinery in motion belongs to some frow-
sy scribbler exing out miserable live
ihood in one of the great northern cities
who has never seen the south, cares
nothing about it and is writing to order
for an equally irresponsible publisher in
the next alley This is the way with tine
Southerners; they never dream that their
troubles can emanate from any other
source than the north It would appear
ridiculous to them if the suggestion was
made that their treatment of the ne
gro had something to do with it. In
their eyes the negro should live only that
they might live; he should work only
for their benefit; he should have no
rights that they are bound to respect. If
the negro objects to this and trouble en-
sues, they curse the north and say it is
to blame. They say the north writes
books advising the negro to arise and
demand his rights and sends them to
the south with the hope that it will Gre
ate trouble. AS matter of fact there is
not one man In ten thousand in the
north. who ever thinks of the south or
its conditions-they are too busy attend
ing to their own business, developing the
country building factories and the like,
ana when the south quits laying it's ills
to the north and does more business and
less loahng it will find that it, has no
race question for the negro would be en-
ployed and would not have time to GET
in their way"
"One. of the most cheerful, graceful,
ofhand liars that I ever knew lived
down in Greenwood county, said a gen.
tleman at the National who was chat
ting with a friend about the easy man
ner in which the Chinese made false re-
turns. THE man have reference to had
three brothers and they had all taken
the ananiaS degree. They had a ranch
down there and believe are still in that
business They were good fellows in
their way; typical western men fond of
good horses and cattle and whisky, and
they made it mighty pleasant for their
friends and uncomfortable for their enc
miles, There was a big fellow down
there named Martin, who was a sort of
bully, and he took dislike to the BOYS
and determined to make business nick
up for them if he had the opportunity.
put he said afterward that he was sorry
he tried it. One morning Martin was
standing in front of his house when he
notlced Jim, the liar 1 spoke of, coming
down the road from his ranch at a smart
lope Martin walked down to the gate
and as Jim approached yelled at him:
say, Jim, stop and tell me one of those
mes OF yours Jim answered: Can't this
morning, Martin, Rogers boy got shot
and is most dead. 1 am going for the
DOCTOR and down the road he went
scarcely slackening his pace to make the
answer Rogers was a great friend of
Martins, they had married sisters and
Martin felt that he must at once go 10
the Rogers ranch and see if he colIId he
OF any help. He hitched up the buggy,
look mis- wife and daughter and started
on the Is mile drive to the Rogers ranch.
When they got there they found every
thing going along as usual with not the
least sign of excitement Rogers was
surprised to see them and was still more
surprised to learn the cause of their visit
as no accident had happened and the boy
was blowing in the field in plain view
from the house. 1t took about 30 min
utes before it got through Martins head
that Jim had told him a lie in response
to his request, but had done it without
stopping He sulked for time, but
finally Joined in the laugh with Rogers
and admitted it was on him.
1.-THE men who spend their vacations
1.,~,+ G-1,s
away from regular resort are the only
sensible men," remarked a gentleman
who had accompanied his wife and
other lady relatives to a summer resort
Il have been up against this swell sum-
mer resort business and 1 want to say
that it will drive any right-minded man
to strong drink Two days of it almost
made maniac of me. 1 did not want to
go, but my wife and I were visiting her
folks in York state and as they were go
ing we had to go to. The place was call
ed Kendallwood. or something like that,
and was located exactly as they all are
said to be-had a lawn and lake and
was on the mountain and had golf links
and tennis court. What got me was the
gang that was there and the way they
acted. 1 know that they were all ordi-
nary people and didn't have money to
throw at the BIRDS but to hear them
talk you would think you were TnfnglinZ
with the SWEETEST of the swell. We put
in the first day just as the rest did Golf
was the thing and we tramped around
until had bliSterS on my feet watching
that and talking about the game and
listening to people talk about it who
didn't know any more about it than I
did. They had sacred musicale in the
evening, the Pilgrims chorus from
Tannhauser, was murdered by a very or
binary orchestra Then some dude who
had taken a music lesson or two in
France. got up and beloved something
that was appreciated by all true lovers
of music. did not like it because his
French was too much for me- but he
got an encore and did another French
turn. Miss Somebody with a hyphena-
ted name did a German song and re-
sponded to an encore with an Italian
piece. That was altogether too rich for