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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-11-03
coNsrrrurroNAI. AMENDMENT

The proposition to be voted upon next
Tuesday to increase the membership OF
the supreme court from three to seven
judges, will undoubtedly receive the nee
essary majority of the votes cast to per-
nit it's enactment into law by the next
Legislature
The candidates in both parties and the
state committees representing them
have endorsed the proposed amendment
and the citizens of the state who have
an interest in maintaining an effective
judiciary will do the rest, at least that is
the present indication.
The court Of appeals will lapse by vir-
tue Of the expiration Of the term for
which it was created next January.
Then the only tribunal left will be the
supreme court which has gotten several
years behind in its work owing to the
great press of business which has been
apparent there. The court of appeals
aided In disposing of many cases but
that court is not what its trainers antic-
ipated.
The terms of this court are held in re-
mote parts of the state in at least three
districts, and Htigants have been sub
jected to much annoyance by the trans
fer of cases from the supreme court to
the court of appeals from the decision of
which a large proportion of the cases
have been taken to the supreme court
for review To those who have accepted
the decision of the court of appeals as
final and have not bothered to get into
the supreme court, this interv ening tri-
bunaI has been instrumental in furnish
ing early decisions in cases, but as a
matter of fact the court of appeals has
not exactly suited the purposes for
which it was created.
The addition of four judges to the
present supreme court bench will result
in clearing the doekets and should afford
htigants ar opportunity for the DISPOSE
ton of cases which under the present
arrangement might be delayed for sew
eral years.
1t is well known fact that the tactics
of corporations and large concerns, in
cases of adverse judgment in lower
courts, have forced settlements Of cases
out of courts, because the other inter
ested party could not withstand the long
delay necessary to have a final hearing
upon some disputed subject or technical
question of law.
The increase in the membership of the
supreme court will avoid all Of these an
noying delays and ntigants may be as
sured, under the new regime, of prompt
hearing and decision of cases.
Then too, the proposed new system
viii save the taxpayers of the state
nearly S2o.O per year as the additional
clerks and stenographers necessary for
the increased membership of the su-
preme court will be that sum less than
the present expense of maintaining the
six judges of the court of appeals
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-11-03
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

[From the Chicago News.1
An angry queen beats a king full.
There is many an united knot in a
cord of wood
If ignorance is bliss it must be folly
to be otherwise.
Amusement is to the mind what sun
shine is to the flowers
Berths on sleeping cars do not neces-
saTily add to the census
The sharper a man is the harder it is
to make a tool of him.
There is usually woman connected
with all great undertakings.
There is nothing in words unless they
are properly strung together.
You can't tell by the size Of the bill
what the size of a ton of coal is.
1t is an easy matter for a wealthy
young woman to husband her means
Poverty humbles pride. It's inpos-
sible for a short man to carry his head
high.
The man is a fool who imagines he
can turn the current of a wornan's will
by force.
It's a poor Welsh rarebit that doesn't
make you regret having formed its ac-
quaintance.
The race is not always to the swift; it
often depends on the character of the
man in the judges stand.
The man who prefers other work in
stead of the kind allotted to him, is apt
to dislike any kind Of work.
g1an IS a save u, .s.s IL 49,. s''''ar
puu woman is doing every thing az iI5I
power to rescue him from slavery.
A physician should never attend the
funeral of an ex-patient; 1t looks too
home
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-11-03
A TRUE KANSAN.
Tribute to One of the Republican
Candidates

The Emporia Gazette has the follow
ing handsome notice about Charles F.
Scott, the Republican candidate for con-
gressman-at-large.
I When the Kansas Republicans in
state convention assembled nominated
Charles f. Scott for congressman-at
large, they did a fitting thing almost
unanimously. It was clearly the sense
of the meeting that Scott was the man
for the place; because whether they felt
it consciously or not, the delegates at
the convention saw that Scott is more
nearly representative of Kansas at her
best than any other man who has been
before the people on any ticket Tor
many years Now that isn't saying he
is the smartest man or the honestest
man or the hardest working man,
though he is distinctly intelligent, honest
and hard working-it is saying that he
is more like Kansas. He is like Kansas
because he is young and strong, be-
cause he has made his own way through
adversely, because he has a clear, vigor-
Gus, we'll trained mind, because his heart
is clean and his hands unstained be-
cause he is generally right and always
sincere and earnest Kansas IS all or
these things. Scott is a part and pro-
duct of Kansas, and Kansas-at least
the Kansas of this closing decades
part and product Of Scott. For nearly
twenty years he has been editing the
lola Register. Until very recently II has
been a weekly newspaper-yet its in
fluence on the politics of Kansas has
been as wide as that of any daily in the
west-because the Register has been,
first of all, fair paper, a just paper,
decent paper. a kindly written, con-
scientiously edited paper. The force OF
character not the force Of rhetoric, has
made the Register, and Scott's character
is in the Register files as plainly as a
fathers features are upon his child. Re
publicans have found in the Register
safe text book, and Populists have
found it a permanent injunction against
their plans. When he went to the state
senate he made his character a matter
Of public record. His vote was cast on
the side Of common sense. He never
stopped to demagoguey. He was eff
cient The things he started to do he
did and did thoroughly. His short pub
lie career was honorable and full Of
praiseworthy results.
In his private life Scott has had the
average successful American career. His
parents gave him a good education and
when he was graduated from the state
university his father gave him $40. That
was his start in life. After that he
worked with his hands and worked with
his head and saved his money and kept
out of debt ana got married and bis
-t-tta-e- 49, --~~.tuivs ssr around him
will all have about the start their father
had, which is the best heritage In the
world
Scott Is the young mans candidate
and in Kansas all men are young. For
the state Is full Of courage and hope and
ambition It is fitting that Scott should
represent Kansas-aI of kansas-in
congress.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-11-03


Rev. Charles NJ. Sheldon, in his latest
published story, Edward Blake, Col
lege Student" has touched upon the
matter of professionalism in college ath-
Ietics-a subject which is earnestly dis
cussed by every college man or lover of
good wholesome athletics.
The leading authorities on college
sports, and there is little sport in any
other sphere that is not tainted with
professionalism, have all pleaded for the
disbarment of professionals in all col
legee athletics The plea has been made
on the grounds that professionalism
means an end to public interest. to a
certain extent, and that the colleges
can not keep up the enthusiasm that fol-
lows strictly amateur team. Rev. Mr..
Sheldon opposes the introducing of pro-
fessionals into college teams for the rea.-
son that under such circumstances the
professional is always passed as bona
fide student, and that therefore the rest
of the team acts a lie' in carrying out
the deception.
All who are interested in college sports
will not agree with Rev. Mr.. Sheldon,
and may try to combat his position. but
fair minded people must admit that the
minister's view is the right one. Rev
Mr.. Sheldon has always taken a keen
interest in W1shburn college athletics,
and he is better able to speak of college
sports in general than most people would
imagine. He believes in good, clean
sports of all kinds but he wishes them
to be carried on in an honest manner,
just as he wishes everything else con
Quoted, whether it be business or pleas
1lra
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-11-03

Atchison Globe: An Atchison man be
zieves that If Croker is in earnest, Bryan
will carry New York We do not believe
ct makes any difference whether Croker
IS in earnest or not For every vote Gro
ker makes for Bryan, he viii make one
for Mckinley. The better class of Dem
oerats in New York city thoroughly de-
test Croker. The New York World is a
Democratic paper. but it roasts Croker
regularly. and shows that he stands for
everything disreputable in American
poiitfcs
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-11-03

Chicago News: There were 1926, 27O
inhabitants in the United States last
spring, the number having increased
some 21 per cent since 1890 OF this num-
Der 10 9ee. 9e9 are mainly interested in
keeping their jobs. sowing their fall
wheat. husking their corn. getting their
apple butter made, having their last
winters cloak remodeled. buying the new
carpet for the front room at a bargain
and keeping out of the black books of
the school ma'am. Approximately ST.
BAT .692. having heard that a president is
TO be elected next Tuesday. try to take
almost as much interest in that matter
as they do in the question of fall styles
- r--ofsfs ~ in The rl~oSnect of a good
yield of hickory nuts after the first hard
zsss5es. 5-5ss1ississss tx. . eee CO. c.-t e
the total of II. 295, 22O expect to vote. and
of these 5000 600 about IS per cent will
vote a certain way because they have
been in the habit of voting that way or
because the sentiment in their locality
leans one way. Finally there are some
5000. 900 electors or roughly 3 per cent of
the total population. who may be swayed
and Influenced by all the tremendous
propagandizing which has been going on
the last four months. When you come
&c contemplate 1925. 200 people. politics.
sStsr all scnly knee high.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-11-03

continent. and the railway journals TEEN
with reports of contracts entered into
for every class of equipment.
1t will be worth remem bering a month
hence that the railroads have made
preparations for a long while back to
handle the immense business that is
steadily rolling up before them. It is
very evident that the clear business
heads who govern railroad affairs see
business prosperity stretching far ahead
of the present date, irrespective of which
party succeeds at the polls next Tues
day.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-11-03

Mr.. Cleveland has positively refused
to say how he win vote, so Walter Well
man has been compelled to make pub
lie that the ex-president viii vote for
Mckinley and Roosevelt. Mr.. Wellman
gave Mr.. Cleveland a fair chance and
ample time but he neglected his Oppor-
4r,rftrr
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-11-03

today: a canvasser for history of
the world abusing the town
UP to the time girl is twenty. she
hasn't fully decided if she will be a
frozen statue or coy and clinging
woman.
When a married couple starts out to
do light housekeeping, it means that
they expect to get half OF their living
at mothers"
An Atehison man has a queer assert
ment on his burial lot: his first wife,
from whom he was divorced, her
mother. and his second wife.
No one is surprised at learning that
an Atchison girl who spells her name
''Nellye Grayce," writes the name of her
savior as Jesus Chryste.''
When a woman is away from home,
she does not care particularly for Ions,
letters from her husband, but likes to
receive them as an evidence of good
faith.
An Atchison woman calls the spank
ing she gives her children, a massag e.
The nefghbors complain less when they
hear the children scream, not knowing
that the treatment is all given On one
spot
A census Of Kansas insane shows
that i'll health leads in causing insan-
1ly- l4ONe Is LuCfGIglG knocked OuL.
The liver is more powerful than dis
appointed love affair The liver also
causes more insanity than worry.
In a neighboring town this is said
to have happened: A woman was d.
vorced from her husband, and married
another man. Now she is violently in
love with her divorced husband, and
they are carrying on in a manner that
is Scandalous-
Two Atchison girls lived side by side
as babies. They played together as
children, and went away to school to-
gether. They were inseparable, and such
friends were never known here; but
man came along, and caused them to
quarrel within two months. Now they
don't speak," and each says of the
other that she is a snake in the grass.
A Don't Love society has been formed
in Atchison. Why not join it? 1t
means an end to worry, an end to
jealousy, an end to tears and sleepless
nights. It means also an end to look
ing at the one loved in the manner in
which a calf looks at its mothers COM
missary department It means an end
to being ridiculous. an end to silly ex-
travagance. It means an end to a dis
ease, the symptoms of which are idle,
mawkish and dangerous.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-11-03

Chicago Chronicle: When practical
politicians talk of knitting it should al
ways be remembered that they can an
swer only for themselves individually.
No man can make another go into a
polling booth and commit an act OF
rreachery
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-11-03

The report Of the second assistant
postmaster general, showing a business
of about 500. OOO.O 900 year transacted by
his department, without loss to the gov
eminent, affords food for much refiec-
ton. Why cannot some other lines of
business be managed in the same way?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-11-03

The voters Of Rhode Island. at the
coming election. will be called on to de-
eide whether they will continue to make
their state conspicuous as an exception
to most other states by holding their
election in April and their legislative
session in May. or whether they will
Join the procession and elect their state
officers in November.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-11-03

The Boston Herald sacrifices the truth
TO its desire to make a pun in the fol-
lowing. Gov. Roosevelt has just OBJ
served his forty-second birthday with
his usual fortytwoed''
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-11-03

II election forecasts which have ap-
peared are as worthless as the predic-
tons regarding Mr.. C1eveIand's vote, it
will be necessary to wait for the count
in order to know anything about the re-
sniff
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-11-03

The man who will not vote next Tues
day is in distinguished company. For in
stance. there are Grover Cleveland,
Thomas B. Reed, John C. aCrlisle, W. c.
Whitney, Bourke Cochran and Andrew
Carnegie
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-11-03

The adage that actions speak louder
than words is again illustrated by the
fact that Mr.. Cleveland has cOntrived
TO make it generally known that he is
going duck hunting.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-11-03

If the newspaper correspondents
couldn't tell truthfully how Mr.. Cleve-
land would vote how can they tell how
15. oO0, 900 citizens will cast their ballots?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-11-03
WHEN THE VOTES ARE COUNT
ED OUT.


ED OUT.
There will be a free excursion with pas
When the old Salt River packet swings
out from of the shore
That time-Worn old side wheeler will be
crowded to the rail
With a band of royal prophets whose pro-
There viii be no bands of music and not
a joyful shout
As the packet slips her moorings.
"nen the
counted
The great and. mighty speakers, who
,--,,, stumped all round the state, -
The promises they're holding. as pay for
VIII be ike sbookies'' tickets after the
For some WIN cash in quickly Ike the
While others curse their fortunes
when the
votes
counted
The greasy old pie counter. deserted now
WIN once again be crowded by hungry
The pie Of party triumph, or crust of
bread withal-
The choicest bits of pastry are not enough
for all;
And some viii feed on bacon and some
on speckled trout
And some won't get nibble.-
when
the
votes
are
counted
And some will say, ct told you I knew
that We would win
And othersn talk of weather and how
1t might have been
But the common, peaceful people will feel
once more content
For the nations still existing-which ever
way it went
The verdict's then accepted that half, or
there about,
Had no notion Of the outcome
when
the
votes
counted
out
phil, EASTMAN
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-11-03

Up in Massachusetts. according to thu
Boston journal. people are still asking
the meaning of Is to 1.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-11-03

When you can not sleep for coughing.
il is hardly necessary that any one should
tell you that you need few doses OF
ChamberIain's Cough Remedy to allay The
irritation Of the throat. and make sleep
possible. j. is good. Try IL For sale b.
all druggists.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-11-03

It is encouraging to note that both
sides assure the country that the eiee-
ton will be fair. After that there should
be no complaining about the result
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-11-03

Four years ago Mr.. Croker told the
boys" to vote as they pleased This
year it is supposed to be different
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-11-03

Having decided how Cleveland will
vote, perhaps Walter WeIlman will do
as much for Tom Reed
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-11-03

The end of the coal strike has not yet
had any perceptible effect upon the
price OF coal.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-11-03

Hoax-''Why is the merchant who
doesn't advertise like a. man in a row.
boat?'' Joax-" Because he goes back
ward, I suppose Hoax-''No; because
he has to get along without sales"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-11-03

When a man gets mad he tells you
what he thinks of you. but when
woman gets made she tells you what
other people think of you
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-11-03

It's only natural that cloth should
look worn when 1t loses its nap.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-11-03

Wig-''Before they married she had
him clean out of his mind" Wag-"And
now he has her clean out of his mind
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-11-03

When the hands of a clock are ar
rested they stop doing time, but with a
man it's different
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-11-03

The man who has money to burn
May appear an extravagant soul.
When perhaps he's but trying to learI
If it's not cheaper fuel than coal
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-11-03
GLOBE SIGHTS.
TFrom the Atehison iGlohe

IfTom the Atchison Globe1
We heard a compliment for Atchison
today; canvasser for a history of
the world abusing the town
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-11-03

Mr.. Eckles comes to the defense of the
trusts and doesn't object to being
quoted.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-11-03

It's when a man speaks without
thinking that he's most apt to say what
he thinks
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-11-03

Hoax-''Bjones is great at guessing
riddles, isn't hep Joax-"Yes; he used
to be a prescription clerk in a drug
store"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-11-03

to see life never starts out until after
dark.
The people who go to church fairs take
chances.
Nobody commends idle curiosity for
looking for work.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-11-03

Wigg-Harduppe lives in an attic
and yet he boasts of his family tree"
Wagg-"I suppose it gives him some
comfort to know that his branch is at
the top
some for the waste basket
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-11-03
QUAKER REFLECTIoNs.

from the Philadelphia Record.1
The Palnist reads between the lines
A due bill very frequently means
"adieu BILL
It's strange that the chap who wants
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-11-03

An Atchison man has a queer assert
ment on his burial lot: his first wife
from whom he was divorced, he
mother, and his second wife.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-11-03

hasn't fully decided if she win be a
frozen statue or a coy and clinging
woman
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-11-03

When a married couple starts out t.
do light housekeeping, it means tina
they expect to get half OF their living
at ''mother's.''
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-11-03

''But, father" protested the young
woman in the case. II don't see why you
should object to him. He is SO sedate
and staid.'' WELL / don't know much
about his ability to see dates" replied
her father; but do know that he stay
ed until O'Clock this morning"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-11-03

''I wish to speak to you about the
labor question" said the philosopher to
the laboring man. II guess you've bark
ed up the wrong tree" replied the labor
ing man; ''see that fellow over there
with a square paper cap on his head like
a man in a newspaper cartoon? He can
tell you all about 1t. He never did a
stroke of work in his life"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-11-03

No one is surprised at learning thai
an Atchison girl who spells her name
''Nellye Grayce.'' writes the name of hel
savior as Jesus Chryste''
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-11-03

When a woman is away from home,
she does not care particularly for long
receive them as an evidence of good
faith.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-11-03

An Atchison woman calls the spank
ing she gives her children, a massa ge.
The nefghbors complain less when they
hear the children scream, not knowing
that the treatment is all given On one
spot.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-11-03

A census Of Kansas insane shows
that i'll health leads in causing insan-
ity. Love is therefore knocked out.
The liver is more powerful than a dis
appointed love affair. The liver also
causes more insanity than worry.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-11-03

In a neighboring town this is said
to have happened: A woman was d.
vorced from her husband, and married
another man. Now she is violently in
love with her divorced husband, and
they are carrying on" in a manner that
is scandalous.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-11-03
SHELDON AND COLLEGE spoR1

EA STMAN