The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-10-17
FLOOD OF ABUSE.
Bitter AnOny mous Circular Re-
ceived at State House.
Public Men Slandered With Un-
relenting Fury.
GOES OVER THE GRAVE
Plumb, ingalls,, Perkins and
Gov. Martin Not Spared.
Gov. Stanley is Compared With
Mrs. Nation.
GOES OVER THE GRAVE

In the last mail delivery Wednesday
all the officials in the state house re-
celved an anonymous circular grossly
and shamelessly abusing honored pub
lie men of Kansas. Familiar, old "Veri-
tas" signed the circulars. They bore
the postmark "Paola' and Assistant
State Treasurer L. T. Kelly proclaimed
at once that the earmarks were those
of one of his neighbors.
The gist of the document is that Will
liam Allen White need not have gone to
New York to find a model for the
painting of a politician because in the
words of Veritas, 1.-The political hell
diver is indigenous to Kansas and, is foul
enough for all of Whites literary pur-
poses even to the complete satisfaction
of his morbid imagination The Crokers
of Kansas are desirable poses for his
picturesque pen. In his Croker, White
has tried his prentice hand. Later on
he will, doubtless, give us master
touches of nearby subjects"
Veritas then proceeds to roast many
conspicuous politicians of past fame
and present renown by Offering a few
suggestions Every United States
senator the state of Kansas has had,
except the present incumbents. is
touched up. On Senator Bakers politi-
cal tomb, VeritaS says, is writ HIC
JACET.
Crozier. Harvey, Perkins and Martin
he passes grandly over as lightweights
Governor Stanley comes in for choice
epithets and compelled to stand COM
parison with Mrs. Nation, zealot, and
is then allowed to escape with the re-
Election that they are moral, social
and political antipodes of humanity
and of each other, which it would be a
blessing to mankind to cage and eX-
hibit in Missouri where all things of a
4 ,I@tf Il <l.< IL. l.,
shown" Tom Kelly is told that ''he
would show more wisdom than is to be
discovered in purchased interviews if
he would only turn political philosopher
and show US where we are at. Grimes
is advised to write a farewell letter
pointing the way to a better political
life in Kansas in order to show works
meet for repentance and die in a rea-
sonable hope of Heaven. Mort Albaugh
is called Mort Alljaugh" and the hope
is expressed that he will cease bawling
long enough that the righteous may get
some rest. Jim Simpson is told to
quicker his mouth and expand his brain.
The advice given Lit Crum is to stay in
solitude in Oswego and keep away from
Copeland county. George FTndlay
ought to go to work, suggests Veritas.
and Richter and Cole ought to get out
of the trough as they have had their
full share. Dick Blue is reminded that
he is political corpse, Long and Cur
finder to discover their size states
men and Bailey is told that he was
born to be only a common farmer.
Veritas cracks at everybody with un-
sparing ferocity. The three political
figures that escaped scathless are Cy
Leland, Senator Burton and NJ. A. Low.
The article reads as follows:
TT was not necessary that White
should have gone to New York to find
a model for his painting of a politician.
The political Hell-Diver is indigenous
to Kansas and is foul enough for all of
Whites literary purposes even to the
complete satisfaction of his morbid
imagination. Upon this Kansas speci-
men he could crafty his passion for
puncture and revel in the exercise of
his proclivities toward the elongation
of verify and the attenuation of truth.
The atmosphere and landscape of Kan
sas provoke these proclivities to such
excessive development that the Crokers
of Kansas are desirable poses for his
picturesque pen. In his Croker, White
has tried his prentice hand Later on
he WILL doubtless give US master touches
of nearby subjects. Meanwhile we VEN
ture few suggestions.
1.-The people of Kansas are more gull
BILE than ever Barnum found the Ameri-