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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-12-21
VICTORY.

The political event of the week has
been the defeat of Cyrus Leland for re-
appointment to the pension agency.
In the naming of Metcalf, President
Roosevelt has surprised even those VINO
have been made most ready for aston
shment by his former surprises. This
is the first victory of the senator over
the president, and is the only satisfying
triumph in the way of place emoluments
which Senator Burton has yet scored.
Burton has won, too, in the face of
strong odds, using, however, not the
most c~reditable The conquest
is but another illustration of Ingalls,
famous mark that the publication Of
politics is an iIidescent dream. The
sweetest fluid which is now washed
against Mr.. Burton's palate, quaffed
double-distilled from a full cup, is re-
venge, although it may yet cave a bad
taste in his mouth, as it has in the
mouths of some of his friends who mere
ly slipped the beverage.
Mckinley had promised Leland at
that quiet little talk on the White House
lawn. He had recorded this in a letter
to Secretary Hitchcock. Roosevelt had
declared his intentions of following Nc
Kinley's wishes where the latter were
u~ndisputed. Burton had recognized
these conditions, and had apparently de-
termined to abide by them, asking only
that Leland's name be withheld until he
could score a commission.
Metcalf should not forget that he
owes his appointment quite as much
to Leland's political courtesy to Burton
as to the latter's recommendation.
Now comes the Tracy turn-down.
Then arrives the Foley fasco. This was
wormwood, because Foley had been APP
pointed, but yet Burton could not give
him the actual key to the Office. Rage
and bitterness followed because Burton
owed Foley, politically and financially.
Has a great United States senator no
power nor influence? A congressman
can name a postmaster, but a senator
from Kansas has not that authority"
ThusN he unused. "Ah but there is mine
arch enemy Leland still without his ac-
tual commission. Let me think, and
let the national committeeman help me
think Ali hall" A colonel Of the brave
Twentieth Kansas is selected. Burton
owes him nothing; he can ANGEL no
debt with this appointment, but he will
let the debt go and ~intoxicate himself
for one night on revenge. No charges
can be brought against Metcalf, ana
the presidents admiration for the Tween
tieth Kansas soldiery will make Burton
invineible; show his senatorial power
do he but steel himself and make the
end justify the means.
He braced himself; he closed his eyes
Low was behind him., but he turned not
his head nor lifted a lid. He was as
leaf to him as to the old soldiers. He
could see nothing except Dear Revenge,
which an angry blind man can clearly
witness when It is within mis- grasp. He
got it. Is he happy?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-12-21

troops He delivered the body of the
outlaw to the authorities. New Mexico
was reclaimed.
Before the appointment of Garrett
was those who were fighting
him charged him with being a gambler.
The charges were made by Washington
politicians. 1t seemed somewhat queer
for there are so many deals in Wash
ington that are not political The pres
ident is said to have questioned Gar
rett as to the charge and he replied:
Yes, Mr.. President, I am a gambler
in the sense hat 1 M the difference
etween a straight and a flush, and
there is not a man in that section of
the country who has energy enough to
keep flies off in fly season who does not
know that much, at least"
Gambler or not. Pat" Garrett must
have well deserved the reward he re-
ceived. He will be instructed to collect
the customs at Paso Del Norte and he
will collect them, every cent That's
CARROTS way of carrying out i~nstruc-
fiouc
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-12-21
HE WON HIS PLACE.

For collector of customs, Patrick r.
Garrett, Paso Del Norte, Texas" was
the way the nomination by President
Roosevelt was sent to the senate. PAT"
Garrett, the man who killed Billy the
Kid" is the way he is spoken of in the
country where his name has been a ter
ror to outlaws for years-New Mexico.
Pat Garrett is a character. He bears
the same relation to the territory of
New Mexico and it's advancement from
the wild and woolly state to its civilized
condition and it's claim upon statehood
that immortal Samuel Houston bore to
Texas in her times. 1t was
Garrett and his unfiinching courage
that drove the first wedge that opened
the way for the peaceful and safe set
Element of New Mexico. The wedge
was a bullet. The bullet that laid low
the youngest and most bloodthirsty
outlaw of history, h man who killed
for fun.
Billy the Kid" was 81 years old when
he was killed. He had killed Il men,
one for each year of his life AS the
natives of the territory say would
have been a bad man if he had lived"
He started his career when he was 10
years old. He was one of those nom
descripts that come under the list OF
human beings because of the absence
of horns or claws. His ancestry was
conglomerate A short time before the
KID ended his career he was SEN
fenced by a judge of the New Mexico
court to hang by the neck until you
are dead, dead, lead" That was moth
ing to such a monstrosity as he, You
can go to - - vas the COM
ment of the outlaw to the judge and on
the way to the Jail he killed his escort
of two sheriffs and resumed his bloody
career without losing the thread of the
record he was weaving.
Then it was that Pat" Garrett ran
for sheriff. His platform was the prom
Use that he would kill BILLY the Kid"
He was elected. The outlaw knew h
1t meant that when the sheriff and the
desperate met it was one life or the
other. Either the sheriff would fulfill
the promise of his platform or the ban
dit would cut another notch in the butt
of his revolver. 1t was because the
Kid would meet his L Tosca' that
he lost his life, for. bandit that he was.
he was led to his fate because he had a
sweetheart. Garrett was in the house
after dark where he knew that the out
law would come to meet his senorita-
The bandit entered with a butcher knife
in one hand and a revolver in the other,
suspiciously on the alert and ready to
kill. who's here2" he asked and fell
with a bullet through his head Gar
rett's aim was true. If one bullet did
not immediately do the work it might
have been a life for a life BILLY the
Kid" never cut the twenty-second notch
in the butt of his revolver
That is why President Roosevelt APP
pointed Patrick r. Garrett to the posi-
ton of collector of customs. Garrett
had a duty to perform. He had to
carry a message to Garcia" He asked
no question:. lie made no call for
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-12-21

Cyrus Leland, deposed pension agent,
by the grace of President Roosevelt,
and the insistence of Senator Burton,
has announced his intention of remain
ing in Topeka and making the capital
city his future residence. He purchased
a home here some months age.
This determination will be welcome
news to n citizens OF Topeka, regard
less of politics.
The shrewd. kindly face and pleasing
personality of Cyrus Leland has become
a familiarity that would indeed : be
missed with his passing from Kansas
avenue and Copeland county.
Doniphan county has long Seen the
home of this politician whose ambition
has reached near to the. top round of
the ladder many times and again perch
ed on the lower rungs. His interests are
there; his house, his store, farm, field
and orchard. But the little town of
Troy has grownFsmaller. its streets mar
rover and its scope for political gossip
ensmalled since Mr. Leland drifted out
OF its beaten paths a half scoresof years
ago. Life woul be dull indeed without
a dozen short grass. statesmen gath
cred round nightly to plot n counter
plot like master hands at chess. Nor
would the state house crowd be easy of
access. Governors could not be nomi-
mated in daily pastime, congressman
selected, nor United States attorney
generals provided. After guiding the
destinies of the Jayhawker ship Of state
for years. life would be tame indeed
back beside the counter, weighing out
a pound of butter or measuring OFF a
yard of calico. by the light of a tallow
dip.
No. Mr.. Leland will not go back to
Troy. The darts of his enemies have
pierced his armor deeply but not a sign
of defeat nor a display of weakness has
been shown. His day in court" will
come again. In the meantime Topeka
welcomes Mr.. Leland and his excellent
family as a portion of its inheritance.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-12-21
AN T SESSION.

Sairey Camp enjoyed a monopoly of
the knowledge of the existence of her
dear friend Mrs. Harris; SO F. Dumont
Smith alone seems to be aware of the
emand for an extra session of the leg
islature to pass his pet measure, the
new tax bill.
Extraordinary sessions, even when
accompanied by popular uprisings, are
not unmixed evils. Neither politicians
nor statesmen seem to be using their
railroad passes to come to Topeka to
together forthwith. Indeed Governor
Stanley is quoted as saying that only
one person has preached the subject to
him. 1t is not clear whether Senator
Smith IS that one.
When Kansas some years ago most
wisely provided for biennia gatherings
of the law makers it could not abso-
lutely prohibit a session following on
the heels of the regular meeting only a
twelfth month behind. The chances had
to be taken on these special sessions. As
a rule the commonwealth ear get on
without them.
The state has lived for forty years
without the new tax law and it may be
able to exist with its present bank ac-
count, for a few years longer until the
Z lilc1CtllllcIJ - dSSCSSnlCLlo 10 put
in working order. Should the legisla-
ture come together for the single pur-
pose of passing Mr.. Smiths bill the
state would be in more or less legisla-
tive suspense and uncertainty; there
would be really no telling what double
were on the earth, under the
earth, or over the earth to be attempted
in the way of new laws on every con-
ceivable subject.
1t is not even certain that a special
session would pass the iron clad TAX
bill: for with all the wisdom of the COM
mission backed by its industry and
energy there are rumors hat the meas
ure lacks perfection. 1t is said that it
savors of the Spanish inquisition. 1t is
also suggested that the placing of the
assessments in the hands of one mcn,
a county assessor elected for four years.
is open to objection; that this official
would be an easy mark for the corpor-
ments and ways that are dark under
the present law.
All things considered. there is no
danger of an extra session.
Governor Stanley will not call it. He
has his ear sufficiently close to the
ground to hear, should such there be.
n ominous rumblings demanding any
such proclamation on his part.
No opportunity will be given the
Atchison Globe to say: 1.-THE Topeka
clearinghouse keepers have demanded.
and secured. an annual session of the
legislature for three years, although the
law convenes it only every d year.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-12-21
WASHINGTON UNDEMooRAr1c

According to the statement of State
Treasurer Grimes, Washington official
life is not SO democratic as one would
expect to find in the capital of a popu-
lar government where the poorest boy
in the land might rise to the highest
office in the land.
Mr.. Grimes says a United States sena-
tor does not dare to introduce his pri-
vate secretary to his brother senators.
no matter how bright and well-educa-
ted the private secretary may be. The
fact that he is a clerk places him be-
meath the members of that supposedly
private secretary is no doubt his wisest
and most valued adviser, but Washing
ton caste places him beneath even the
most wild and woolly senator in the
capital.
These things have come to the obser-
walton of Mr.. Grimes since his friend,
Senator Burton. offered him a place as
his private secretary. Such a condition
seems contrary to the American idea
as it is understood in Kansas. The idea
that a man cannot be to
another, either socially or officially, if
the man of lower rank is the intellectual
equal of the other, does not set we'll
with the average Kansan. Such a con-
dition savors too much of titled aristo-
cracy to suit the western idea
In defense of the custom il is urged
that a senator could not heal with an
others private secretary but would
want to deal directly with the other
senator himself. If a senator is talking
with his private secretary and another
senator approaches, the private secre-
tary must Immediately withdraw. 1t
is urged that the two might want to
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-12-21

In THE RIGHTOF WAY" Colbert
Parker) a reckless but, as it proves,
heroic young Canadian lawyer has
his identity and his past knocked
out by a blow on the head. Re-
stored long afterward far from
home, where he has taken a new
name and learned a trade, he re-
Trains from revealing himself that
the woman he had loved and who
has married again may De spared
dishonor.
In THE PORTION OF LABOR"
MARY E. Wilkins) a young girl who
could have gone to college on boun-
ty goes to york in a New England
shoe factory instead, that h may
be an aid to her family, reduced to
poverty by labor troubles. But love
finds her out.
In THE CAVALIER" George W.
Cable) a stirring romance of the re-
bellion is told by a Confederate
veteran, one who was a dashing
member Of Ferry's band of scouts.
The ring of war and the chime of
love sound together through the
narrative.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-12-21

In "LAZARRE" MARY Hartwell
Catherwood) the young Dauphin
who would have been Louis XVII.
OF France is made to live as the
ward of an Indian chief in America.
To his a in the woods and
colonies is added the narrative of
a perilous trip to France in the en-
deavor to force his claims to the
throne. In the end, of course, his
only crown is owe.
In THE TICKLE WHEEL"
(Henry Thew ~Stevenson) Cicely
Coverda1e and Dick Allen, of Queen
Elizabeth's London, have a hard
time to bring their love affair to a
happy termination. A rope ladder
helps on. Also, Cicely puts on her
brothers clothes and fights a duel.
A stern father outwitted.
In THE SIGN OF THE
PROPHET CDR. James Ball Nay
ler) Ross Douglass, scout, goes
through the early Indian war, which
included the famous Tippecanoe
fight, and finds among the Indians
a captive princess, who o
penses him for the fkle love he has
left behind. A tale of historic ad-
venture.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-12-21

In captain RAvENSHAW"
(Robert Nelson Stephens) a ram
pant swaggerer and swashbuckler-
but of the pest of families-is
changed rs in the twinkling of an
Y by an unexpected love. A story
of cavalier days in London.
In "TRISTRAM OF BLENT'
(Anthony Hope) the hero gives up,
for owe of the fair next inheritor,
the estates upon his claim to which
he believes a blot to lie. A notable
study of a tenderness that breaks
down stern pride.
In WARWICK OF THE KNOBS"
(John Uri Lloyd a Kentucky noun
tain preacher suffers for his loyalty
to the Confederacy and to his neigh
bors, also for the anatic severity
which drives his daughter to run
from her home with the first mar
who talks to her of love and free
dom.
In "a DREAM OF EMPIRE"
civilian Henry Venable) Aaron
Burr moves through dramatic in
cidents to his gloomy fate along the
lines indicated in history.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-12-21

talk in private and the presence of a
third party of lower rank might hinder
a free discussion. but this sort of an ar
gument win hardly go down with Kan
sas people
1t is to be expected that rank would
enter more or less into the social life
of the national capital, where represen-
tatives of aristocratic monarchies WELD
more or less influence. but it hardly
seems necessary that rank and caste
should cut much figure in the business
affairs of the nation.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-12-21

st. Pau Globe: Poor old John swim
ton, dead at 20, once a force in the ma
ton, long since forgotten: warm of
sympathy. brilliant of intellect and
forcfble in expression; deeply impressed
with the wrongs of labor. he threw him
self, his mind, energies and money into
h conflict; established John Swim
tons Paper" to denounce the wrongs
and demand the rights of labor; sunk
his last dollar in it, and went back into
he ranks of brain workers, emUittered
with the experience, a common one, that
comes to him who espouses a cause that
receives but does not give: that is re-
sponsive with lips and lungs. but nerve
lass OF pocket
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-12-21

To Senator Hanna has been ascribed
by many the credit for a large share Of
the prosperity prevailing throughout the
He now appears in a new role.
AT the recent conference of representa-
tives of labor and capital he said: 'lr
by resigning my seat in the United
States senate I could bring to fruition
the plans that we are now fostering to
make strikes, lockouts and great labor
disputes impossible. 1 would gladly do
So The attainment of the senator's
desires as herein expressed would go
far toward making permanent the pros
perity which he has helped to bring
about.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-12-21

There seems to be a fair chance for
fighting in boil ends of South America
at the same time. While Argentina ami
Chile are squaring off at each other in
the south. Colombia and Venezuela are
constantly becoming more belligerent in
their attitude toward each other. What
appears to be needed in a doctrine that
viii preserve the peace among our
southern neighbors as well as the one
which protects them from European
aggression.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-12-21

St Louis appears to have become rec
onciled to the existence of the Chicago
drainage canal. The Star says:
Friends of q deep waterway etween
Chicago and New Orleans, via a ship
canal. St LoiIis and the Mississippi
river. are getting a move On them. and
II IS probable the matter viii be pre-
scented to congress between this and
January 25. Sooner CT later the water
way will be an accomplished fact, and
the sooner the channel is opened the
better it will be for St. Louis"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-12-21

The attorneys of Admiral Sampson
have submitted to Secretary Long an
elaborate brief intended to show that
Sampson was in command and SchleS
was not. at the Santiago battle. but it
will not alter the conviction of Dewey
and about $4,000. 900 other people tnat
Schley commanded the fleet and won
the fight and is entitled to the credit
and the prize money.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-12-21

A bin to grant the elective franchise
to women is to be introduced into the
Ohio legislature during its coming ses-
sion 1t will be backed by a monster
petition. to which over fifty thousand
signatures have already been appended.
Many of the signers are men. Mayor
Johnson of Cleveland favor the move
mauf
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-12-21

Secretary Gage asked the president for
the head of Appraiser Wakeman and got
it. Hereafter. perhaps. revenue officers
viii think twice before "sassing'' the
head of the treasury department.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-12-21

The Russians probably have heard of
Mr. J. J.. Frey's projected railroad
through Alaska They are talking of
building a bridge across Bering strait.
They may regret sometime that they
sold the country so cheap.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-12-21

There has been a long hard struggle
against the return of the boom. but
indications point strongly to another
visit next year in spite of all efforts
to keep il off.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-12-21

Potatoes are being imported from
Europe in large quantities but the fact
doesn't tend to lower the price to the
owing to the tariff of 25 cents
a bushel which is collected.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-12-21

After ~journeying all over the world
for the purpose of preparing himself for
a place on the foreign relations COM
mittee. Senator Beveridge was yer
looked in the makeup.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-12-21

Perhaps Senator Hanna has not en-
tirely given up the idea of running for
president in 1904. He appears to be set
ting a trap to catch the labor vote
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-12-21

Detroit Free Press: Kansas was sew
eral decades ahead of Lord Rosebery
in discovering the organize-a-new-party
cure for all political complaints.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-12-21
FULL LEASED WIRE REPORT
OF TIE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Chicago News: In getting revenge on
William Allen White is Senator Plat
trying to live up to Mr.. Whites de-
scription of him?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-12-21

Grand Rapids Herald: Senator Platt
is threatening u libel suit for a maya
zine article concerning him written by
William Allen White The article must
have been too nearly true to b. pleas
inc
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1901-12-06
DEATH OF SAM GROO.

Last Wednesday, the 4th Mrs. Robt. Gee received
telegram from Ed Kent, who was in Cody, Wyoming,
saying Sam Groo had killed himself at Otto about
40 miles from Cody Whether he was killed by accident
or otherwise is not known at this writing. Sam has
been in the Big Horn for time working on
ranch for a Mr.. Orr. The news of his death was all
the startling for the telegram followed closely on
the receipt of letter written few days ago, in which
he expressed hope that he would be safely launched
in the sheep business next spring.
Mr.. Groo full brother to Mrs. Gee and a half
brother of O. H. and Sidney Groo of Salt Lake. He
was unmarried and about Al years of age. He was in
ured in the Woodmen of the World MS policy being in
favor of Mrs. Robt Gee.
Sam Groo had seen the ups and downs of the world.
When the Klonke excitement broke out he went north
try his fortune, but met with nothing but hardshps
He came back and went to work for the O. S. L. This
he went to the Big Horn to try his luck in that
section and he seemed on the eve of making stake
when the above sad
<'Sam, as he was Familiarity known to everyone,
had hosts of friends all this section, every Of
whom testify to the fact that he was whole
souled, generous hearted and genial man. II he had
any faults he himself suffered from them and not his
friends They only knew him in the truest sense of
friendship.
Leslie and Denten Gee his nephews, left for Otto
on Thursdays train, first having telegraphed that the
body be buried by the friends there they could not
reach where it was before Sunday.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1901-12-06
A Pointer to BUYERS.

The Corner Grocery is not behind any
other honse in town in carrying an up
to-date, fresh stock ofgoods. Our store
is the place to get fresh oysters, celery,
sweet potatoes, fruits, nuts and candies,
fine groceries, and all such .delicacies
In holiday goods we are showing
fine assortment of toys, silYerware, fine
chinaware, stationery and lots of other
pretty things for the holidays.
If fine stock to Gelect from, with
prices as low as the lowest, is any OBJ
ject then you will not. overlook the
Corner Grocer Y.
40 Mrs. NJ. HUTcHINs.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1901-12-06
Saw Death \ ear.

cit often made my heart ache, writes
L. {, Overstreet, of Elgin. Tenn, to
hear my wife cough until it seemed her
weak and sore lungs would collapse.
Good doctors said she was so far gone
with Consumption that no medicine or
earthly help could save her, but a friend
recommended Or. Kings New Discovery
and persistent use of this excellent
medicine saved her life tits absolutely
guaranteedSpr Coughs, Colds, Bronchitis
Asthma and all throat and lung diseases.
SOC and $1.00 at Ritter Bros. Drug Co.
Trial bottles free.