The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-10-17

statesman to no useful purpose to them
for them is charity silence their salvation
and solitude their heaven.
tainly filled. and even on its brim 1t
rounds to plethoric flowing. The sands in
shame must surely have run to compile
ton and utter emptiness; But Whom
the Lord loveth He chasteneth; and
scourgeth every son whom He receiveth.
If are not getting a scourgtng now, Il
getting If some political philosopher like
pig-eyed Tom Kelley would tell US where
than Toms purchased interviews discover
or. even hint at; and Tom would be sur
prised to find himself in the company or
.sOr. If bow-legged Grimes would write
to a better political life for Kansas than
the practice of his brief career discloses.
he would show works meet for repentance
and die in a reasonable hope for Heaven
"Or, if Mort Alljaugh would stop his
bawling long enough to allow the sound
of his self laudatory fctions to die away.
he would cease from troubling and the
righteous would get some rest
"Or, If Jim Simpson would pucker MS
mouth and expand what little brain the
sparing hand OF God gave him, he would
shorten the overproduction of that dis
gust which makes life in Kansas misera-
''Or, if Lit Crumb would remain in the
solitude of Oswego and not again wake
Kansas would be more respectable.
or if George FIndiay W3rid 90 b 20 , Wofs
away and honestly earn dollar he would
dispel the false pretehse OF resp s bis
particular possession - a..
they have already had their fun snare.
and much more than their deserts com
mand ana If they wo of 81 Sln fbe trough
and give the other hogs a chance there
COR If Blue could realize that he is a
political eadayeg sn be t1nt ms Tood mann
nered ghost. would troop home TO cnurch- m
less malodorous much to the relief OF
sensible and sensitive people 80. ..
'.Or, ST Long and Curtis were skilled in
the use of a Range Finder. and with II
would observe the immeasurable dlstance
between themselves and a statesma n, their
offensive egotism would abate; much to
the solace of mankind. -
''Or if Bailey could realize that he was
born to be only common farmer ana TX
he would rest content in filling his oes-
tiny; 8, x.s ,vou,a rise 70 the dignity
of her deserts and honor her men OF IN
disgrace of blatherskites. demagogs anu
political thinkers she would emerge IRON.
her cloud of odium and shed her shade or
shame: and if she would condemn to COM
mon labor her distinguished paupers VINO
men monetary Napoleons and wise states
men: while they are but scurvy politl-
deadbeats she would immeasurably raise
the standard of her merit and OF public
.sThere is no ruin so great and melaInl-
choly as that of a state and her possibili-
s s1eo aii do more congreeate than that OF
self respect. But Humanity sweeps on
ward gaining higher plane with eacn
top triumphant and radiant in an ever
lasting halo, while Gods charity spreads
the mantle of forgetfulness over the dis
graceful guides which were set up and
warned it from forbidden paths: and they
are remembered no more forever.
:" De mortuis nil nisi bonum. Is a rev
erent and charitable maxim But truth -
always good That silence which creates
a false impression, or permits fiction 70
stand for truth is itself falsehood ana
inherentlv bad. From the grave of years
blooms the flower of hope. In the superior
nofency of principle is the regeneration OF
humanity Only righteousness is i'm
mortal -