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The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-10-24
PARKER AND TURNER.

The democrats might do a great
deal worse next year than to noml
nate Judge Parker of New York for
president and Judge Turner Of the
state of Washington for vice presi-
dent Parker has not been actively
identified with either faction of the
party. but it is said that he voted for
Bryan in 1896 and in 1900. His posi-
ton on the supreme bench of New
York precluded his taking an active
part in politics. Bryan has spoken
highly of Judge Parker and would I'M
doubtedIy support him. There is lit
tie reason to doubt that he would also
have the support of the Cleveland fac
ton. as prior to his elevation to the
bench he was chairman of the demo
cratic state committee and did good
work for Cleveland and Hill.
Ex-senator Turner has won a ma
tiOnal reputation as one Of the ableSt
men who have sat in the United
States senate for many years. 1t was
IL recognition Of his great ability that
he was appointed one Of the three
American members Of the Alaskan
boundary commission by President
Roosevelt. The happy outcome Of the
deliberations Of that commission is
creditable to Senator Turner and will
increase his prestige throughout the
nation. The nomination of Turner for
vice president would bring all Bryan
er was one of Bryan's most Jealous
champions in the last two presiden-
tial campaigns.
However. the democrats of the state
of Washington would prefer to have
Turner as their candidate for gov
ernOr next year, if the railroad lobby
succeeds in turning down Mcbride.
With Turner at thee head of the state
ticket there would be a bright pros
pect Of defeating the republican can
dldate and electing legislature that
would send Turner back to the United
States senate. AS candidate for
vice president it is hardly likely that
Turner would be able to wrest this
state with its heavy republican ma
jority from Roosevelt If there were
any way of voting for both Roosevelt
and Turner, that is what a majority of
the voters Of this state would do. but
that is out Of the question under our
sysem of choosing presidential cleo
tors to ratify the choice of national
party conventions.
If the national democracy should de-
mand the nomination of Turner for
vice president, it would be the duty of
the democrats of this state to bow to
the will of the majority and to look
for some other aavilable candidate for
governor. 1t is not at all improbable
that Parker and Turner would prove
a winning ticket in the nation, as signs
are multiplying that the East and
South are showing a disposition tc
restore the democratic party to pow
er. 1t may as well be conceded that
Roosevelt will carry the states west
of the Mississippi almost solidly. but
1t is doubtful whether he is as strons
in other sections of the Union as some
other republican candidate might be
The result of the approaching city
election in Greater New York and the
result in the Ohio gubernatorial cleo
ton will throw some light on thi:
point. Big republican victories in the
November election will give Roose
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-10-24

Montreal, Oct. 24.-Sir Charles Tup-
per. former prime minister of Canada,
who arrived this morning from Eng
land. blames Premier Laurier as the
indirect cause of the Alaskan bound
ary award on the ground that he
should have adhered to the tribunal
proposition rather than allowing the
question to go to commission.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-10-24

and of sufficient depth throughout It's
entire length to accommodate the
largest ships on the Great Lakes.
Under the terms of the contract the
first mile of the canal is to be finished
within one year and two years is the
time limit fixed for the entire compile
ton of the waterway.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-04-29
aLORE sIaHTs

ItTom the Atchison Globe
When some people pay a compliment they
look as if they were having a tooth drawn.
Put big white apron on any woman
who is good natured and she will look
motherly.
The women are always looking for the
Ideal and impossible in husbands and
dressmakers
We do not believe there is any fault
more difficult to deal with than the fault
of perfection.
Swearing is not swearing when used be-
cause the telephone doesn't work. it is
telephone English
Between the ages of 10 and Is boys
Will leave home
Roosevelt's ideal family is so large that
by the time the last is driven to bed, it s
time to wake the first one up.
You really don't know enough about a
chatting dish to boast about it, unless you
are familiar with the use of paprika
Now that cream is in demand because Of
strawberries a North Atchison family has
five cream pitchers on the table so that
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-04-29
IAYRAWKER JOrR

Baker students take u mile walks be-
fore brea Rfast for appetizers.
The beggars that bloom in the spring
are seen on every corner in Abilene.
An lola boy has a double affection to
face. a jail sentence and a case of the
measles.
A Mcpherson county man has just
proved W on a timber claim that he
filed on 13 years ago.
Fakirs are selling Clay Center bargain
hunters $3.50 gold watches and soap
worth $40 trainload.
Colby girls play baseball. Anything
with a diamond connected catches the
Thomas county maldens.
The Kinsley Jail failed to hold two
small youngsters over night. But then
they were runaway boys.
Out of the dead past at Fort Riley
has come dozen skeletons and some
stone hatchets of the Quivera period.
A tramp at Sylvia longing for some
excitement started two incendiary fires
His mistake was in not burning the
Jail.
A Kinsley woman whose husband is
of a rather economical turn made her
self birthday present of little girl
this week
Think of the hard luck of a Thomas
county man who has his jaw broken
just as strawberries are getting three
boxes for d quarter.
There's one thing certain if Cyrus Lee
land had been invited to the Bailey
Roosevelt dinner there would have been
the shoes of an old soldier under the
table.
1t hardly seems possible after a
glance at Editor Whites Gazette with
Associated Press reports and other met
ropolitan features that coyotes are still
being caught around EmpOria
An Usage City girl picking apple bios
SONS on Sabbath morning fell and
broke her arm. There is no moral to
this little tale because the posies were
for her SUNDAY school teacher.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-04-29

Dealer in commenting on the foregoing.
Panama already enjoys a large meas
ure of autonomy. has many special
privileges and might feel disposed 70 re-
sist sacrificing her political and com
mercial welfare TO the prejudices or
necessities Of her sister states, to whom
the great canal viii be Of less vital
Importance. If succession from Colon
bia should result the little state could
not stand alone and an American pro
tectorate would follow as a matter of
course.
Even should the Colombian congress
fail to ratify the treaty it is doubtful
whether a veto from Bogota would be
allowed 70 kill a project Of such vast
Importance to the whole worlds COM
merce The Nicaragua route is, Of
course an alternative, but one that Just
now finds little favor. The treaty $
rejection would be embarrassing, and
the New York paper above quoted
thinks that the 'Texasizing' of Pana-
ma might prove to be a satisfactory so
luton Of the difficulty"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-04-29
LOCAL MENTION.

There was social at Seabrook
church last night.
Postmaster Jas NJ Chisham ofAtchi-
son was in Topeka yesterday.
The Elks Will have a social session
for Al G. Field Thursday night
Scarlet fever is reported in the fam
lily of F. Conway, 1915 North Harrison
street.
Thomas f. Doran went to Norris
county today on business and to visit
his parents.
The new house which DR. D. M. Fisk
is building win be one of the largest on
College Hill
A. r. Debow. who runs meat mar
ket near Washburn college, is danger
ously sick.
The Royal Workers will meet at the
home of Mrs. A. L. Chamberlain, 1116
Monroe street. Thursday afternoon,
April so.
The high school girls basket ball
team will go to Kansas City Saturday
to play the Kansas City, Kansas, and
Kansas City, Missouri. elevens.
Two cases of contagious disease are
reported. One is scarlet fever, which
is in the Dibble family, 1917 Central
avenue. and the other is measles. IN
the Whitmore family at 1907 Fillmore
Atchison is worrying because it has
to pay more for brick paving than To-
peka does. Atchison ought TO have a
lOWu TOW IutOuS IT'S HdNll1S CO44l[-1I-
tors, and then it would see the prices
take tumble.
The most noisy and enthusiastic
crowd of rooters that ever struck the
Washburn baseball park was there yes
terday afternoon at the game between
two negro baseball mines. They could
give pointers in yelling to any college
crowd.
Porter Mitchell has taken a position
4 wit - Edison Electric company tenn
d until superintendent Goodrich
/ is to surrender his office as super
/ int mt of the city electric light plant
to which position Mitchell has been ap-
pointed.
Circular letters have been sent out to
the merchants of Topeka asking their
financial support for a state fair to be
held here this fall. The fair managers
want to raise $4,000 for premiums. be-
sides the premiums for live stock ex-
hibits.
In the last issue of Worlds Work
there is a series of pictures of western
towns. Two pictures are given to To-
peka, one from the top of the dome,
and one Of Kansas avenue while the
Labor day parade was passing Eighth
AID the avenue.
/ DR.. Harry O'Donnell. who IS surgeon
/ general OF the Kansas National Guard,
and hence a member of Governor
Bailey's military STAFF, came in from
Ellsworth this morning to join the gov
ernor IN his trip TO st. Louis. He re-
fused 70 wear his uniform until be gets
outside of Kansas.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-04-29
Attorneys Say They viii Begin
Proceedings.
Charge Is Violation of Old Sol
der Law.
THE GOODRICH CASE.
Statutes Say That He Is Liable
to Impeachment.
May Lead to Direct Test of Old
Soldier Law.
THE GOODRICH CASE.

Impeachment proceedings may be
commenced against Mayor Bergundthal
by H K. Goodrich's attorneys. David
Overmyer and P. H. Coney. in the
nature of q quo warranto suit. They
have discovered an amendment to the
old soldier law which gives a new twist
to the situation and makes it possible
for them to GUST any official from office
who disobeys the provisions of the law.
This amendment was passed in 1901,
and reads as follows:
Penalty. Any state officer or any
board composed of state officers, coun-
ty or city officers, or any board who
have been appointed and have charge
of the penal or charitable institutions
of the state who shall wilfully disobey
or neglect to obey the provisions of
this act. shall be deemed guilty of a
misdemeanor. and subject to impeach-
ment as provided by law. and prose-
cuted as other cases of misdemeanor;
and in either of said cases shall be ad-
judged to have forfeited his or her Of
fee.
This is an entirely new section. and in
the statute book follows Immediately
after the old soldier law. The penalty
for failure to obey the law used TO be a
fine Of from So to $25 but this is changed
by the 1901 amendment.
1t appears from the reading of the
amendment that the members Of the
city council are equally guilty with Mr..
Bergundthal. for they voted to confirm
the appointment Tt takes the mayor
and council to make an appointment,
and if Mayor Bergundthal should be
convicted. and the law should be held
good, it seems that the result would be
a general ousting Of the mayor and
twelve councilmen. All of the council
ion
of Mr.. Mitchell. whom Mayor Bergund-
thai appointed to succeed H. K. Good
rich
There are two points to be taken into
consideration in deciding the case First.
is the law constitutional. or is it class leg
islation: ard second. if the law is consti-
tutional, did Mayor Bergundthal violate
It?
There is one provision of the law which
says that old soldiers shall be preferred
when they have equal qualification and
does not say who shall be the judge of the
qualifications unless it is the mayor. The
+suppostion is that it is left to the mayor
to decide in regard to qualifications. ane
not that every case viii have to be
brought before the supreme court to have
this point adjudicated-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-04-29
QUAKER REFLECTIONS.

TFrom the Philadelphia Record.1
A turn for the bettor-the roulette
wheel.
There are some people who would
cheat at solitaire.
Soldiers and safe robbers are obliged
to do a lot of drilling
1t doesn't take a contortionist to pat
himself on the back.
The fellows who are adopts at max
ing love don't make the best husbands
Giving to charity doesn't keep people
poor unless they spend a lot of money
advertising the fact
when man isn't giving in to his
wife" says the Cynical Gachelor, ne
is generally Smelling out"
Wigg-"Did he inherit his money or
did he make it2'' .Wagg-''W Worse than
either. He married for it,"
Blobbs-"Is Fourfiush engaged in
any business2" SlObbs-'Wen you
might say that he is dealer in cards
Sillicus@"Eow did he acquire his
reputation for such great wisdom p
Cynicus-.sW Why, there isn't subject
under the sun that he can't remain
silent about"
Mrs Muggins-'How do you know
their marriage is a failure2" Mrs. Bug
gins Csraciousi Why his income IS 50
small that even alimony is out of the
question"
There's a girl-Id like to hug her,
For she's surely lit"
She is like the grocer's sugar,
Sweet and full Of grit.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-04-29

Indianapolis Journal: A statement is
going the rounds that an organization
Of veterans is preparing to make war
on Pension Commissioner Ware. The
organization is the Union Veteran Tn
ion' an organization instituted for the
one purpose of agitating an increase of
pensions by political methods. 1t is not
the Grand Army nor any relation to il.
&c met in Washington last September
when the National Encampment was in
session there and made an unseemlv
spectacle OF itself by It's internal dissen-
sions. A man at the head of it cannot
be deposed. and he conceived that he
can form political organization com
posed Of all the old soldiers and their
relatives who can elect a congress that
VIII provide for unlimited pensions.
While there are always men who will
be dissatisfied with the administration
OF the pension bureau because there are
thousands whose claims are not and
cannot be allowed. it is safe to saw that
Captain Ware is giving very general
satisfaction He has removed all the
officials who are objectionable to vet
Grams and is pushing the work Of the
bureau with zeal
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-04-29
ARE CITIES ONLY IN NAME.
Some Aspiring municipalities Are So
Small as to Be Ridiculous.

The recent COMPLETED census of the
United States reveals some singular
facts relative to the towns and cities
that compose the nation at large. There
are quite a number of so-called cities
which are so ridiculously small in popu>
latiOn as to make it a matter of wonder
and amazement that they are really
cities. The popultions of a. few such
cities may be given as illustrations. The
city Of Johnson. Kas-s has a population
Of only Is, and the population of the
city of Coronado. in the same state. is
even less. being only 10
There are several cities in Kansas
which have very diminutiVe Dopula-
tons, as follows: Bird, IS; Brainerd, 20;
Ford 81; Freport, So; Horace. 80,
Hugoton, "a: Richfield, 81: Tribune 81,
Ulysses 40. The city of Sloan Springs.
Mo, las a population of 9s. The city
of Brigantine. N. J.. has q population of
80, but, small as is the population Of
that city, it is nearly five times as large
as that of the city of Lavallette, in the
same state. which has a population of
only p. The city which exceeds al;
the others in the diminutiveness of its
population is the city of Rainy Lake.
Mimi, which has a population of only T.
Chicago Chronicle
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-04-29
ONE way OUT.

In calling attention to the ingenious
speculations of a French writer the New
York Mail and Express coins a new
word and raises an interesting ques-
ton. This writer is NJ Jean Izzoula.
who is familiar with the isthnus and
canal history. In a recent number of
the Paris Figaro he recalls the fact
that Texas became a part of the Amer
ican union because ofthe preponderance
Of American influence and interests in
that territory, not because Americans
outnumbered the Mexicans.
He believes that the state Of Panama,
now part of Colombia, presents a
parallel case. 1t is possible that Co
1ombia may reject the canal treaty and
in that event NJ. Izzoula looks for Pan
anna to seeede and throw in its fortunes
with the United States. An American
protectorate over Panama seems to be
what ne expects. There is no hint Of the
possibility Of its becoming one of the
family of American states.
This conclusion does not seem far
fetched" says the Cleveland Plain
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-04-29
po1NrEp pARAeRAPHs.

rFrom the Chicago News-l
Men with polished pates ought to
shine IN society.
Chief among the successful mans vir-
tues is audacity-
The man who has the floor is sup
posed to stand to reason.
A crank is q man with large hobby
and a small conscience.
Kind words are pleasing to the ear,
but they won't fill an empty stomach.
Occasionally the stock-ticker is a for
tune teller-but more often it isn't
If a man is slow to express an opinion
he might economic by sending it by
freight
A woman can hold dozen hairpins
in her mouth a great deal easier than
she can hold her tongue.
The man who invests his coin in a
get-rich-quick scheme seldom has to
bother about making his viii.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-04-29
NJ
I. II. BAN TO LEAVE.
Well Known Lawyer Enters Employ
of Anti Saloon League.


of Anti Saloon League
During the latter part of May T. H.
Balm and family viii leave Topeka to
make their home in Seattle, Wash. Mr..
Bain is closing up his business affairs
here preparatory to the removal and
expects to make his permanent home in
the state of Washington. The removal
is made in hopes of lettering the health
of Mrs Balm who is troubled seriously
with asthma Mr.. Balm viii take a po-
sition as the attorney of the Anti-Saloon
league for the state of Washington on a
fixed salary and will probably devote
his time in the future to temperance
work in that capacity
The state of Washington is a liquor
state with local option laws which in
most localities are rigidly enforced The
state has been the scene of severe con-
tests between the saloon and the tenn
perance people and Anti-Saloon league
is an active organization. 1t will be
Mr.. Bains duty to assist in the prose-
cution of violations of the liquor laws
and to lecture in the interests of tenn
perance The work will be congenial to
him as he has been more or less of a
temperance worker during his entire
residence in Kansas of about p years.
He was at one time secretary of the
State Temperance union. Mr.. Balm has
long been a well known attorney here
and is an active member of the Rev
Charles NJ Sheldon's church. He is a
consistent although not radical temper
ance man and is ably fitted for the du-
ties he is about to assume. The family
has friends and relatives in Washing
ton
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-04-29

the i've members Of the family may get
their exact share.
People talk about the way chase YOU
an Atchison girl said to her steady. but
you ought to see how Mary chaseS
Charley -."
Writ Hetherington and Aaron Everest
hunted wild ducks all day yesterday, only
stopping long enough to join the church,
but didn't get thing
Some men never buy anything unless
urged by agent" But when the wo-
men need things they don't need to be
urged or told if they have the money.
Several men have been talking too much
lately The talking has been done mainly
al clubs. OF course you know why they
talked too much: drunk
An Atchison girl OF twenty refuses to
have a looking glass in her room. Subject
for debate by the Lancaster literary so
ciety: Is she handsome or homely2
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-04-29
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR

IFrom the New York Press.l
When the wife's away the men will
play.
When a woman forgets to ask if her
hat is on straight it is because she isn't
wearing one.
You can't teach a man who is in love
very much about the sensations of chills
and fever.
Women tell such plausible white lies
that the second time they do it they be-
heve it themselves.
When a woman keeps going to a mir
ror and looking into it it is a sign she is
wondering if some man thinks some
other woman is prettier than she is.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-04-29

San Francisco Bulletin: The surest
way to succeed is not to sigh after the
moon or weep for other worlds to con-
quer, but to do to the best of ones
ability and, If possible, better than any
body else could do it. the job in hand,
whether it be the sweeping out of a
store, the writing of a newspaper arti-
Gle the cure of a patient or the winning
OF an action at law. A man, doing his
work in slovenly manner while day
dreaming of great deeds he would like
70 do, VIII never rise very high Any
body can cream, and nearly everybody
does dream, but it is the exceptional
man that fits his dreams to his work
and thereby makes them come true. If
one will dream let him dream about his
present task.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-04-29

T. D. Fitzpatrick Tells About Kansas
Rain.

T. D. Fitzpatrick. of salina, who Il
looked upon as one of the congressional
possibilities OF the Fifth district When.
Congressman Calderhead retires. is in
Topeka today and called on Governor
Bailey He says that central Kansas
received a hard rain last night. whiea
viii put the wheat forward again
"Salina is making great preparations
for President Roosevelt's visit" said Mr.
Fitzpatrick today. I'VE look for :
crowd of from 10000 to 1900 from out
side Of town. and there viii be d great
assembly at the Union Pacific depot
when the presidents train arrives. Spe-
cial trains will probably be run down
the Lincoln branch, up from McPher-
son and in on the Missouri Pacific from
the southwest. Eighty students viii
come from Bethany college at Llinds ,
borg alone
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-04-29
HEAD MEN ARE HERE.
Officers of International Railroad z.
NJ. C. A. Arrive.

Several men prominent in Railroad Y.
NJ. c. A. work have arrived in Topeka
to be here during the international con-
ference which begins tomorrow. They
are r. B. Ship, International travelling
secretary; c. J. Hicks. general secre-
tary of the railroad department of the
International y. NJ. G A. COMMITTEES,
and e. M. willis. one of the office sec
retaries of the International associa-
ton. All are from New York city.
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There have been a number of notable
weddings recently all characterized
more or less by extravaganza and
ostentation. 1t is refreshing therefore,
who probably is as rich as any of them,
was ready to marry, he went quietly
to church accompanied by a few friends
and had the ceremony performed with
no more display than is INDUCED in by
the most ordinary citizen
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-04-29

Several indictments were reported Tues
day afternoon by the grand jury now sit
ting before the United States district court
to Judge Phillips of Kansas City. who oc-
cupied the bench during the absence of
Judge Hook The indictments have not
yet been made public The grand jury
will probably make its final report Thurs
day upon the docket Of . cases brought
before it at this term Of court
To cure a cold on the lungs and to pre-
vent pneumonia, take Piso's Cure for Con-
sumption.