The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-11-16

forms and candidates How can such a
man expect TO be nominated by the
Democratic partyz
The only argument in favor of his
the support Of Wall street and the trusts
and thus procure a vast corruption fund
with which to beat Roosevelt and pur-
chase his own e1ection-beautifuI Demo-
cratic conception. isn't it?"
Edwin Taylor. of EdwardsviIIe. who
has been a leader among the Populfsts
and who is recognized as among the
most liberal OF them, although he is Of
pronounced S0eialiStlc tendencies,
speaks this way of the outcome of the
recent elections in the east and the
presidential candidates:
4 can't understand the workings OF
the human mind. Johnson of Ohio
seemed to me TO be as Socialstic as
reasonable mind need require, and
vet the Socialists were more gin him
than anybody else, and the most of
them voted the Republican ticket to
make sure that they were not opening
a gate for him to slip through In
New York, enough Democrats voted
for Low to have elected him by 80, coo.
and yet he was defeated by 10000. The
expIanati ton is that SO, goo Republicans
voted for Mcclellan
mo, 1 still think Roosevelt is the
best thing in sight He Is gnaW1ng at
Bryan's bone a little, which makes
Bryan STOWts D1l II SUITS US fellows
who want something doing. and until
something better turns up we are for
him. For the present, however, we
are just 'sittln' around waitin'.'
In commenting on former Chief Jus
tice Doster's endorsement of Grover
Cleveland, Governor Riddle, of the
Minneapolis Messenger, says:
.-Ex-Chief Justice Frank Doster has
expressed his choice for president next
year. Strange as it may appear, the
4 great Populist champion prefers Gro
yer Cleveland to any one thus far
mentioned Judge Doster is a queer
man He seems to like to say and do
odd and unexpected things. His rad
ical ideas in the wild days of PoDuIism
/ led everybody to suppose that when
| he went upon the bench as chief jus
tice he would do something outrageous
in the way of opinions But the state
never had an ADLER chief justice than
| DoSter, or one who met the approval
Of the people, especially the lawyers
of the state. more than he. Judge
land, perhaps would not support him
If nominated, but it strikes his fancy
just now to say something that will be
out of harmony with the eternal fitness
of things The writer of these lines
has known Doster since the days wheT
he wore knee pants; We went swim
ming together in the same swimming
hole; were licked time and again b!
10 spark our girl, and for two year
we slept together under the sam,
blanket in the army. He was Away
queer"
The Atchison Globe appears to be 70
A J. White for congress in Atchisol
county as against W. T F. Donald o
Atchison. who will ask for the Atchisol
county delegation against White. Tn
Globe says:
Andy White. a farmer. is 4 candidat
for congress, and wants the Arcniso
county delegation Why not? Wn
should not the farmers have a chanc
at congress occasionally? Why give tn
lawyers all of the good things? W
know Andy White pretty well. He I
certainly an intelligent men, and yer
active. He is a successful man, and ha
good record. Why not give hin tn
delegation, instead Of permitting 10
of politicians to trade It off in pursu
ance Of some sort of deal in the inIeres
of an outside man? The Globe IS not
political paper. but it believe in stand
ing by Atchison county men. And NOR