The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-11-05
Some Influences"
IN Kansas

Topeka Journal: Wichita claims to
have ferty-five autcmobilists. but not au-
thomobiles," mind you.
Barber County Index: 1t would suit
few individuals in this country to a dot
if opposition to the Republican machine
were made punishable by imposing the
death penalty.
Kansas city Star: Evidently the Salina
Journal doesn't quite understand The
Prince of Liars company is billed to
appear there, and the Journal is get
ting up a reception for one OF the
Wichita correspondents.
Lawrence Gazette: According to the
Eagle. Wichita has coal problem.
When it comes TO coal problems, the peo-
pie of Kansas, regardless of location,
politics, religion. color. race or previous
condition OF servitude. can get together.
The same brick hit all of u.s.
Ottawa Herald: There is movement
in Topeka to have Claude Duval run for
governor. Punishment may be carried TO
the point where it becomes barharions
and cruel Mr.. Duval has been an inof-
fensive man in Kansas. The Democratic
party has held him up for punishment
often enough.
Lawrence Journal: The many friends
of Del alentine will extend congratuia-
tons on his reelection as clerk of the
state supreme court, regardless of any
factional preference that may have been
expressed in the matter. Mr.. Valentine IS
clever young Kansan, eminently quail
fed for the place he holds. and his re-
election is but recognition of the merit
system in the selection of men TO ill such
positions.
Wellington Mail: There has been little
school at Washburn College of Topeka,
since their victory over Kansas Univer-
sity. Saturday. In so. Kansas University
beat Washburn, in 60 Washburn beat
Kansas University. in OF the score was
S TO 6. last year Kansas University beat
Washburn, but the Topekans take this
years contest. For the first time since
1898 Sumner county has no representative
on either team
Lawrence Woorld: A young man in this
town was stopped by the police and ques-
toned closely about himself. He did not
know what was wanted of him, but after
the examination was completed he was
Informed that he had been suspected CT
being a certain crook whom the police
very much wanted The marshal prom
ised the young man to keep it out of the
papers. Keep it out Of the papers?"
asked the young man. Indignantly. wei,
l should say not. You just go and have
it put in the papers that i was mistaken
by the best police force in the west for
noted confidence man. / want to send
these papers back home. l always knew
there was something in me-
Topeka Herald: The attention of the
Wichita Eagle is called to the following
infringement by the Ottawa Republic
upon one of the Eagles inalienable
rights: An Ottawa woman of the new
thought whose unfortunate husband does
not know psychic from physc has given
up trying to explain to him that love
between man and a woman is, of itself.
an inSurmountable subjective obstacle Ito
happiness eyanescent in its Very nature
and paralyZing TO the converse ton of
soul-energy; and only when these sub
jectiye distortions are cast aside, and
the higher potentialitiss of the spirit
are educed, can the submerged mental
ity become etranscendentally greater in
scientific idealism, and the ego, vibrating
20 "a dorninant note in the thought atmos
phere. become a finited spirit poten-
TALLY whe,e-r
AtcHjsoa lilobe: Roasting is. a veyy
bad habit. There are two sets OF Repub-
llcdH POLITICIANS IN the state. OUe set
call themselves ..Anti-Machine," although
they are as much machine as the other
set Most of them are old politicians.
who, being out, want to get in, and they
are so greedy to get ia that they are
willing to violate the old rule of renop-
mating satisfactory officials. These men
are not superior in virtue or ability 10
! the other set. They are simply poll
ticians. They are roasting" the other
set The row between them has assumed
+ oisgracefal proportions. improvements
are neglected TO quarrel The decencies
of life are neglected to quarrel. Repub-
| licans are fighting Republicans, to quar-
rel. There is no issue between these two
sets of men except the offices; the people
are no more interested on one side than
! On the other; on crowd is as good the
| other. Still many of the newspapers are
neglecting the usual channels of useful
ness and decency to invent stories" on
| respectful men. The respectful men at
tackled naturally invent other stories,
and the result is very dissraceful. This
| is what IS called politics"