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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-01-30
ANOTHER ON e.
a. G. Malloy of Hutchinson Also
Pleads for Harmony.

Harmony seemed to be the key to
the Kansas Day banquet-in the
speeches. at least A. c. Malloy of
Hutchinson named his address, Let
Us Pass On but it was another plea
against factionalisn, especially after
the battles have been fought in the pri-
maries and conventions. He said:
LET US PASS ON.
AS I turn the yellow pages of the
records of past years, come upon
thumb-worn leaf with book-mark left
by Fame. Upon that leaf appears the
name-Edmund Burke. NJ. P.-orator
and statesman; born 1920. died 1897.
Surely I may find in the life efforts of
this laurel crowned statesman, a wealth
Of noble thought AS I read in deep
absorption the living words of this de-
parted spirit. my attention is challenged
by this forceful, though peculiar ex-
bortation:
Applaud US when we run, console
US when we fall, cheer US when we re-
cover, but let US Dass on-For Gods
sake-let Us pass on
It is but meet that I submit my in
ability to treat upon an idea so com
prehensive that it is, indeed, the
gamut of life; but it appeals to me,
gentlemen, that a portion of this admo-
milton is sufficient to turn our eyes in
ward and occasion us to make a whole
some self analysis.
By the will of God and the labor of
man, Kansas is the fulfllment of her
motto. By permission of the devil, and
through the misapp1ication of political
principles, her individual citizenship is
fast losing sight of the stars, while they
enhance the difficulties
It would seem that the constituent
elements should be commensurate with
the whole. This may be chimerical and
bordering on the impossible, but at least
it is worth the effort.
It was the Republican party that
nursed and raised Kansas from her
babyhood, and with righteous pride
conducted her to a seat high. up in the
council of states. For many long years
she wore the colors of her chosen cham
pion. There came a day, however, when
she was led astTay by whispered lies
and gilded promises. It was a stun
ming blow, and cruelty dealt Event
uaIIy we gathered the fragments, and
with the determination born of out
ragged faith, and zeal inspired by hope,
we swept our adversary from the field.
Back came the penitent prodigal and
gave herself again to our welcoming
arms, while she listened with swelling
heart to our earnest declarations of I'M
dying fidelity.
Now it is rumorec that some OF ouI
/ brethren who are unfriendly to each
! other. are about to be arraigned upor
| a charge of unfaithfulness, not only &c
Kansas. but to the Republican party
And what are the facts Serenely I'M
conscious that the Republican party
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-01-30

And yet Iowa persists in rolling UP.
Republican majority so large that the
Democrats can't count it. The con-
dition Of things in Penngy lvania is
lice protection, but the returns from
that state are always made under two
heads-Republican and scattering.
What the Republicans of Illinois do to
each other would be assault with in
tent to kill if it got into the courts. but
you have doubtless noticed that Hi
nois goes Democratic only when there
is harmony in the Republican party.
as is known. are united and happy
family. No story of pickering. or bolt,
or disaffactIon ever comes out of the
Republican camp in Georgia. Bat all
the assistance Georgia renders, even if
it were cumulative, wouldn't elect a
Republican president in a million
years. The moral Of all this is not far
to seek: a prize fight attracts more at
tention. draws a better audience. and
Greats more sympathy than Sunday
school picnic. And the fearsome Re
publicanS of Kansas may be assured of
this fact: while there is now some di-
vision of opinion as to who shall do the
milking. the COW will not be sold.
Things will go on in Kansas much the
same as heretofore The pale opa-
descent moon will continue to ride reg
ularly out of the eastern sky. There
will be conflicting reports as to the
condition of the wheat, and disquiet-
ing kilograms from Larned and Bunker
Hill The people who plant govern
ment seeds will again be disappointed.
Along next July the people will gather
as usual in the back yard after supper
to watch the thunder heads banking
up in the southwest. April will be too
wet, August too dry. The thermom-
eters will continue to vary according to
the imaginative ability of the men who
own them. But when election day
comes round next fall the factions in
the Republican party in Kansas will
be sleeping with locked arms under the
same blanket, a scalping knife in each
disengaged hand. I thank you
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-01-30

"THE FARMER IN POLITICS.
L q. CLARK, of Walton, Tells All About
Him

The Kansas farmer is really the
Kansas plutocrat. He not only owns
the big end of the wealth of the state,
but he practically runs its politics. A
chair. I. G. Clark of Walton spoke of
1.-THE Farmer in Politics. as follows:
Mr.. Toastmaster, Fellow Republicans:
A few years ago almost every school
house in the rural districts was occu-
pied at least one evening each week by
q meeting of the Farmers Alliance.
The first organization Of this kind in
our neighborhood was started in our
home school house. One of the char
ter members of this lodge was very
much enthused by it's work and the
bright future mapped out for them.
But unfortunately this man was a very
poor speller. When writing to his
brother in Nebraska soon after the AL
lance was organized in our commun-
ity, asked him If they had any,-he
spelled it, "Elyons"-up there stating
that they were thick as hops here. The
brother read and reread the letter but
could not decide what was referred to.
The brother when answering the let
ter said they had no knowledge of any
such an animal as an Elyon, and ask
ed if they We're a fur bearing animal or
simply produced hair. In his answer
the brother also proposed q trade, stat
ing that if they had any more Elyons
in Harvey county than were really
needed that they would trade a liberal
amount of polecats for some,-just as
an experiment.
Gentlemen. I do not come before you
tonight to represent the Farmers ALI
ance, which can easily be traded for
some of the loud-breathed feline race,
but to talk for while about the farm
er and his political position.
VIII you visit with me for a while the
Fifty eighth congress now in session
at our national capital. Watch a bill
from the time it is introduced, through
all it's readings, its passage through
both houses last Mr.. Roosevelt's sig
nature, or If he refuses to sign it,
watch it again on it's journey through
both houses and its passage by two
thirds majority. Then we say we have
another law that must be obeyed. Or
bring it closer home: let US visit the
legislative halls of our own state when
legislature is in session. Here we see
almost the same process as at our ma
tionaI capital View these, and you
will feel like exclaiming: Here is the
place where the laws of our country
are terminated and brought into full
life! But no. Let us think for mo-
nent what took place on the first Tues
day after the first Monday of some
previous November, then you will, II
you entertain such thought. change
your mind. The questions that were at
issue on that certain election day de-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-01-30

Every road to Rome directed,
So all eyes and thoughts ana people
Point the way. now. into Kansas.
But holdi men of Kansas. listenl
On your banner victory perches,
Hope has risen, fame has reached you.
Careful now in flush of winning,
That YOU dim not this new luster
BY dfssenSiOnS all within you.
By the idle words of critics,
BY the character assassin,
Fighting with the ways of women,
With his tongue his only weapon.
We boast a party grand and glorious.
Wit and wisdom, love and learning,
Mark the progress of our people.
But no house nor men, nor party,
Long can stand or long can prosper,
Long can, hope to be successful,
Unless union be the watchword.
And each right hand knows each left
hand
Unless all hearts beat together.
Much of good there is in all men.
Some of vice, perchance, and evil,
All see the vice and point 1t out,
Few the good, and they forget 1t.
Why not change this rule in Kansas,
Look. for good and not for evil?
Tarnish no mans reputation
By the breath of envfous malice,
BY the voice of Jealous SANDER
But with age, grow sweet and kindly.
Then our names will live forever.
And in the campaign just before US,
Let our party stand as one man.
Wash the war paint from our faces.
From our hearts dfspel all anger,
Smoke the Calamut, the peace-pipe,
And let its smoke go curling upward,
As signal to the Nation
That Republicans in Kansas
Have ceased their childish quarreling
And in place of warning factions
The Grand Old Party stands united.
AL T. WILLIAMS.
Columbus Kan
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-01-30

to visit my grandfather in a neighbor-
ing town. During the day following
my arrival formed q close mutual adj
Inirat1on society with a couple of small
boys who lived just across the street.
The association was SO pleasant that
tarr1ed far beyond the usual supper
hour. and when I finally returned to
my grandfather roOftree I found that
me. gathered from my GRANDPA Tiers
countenance that something was ex-
pected of me- and briefly explained
my absence by saying that had been
HpIayin' with the MeGinness boys" I
gathered further from the look of dis
gust on grandfather face that addf-
tional explanation was necessary. and
L hastily added, Amt they nice boys,
grandpaw?'' Yes" said grandfather,
who was a bit arbitrary and dictatorial,
they're nice enough boys, but don't go
there again. Their fathers a Demo-
crat." It is disappointing and depreSs-
ing to one so well grounded in the faith,
to learn from the newspa pers-Repub
Hcan newspapers, too-that the party
to which my grandfather attributed so
much that was good and pure and pa
triotic. IS now made up of two fac
lions. both of which were recruited
from the dregS of humanity. It is I'M
pleasant to find that one is aligned
with a party. one faction of which is
made I'D of tyrants. dictators, boodlers
and thieves. and the other of grafters.
fakirs, barnacles and other thieves. Tt
y WITH regret mat one who pays MS
laundry bills promptly and bathes reg
ularly finds himself in such company.
If this were a note of alarm instead or
a jolly. a dire and forbidding picture
of the Darty's future might be drawn
But being jolly, tempered with a few
of the simple, elemental principles of
truth, 1t were fitting to say that there
is really no cause for reDining.
There are others afflicted with mental
dyspepsia suDerinduced by long sepa-
ration from the emoluments and per-
Quisites of public life, who point to the
eataclysm of the early nineties and tell
you to beware. They will likely call
your attention to the route the 10000
Republican majority took and profess
to see repetition of this doleful in
cident. To my mind there is nothing in
this prophecy Don't get the idea into
your heads that It's time to telephone
for the hearse. Show me a dominant
party that has no fight in its own back
yard. and I'll show you a party that's
getting ready to be licked to FRAGILE
In politics hair-pulling and robust
health are as inseoarable as the con-
stitution and the flag. It has been In
timated that in the state from which
our distinguished guest of the evening
comes all in politics is not as calm and
serene as summers night.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-01-30
ADDRESS IN POETRY.
a. r. williams Shows Ability az a
Vorsifier

A. f. Williams, county attorney of
Cherokee county, made declded depar-
ture His address was in rhyme ana was
as follows:
SOME LINES ON KANSAS POLITICS.
Parties are, like thoughts of men are
Ever shifting, ever changing;
Sometimes noble, oftirnes selfish,
Always active, always restless,
And, if one should be discarded.
Someone dresses up another,
Sings its praises in its new cloIheSs
Points out long desired virtues,
Asks for votes and recognition,
That public good we don't forget
That public ills we soon correct
Kansas once. was like a desert.
Scoffed at, ridiculed, derided-
Brave indeed most any man was
Who when travelling in the eastward
Told the stranger VINO might ASK h1iia
That he hailed from western Kansas.
For he might as well have told him
That he lived down in dug-out,
s g. a5 + the 1oI name our state then boosted.
Ere she raised her corn and mortgage.
That they daunted all her people,
TIL they cried aloud in anguish
But right now I wish to tell you
That in all the days of Egypt,
Neither pestilence nor famine equaAeo
Half of what poor Kansas people
C3rinIv bore and bravely suffered
Since the day her history opened
With shotguns, slavery and sediton.
Bugs and vermin. floods and fever,
Kansas sure has had the worst Oh
Came, have stayed and touched the peo-
Till they, in desperation, listening
Heard the voice of Populism.
Loud straightway they sang It's praises,
Endorsed its platforms. sWeiled us siosn
that lin It might spread forth its teachings.
That it might advance the people.
In his dream the Kansas Farmer.
And perchance, his city brother.
Coniured up vivid vision
of the wonders of this system;
How the banks and how the railroads
All telephones and telegraphs,
Each enterprise and each trancnlse-
Would be owned and operated
BY the government and owner,
Thus in this way would his party
Be the saviour of his country.
Each reform we know. from history,
Long has fought and long has struggled
That it might convince the masses
of the truth Of its assertions,
But in Kansas memory tells US,
Each reform makes ready converts,
Who then stop work to save the country.
Talk and argue on their creed;
Love it well. cling to 1t fondly'
Even when all other people
Long since seek again their first love-
Hence the stories told in Kansas
Have been quoted like our weather,
Each day different from the other;
Something new, in spite OF solomon
BIlt in recent years our history,
Blessed with noble deeds and actions,
Makes old Kansas shine with glory.
Makes all nations, states and countries
Bow the knee to Kansas valor;
To the bravery Of her soldiers,
Fighting for our country's honor.
At the time brave Hobson ventured,
Kansas had man who followed
And with Funston, Kansas soldiers,
Walked ard rode and swan the rlVerss
Then in China with the allies.
I ~ r-4T4 X
First was he to enter Pekin-
As in days Of ancient history
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-01-30
MR.. o'DoNNELL,s WIT.
He Discusses What Shall the Harvest
Re-

H. O'DonnelI Of Ellsworth talked on
the suggestive topic What Shall the
Harvest be Out West in Kansas
After discussing the advancement of
Kansas in his usual happy vein, Mr..
O'Donnell said:
Now. gentlemen, If some doubling
Thomas still exists who refuses to dis
sociate in his mind the legendary west
Of the past with the blooming reality
Of the present, We extend to him a
cordial invitation to come out and be
convinced Yes, even though he cometh
from Missouri. yet shall be he shown.
Come. Come in the morning of the
glorious springtime, and hear the herds
low in their pastures green; listen to
the horses contented Whitney in their
comfortable stables; harken to the
ROSTERS exultant clarion in the well
kept barnyard; hear all the sweet dis
cordant medley Of prosperous, happy
life, mingling with the merry laughter
of our children-delightful medley-but
all blended in still more beautiful ca
dence to produce just the one great. glad
refrain-our harvest song-and the song
that they sing IS Home, Sweet Home p
and that is the song for us all, my
friends-out west in Kansas.
Happiness. contentment and prosperity
reigned supreme on every side. when
our citizens were called upon to dis
charge some of the responsibilities
which devoived upon them Prior to
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-01-30

fault of his nefghbor. Perhaps they
were singing from different scores, or
some from a new arrangement Of the
music.
No less dfscordant are the strains
floating out from the Republican party
in Kansas today. The young Republi-
cans are beginning to think that the
fellows who furnish the music for the
dance would better stop and tune up. It
may be that some are playing a differ
ent arrangement of Republican music.
The discerning ear can recognize the
technique of the masters. BY an exam
nation of the title page of the Sheets
we might find that they are giving
young Republicans of the ranks are
wondering If the principles so near
and dear to them are to be sacrificed
on the altar of discord and dissension
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-01-30

commencing work on the political har-
that the machinery of the state was in
proper condition of efficiency and re-
pair. Two rival firms had made a bid
for popular patronage. A trial day was
set apart to afford these claimants an
opportunity Of presenting the merits of
their respective machines to the crowds
assembled for the purpose Of witnessing
such an interesting contest
The day arrived: everything was in
readiness. The anti-maehine showed
first. The gentleman in charge en-
deavored to demonstrate the superiority
of his political runabout, but our farm
er friends decided his figures were en-
tirely too high. His seeming lack o.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-01-30
PLEA FOR HARMONY.
". h. England Delivers q Strong
Address.

W. H. England of Dexter made a plea
Tor party harmony. He said:
Gentlemen, have you ever heard a
chorus attempting to sing strains of
eSaltation and triumph with the soprano
fiat, the bass sharp, and the tenor two
notes behind? If you have, you have
failed to feel that response of soul that
qUickens men to action; the strident
discord Jared and grated until you felt
that if it did not cease, you would have
to get out or be driven to distraction.
Perhaps the discord came from each
singers thinking that some one else
was off the key. Instead Of observing
that his own voice was wrong and try
sng to correct It. he thought only of the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-01-30
Perfect Confidence.

Where there used to be feeling of
uneasiness and worry in the household
when a child showed symptoms of Group,
there is now perfect confidence. This is
owing to the uniform success OF Cham
berlain's Cough Remedy in the treatment
of that disease. Mrs. NJ. I. Basford of
Poolesville, Nd, in speaking OF her ex-
perience in the use of that remedy, says:
II have a world of confidence in Cham
berlain's Cough Remedy, for I have used
it with perfect success. MY child Garland
is subject to severe attacks of Group and
It always gives him prompt relief For
sale by all druggists.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-01-30

It's easy to quit coffee when you
have a good, rich, steaming cup of
Postum Coffee in its place, and the
Postum puts one long ways ahead on
theroad to Wellville, because it supplies
the food elements that rebuild the
system coffee has broken down.
These are eternal facts proven by
trial
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-01-30

1t pays to be well and happy.
Try it.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-01-30
THEY ARE A GOOD THING

Mr.. House Thinks Factions Are All
Right.
7. z. House discussed factions from
novel standpoint, taking the position
that they are a good thing. He said:
When I was a small boy went once
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-01-30

Every road to Rome directed,
So all eyes and thoughts and people
Point the way. now. into Kansas.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1904-01-26
Horse Feeding.

principles of Horse Feeding" is the title of
Farmers Bulletin No. ITO. It was prepared by
@. Z. Langworthy, PhD, of the Office of Expert
ment Stations, and discusses the general princi-
Piles of feeding with especial reference to horses,
and summarizes the results of recent experimental
work, particularly that of American experiment
stations.
Some of the principal deductions noted in this
bulletin follow:
Horses, like other animals, require a definite
amount of nutrients and energy per 1000 pounds
live weight for maintenance, and an extra
amount, chiefly ~energy5yielding nutrients, for
muscular work, the amount being proportional to
the character and amount of work performed.
The amount of nutrients required increases
with the amount of work done and with increased
speed. More energy is required for climbing an
incline than for travelling on a level. In descend
ing an incline of less than 5 degrees As minutes
less energy is required than in travelling on a
level. If the incline is greater than 5 degrees
As minutes, more energy is expended (to prevent
too rapid descent) than In walking on a level.
The ration should consist of concentrated and
coarse feeds. The ratio by weight of coarse fod-
der or bulky feed to concentrated feed in the or
binary ration has been found to be about Ii.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1904-01-26
GUY E. MITCHELL.

/ believe many of the farmers have made a mis-
take in not shredding their corn-fodder. On ac-
count of the drought last summer most of our
farmers cut their corn for fodder, it being almost
destitute of ears; consequently, all who had stock
to winter fed corn-fodder. Both horses and cat
tie eat this shredded feed very well, and the farm
er who has barn room can, to a great extent. feed
this to his horses instead of timothy hay, and to
his cattle instead of clover, thereby saving much
of the hay. We shredded eighty-fve shocks of
fodder and fed it to our horses and cows. who
clean it up well. Those who do not use this feed
should give it a trial, as it can be shredded cheap
", at ten cents a shock, which IS the regular price
here. Shedding not only saves feed, but the cat
tie clean up the stalks which they viii not do
when fed whole. The stalks have been proven more
nutritious when shredded than any other portions
of the husksd stovsr.-M. q. Lancaster, Bunkse
ELL. III.