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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-04-16
NIcCoLLUM SHOULD GO.

Mayor Bergundthal is subjecting
himself to no end of criticism for his
retention of A. z. McCollum at the
head of the Topeka police department.
AS a chief of police Mr.. McCollum
has been a dismal failure. It will be
many years before the city is free from
the scandal which his administration
Of police affairs has caused. Assum-
ing his position with the understand
ing that he would suppress the joints
he inaugurated a system by which
some of the larger drinking resorts
were unmolested while the poor mis-
cradle creature who could just scrape
up money to buy a key of beer was
made to feel the weight of the mailed
hand of the law.
When the favored ones were visited
by the police they always had time TO
get rid of their stock before the vista
ton was made-the "evidence" had
vanished. The Royal, the most notori-
Gus resort in Topeka was conducted
like an open saloon and in addition to
that a gambling establishment with
wide open doors was connected with it.
1t is positively known that one man
who lost money in this place had part
of it returned in the private office of
ton after a conference between the
head of the police department and the
principal proprietor of the Royal. But
thousands and thousands of dollars
were lost there that were never paid
back. Men became bankrupt before
they were able to withstand the al
Turing buzz of the roulette wheel in
this notorious place. 1t was never mo-
Tested by the police until after the
people of Topeka had placed the stamp
of disapproval upon the MeCollum ad-
ministration and not then until the
gambling equipment had been care
fully boxed up and slowed away.
There is not a single instance under
the administration of Chief McCollum
that the police have succeeded in con-
fscating any amount of a certain
brand of beer. Other brands We're
found and ruthlessly destroyed but the
beer sold by the so-called combine
seemed to lead a charmed existence
and was never found by the police.
Leaving the startling Frank Bates
confession entirely out of the question
the conduct of police affairs bears an
ugly and disgracefuI aspect and Chief
McCollum is the man who is response
bic. This being so it is difficult to I'M
derstand why Mayor Bergundthal
should be so slow to act.
It is rumored that if Chief McCol-
lum is deposed Frank Stahl will be
appointed to the place. Mr.. Stahl has
had experience and while his record as
a thief catcher and as a police officer
can hardly be said to be hrst-class,
still no hint of scandal attaches to him
and no one ever accused him of dis
honesty. He would certainly be an i'm
provement over McCollum.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-04-16
REDUCE INSURANCE RATES.


Isn't it about time for the noble.
phllanthropic fire insurance com
panies to let uo on their discipline of
Topeka and restore fire insurance
rates to a reasonable basis2
Topeka IS being taxed for fire in
surance on about the same basis as
town entirely destitute of fire pro-
lection AS a matter of fact, the fire
protection in Topeka is annie; the
records of the city for the past
twenty years prove it. Simply be-
cause the city had the misfortune to
suffer a disastrous fire while the
water company was unprepared to
meet the emergency was seized upon
by the fire insurance companies as an
opportunity to fatten their profits at
the expense of citizens of the town.
Certain Topeka newspapers no
doubt aided and encouraged this ac-
ton on the part of the fire insurance
companies, by printing grossly ex-
aggerated statements in regard to the
inefhciency of the water pressure. 1t
is true that the pressure was bad for
a time, but these newspa pers made
it appear that the waterworks system
was wreck and totally inadequate to
the needs of the city. They have
mistaken. and that the water pres
sure is now. and for months has been.
higher than ever before in the his
tory of the city.
The water company has now put
into service as an auxiliary pumping
plant its Harrison street station. This
should satisfy the fire insurance trust
that it is time to cease its extortionate
rates in this city. The city has,
moreover, purchased two steam fire
engines at a cost of $4,000, which
will be net gain to the fire fighting
strength of the city.
With the sole exception of the
observation-disclosures fire, Topeka has per-
haps the most remarkable record for
efficient fire protection of any city in
the country. There is every reason to
believe that this remarkable record
will be maintained. There is no fur
ther excuse for the action of the fire
insurance companies They are not
justified in squeezing out of Topeka
an excessive insurance rate. They
have been piling UP vast profits in
Topeka for the past twenty years, be-
cause of our efficient fire fighting
facilities; enough to pay scores of
losses as heavy as that of the Park
hErst-Davis fire. The only way to
satisfy the fire insurance companies
is probably to flood the town with
water to the top of the state house
dome. That would make it possible
perhaps for the insurance trust to re-
store the old rates.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-04-16
THAT KANSAS BOOK.

The Kansas commission to the
Louisiana Purchase exposition has is
sued a pamphlet of 1913 pages, alleged
to be an advertisement for Kansas
which is anything but a creditable
publication. It will not fully serve
the purpose for which it was intend
ed: that of attracting favorable atten-
ton to Kansas.
The commission has invested sew
eral thousand dollars in a large pam
phlet gotten out in a cheap manner
The cheapest half tones obtainabIe
are used. Many of them are so poor
that they make only a blur. Had the
commission spent the same amount
of money in producing a pamphlet
half as large but attractive and arts
tic the publication would have been
worthy.
Many of the articles in the PAM
phlet notably those by T. A. NcNeaI.
F. D. Coburn and G. p. Grimsley are
good and will be read with interest.
but there are other articles which are
pitiably weak and undressing.
The pamphlet is expected to at
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-04-16
JAYHAWKER JoTs.

Troy is to have a canning factory.
Rabbits have ruined an SO-acre
orchard at Huron
BeIieville's bowling alley has been
vacated by order of the street COM
mittee-
The most popular driving team at a
CimarrOn livery stable is a pair of
little donkeys.
One Denton man has a $4,000 barn.
but the majority of the citizens live
in dwellings that cost less
A Mcpherson county man who
poses to his neighbors as being tenn
perate, has seen snakes" this spring
Enough oil wells have proven
''gushers" at Cherryvale to warrant
the starting of a $10,0 opera house.
Nine cases of measles in one Don
iphan county family and ten in an
other has closed the neighborhood
school.
Two Highland women routed out
and killed a nest of fourteen snakes
the other day without the aid of their
men folks.
A Horton man has a ring made
from four silver quarters he found
while fora ging' a South Carolina
home during the civil war.
A Topeka woman has gone to Hor-
ton to learn the tailoring trade. Con-
nected with every such an establish
ment is always a goose.
A snort at Cuba had his shoulder
blade broken in a boxing contest.
Few of the big prize fighters like
Jeffries or F'itz carry it that far.
An Arkansas City truant pupil.
weary of being dragged back daily to
school by the hockey man, raced
away to Oklahoma to become a cow
boy.
Governor and Mrs. Bailey are 60
ing on a delayed wedding trip to Yer
mont Mrs. Bailey now admits that
the work of the -*boss busters was
not all bad.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-04-16
GIVE KANSAS CREDIT.

Just now Kansas is the victim of
great many unfavorable comments
from the press of the country because
of the Burton chapter in her history
Not all the newspapers which are
commenting on Burton's crime and
conviction say anything about the
disgrace to Kansas in connection
with it. but many of them do. Atten-
ton is drawn, also, to the various
freaks which Kansas has produced IN
days gone. and the state is held up to
reDrOach.
Kansas is a state of extremes. AL
though Senator Burton is credited to
the Sunfiower commonwealth, h=r
newspaper critics should also remem-
her that Kansas is responsible for.
Joseph L. Bristow. One year Kansas
may be a solid Republican state and
the next she may be just the other
way. There was once a time when
this commonwealth was referred to as
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-04-16

The Rochester Democrat and Chron-
icle calls attention to a campaign pos
sibility which is remarkable for its
Earity in the following: IF present in
dications hold good the coming cam
paign will have a feature exceedingly
rare in our political history, that of the
two leading opponents hailing from
the same state. 1t is settled that the
Republicans viii nominate Roosevelt
It seems probable that the Democrats
viii nominate Parker. Both men are
New Workers. and in this respect the
contest, if it takes that shape, will be
almost unique. The only other like oc-
currence was in 1860, when Abraham
Lincoln and Stephen A. Douglas, both
of Illinois. were opposing candidates
for the presidency. Nominations were
also made by seeding wings of the
Democratic party. and the election in
November resulted in an electoral col
lege as follows: Lincoln, $50; Breckin-
ridge, 70; Bell, 80; Douglas, r. But on
the popular vote Douglas was far
ahead of Breckenridge and Bell, while
Lincoln led Douglas by more than half
a million. A Roosevelt-Parker cam
paign would make New York hot
battlefield
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-04-16

tract the attention of eastern people
Fasteners viii not care for infOrma-
ton about all the minor subjects
worked into the text Of the pamphlet.
Many of the pages read as if they
were devoted to some mutual adyer-
Using scheme.
Nor should Kansas call the atten-
ton Of the rest of the country to her
faults. In the article devoted to the
state institutions is found the follow
ing:
Although the appropriations have
been somewhat limited and wages
paid the different employees are small
as compared with like institutions in
many other states, we ind them up to
the standard ..
Political influence has entered too
largely into the control of state char
table institutions. The law enacted
by the last legislature was a step in
the right direction. This law pro-
vides that employees should not be re-
moved for political reasons, and that
merit should be the basis of their SER
vice. This law, however, places with
in the board the power of selecting
the employees Of every institution. We
believe that more effective way of
divorcing the institutions from poll
tics would be to make the superin-
tendents of the various institutions
wholly responsible for the selection
of their official staff. and all other en-
ployes of their respective institutions;
establish a proper system of examina-
ton for each branch of the service.
which shall test the intelligence and
capacity of the applicant; prohibit the
superintendent from giving any atten-
ton whatever to political influence"
Is it wise to admit of faults when
inviting the world to follow COburn's
now famous Kansas invitation:
whatsoever will may come ~
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-04-16

you'll see a pretty little farm that's
richer than most farms, unless they
strike oil on them. A woman runs that
farm. If you saw her during the grow
ing season when she was looking after
the planting and all that you'd take
her for a farmer sure. but if you were
to drop in on her at her apartments in
Chicago or New York during the win
ter while she is studying music and
attending the grand operas at the Met
ropOlitan you would think she was
prina donna She is, and III bet three
figures will count all the women in
this country who are better musicians
than she.
do you know. wouldn't leave Fin
ney and 60 to a city to live for any
thing. III the city it's a contest to see
who can build the largest buildings,
grow the largest dry goods stores and
trim the Drettiest store windows and
such as that. It's all well enough for
those who like it. haven't a word to
say against them but that doesn't at
tract me. although I was brought up
to it. I like to see the contests with
US every year when everyone il trying
to grow the biggest crops and III tell
you some of those crops are wonders
Old Man Parsons raised the finest lot
of celery you ever saw and Joe Fluke
got more cabbages off an acre than you
could find here In cold storage. Fluke
raised gray mule colt on the size
that beat all the mules I ever saw
Talking about mules, We've got a man
out at Garden City that has a train
load Of mules worth on an average Of
more than $50 a head Don't that
beat hotel clerking2"
wen. no. I don't think raising mules
better than hotel clerking," said tue
smoker Of the gold tipped cigarette.
You see in my work 1 learn to know
men. and -
young man. if you know mules
you'd know men," said The Man in
all seriousness but with philosophi-
cal smile.
there in the short grass" interposed
Some times. yes. But I'll tell yau
this: il is good clean sand and dirt
You can stand your peck measures
breathe after the street sWeepers hero
in the city"
Lies too short to spend it in tha
country or such small town. You
get stuck there and stay" said the
clerk. -'and you can't afford to go 10
the things you would like to- And then
when you live in the country you are
not interested in what goes on I'm 9TH
er places, at least you don't have a
chance to know about the world
You are of there. One of our Al
falfa raisers cut a good crop a tew
years ago, sold some and stacked the
rest and bundled up his family and
went to Europe Are you contemplat-
ing an European trip3
mo" The clerk yawned.
well. guess III go up to bed" said
The Man.
shall I call you in the morning."
No 1 always wake UP at o'clocEz-
TIL take a walk before breakfast"
How long will you be here?' asked
the clerk
Just a day"
business trip queried the clerk.
hoping for further information than
the question might call for
NO. I wasn't busy and I just thought
I'd come to hear 'PaFsifal tonight
said The Man From Finney as he
started to bed.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-04-16
THE RURTON LESSON.
TFrom 40 New York 70. l

lEIOIl the New ASSS-
Good governments gain by the SEN
tence of Senator Burton to a term in
common jail cannot be overestimated.
Nothing that has happened since the
beginning, a few years ago, of wide
spread agitation and attack against lc-
cal and general corruption in politics
is so inspiring as the spectacle of this
CRATER torn from his high place 10
take the same punishment as the least
influential pilferer of the treasury. It
is one thing to send Machen to his
deserts, but it has been looked upon
as a perilous proposition (for the pro-
poser) to serve the all-powerful United
State senator with the same justice
that is melted out to a. .postofice bur-
glar. II there is a difference between
the crime of which the Kansan stands
branded and that of the get-rich-quieK
swindlers whose brides he took it is
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-04-16

one of degree, and the crime of the
senator is the more insidious. We can
always be on guard against the green
goods man, but we do not expect a
man honored with the highest nation
al Office in the gift OF a state to betray
his trust by lending his official assist
ance to a scheme TO swindle the pub
lie he has taken an oath to serve.
The fear was the jury would accept
the plea that Burton was able to sink
his individuality as the good Senator
Jekyll into that of the bad Attorney
Hyde; that what would be crime as
a bribe was innocent as a fee" and
that Burton had not crossed the fine
line between indictabIe and non-In-
dictable graft. but had only come 10
the edge Of it. The habitual public at
titude of indifference to commercial
ism in politics, seen in the complacen-e
with which notorious grafters are an
nually returned to legislatures and
then promoted to congress, it was
feared, would be reflected in a verdict
from the St. Louis jury amounting to
the conclusion that Buttons case diff
fered from those of many of his col
leagues only in the particular that he
was not so prudent in making his bar
gains. 1t is a splendid sign that the
jurors could waive aside all sophistry
and technicalities and proclaim to the
country that a criminal in the Unit I'd
States senate is to be treated just as
if he were a criminal in a Tammany
police department
Coming at a time when no matter
which way we look-whether toward
Washington, Albany, Trenton, St.
Louis, Minneapolis or under our own
noses here-tte people are found in n
life-and-death struggle to protect
themselves from the plunderers they
have elected and the wealthy corrun-
tionists of their servants" the drag
ging down of so conspicuous a bribe-
taker as a senator of the United States
will have a vastly wholesome effect.
No matter how far above the law
traitor to the public trust has imagined
himself to be heretofore. this is
shock well calculated to make him
pause and ponder. If a senator is not
immune from the application of the
law of the land, who shall consider
himself safe? And if juries in our
criminal courts are going to be per-
mitted to define the distinction be-
tween a fee and bride, with the lib
erty Of the recipient hanging on the
decision, perhaps all lawyers in the
public service will give a little closer
scrutiny to the color of their retainers,
lest their hands be found stained with
the guilt of treason to the people
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-04-16
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

Too much corn juice is apt to make
a mans voice husky.
No, Cordelia. all matrimonial bonds
are not dividend payers.
If a minister's trousers bag at the
knees no apology is necessary
When a boy gets old enough to know
better he thinks he's too old to do it.
Money is a minor consideration with
some men and minus consideration
with others.
When a young man is really in love
he doesn't hesitate to propose just be-
cause the girl has money.
If people could only find money as
easily as they find fault we would all
be millionaires in a short time.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-04-16
QUAKER REFLECTToNs.

CFrom the Philadelphia Record
Even the fair sex may be unfair.
Lying about your age won't prolong
your life.
A wise man may profit by the ae-
tons Of a fool.
A diet of dry bread is apt to make
one feel crusty-
You never find an undertaken drink
ing to a mans health.
The Ightest remark viii sometimes
carry the most weight.
The man of mettle generally has a
steely glitter in his eye.
It is a great strain on some people
to live up to their clothes.
When some men are confronted by
an opportunity they Invariably see
double
Wigg-''Afrs. Henpeckke is a sort OF
common scold, isn't she2f Wagg-.I
should say she is rather an uncommon
one"
It's hard to keep a secret" re-
marked the Wise Guy thine viii tell"
Yes, If some woman doesn't tell first"
murmured the Simple Mug
Hives are a terrible torment to the
little folks, and to some older ones
fails. Instant relief. permanent cure.
Easily cured Doan's Ointment never
At any drug store. SO cents.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-04-16

The national encampment of the
Grand Army this year is to be held in
Boston, and a greater attendance is
predicted than since its organization.
It will take place the second week in
August. The novel feature of the en-
campment is to be an automobile ride
to Concord, Lexington and other his
torie places, with an array of 200 auto
mobiles in line. The governors of ali
the New England states are to join in
the demonstration by inviting the old
soldier visitors to make an excursion
to their respective states, excursion
tickets for that purpose having been
arranged for
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-04-16

The National Provisioner, published
in New York and Chicago, a kind of
meat packers organ apparently, well
comes the investigation of the meat
question and the beef trust, and con-
tends that 1T viii show that the live
stock man (producer) is getting the
best end of the present market" But
how about the consumer?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-04-16

washington Post: Some Of the con-
gressmen are opposed to adjourning
until Gen. Bristow is placed under
bonds to keep the peace until after the
presidential election.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-04-16

The longest telephone circuit now in
operation is said to be from Boston to
Little Rock, a distance but little short
of 1000 miles. Probably it will not be
long before New York can talk win
San Francisco.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-04-16

Hartford Post: Meanwhile, what is
Burton of Kansas doing to justify the
government in continuing to permit
him to have a monthly slice of $416.66
% from the congressional payroll?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-04-16

Senator Burton is in a peculiar stu
alton. He has a seat in the senate but
dare not sit in it.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-04-16

The Democratic situation seems to
be that nobody wants Parker unless it
is found that New York wants him.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-04-16

Altogether ten vessels Of the Rus
sian Port Arthur squadron have been
damaged or lost since the beginning of
fba war
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-04-16

It seems too bad that the only Rus
sian admiral with a pronounceable
name should be killed right at the be-
ginning of the war.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-04-16

Five London policemen are on visit
to this country. They might learn
something which would aid them in
adding to their income, by including
Topeka in their itinerary.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-04-16

The score now stands: Hearst So,
Parker since New Mexico Joined the
ranks Of the EDITORS supporters.
Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1904-01-19
Protection to Missionaries.

Chattanooga, Tenn, Jan. ia ca
blegram has been received here by
relatives of Rev. G. G. Hounshell, who
is in charge of the college of the
Methodist church, in which it is stated
that while war is held to be certain.
the United States government has
taken ample precautions to take care
of the missionaries who are assemb-
ling at Seoul under directions of
Bishop s. B. Galloway, and that there
fs no cause for uneasiness. The cable
gram states that the American flag is
being carefully respected.
Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1904-01-19
Vincennes People Will Show
Engineers That They
i Mean Business.
BIG PUBLIC RECEPTION
Government Experts Who Will Look
Into the Matter OF River Improve
moMt to BE Fotod.
On Saturday the whole Town Will
Turn Out to Do tho Inspec-
tors Honor.

Vincennes, Ind, Jan. 19.-Extensive
preparations are being made to enter
tain the four United States engineers
who will come here from Washington
next Saturday to gather statistics that
will be used when the bill appropriate
ing So, 50O,0 600 to the Improvement of
the Wabash river is brought up in con-
gress. Almost $1,000 has been sub
scribed by the citizens for the enter
tainment The complete program has
not been announced, but it is likely
that a big civic and military parade
will be given during the afternoon.
The preparations are not only for an
entertainment to the engineers, but
to show that this part of the state and
southern Illinois are enthusiastic over
the proposed Improvement and are
more than anxious for it. A number
of prominent men will be here to at
tend the celebration, among those ex-
pected being Senator Beyeridge and
Congressman Hemenway and Miers.