The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-01-05
DANA BROKE THE DOOR.
How He Got Into the Sanctum of
Rossville Editor

The following incident in the political
campaign was kept quiet until u G.
Stewart, editor of the Shawnee County
News. published at Rossville. printed
the following in his paper:
A. w. Dana, the Topeka lawyer and
heir apparent to Judge Hazen'S judicial
wardrobe, was in Rossville Wednesday
on business connected with the State
bank. The legal confab ended, he
thought to Ell ter the News sanctum and
get better acquainted with the editor.
Unfortunately he had never experienced
the glad thrill and tumultuous joy of
personal interview with the editor of
this great mental torchlight and liter
airy blood purifier, and no doubt it was
with much trepidation and uncontrol-
labte agitation that he approached the
plate glass door leading to the elegant
ly appointed Office ella borately furnished
with Cardui calendar and a porcelain
cuspidor festooned with peanut hulls
and dark brown essence of tobaccus
bill
Anyhow, as he essayed to open the
door It did not yield as readily as the
occasion seemingly required and Mr..
Dana placed his person extremely con-
tiguous to the glass and pushed. This
action, however, was a fatal error on
his part. Mr.. Dana is a brave man and
strong, and the vigorous exertion shat
tered the glass beyond recovery, From
where we were in the rear composing
rooms instructing the devil in the
eccentr1c1tiee and peculiaritieS of the
type louse," we thought the flyer"
had jumped the track and crashed into
the front window with frightful veloc-
lty and loss of life; or, perhaps, an irate
subscriber had rushed into the office
with masked battery intending to
blow US out through the windows and
over the mouldy ramparts of time into
the inky night of a never ending eter-
nifty.
We shuddered as we thought of our
possible fate and running to the parti-
fjOn door oh he >
the devastator and his work. There,
just outside the door, stood Mr. Dana
furtively looking up and down the
street expecting either an encore or
policeman, we don't know which. For
the moment we were nonplussed. We
could not recall any act of ours that
would have provoked this terrific as
Sault and battery on our establishment.
Only few moments before we had init
mated to him that, While the News
stood upon the principle of pure and
untarnished independence, we would be
pleased to receive any suggestions from
him as to what our fearless and out
spoken policy should be as the cam
paign progressed
We had condoled with him on the
time when the people would lead him to
the Judgment temple, where, seated upon
a hard bench, he would have to hold
! the steel-yard in one hand and weigh
out great wads of justice with the
other for weeks at a time He would
have to interpret the lamentab1e laws
passed by warty and freckIe minded
| legislature such as "An act regulating
the size of bung holes in barrels - "a n
act emitting the speaker to And Cot
and for other purposes
stu by way of encouragement, we
pointed out the fact that bv doing a
strictly cash business he would be able
TO start a bank account in a small wav
and also gain the confidence of res
tauranters, grocerymen and get trusted
| by the milkman.
/ AS we cogitated on these things and
wondered at the seeming lack of an
probation on Mr.. Dana s part, he made
another lunge at the door and succeed
| ed in opening it, and came softly tow
ard US Thinking discretion the better
| part of valor, We hastily retreated to
the rear door and awaited develop
| ments. Opening the middle door he
| looked IN at us in an agftated and re-
proachful manner and requested that
we accompany him to the front and
| view the manner in which he had
wrecked the office
Mr.. Dana apologized with the grace
OF prince and assured US that he
meant nothing personal by his attack,
He craved our indulgence and the ac-
| ceptance OF piece of money and
wound up by complimenting us highly
on our unique and fearless style of
| journalism.
When person compliments the
/ News and shows signs of affection for
/ the editor that settles it; he can break
up the furniture, pi the type and wipe
! his feet on the manuscript of a double
| loaded editorial and 1t will be all right
we might mention in closing that
Mr. Dana will be the next district
| Judge. When the votes are counted it
! VIII be found that he landed with both
feet. OF course We base our prediction
on the multitude of votes he will gath
| er 10 himself in this part of the county.