The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-06

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There is one bill that you can bank
on being passed with little opposition
i'm congress: the appropriation bill Tor
mileage and congressional salaries
Speaking Of Burton and Mitchell the
wichita Beacon calls attention TO the
fact that Burton never got up in his
seat in the senate and denied it, any
way.
While it is proposed to stop the rail-
roads from giving rebates, no one has
any desire to stop them from receiving
rebates providing they pay their taxes
soon enough.
Mr.. Thomas w. Lawson has been
having a difficult matter to shock peo-
pie recently. and now that congress is
An session he viii probably have to
drop out of the limelight altogether
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Pennsylvania has a revenue of TWEEN
4v-four millions year, so the polit1-
clans will probably figure that it does
not need that little matter of million
that went down in the Allegheny bank
Failure.
Justice Brewer has decided that
cigarettes are bad thing, but this de-
cision win not be published in the
United States supreme court reports,
although the facts amply warranted
the decision.
In 1889 Chauncey Depew wrote a
magazine article entitled, 'Why 1t
Pays to Be Honest" But 1889 is a
good ways back. That was before
Chauncey became associated with the
United States senate.
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Senator Burton's salary" says the
Washington Post, seems to be hold
ing out better than his list of techni-
calitfes." And such technicalities as
he has had seem to have been orna-
mental rather than practical.
The report comes from Vermont
that bob cats are killing the wild
game UP there. And President ROose-
Welt is entertaining congress just now,
so that ne cannot get away to give
those bob cats his attention.
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1t is to be hoped that when VIII
liam Allen White goes to washington
to do few stunts for the Saturday
Evening Post with his pen he will
take particular pains to put few
kinks i'm the dignity Of the United
states senate.
Tom wagstan. county attorney of
Montgomery county. Will be one OF
the speakers at the Kansas Day ban
quet If he does as well at it as he
has at enforcing the law in his county
lie viii make one of the greatest hits
i'm the history Of the club.
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Pending the drawing of seats in the
lower house Monday, some of the old
time Republicans went over and sat
among the Democrats to make room
Tor the new Republican members.
There may be a general mix-up OF
party lines before this session is over.
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There were no flowers decorating the
desks Of the members when congress
opened Monday, the custom of allow
ing admiring friends TO make the desk
look like so many biers having been
prohibited. The Washington florists
evidently had no adequate lobby at
work during the last session
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Now that King Haakon has set
tied down to steady work on his new
Job Of running Norway. it is to be
hoped that he and King oscar of
Sweden VIII be real neighborly. They
ought to borrow things back and
forth across the international back
fence and be good friends in general.
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Nobody ever has any sympathy for
the man who buys a gold brick Why ?
Simply because he thinks ne is get
ting something for nothing in making
the purchase. The man who tries to
profit by somebody eise's need or ig-
norance. and who gets swindled in do
ing it. is not deserving of any sym
pathy.
Mr.. Hearst has pushed his contest
Tor the New York mayoralty too far.
no the surprise Of everyone Tammany
included. very few changes have been
made in the recount thus far. Hearst
would be q greater man If the ballot
boxes had been unopened than he viii
be 10 open them and discover that Nc
CleIlan was really legally elected
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TIE Lawrence Journal points out
fhas there IS not much significance at
trched to j. L. Bristow's trip to Wash